Jonah (and parents) at Maccabiah Games Israel 2017

Jonah fought with great determination to win the first ever GB Junior Judo medal (and only the second including the seniors) and also the first GB medal of this games.

David was also honoured to be able to officiate as a referee at this event.

This has been reported on in the Jewish News and the Jewish Chronicle and more coming.


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Jonah Bronze 1
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Jonah Bronze 2
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Jonah Bronze 3
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Medal 1
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Medal 2
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Medal 3
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Swapped Badges
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Auditorium when I arrived 2 hours before the start of the event (as referee, I had to be there early for briefings etc.)
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Jonah with Hirotaka Okada IJF Referee Overseer & highest ranked ref. in world
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Proud parents 1
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Proud parents 2
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With Jake Mincovitch (only other GB Junior Judo team member and actually, he is Canadian)
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Waiting for contestants
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David still waiting for contestants
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Slovakian EJU Referee overseer
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Jonah with Hirotaka Okada IJF Referee overseer and highest ranked referee in world
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Referee briefing 2
Referee briefing 3
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Referee briefing 4
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Referee briefing 5
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