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Rising Sun Judo Club revels in performance at National Judo Championships
Top local Judo club, Rising Sun, based at the Marian Academy School,
Seven of the eight athletes from the Rising Sun Judo club at the recently held championships.
Carifesta Ave, fielding eight athletes, bagged six medals at the Judo Association of Guyana sponsored 2012 National Judo Championships held at the Marian Academy auditorium on June 3.
With the exception of one, all the medals won by the Rising Sun Dojo were in the senior categories.
Former four time national champion Bruce Fraser claimed his fifth open title with clinical precision, winning all his fights by Ippon, demonstrating that he is still the number one Judoka in Guyana. His only real test came from former national silver medalist Anthony Girdhari.
Raul Lall and Elimane Ba also demonstrated why they are two of the best young Judokas in the country by dominating their categories.
The medals won were as follows- Bruce Fraser – open gold medal winner, Raul Lall- minus 73kgs gold medal winner, Elimane Ba- minus 73kgs silver medal winner, Jaime Jabar- minus 73kgs bronze medal winner, Keymo Alleyne – open bronze medal winner and A. Rodrigues – minus 90kgs gold medal winner.
The club has expressed joy at their achievements and is extending congratulations to the members on winners’ row.
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