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ROCHDALE                                     the sport, he rose to prominence as a coach


                   JUDO CLUB                                   when he trained three-time Paralympics gold
                                                               medallist Simon Jackson MBE to his first
                                                               success in Seoul in 1988.
          A member since he was 16 years old, Warren
          Schofield has served as the chairman of              Rochdale Judo Club is regarded as one of the
          Rochdale Judo Club for over 20 years and is a        leading clubs in the North West, and Warren’s
          trustee of the long-running club.                    mission now is to provide a valuable service to
                                                               judo members, he said: “My love and passion

          Warren was presented with his 7th Dan red            for judo has got me to where I am. As long as I
          and white belt in 2017.                              am physically able, I will continue.


          He said: “The original Rochdale judo club was        “Judo has health benefits, it teaches discipline,
          above a garage on Howard Street and this is          respect, honour and how to be humble in both
          where I went to practice. Since then, I have         victory and defeat, and I think everyone could
          tried to build the Rochdale club to be stronger.”    do with learning these skills.”


          Since opening in 1950, the club moved from a         Rochdale Judo Club organises junior, cadet and
          garage, to a church hall and a room above the        senior sessions for ages four to 80, with
          old Rochdale market. In the summer of 1977           training and instruction provided by
          the club opened its own custom-built premises        experienced and certified British Judo
          - the Trafalgar Street Dojo.                         Association registered coaches who send elite
                                                               players to the Olympics.

          Warren has won numerous British titles as well
          as training with and competing against some of       Combat and self defence classes are also
          the most accomplished names in British judo.         taught. Karate and jiu jitsu groups also use
          As a well-known and respected figure within          the facilities.

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