CLUB NEWS

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Oct 3, 2020
2 min

Return to judo update

As per the government guidelines full contact sports/martial arts such as judo are still not permitted in the UK, with the only form of trai

May 12, 2020
1 min

Online Lessons!

We are pleased to announce that starting this week, we will be running online Judo sessions which you can follow along from your home! Th...

Mar 15, 2020
2 min

COVID-19: TRAINING SUSPENDED

UPDATE: Although we had planned to reopen the Sobell on Monday 30th March, the current Covid-19 outbreak still has the nation on its back...

Jan 17, 2020
2 min

Sobell founder passes away

We are deeply saddened to report that the founder of the Sobell Judo Club, Alan Fromm has passed away and it is with a heavy heart that w...

Jan 17, 2020
1 min

China Visits Sobell

🇬🇧🇨🇳 We recently had the pleasure welcoming Peng Cheng Zhao and Tom Zhao from China onto the tatami. One of the great pleasures of ju...

Jan 5, 2020
2 min

2019 Highlights

2019 was a truly incredible and historic year for the club. We’ve travelled far and wide, achieved world titles, broken down barriers, e...

Nov 4, 2019
1 min

4x World Champions!

Sobell have just crowned four new WJF World Champions! An enormous congratulations to the Sobell Judoka who competed at the WJF World Cha...

Aug 28, 2019
1 min

Black Belt Promotions

Congratulations to Lucian and Maceij on achieving their 1st dans at this years Worthing Summer School! The duo have been working hard thr...

Aug 28, 2019
1 min

Worthing Summer School 2019

Congratulations to the Sobell judoka who attended the JFAUK Worthing Summer School this weekend and spent their bank holiday working hard...

Jul 6, 2019
2 min

World Sports Games 2019

Across the 2nd - 5th July, Sobell judoka Alex Charalambous and Sam Sampson travelled to the 2019 World Sports Games in Tortosa to take on ju

Jun 25, 2019
1 min

Matsuura International Cup 2019

Congratulations to the Sobell team who travelled with JFAUK to the Matsuura International’s Cup in Thessaloniki, Greece. Growing year on yea

May 25, 2019
1 min

Medals at Ne-Waza Tournament

A big congratulations to every Sobell member who took part in the annual JFAUK Ne-Waza Tournament this past Sunday. We achieved an enormo...

May 7, 2019
3 min

Sobell visit Bulgaria

Members of the Sobell Judo Club have just returned from Sofia where they travelled with the JFAUK team to enjoy a weekend of judo.

Apr 26, 2019
1 min

Sampson Sampson visits Gibraltar

JFAUK President Sampson Sampson is currently in Gibraltar meeting and training with Charles Conroy and the Gibraltar Judo Federation. Aft...

Apr 17, 2019
2 min

National Championship Medal for Sam Sampson

A huge congratulations to our very own Sam Sampson for taking bronze at the Cypriot National Championships after a long day of tough fights.

Mar 24, 2019
1 min

Double Gold for Sobell!

A big congratulations to Lucian Buleandra and Jack Fairbairn who travelled to Birmingham today to take part in the All England National C...

Mar 20, 2019
1 min

WJF Miyazaki Cup 2019

A big congratulations to all of our Sobell Judoka who travelled with team JFAUK to the 2019 Miyazaki Cup held in Thessaloniki, Greece. He...

Mar 11, 2019
1 min

London Open 2019

A big congratulations to all of the Sobell judoka who took part in the JFAUK London International Open this weekend! Across the Primary, ...

Feb 21, 2019
1 min

2019 BUCS British University Championships

Congratulations to our judoka who took part in the 2019British University Championships! Zeynep Sun continued on her fine form to take go...

Feb 21, 2019
1 min

2019 Bilzen Judo Open Medals!

Congratulations to our Sobell Judoka who travelled with the JFAUK team to the 2019 Bilzen Open in Belgium today. First up from Sobell was...

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