Cardiff and Vale College students are judo champions
Students from Cardiff and Vale College have swept the board at the recent Welsh Closed Judo Championships.
Jasmine Hacker, a 16-year-old Level 3 Sport student from Maesteg, won gold medals in three different weight categories – Cadet Under 52kg, Junior Under 52kg and Junior Under 57kg. She also won the silver medal in the Senior Under 57kg category as well.
“It was really good – I really enjoyed it,” Jasmine said. “I’ve been taking part in judo since I was four and would like to go on to it professionally and do coaching. My course will help me with my future career.”
Jasmine has also won gold at the British Championships and Commonwealth Tournament as well as a silver in the UK School Games. She is ranked Number 1 in Wales in the 52kg Cadet category and is placed tenth in the UK.
Eighteen-year-old Level 3 Sport student Josh O’Connor from Swansea won double gold in the Senior 73kg and Junior 73kg categories.
Scott Pearce, 17 and from Cardiff, also won double gold in Junior Under 66kg and Senior Under 66kg. Scott is a five-times Welsh champion is Number 1 in Wales for Under 21s in his weight category and was graded second in the UK until he moved into a new age bracket this year – he is now eighth in the UK.
“It’s been great,” Scott, who is studying A Levels in IT Physical Education at CAVC, said. “I started when I was eight because all my friends were doing it and I just went along and ended up staying with it.”
Ioan Harris is also studying A Levels at CAVC, in Maths and Physical Education. The 16-year-old from Maesteg is also a five-times Welsh champion in his category and this year won silver in the British Championships and bronze in the Schools Games.
“I feel like it’s been a year of great achievements,” Ioan said. “I could have done a bit more but you’re always going to feel like that. The course I’m doing at the College will help me with my career as I would like become a professional and a coach.”
CAVC’s range of Sport courses cover all aspects of sport from sports and exercise science to performance and excellence through to leisure management. All of the courses are based in Cardiff International Sports Campus in Leckwith which features state of the art facilities including a large gym, fitness studios, 3G pitch and athletics track.
Notes to editors
- Photo shows (l-r) Ioan Harris, Scott Pearce and Jasmine Hacker-Jones
- Cardiff and Vale College is one of the top companies for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the National Centre for Diversity’s 2016 Top 100 Index. It has also been awarded the National Centre for Diversity’s Award for Welsh FE College of the Year 2016
- Cardiff and Vale College was awarded College of the Year at the 2015 and 2016 Insider Business and Education Partnership Awards
- Apply now to join CAVC in Sept 2017
- Why not follow the latest updates from Cardiff and Vale College on Facebook.com/CardiffandValeCollege, Instagram @cavcinsta or Twitter @cavc
For more information contact:
Chris Baker
Communications Officer
Tel: 01446 725003. Mob: 07932 770938
Responses