British Judo Association has launched a Paralympic Potential talent search
In association with UK Sport, ParalympicsGB and the English Institute of Sport, the hunt is on to find more female visually impaired Judoka to compete in the 2012 Paralympic Games.
With just over two years to go to the Paralympic Games, this will be the final push to find more women within the sport of Judo that have the potential to progress and compete in London 2012.
Great Britain fielded a team of just four players in the men‘s competition at the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games and no players in the women‘s competition. Whilst British Judo‘s Paralympic Programme Manager, Dave Sanders, can be confident of fielding a full men‘s team this year, there are currently only two women on the programme.
A man that knows all too well the excitement of a Paralympic Games and the honour of being selected, Ian Rose, five-time Paralympian and two-time Paralympic medallist, has joined the BJA as Talent Development Coordinator.
“We are essentially looking to work with visually impaired females already doing Judo or have been through the early grades and who have got the potential to improve.
“Some of these players might not know whether they are partially sighted enough and what their sight classification is, but we would encourage them to get in touch anyway to see whether we can work with them,” Rose said.
Any female Judo players or coaches that know someone with experience of Judo, who are aged 18+ and hold a UK passport, and are visually impaired or may not know the classification, should contact Ian Rose on ian.rose@britishjudo.org.uk
