The Bahamas Judo Federation will be sending a team to
the Juvenille Pan Am Championships to be held in Panama
on October 2nd.
The team was selected based on meeting certain physical and
technical criteria, participation in an intensive summer training camp,
and tournament results in the Bahamas Open held in August.
The team is preparing by training 20 hours per week under the watchful
eyes of Federation Coach D'Arcy Rahming. The team consists of
Elaina Cuffy (age 11) Eastwood Judo, Tajaro Hudson (age 13) Western
Judo Jiujitsu, Artio McPhee (age 11) All Star Family Judo, and
Andrew Munnings (age 11) All Star Family Judo.
"I want to bring home the Gold," says Andrew, who will be fighting in
his first international tournament outside the Bahamas. "The kids have trained
very hard for this," said Federation President D'Arcy Rahming. "This
will be quite an experience for them. We are not concerned with
winning or losing at this stage, just competing well."
The Bahamas Judo Federation has began the development process
that is used by other countries for producing Olympic Champions.
This requires athletes to begin serious training for international
competitions by the age of 11.
For further information or to sponsor future athletes, please contact
the Bahamas Judo Federation at 364-6773.
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Photo: Athletes L to R: Elaina, Artio, Andrew, Tajaro
Coach: Federation President D'Arcy Rahming
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