Final Stage Selections for the European Championships

GB Judo are pleased to finalise the team selection for the upcoming 2023 European Championships in Montpellier, France, from 3^rd – 5^th November.

The first stage selections took place in August, with nine judoka selected. The team has now been completed with the addition of eight judoka.

Charlie Young (Ryecroft Judokwai; Paul Young) and Samuel Hall (Ryecroft JC; Fitzroy Davies) will both compete in the -66kg category. Young has been in excellent form on the European circuit, winning his first title at the Rome European Open back in March. He backed this up with a 7^th place finish at the Dushanbe Grand Prix before a bronze medal at the Prague European Open.

Hall, who has made the step back up to the -66kg category, has also impressed on the European circuit this year with gold medals at the Sarajevo and Prague European Opens.

Eric Ham (Glossop JC; Geoff Ham) will compete in his first senior European Championships. The -73kg judoka picked up a bronze medal at the Sarajevo European Open last month.

Stuart McWatt (Gairoch JC; Stuart McWatt) has secured his selection in the -90kg category with back-to-back medals at the Prague European Open (gold) and Malaga European Cup (bronze).

With two silver medals to his name from the Sofia and Rome European Opens, Harry Lovell-Hewitt (Stroud JC; Richard Neale), will compete in the -100kg category whilst in the +100kg category, Wesley Greenidge (Enfield JC; George Hyslop) has been selected following medals at the Warsaw, Tallinn and Sarajevo European Opens.

In the womens team, Nekoda Smythe-Davis (Ealing JC; Jo Crowley) and Lele Nairne (Bradley Stoke; Pete Douglas) have been selected in the -57kg category, whilst Acelya Toprak (Metro JC/ Relentless Judo; Darren Hawney/ Fitzroy Davies) has been named as a reserve.

Full GB Judo Team for the 2023 European Championships

-66kg: Charlie Young

-66kg: Sam Hall

-73kg: Eric Ham

-81kg: Lachlan Moorhead (selected at first stage)

-90kg: Stuart McWatt

-90kg: Jamal Petgrave

-100kg: Rhys Thompson

-100kg: Harry Lovell-Hewitt

+100kg: Wesley Greenidge

-52kg: Chelsie Giles

-57kg: Nekoda Smythe-Davis

-57kg: Lele Nairne

-63kg: Lucy Renshall

-70kg: Kelly Petersen-Pollard

-70kg: Jemima Yeats-Brown

-78kg: Natalie Powell

-78kg: Emma Reid

-57kg: Acelya Toprak (non-travelling reserve)

Referee: Lisa Rivers

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