April Schedule

April schedule will be one of preparation for the upcoming State Championships in Fresno on May 19. There will be a full practice schedule except for Saturday April 28 as we will be attending the Bay Isle Tournament on Sunday April 29 in Alameda. This month we will step up our preparation for the State tournament so that we will be ready to compete in May. Attendance to practice is expected for all competitors.

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German Open

In preparation for the Paralympic games Katie Davis went to Germany for training followed by competition in the German Open. Katie placed fifth out of eight competitors beating a German competitor and gaining a forfeit when her Bulgarian competitor could not compete due to injury, while losing to two different Russian competitors. This event is part of the process that Katie has started to get ready to compete in London in September.

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Cupertino Tournament Results

Team Sacramento sent eight competitors to the Cupertino Judo Tournament on March 25. It was a great tournament with nearly 4oo competitors participating in the event. The team did a great job and brought back six medals. Of the eight competitors there were five gold, one bronze, one fourth, and unfortunately one competitor had to withdraw because of injury. The team won 20 matches losing only five with 15 wins coming by ipon. Here are the results for individual competitors:

Marlina Luz- Gold

Daniel Luz- Withdraw

Jordan Greenfelder- Bronze

Al Williams- Gold

Desmyn Williams- Gold

Syria Rhodes- Gold

Courtney Revada- Gold

Deven Phillips- Fourth

Congratulations to all competitors, next tournament is Bay Isle at the end of April!

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