On the first Saturday of November we set out with the little judokas to the autumn tournament in Blatná. We fought on two mats almost all day. In total, 16 kids from our club competed — four beginners and twelve younger pupils. Štěpán Rais and Dominik Vaicenbacher took third places. For Filip Jára and Honzík Voves it was their first tournament, so they mainly gathered experience of how a tournament works. In the younger pupils' category, Linda Haisová took first place, while Josefína Moudrá, Klára Kadlečková, and Tobiáš Hajný fought their way to second places. The other kids performed well too, but it was not enough for the podium.
A week later the kids traveled to Domažlice, where a trio of girls — Bára Kadlečková and sisters Linda and Karolína Fojtíková — fought their way to gold medals. Of the boys, only Michal Váňa broke through, taking a silver medal. On November 15, Bára Kadlečková and Karolína Fojtíková took part in the Czech national championships in Teplice, where they unfortunately did not break through the strong competition — so there is nothing left but to train and believe it will work out next time.
Radek Hančík
