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Outlines BENG-XXIII, April 14-16 2023

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Last update: Apr 5, 2023 @ 10:16

Address

Sporthal De Walvis, van Loenenlaan 1, 1945 TB Beverwijk. Parking is possible near the venue.

Timetable

Friday April 14th

  • 13.00              Venue open
  • 14.00              Begin divisioning
  • 14.45              Pause
  • 15.00              Divisioning, continued
  • 15.45              End of divisioning
  • 16.00              Referee regulations with coaches on the tatami. Randori rules clinic by Arjen Noordzy and Jenny Koster
  • 17.00              End

During the whole period judoka present can apply for the weigh-in, next to the main jury table.

Saturday April 15th

  • 08:00               Venue open
  • 08:00-08:30     Weight-in remaining judoka
  • 09:00               Opening
  • 09:02-11:30     SNWJG tournament
  • 11:45               Medal Ceremony
  • Pause
  • 12:45               Opening
  • 12:47               SNWJG Kata Tournament
  • 15:30-16:00     Medal Ceremony
  • 16.30               End

Assumburg Castle

  • 19:00-20:00    Dinner
  • 20:00-22:00    Party with DJ Jurre!

Sunday April 16th

  • 08:00               Venue open
  • 08.45               Briefing referees
  • 09:00-09:20     Warming up
  • 09:20-09:30     Opening
  • 09:30               Start BENG! Judoka below 16 jaar and LADIES 16 and older..
  • 11:45 12.15     Medal ceremony
  • 12:15               Lunch and music, Clubs can pick up lunch packs
  • 12:45               Opening afternon by Mr. Ali Bal, Alderman Sports of the Beverwijk municipality + award ceremony for the Honours Trophy
  • 13:00-13:30     Warming up
  • 13:30               Start BENG! for 16+ GENTLEMEN
  • 15:45               Medal Ceremony
  • 16:30               End

Payments

All clubs: Please report to the main jury table on entrance. Payments can be done in cash or by credit card.

Photography

  • On Saturday, photography is allowed to take place from the tatami sides.
  • Photographers will not interfere with the matches.
  • On Sunday, the SNJF photography team is active on the tatami. Should you wish to make photos on the tatami too, please ask permission with Bob Lefevere (bob@specialneedsjudo.nl) but be aware that we do not allow too many photographers on the tatami.
  • Flash photography is NOT allowed.
  • Participation in the tournament is an implicit approval to appear in our media. If you do not agree with this, then you have the opportunity to correct this after publication.

Travel and pickups

Early departure on Sunday

This is a really important matter. Some clubs leave very early on Sunday, and should really be on their way to the airport no later than 16:15. In order to make all this run smoothly, we took the following measures:

  • The Medal Ceremony starts as early as possible on Sunday
  • The judoka of those clubs that need to leave early will me called out first during the ceremony.
  • In turn, we expect those clubs to be ready to leave by the time the bus departs
  • Please, follow the instructions from our drivers!
  • Note that SNJF will not take any responsibility for delays or missed flights.

Flights and shuttle service

  • On arrival, please go to the Burger King on Schiphol Plaza. This is the meeting point.
  • If your flight changes or delays, please inform Piet Vittali
  • When you are being dropped off at your hotel, you agree on a pickup time for the next morning with your driver. Please do not be late, as your shuttle may be gone.

 

 

March 21 – International Down Syndrome Day – © Diário de Petropolis

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March 21 – International Down Syndrome Day

Athlete overcomes prejudices and has a goal to participate in international tournaments in 2023


Photo:  Personal archive

Elaine Vieira – special for the Diário

This March 21, World Down Syndrome Day, formalized by the United Nations (UN) in 2012, not only celebrates the lives of people who have the syndrome, but also talks about rights, inclusion and the possibility of people with Down being and doing whatever they want. This year’s goal for Matheus Domingues Moreira, 18 years old, is to complete the entire circuit of competitions of the Brazilian Confederation of Inclusive Judô (ABJI) and return to international competitions, especially the 23rd edition of the tournament in Beverwijk, Holland, of Special Needs Judo Foundation and Special Needs World Judo Games.

Down syndrome is a genetic alteration in which the person has three chromosomes in the 21st pair, and not two, as usual. Therefore, the syndrome is also called trisomy of chromosome 21, or simply T21. According to the Ministry of Health, this chromosomal alteration is the most common among people.

The change did not prevent Matheus, with a lot of willpower and encouragement, from getting involved with the sport and becoming a judoka affiliated with the Judo Federation of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FJERJ).

“Her biggest challenge was when, as a baby, she was diagnosed with a heart valve that would not close on its own and would require surgery. But, God reserved for him one of the best medical teams in this matter and everything was resolved. After that, he underwent physiotherapy and, after a while, he began to practice sports in his swimming life”, comments André Moreira, the young man’s father.

