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Message from the Chair of the IJA Women in Sport Commission – Antoinette Earl If you have ideas for developing judo for women and girls in your club or province and you wish to make an application via Irish Judo to Sport Ireland for funding, please read the guidelines document below and contact me. IRead more

Women in Sport – Female Only Judo Fitness Classes As part of the Women in Sport funding received from Sport Ireland, Ellie Dennis the IJA Women in Sport Ambassador has been undertaking Female Only Judo Fitness Classes for our female members. Calling all female judoka, sign up to the online classes held each Wednesday atRead more

Statement – Ben Fletcher Injury – Grand Slam Tel Aviv IJA High Performance Judoka Ben Fletcher, suffered a fractured leg whilst competing in the Tel Aviv Grand Slam on Saturday the 20th February 2021.  He is now back home receiving the best possible medical care.  Ben is a highly esteemed and valued IJA member andRead more

James Bailie – RIP The Executive Committee, the Judo Office and members of the Irish Judo Association wish to extend their condolences to the Bailie & Green family on the passing of James Bailie, father of Pat Bailie Green, father in law of Paul Green, grandfather to Zoe, Joshua & Callum Green and great grandfatherRead more

Neil Bracken RIP The Irish Judo Association was informed this afternoon of the passing of Mr Neil Bracken. We send our condolences to his family at this time. Neil served as a committee member with the Irish Judo Association in the late sixties and early seventies.  Along with the late Charlie Hegarty and the lateRead more

Competing: Megan Fletcher Interview by Antoinette Earl Chair WIS Commission Megan with coach Jurgen Klinger                     Fresh from a major tournament Megan is optimistic and raring to go. The Doha Masters was not an easy event to compete at; for a start Megan was confined to herRead more

Meeting Megan Fletcher – Ireland’s Olympic Representative for Tokyo  Interview with Megan Fletcher by Antoinette Earl Chair WIS Commission  It was a pleasure to speak with Megan Fletcher recently about her life and judo, where she has come from, how things are going for her now and what the future holds. Megan at age 31 is currently onRead more

Thank you for your patience – our membership page is back up and running. If you do encounter problems again, please email admin@irishjudoassociation.ieRead more

***Technical Issues – Membership Page*** We are experiencing some technical difficulties on our membership renewal page with regards to WordPress – our apologies for the inconvenience caused to you. We will issue a revised post when we have resolved the matter as soon as possible. Discounted Memberships on offer to the 31st January 2021 willRead more

In recent weeks, the IJA Grading Commission has received theory & technical videos, grading assessments and has calculated points from competitions. The Grading Commission would like to congratulate the following judoka who have been recently promoted: 1st Dan (Technical) Mark O’Connor Athenry Judo Club 2nd Dan Joshua Green Konarakai Judo Club Andreeas Binder Athenry JudoRead more