That was the question one Londoner asked me as she waited to cross the road at Barking tube station Interesting really – I had only been thinking a few minutes ago about trying to get on the volunteer team at Rio and my longer term hopes of refereeing at 2024 Could this woman read minds […]
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Are you enjoying the experience?
July 31st, 2012 
judouk 
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July 30th, 2012 judouk Hmmm, asked today what day it was and I didn’t have the right answer… …these days are beginning to mould together Apologies for not updating yesterday. The plan was to head back, get changed and grab some food. That plan changed when I decided to close my eyes for 5 minutes:- 3.5 hours later I […]
Colin’s day
July 29th, 2012 judouk After two excellent opening fights, the dream for another member of Team GB has ended 🙁
And he goes further
July 29th, 2012 judouk With a Yuko score in the dying seconds, Colin secures his second victory of the day
The end of day 1
July 28th, 2012 judouk What a day. Things for Team GB didn’t go according to plan with both Ashley and Kelly picking up World number 2 and 1 respectively. Both fought really well but their Olympic medal dream came to an end. At back of house, we were allocated specific ‘jobs’. My rota started with guard duty of position […]
Ready for day one?
July 28th, 2012 judouk So, as the competition is about to start, I’m positioned just outside judogi control (where the athletes judogi are checked just before they are allowed on to the mat) The two TVs I’m looking at are unlikely to be the pictures you are seeing at home but heres a few pics to be going on […]
Long day
July 27th, 2012 judouk It’s hard to believe that after arriving at the venue at 6:30 this morning, I’m still en route to my friends house Hopefully, in the next 15 minutes, I’ll be able to get out of this uniform Good news, we have our first contests starting in the morning. Will probably watch the start of the […]
No fighting today
July 27th, 2012 judouk …so why the early start. Woke up at 4am this morning – about 1.5 hours before my first alarm so wanted to get more sleep. Less than an hour later, I’m in the shower and getting ready. Am now at Barking tube station and on my way to shift number 1 If there’s no competition […]