News
05/07/2025
We have again been fortunate enough to see additional funds for the club renovaiton project, when Fig walked the Yorkshire 3 Peaks recently. He was kind enough to collect funds by doing the event as a sponsored walk for our club, and thanks to his efforts and the generocity of all donators, he raised a further £350. Thank you from all of us at the club Fig.
30/03/2025
Recently we were the beneficieries of 2 £500 grants from Smith & Nephew, and Howdens Joinery. These grants were secured by Ollie, along with Fig and Barry respecively. Their opportunity to apply for the grants was down to them working for these 2 local businesses, but their hard work in completing the application process really paid dividends as we were succesful with both applications. Well done Ollie, Fig and Barry.
These financial awards are to be used for the creation of our focul front wall which is now in the planning stage, with the residual funds as yet to be allocated.
09/01/2025
On arriving at club on Thursday night, we discovered the entrance foyer was flooded, and the water continued to flow at an alarming rate. After a frantic 30 minutes of making contact with the landlord, and Barry chasing down an isolation valve, the flooding began to subside. We have been very fortunate with our equipment, as nothing of ours was damaged. That said, the same cannot be said of the building infrastructure. The landlord has been hard at work over the weekend, and whilst we will still have a hole in the ceiling for a little while, we are able to continue classes as normal, with the minimal amount of inconvenience. Below are some photos from the incident.
30/12/2024
Having been looking for a long time for our own full time Dojo, and having had to endure a false start in summer on a place in Cottingham, we finally got the keys to our own place in early November. This was followed by a month of frantic organisation to get the place set up and suitable for us moving in for our first class at the beginning of December.
Now, after a month in our own Dojo, we are looking forward to the beginning of our first full year, and the opportunities it will present us with.
30/03/2020
We recently began to exploit the internet further given the health concerns over Corona Virus. Last week wposted the first of our instructional videos, and have just set up our first on line training session on Zoom. Hopefully this new approach will lead to bigger things, but for the timebeing it will at least allow for those who wish to carry on training to do so. We have several ideas of activities to keep everyone entertained and in practce, so why not join in and see how you could benefit.
01/01/2020
At the end of year Wado UK celebrations, several of our members were rewarded at club level for their efforts over the last year, with one special lady being rewarded at association level for her continued efforts over many years. Photographs courtesy of Dean Dent ca be seen below, with details of the winners and their specific awards accompanying them. Well done to everyone who was awarded glass mementos and or certificates, and we will look forward to compiling our lists for the 2020 edition of the awards night as the year evolves.
Jade Clark left receiving the Wado UK Service Award for her continued commitment
Zanshin recipients Sophie Wray kata, William Coyle kumite, Noah Shields achievement & Terry Munro service
Woodford recipients Oliver Dearing kumite, Sam Gray kata & Allison Munro service
Wado UK Senior Instructors Barry Meanwell, Tony Dent, Chief Instructor John Moreton, Steve Balaam-Reed, & Shirley Braid
28/09/2019
Our first electronic newsletter will be published within the next week. Our decision to move away from paper newsletters was to ensure we can contact as many people as possible at any given time. The paper newsletters could only be given to people whilst they were at the club, and this was simply not efficient enough. To ensure the transition across achieves its aim, could we please ask you to ensure we have the correct email addresses for everyone please. Remember also, that now we are electronic, you can pass the newsletter to your family members also should they wish to see it. Of course anyone can subscribe or unsubscribe at any point.
06/08/2019
On the 20th July, Wado UK held its 10th Anniversary Junior Championships at the newly opened Hull University Gymnasium. Several Hull Zanshin and East Hull Woodford students took part, and you can see how they got on by following this link to the Wado UK competitions page.
09/06/2019
So we finally have our website up and running again. It has taken us some time, but trying to do everything on a shoestring presents its challenges. You will notice of course that the content is currently rather limited, but this will steadily improve with time, and should hopefully make your experience a more beneficial one.
This website is intended to serve the club's membership, rather than just be an advertisement to those surfing the web. That being the case, please have a look around, and if you have any suggestions by all means let us know what you are thinking.
Thank you,
Tony & Barry.
Our first news now that the website is up and running, reflects on a successful officials course ahead of our Junior Competition in July. We had a fantastic response from our club members and parents, and we are extremely grateful for you all giving up your time. Unfortunately the photo does not show all who were in attendance, but thank you also to all those not depicted.
Our club members can be seen on the home page with members of the Chikara Dojo, who were also in attendance.
