The Metro judo club was founded in 1977 as part of the Queens Silver Jubilee. 

The remit of the club was and is, to at low cost bring the Olympic sport of judo to the young people of Greenwich and surrounding areas. Further to that we promote and make available to these young people youth services and experiences through the clubs many partners within the London Youth service. 

Our current training nights and times are listed below. If you need any more information please take a look through our website or contact us on one of the below two email addresses. 

Metro Judo Club: metrojudoclub.outlook.com

Metro Autistic Group: mick1949@btinternet.com

We warmly welcome you to our club.

Mick Murphy 
(Club Secretary)

Wednesday
Juniors (8-15 years) 6.30pm - 8.00pm
Seniors 8:00pm - 9:30pm

Friday
Tots (4-7 years) 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Juniors (8-15 years) 7:00pm - 8.30pm

Metro Judo club is one of the top sports clubs in the borough of Royal Greenwich, founded in 1977.
It is completely run by volunteers.

Our dream at the club is to make Judo more accessible to young people with special needs/disabilities.

On our mainstream training nights, we feel we are not able to accommodate special needs/disabled children as well as we could by holding tailored sessions on the weekends, therefore have set up these sessions.

The coaching team for these sessions is made up of coaches and volunteers from two Judo Clubs. All have received training and are supported by Access Sport and Greenwich Nas 

Sundays
October 13th
November 10th
December 15th

8 to 11 years old, 9-30am to 10-30 am
12 to 16 years old, 10-30 am to 11-30 am

First 4 weeks, or first 4 lessons
Metro Judo Club have insurance that will cover newcomers for 4 weeks or 4 lessons. The first lesson is free and the next 3 weeks / judo lessons will be provided at a cost of £5 for each child. At  the end of those 4 weeks or 4 lessons, the children/adults will need to  pay the below club fees to continue attending as the temporary  insurance cover from the British Judo Association (BJA) will have expired.

Annual club membership
£20 for the first child
£15 for the second child
£10 for any other family members

Annual British Judo Association License (insurance cover)
Below are the costs as from October 2018 onward.

Adult £40, renewal £37
Student £29, renewal £26
Junior u 16, £29, renewal £26
5 to 7 years old £22

You can order your BJA judo license online. Go to britishjudo.org.uk to do so.

Each player is to have their own judo kit which can be bought directly from the club. All new members will receive a free club T-Shirt.

Players then go on the monthly or 3 monthly mat fees payment scheme.

Each player must pay up front, for his or her chosen Training Night.
For  example if you come on a Wednesday night, and there are 4 Wednesdays in  the Month, they you will pay a total of, 4 x £4 = £16

Any other family member coming on the same night will pay
4 x £3 = £12

There are 4-quarter payments each year
January to March
April to June
July to September
October to December

If you choose to pay for 3 months, up front, then will take £5 off, the Total payment

Example, if you just came on a Wednesday night
First month, 5 nights = 5 x £4 = £20
Second month 4 nights = 4 x £4 = £16
Third month 4 nights = 4 x £4 = £16
Total for 3 months = £52 – £5, total to pay is £47

If you come on a second night in the week then you will pay by cash, on the night. For the first player £3 and £2 for any other family  member.
Please note that we do not put training nights, during half term, or in the Month of August, on the monthly/3 monthly payment  scheme.
In the half term and the month of August, the club is only open on a Wednesday night. And you will pay cash on those training  nights.
Parents and Guardians, please note, that all payment for Mat fees must be up-to-date, if you wish for your child to train at the  Metro Judo club.
As from Monday the 7th of January 2019, any  player/Adult one week in arrears, will not be allowed on the mat for  training, until their mat fees have been paid.

If you need any other information on the payment of fees, then please contact

Mick Murphy
Club Secretary

The Metro Judo Club, is Affiliated to the British Judo Association, which is the Governing body, for the sport of Judo, in Great Britain, and is affiliated to the British Olympic Association.
britishjudo.org.uk

The club is also affiliated to:
Greenwich Youth Service (Young Greenwich):
cact.org.uk

Young Greenwich:
young-greenwich.org.uk

London Youth:
londonyouth.org

Jack Petchey Foundation:
jackpetcheyfoundation.org.uk

Volunteer Centre Royal Greenwich:
vcgreenwich.org.uk

Access Sport:
accesssport.org.uk

METRO was recently awarded the prestigious Queens Award for Volunteer Service

A management committee oversees the club, and it is run by a team of volunteer coaches, welfare officer, young volunteers and youth workers.
All coaches and welfare officers have:

Up to-date, British Judo Association Licence and Coaching awards
Up to-date, British Judo Association, Welfare Officer training
Up to-date, Disclosure and Barring Service ( DBS)
Up to-date, Safe Guarding Certificate
Up to-date First Aid Certificate
All Coaching Awards and Certificates, are renewed every 3 years

Metro Judo Club was awarded the prestigious Queens Award for Volunteer Service. The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service is the highest award given to volunteer groups across the UK.

It is a great honour, to receive the Queens Award for Volunteer  Service on behalf of the sport of judo, and volunteer run sports clubs in general.

Metro Judo Club is 42 years old and has worked for many years with the support of The Royal Borough Greenwich Council who in 2012  provided the Club with a purpose-built dojo at our present home, Thomas Tallis School.

A big ‘Thank you’ goes to Jas Hothi, from the London Youth Sports  Development team, who put the club forward and completed the Nomination  process, which got us over the first hurdle, and onto the interview  stage of the of the process.

We should also take this opportunity to mention the following organisations which have supported us for many years:

London Youth, and their fantastic support for community sports clubs;

Charlton Athletic Community Trust, (CACT), who deliver the Royal  Borough of Greenwich’s, universal youth provision, Young Greenwich. We  would mention that being part of Young Greenwich enabled us to carry out  further work, giving young people more opportunities to engage in judo  and youth work; and The Jack Petchey Foundation, for their outstanding  Achievement Award Scheme, which enables the young people at the club to  also experience so many rewarding opportunities outside of the judo  programme.

A big ‘Thank you’ also goes out to all the Volunteer coaches and  helpers, who have given their time over the last 42 year, to help make  Metro judo club, an outstanding community club.

Queens Award

Mick Murphy
Secretary

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