It was a great finish to a bountiful trip for Whitney Lohnes. Fighting in Cardiff, Wales at the Commonwealth Championships Lohnes secured the gold medal in the junior division with a beautiful uchi mata against her Australian opponent.

Day two of the competition saw the seniors take to the mat. Whitney, still a junior, showed her stuff once again making it to the final only to lose this time to an opponent from England.

Two finals in two days is a great accomplishment for the 2011 Canada Games Champion. This experience should serve her well as she works towards the 2016 Olympic Games.

Whitney Lohnes was victorious last night in Cardiff, Wales winning the Gold Medal at the Commonwealth Judo Championships.

The young Bridgewater native won all three matches, two by ippon including the final to climb to the top of the podium.

-48 kg : Whitney Lohnes  (3-0) 1^st

1) Victoire / Win (ippon) ROWLAND, Rhianna (WALES- GBR)

2) Victoire / Win (yuko)  MORRIS, Jenny (ENG- GBR)

3)  Victoire / Win (ippon) COPPLEMAN, Alice (AUS)

Whitney Lohnes is in the finals at the Commonwealth Judo Championships in Wales for the Under 20 division. There is live stream at http://www.ippon.tv/

She defeated a Wales judoka by arm bar for Ippon within 2 minutes and then faced England's #1 contender, winning with a yuko in golden score in the last minute. 

The finals happen at 2:00 pm (AST), she'll face Australia.

http://cardiff2012judo.org/

Nick Tritton will deliver a clinic at the end of the month on the 26th-27th at Kanokai dojo in New Glasgow. Please see the flyer.

Judo Nova Scotia had the pleasure of hosting Edinborough's Peter Gardiner over the past weekend. Gardiner is renowned for his approach to teaching judo to children. The clinic attracted over 63 coaches from all across Canada. The clinic which took place at the beautiful Oak Island Inn and resort on the western shore of Nova Scotia was one of the largest gathering of coaches in Canada over the past 20 years.

Saturday October.8th U17 and U20

Judo Nova Scotia has made some changes in its Senior and Junior National Championships eligibility criteria. Please take time to review the policy.

National Championships Selection Criteria

KidSport™ is a national children's program that helps kids overcome the financial barriers preventing or limiting their participation in organized sport.

KidSport™ Nova Scotia provides funding of up to $300/year/child for sport registration and/or equipment.

Click the KidSport Logo for more information.

Judo Nova Scotia and Peter Gardiner will be hosting a coaches clinic October 28th-30th at Oak Island Resort

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"The Judo NS Referee Committee is pleased to announce the promotion of Dawn Tobey to Provincial "B" Referee. The evaluation was conducted by Ken Whitney on behalf of the committee at the 2011 Provincial Championships on June 5th in Halifax."