GB Judoka set for Cluj-Napoca European Open and São Paulo IBSA Grand Prix

This weekend will see a number of GB judoka compete at the Cluj-Napoca European Open whilst a number of our VI judoka head to Brazil for the São Paulo IBSA Grand Prix.

Commonwealth Games bound Amy Platten, Jemima Yeats-Brown and Sarah Hawkes will all be in action at the Cluj-Napoca European Open

Current U23 Championship bronze medallist Platten enters as the 2^nd seed in the -48kg category whilst Yeats-Brown leads the -70kg entries.

Hawkes, who will compete for Northern Ireland when the Commonwealth Games head to the Coventry Arena in August, is seeded 3^rd in the +78kg category.

Completing the women’s team is Sian Bobrowska who competes for the first time since March. Bobrowska is seeded 5^th.

Sarajevo European Cup bronze medallist Josh Giles is seeded 2^nd in the -60kg category. Charlie Young and Mike Fryer both compete in the -66kg following bronze medal performances last time out.

Young picked up a bronze medal at the Sarajevo European Cup last month, whilst Fryer claimed bronze at the Madrid European Open. They are seeded 6^th and 7^th respectively.

Eric Ham continues his return to competition after injury curtailed his Tokyo Olympic bid. Having last competed in November, Ham head to Romania seeded 8^th.

Wesley Greenidge is joined by Andrew McWatt in the +100kg category. Greenidge recently won bronze at the Sarajevo European Cup and is seeded 8^th in Cluj-Napoca, whilst McWatt will be looking to improve on his two 7^th place finishes at the Sarajevo and Dubrovnik European Cups.

Following events in Antalya and Nur-Sultan earlier this year, São Paulo will host the final IBSA World Grand Prix of the season before the World Championships in Baku, in November.

Connah Anders (-73kg) will be in action on the opening day of competition whilst Evan Molloy, Jack Hodgson and Chris Skelley fight on day 2.

At the Nur-Sultan Grand Prix, Paralympic Champion, Skelley and Hodgson both picked up bronze medals in the +90kg category. Hodgson also won silver at the Antalya Grand Prix earlier in the season where Molloy (-90kg) won silver.

Preliminary round action in Cluj-Napoca will start at 7:00 am (BST) on Saturday, and Sunday with Final Block to follow.

In São Paulo Preliminary Round action will get underway at 14:00 (BST) With Final Block to follow at 19:00 on both Saturday and Sunday.

You can watch all the action from the weekend LIVE on the British Judo Competition Hub page each day.