September 1st, 2012 
judouk 
Comments Off on And so, the end of the blog Well, that ends Team GB Paralympic Judo for London 2012.
What a good way to wrap things up with a Silver for Sam
Congratulations to all of our athletes. It’s time to pick up the medals and put the mats away
Thanks for reading my blog. I know that many of you only watched this spectacle on TV; being here is something else and I hope at least some of you were able to see at least one sport live.
Roll on Rio
Mark
September 1st, 2012 judouk Comments Off on Sam’s last stand A place in the final is one thing. But we all want one result. Will today be the day?
September 1st, 2012 judouk Comments Off on Joe, the repechage and Ippon????
When I first saw it and heard the referee announce ippon, I thought that was a bit generous. What I didn’t expect was for the referees to award the contest _against_ Joe
We saw the replay and, from that angle, I’m still unclear how they called it.
Will this be another controversy?
September 1st, 2012 judouk Comments Off on And a place in the final for Sam Another hard fight. Sam won this on penalties – his opponent really couldn’t touch him
Several times, the contest went to the ground and the crowd longed for a strangle; it wasn’t to be though
Finals are much later
September 1st, 2012 judouk Comments Off on A Korean too far That was an exceptionally difficult contest. After 5 minutes, Joe was beaten by a waza-ari but will come back later in the repechage
September 1st, 2012 judouk Comments Off on And Sam makes it through Less than one minute and he catches his opponent, Dartanyon Crockett, for ippon
This contest will be followed immediately by Joe’s second
September 1st, 2012 judouk Comments Off on Joe takes to the mat And, after just 2 minutes, counters his opponents drop seoi-nage and gets the ippon
September 1st, 2012 judouk Comments Off on And so begins my final day at London 2012 It’s hard to believe that a little over 4 weeks ago, I had only taken part in the test event yet today marks the end
It’s not been easy at all. I have seen very little of other sports but, when you are working both sessions without a break, it is not surprising that my feet always guide me to the bed as quickly as possible once we have finished for the day
One resounding thought though is how glad I am to have been able to be part of this show. I was one of very few people to take part in both sets of Games and am very keen on the idea of working at Rio; although I would need to learn Portuguese in less than 4 years!
I’m probably going to treat myself to a few beers this evening – I deserve it 🙂
Will be posting updates today as our second set of brothers take to the mat for TeamGB
August 31st, 2012 judouk Comments Off on How to sum up the morning A bad day at the office. Both Marc and Dan lost their openers. Marc got a place in the repechage but, being a waza-ari up (due to penalties), lost to a big ippon-seoi-nage
August 31st, 2012 judouk Comments Off on Day two commences We have two athletes representing Team GB today :- brothers Marc and Dan Powell
The atmosphere here is so much more gentle but these athletes are by no means less committed
Here’s hoping for a good day