We would like to wish Leah McCourt a massive Good luck in her final preparations for the 2016 IMMAF World Championships of Amateur MMA in Las Vagas.
Leah has been a member of our club from a very early age (8 years old), works as the fundraising co-ordinator for Mencap Northern Ireland and is a mummy to 5 year old Isabella, who is also a keen judoka in the club and following in her mummies footsteps. On top of this Leah finds time to train up to twice a day (and only had a knee operation 16 weeks ago!).
We are extremely pleased and proud to congratulate our newest (& oldest) Dan grade - Tom Monaghan, on passing his 1st Dan.
Tom, who is 72, had held his 1st Kyu (brown belt) since 1977! After returning the sport 2 years ago with the goal of becoming a Black Belt, he has recently passed his technical Dan grade!
We are delighted to award Tom with his Black Belt and he thoroughly deserves his new grade! 'You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream' - C.S Lewis
Well done Tom!