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Open Romanian Special Needs Judo Tournament
INVITATION OPEN SPECIAL NEEDS JUDO TOURNAMENT – 2018 Cluj Napoca – ROMANIA
DOWN Bucharest Association as affiliate member of SNJU and partner of the Association AGA Down Sindrom Cluj Napoca announces the organization of the “Judo Adaptive Camp Adapted to People with Special Needs” in September 8-10, 2018, a project approved by the Cluj Napoca City Hall, the Local Council of Cluj-Napoca and the Direction of Social and Medical Assistance.
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Pajulahti Games and OESN report
The SNJU would like to congratulate and the thank the host and organisers of this year’s Pajulahti Games / Special Needs Open European Judo Championships which was held in Finland recently.
The event was a huge success with competitors from all over Europe in attendance.The weekend started on Thursday with the arrival of the many international delegations to the fantastic Pajulahti Paralympic Sports Centre in Lahti, Finland.
Friday was action filled and kicked off with a huge two hour training session with all the athletes, coaches and officials. The tatami was filled with over 200 people enjoying the playful and social gathering of new and old friends. After training everyone returned to the food hall to refuel for the afternoon divisioning session. Lead by the SNJU team of Tycho, James, Tomas and Cecilia, the athletes were grouped in pools of equal abilities/level and again enjoyed another playful two hour training session. -
Aftermovie Balgach G-Judoturnier
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Time schedule for the Pajulahti Games OESN
Time schedule for the Pajulahti Games / OESN
This is the tentative schedule for the Pajulahti Games to be held in January 2018 in Pajulahti, Finland.
WEDNESDAY Wednesday Arrival day THURSDAY Thursday Self made programs for example the Husky Safari
There are also activities in the Pajulahti area.FRIDAY Friday Morning 09:30 – 11:30 Training with Judo-Games Friday Afternoon 13:00- 15:30 Time off to walk on the Lake Friday late Afternoon 16:00- 18:00 Divisioning Friday Evening 19:30 – 21:30 Education about Refereeing SATURDAY Saturday Morning Competition Saturday Afternoon Education (Possible topic Judo & Down Syndrome & other disabilities) Saturday Night Party/international get together SUNDAY Sunday Morning Training session Sunday Departure day -
Registration is open for the greatest Special Needs Judo event on the planet!
The registration for Beverwijk 2018 is open! SNJF from The Netherlands, in conjunction with SNJU will organise the greatest Special Needs Judo event on the planet for the 20th time! And for this special edition, the Saturday of the tournament has been renamed to the Special Needs World Judo Games to emphasise the presence of judoka from all over the world.
This great tournament takes place on april 14 and 15, 2018, in three parts:
- The Special Needs World Judo Games, the top tournament for levels 1, 2 and 3 (14/4)
- The SNWJG Kata tournament (14/4)
- The great Ben van der Eng Memorial Tournament for all levels (15/4)
As always, surrounded by music, seminars and fun!
You can view the information and sign-up pages HERE.
See you in Beverwijk!
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SNJU and SNJF publish guideline document for divisioning
The most important property of a Special Needs tournament is that it must be safe for all participants. Starting point for this is a proper divisioning procedure. SNJU have, together with SNJF, compiled a document describing methods, pitfalls and things to keep in mind while preparing for an SN tournament. -
Announcing more growth for SNJU!
SNJU is proud to announce our new members:
– Johan Orrbo and his team of Frovi Judo, Sweden
– Special Challengers Judo Foundation of South Carolina, USA
– The Polish National Judo organisationThis brings our membership to 40 individual members, spanning 22 countries!
This is a fantastic achievement in our first 6 months. Our recently launched SN referee programme has also attracted interest from referees from six countries so far and is rising daily. If you have not yet registered your Federation, Organisation or Club you can do so by following the link below. Similarly if you want to register a referee to the programme follow the referee link
Remember together we can achieve more..https://snju.org/application-for-membership-of-snju/
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Come to the Pajulahti Games! (updated closure date)
The Judo tournament of the Pajulahti Games 2018 has been awarded the prestigious title of the Open European Special Needs tournament, the great tournament that ran for 5 years in Beverwijk and is now, as we say it, on tour.
The tournament runs from 19-21 January, 2018
Entry form can be downloaded here as well as all the other information.
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Dutch Open SN Judo Kata
Sunday November 26th, the Dutch Judo Association JBN, in cooperation with SNJF and Sportinstituut Verhagen will organise the 2nd
ONK SN-Judo Kata
Location
Optisport Sporthal De Wetteling, Zuidsingel 2, 5801 AH, Venray
Rules
According to SNJF rules SN Judo Kata Regulations v2.0
Enrollment
Via this link on the JBN website (sorry: In Dutch).
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Project Bucharest aftermovie
A Dutch SN team augmented by board members James Mulroy and Cecilia Evenblij visited Romania to assist the local organisation with organising a Special Needs tournament, with a successful tournament as a result. The team was received very well, and visited historic sites as part of the project.
Many thanks from SNJU to Zelko Alexandru and his team from the Judoka Bears in Bucharest for providing us with all these beautiful facilities!Pictures can be found here:
Day ONE
Day TWO
Day THREE
Day FOUR