The open judo championship which took place in Belfast on March 22 and 23, again brought together the strongest athletes from clubs of Scotland, England and Ireland. Clubs from London and Scotland by right call "a smithy of champions". Therefore, in twins it is more pleasant to report that in this tournament many medals were won also by children of our compatriots living in Ireland.

Ivan, only of our judoists who managed to ascend to the highest step following the results of competitions, participated in this tournament and last year. Then, it also, won the first place and now is the twice champion of the Open Championship of Northern Ireland. This year Ivan was only of all participants from Ireland who could take away the main medal from tournament. Here it is possible to see the complete list of participants of 2014 Northern Ireland Open Championships

It together with the brother Alexey acted in the category "minors - 38kg". Alexey was in a half step from a bronze medal and took the fifth place – that also isn't bad at 11 participants in this category.

And here other our children who received awards on tournament:

Nikita Levchenko – Silver

Victoria Ochala – Silver

Daniel Turcan – Silver

Daniel Avots – Silver

Jan Motivans – Bronze

Artsem Saldatsenka – Bronze

Igor Kirsanov – Bronze

All medallists act in Svords as judo club.