Before that, the athlete also took football lessons, a sport he is passionate about and a fan of Fluminense and Barcelona. “However, the football experience was disastrous because Matheus was unable to develop due to prejudice between students and the children’s parents”, says André.

Matheus started practicing judo at age 8. His debut in official competitions was in the 1st Stage of Judo for All in Rio de Janeiro – Breno Viola Trophy in 2014. And since then he has been standing out in more than 40 competitions in municipalities in the states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and Santa Catarina, in addition to the 20th Edition of the tournament in Beverwijk in the Netherlands in 2018.

The athlete was literate at the age of 10. He is currently attending the 9th grade of elementary school at the Fábrica do Saber Municipal School, where he accompanies a regular class. During the week, he also does weight training at the gym.

With the support of the whole family, Matheus’s greatest encouragement comes from his mother, Valéria Domingues, who also practices judo and makes a point of accompanying her son’s training and competitions.

Focused and dedicated, it is in sport that André sees the opportunities for Matheus’ life.” He loves Judo to the point of waking up and asking if it’s training day. In competitions he concentrates on what he’s going to do, he takes it seriously, although he respects it, he doesn’t like defeat and charges himself for it.

The athlete will participate in the 23rd Edition of the Tournament in Beverwijk, Holland, of the Special Needs Judo Foundation and Special Needs World Judo Games, which takes place from April 14th to 16th of this year – specialized competitions for athletes with disabilities. To pay for the trip, the family is running a campaign to sell skipping ropes. To help, just contact the numbers (24) 98869-1208 or (24) 98869-0812. The pix is ​​CPF 125.169.337

Bronx, first participant of the Special Needs World Judo Games

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Bronx, first participant of the Special Needs World Judo Games (from Desteptarea magazine) 

Florentine Radu

Over time, one of the goals of CS Bronx Powerlifting Club Bacău has been the promotion of judo as a basic tool in a harmonious development, which guarantees not only social inclusion, but, above all, a harmony between body, mind and emotions. In the vast majority of cases, a child who practices judo is a happy child, a child who has understood the principles by which activity in the dojo is guided and who, in relation to others, will always apply the moral code introduced by Jigoro Kano: politeness, courage, sincerity, honor, modesty, respect, self-control and friendship.

CS Bronx Powerlifting Club Bacău has been working with children and young people with impairments since 2016, when the club’s first visually impaired athletes stepped confidently on the mat. In 2022, the project “Judo is played, WHAT DO YOU SAY?” strengthened the Special Needs section of the club not only by attracting new coaches and partners from outside the country, such as the Special Needs Judo Foundation, to join the initiative to promote adapted judo in educational institutions where children and young people with special needs are enrolled , for which judo could become the path to an assumed normality, courage, effort, joy and full self-acceptance, but also by organizing the International Tournament “Judo is playing, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?” and by the participation of the club’s Special Needs athletes in more and more national and international competitions.

After the first gold medals obtained at the Special Needs National Championship Cluj-Napoca and at the European Special Needs Judo Festival Poschiavo, from 2022, sisters Denisa and Nicoleta Oprea will participate, between April 14-16, 2023, at the Special Needs World Judo Games in the Netherlands , where they promise to give their best and conquer the podium. Mărioara Adochiței, one of the club’s oldest athletes, will also participate in the competition, for whom judo, beyond sport, is a way of being, behaving and dreaming of the future. The three athletes practice judo out of passion, and when they are on the mat, they feel more confident, more creative and freer to express themselves. The girls were also some of the core volunteers in the project “Judo is playing, CE Spui?”,

“Our biggest dream in Holland is to be able to give our best, to discover new things, to have more confidence in what we have learned and in the skills we have formed in the gym, but and let’s make friends. And, more than that, we dream of qualifying for the Special Olympics World Games 2023, in Berlin, precisely to make those who supported us proud of us and to demonstrate what Bronx Sport Club means”, said Mărioara, athlete CS Bronx Powerlifting Club Bacău.

SNJF and the BENG committee wish you a Happy New Year!

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We hope the new year bring you all sorts of good things, and we wish you a safe and wonderful judo year!

This is an invitation for the twenty-third edition of our great tournament in Beverwijk. We are honoured and proud to be able to invite you, our guests, for this tournament that since its inception in 1998 has become the greatest in the world for judoka with a disability.
The Ben van der Eng Memorial does not select: We accept any handicap whether it is physical, mental or sensory. Our 5-grade divisioning system FCS is capable of handling anything from the most accomplished judoka to the most severely disabled ones in the safest way possible.
Indeed our Sunday’s BENG! tournament is, we can proudly say, the greatest Judo party in the world whereas the more “serious” Saturday hosts the Special Needs World Judo Games for Shiai and Kata.
Do you wish to participate? Then click HERE to download our outlines.