It was at the end of the national competition for cadets, finishing on the first step of the podium with 10 medals, including 04 gold last Saturday at the Pma judo club of Soa.
After the juniors and seniors, it was the turn of the cadet judokas to descend on the tatami on the occasion of the 2022 national cadet competition, which saw the participation of seventeen clubs, with more than a hundred young people. practitioners in the girls and boys categories. The competition which took place on the side of Soa at the Pma judo club, gave its verdict last Saturday after very lively fights. It is the formation of Mega Fitness club which dictates its law at the end of this challenge, finishing on the first step of the podium, with ten medals, including four in gold, two in silver and four in bronze. Second place goes to Kodokan judo club of Bafoussam, two gold medals and one silver, the podium is completed by Yaoundé sport judo club (YSJ) which totals two gold medals.
The reading made by the president of Fécajudo, at the end of this meeting, is that of a growing nursery, with regard to the policy carried out, which is that of the development and promotion of judo throughout the territory, the objective being to build the clubs in order to perform better. ” The reading that we do at the end of this competition, is that of an informed observer, who sees that there is material, the nursery is going up, You know we are in a policy of development and promotion judo, and we are here to build our teams, if we do not have this succession, we cannot continue to perform at a high level », says Alain Christian Kingue.
A hundred young people from Douala, Bafoussam, Yaoundé and Mbalmayo attended this meeting, to the great satisfaction of the organizers, satisfied with the performance of the future champions, which demonstrate that the succession is assured. Fights of a certain level, to the delight of the spectators and parents, who came to accompany their children. “ Much remains to be done, but we are fighting like this, so that it will be better next time. “, specifies the president of Fecajudo.
Take part in this challenge, young judokas, who started mini judo, that is to say at the age of 3, 4 years. This competition was open to children aged 15 to 17, most have more than five years of judo. ” These are children who are growing in strength, some were discovering competition for the first time, some are in clubs but do not know competition, it is an experience and it is part of the training that we give to our children. Training is not only on the tatami, it is also teaching them to face adversity by seeing things differently “, emphasizes Alain Christian Kingue.
Appointment is made next month for the Cameroon Judo Championships near Kribi, but before place for the little ones, with the minimal and the youngest, on the occasion of the Golden Kimono, the biggest competition of the Fecajudo . This will see the participation of more than 500 young athletes, before the international meeting. In June, place in the cadet judo championship that Cameroon will host.
