Our History

The club first opened on 10 January 1996, and has been one of the most successful judo clubs in the area. Our members have taken medals in many local, national and international competitions and have been regular members of the Kent Squad, have represented the Southern Area Squad many times. A number of our club members have even won medals at British Championship level and at European, Commonwealth and even World Masters level events.

Our Values

These are our values and are the standards we set for ourselves in everything we do. At Walderslade Judo Club we aim to create supportive environment where children and adults of all ages and abilities can learn, train, develop their skills, improve their fitness levels and really enjoy their judo.

We view the club and its members as a community and Caz and Ed are really looking forward to helping you or your children reach their judo goals and taking their judo to whatever level they decide to take it.

Award Winning

In 2007 the club was awarded its Clubmark Award from Sport England and in 2010 we were voted Medway ‘Junior Club of the Year’.  In 2012 we were voted runner up as Medway ‘Sports Club of the Year‘ and in 2006 one of our previous coaches was voted Medway ‘Coach of the Year‘. In 2018 two of our members were again recognised for their acheivements at the Medway Sports Awards, when Caz Rawlings was voted runner-up in the category for ‘Sportsperson of the Year‘ and took the Silver Award, whilst Eddie Orgee, won the Gold Award to became Medway ‘Coach of the Year‘.

Competitively experienced Coaches

Caz is a World Masters Judo Championship Silver and double Bronze medallist, taking Bronze in 2016 and 2017 and Silver in 2018.  Caz also won Bronze in the European Masters Judo Championships in 2017. In 2024 Caz won a double Gold at the Commonwealth Judo Championships, where she won both her individual weight category and then went on to win the first ever Gold medal of the new Commonwealth Ne-Waza (Groundwork) Championships. In 2022 she also took Gold at the US Open Masters and the British Masters championships.

Eddie was a Silver medallist at the Commonwealth Judo Championships, Masters event in 2018 and then in 2019 took his first Gold medal at that event.  He has been a British Masters Champion on a number of occasions including the 2022 event and attained a 5th place at the 2019 World Masters Championships.

Club Welfare Officer (CWO)

Our club operates an open and supportive policy and Emily our CWO can be contacted by email at any time if you have any issues. Her email address is welfarejudo.emily@outlook.com

Judo – great fun for all ages and abilities