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Yorkshire & Humberside Judo

We represent the Yorkshire & Humberside region of the British Judo Association and our aim is to provide the opportunity and encouragement to people within Yorkshire & Humberside to participate and reach their potential in Judo.

We provide equally for those who want to partake in Judo recreationally as those that want to compete to the highest level.

There is provision for competitions, Gradings and organised Judo sessions where club members throughout the Area can take part, with the added experience for some team members to compete abroad, gaining further experience.

The BJA Yorkshire & Humberside area will endeavour to support players who wish to become coaches, referees or technical officials at events.

If you'd like to get involved with volunteering at events in an official capacity or more casually you'll be very welcome, just get in touch to find out about volunteering opportunities.

Although many members, both female and male, from this Area have achieved National and even Olympic level status, we try to provide a sport that not only brings participants a specific sports skill but also a disciplined mind and body to take forward into the community for the rest of their lives.

Remembering Elaine Parkinson

It's with great sadness we have to inform the Judo community of the passing of Elaine Parkinson.

She was a someone with a dedication and kindness that she was always keen to apply to Judo events she ran. Always at the forefront of her mind at events was caring for the players and doing all she could to provide a good experince for all taking part.

Anyone who has competed in Y&H before 2020 will have competed at events run by Elaine, even if they didn't know it. She never sought glory, just quietly got on with the job of trying to ensure  every event went as smoothly as possible, 

 

Read more: Remembering Elaine Parkinson

Cameron steps down as Y & H referee rep

Cameron McDowall has been the Y&H referee rep for the last 5 years.

If you've been to an area event in the last few years there's a good chance Cameron was the Referee in Charge keeping the referee teams under control!

Cameron has decided now is time to step down as the area referee rep while focusses on his development while working towards his referee A grade.

Anyone involved in refereeing understands the commitment required to achieve this goal, preparation, travel and attendance at national events, and we fully support Cameron in pursuing this ambition.

We wish Cameron all the best in his efforts working towards the National A referee badge and look forward to seeing more of him on the mats.

Cameron MacDowall refereeing a Judo match

Read more: Cameron steps down as Y & H referee rep

National teams 2026

The Yorkshire & Humberside area entered 4 teams to the 2026 national teams event. There were no medals this year, the Cadet/Junior boys team were unlucky to lose out by 10 points on going through to the semi finals. 

Here is the report from team manage, Caroline Brayson....

Read more: National teams 2026