Commonwealth Judo Championships

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Following a meeting held at the 1983 World Championships in Seoul, Korea. The Commonwealth Judo Association was formed.

Mr. Owen Clarke (Scotland) was the first President and Mr. Harry O’Rourke (New Zealand) the first Chairman.

Mr. O'Rourke then followed Owen and is the current President of the CJA.

The Commonwealth Judo Championships have since then been staged in the following countries.

  1. 1986 Edinburgh SCOTLAND
  2. 1988 Coleraine NORTHERN IRELAND
  3. 1990 Auckland NEW ZEALAND COMMONWEALTH GAMES
  4. 1992 Cardiff WALES
  5. 1994 Gozo MALTA
  6. 1996 Vacoas MAURITIUS
  7. 1998 Edinburgh SCOTLAND
  8. 2000 Stephenville CANADA
  9. 2002 Manchester ENGLAND COMMONWEALTH GAMES
  10. 2004 Waitakere NEW ZEALAND
  11. 2006 Londonderry NORTHERN IRELAND
  12. 2008 Vacoas MAURITIUS
  13. Proposed 2010 Singapore SINGAPORE

[edit] Londonderry 2006

The Championships were held at the Templemore Sports Complex, Derry, Northern Ireland from 16 June to 18 June 2006. The twenty competing teams were from :

  1. Australia
  2. Canada
  3. England
  4. Ghana
  5. India
  6. Isle of Man
  7. Jersey
  8. Kenya
  9. Malta
  10. New Zealand
  11. Nigeria
  12. Northern Ireland
  13. Pakistan
  14. Scotland
  15. Singapore
  16. South Africa
  17. Trinidad & Tobago
  18. Uganda
  19. Wales
  20. Zambia


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