Category: News

  • Poco Judo Nationals Athletes in the Tri-City News

    PoCo judo club shines By Staff Writer – The Tri-City News Published: July 30, 2013 11:00 AM The Port Coquitlam Judo Club reeled in a string of medals at the 2013 Canadian Judo Championships in Richmond earlier this month. Tom Argue won gold in the male 45-49, 81-kilogram category, while…

  • Instructors Successfully Grade for Nidan Rank

    Instructors Chris Drieschner (6 PM Class) and Tom Argue (7 PM Class), successfully graded for their Nidan rank (Second Degree Black Belt) this past June in front of the Judo BC Grading board. Thanks to Harley who did a great job being the Kata partner in Tom’s and Chris’ grading,…

  • Results for Poco Judo Judoka at the Canadian National Judo Championships

    Congratulations to all our competitors that competed in the Canadian Nationals this past weekend. More details and pictures to come! Kristi Roots (U-21) – Bronze Medal Tom Argue (Masters) – Gold Medal Eric Cherneff (Masters) – Silver Medal Teresa Plesner (Masters) – Silver Medal Michael Crandell (Masters) – Bronze Medal…

  • Poco Judo Wishes Its Judoka Good Luck at the Nationals! July 4 – 7th in Richmond, BC

    Good Luck Everybody! You’ll make us proud! Kurt Roots (U-18) Kristi Roots (U-21) Drew Roots (SR) Matt Roots (SR) Tom Argue (Masters) Eric Cherneff (Masters) Nigel Payne (Masters) Teresa Plesner (Masters) Rick Blanchard (Kata) John Morris (Kata) Stephen Duran (Kata) Michael Crandell (Kata) Tom Argue (Kata) Harley Mechalchuk (Kata) Eric…

  • Pictures from 2012/2013 Season – Adult Class – Spring 2013

    As we are getting closer to wrapping up a great session at Poco Judo, we’re going to be posting some new pictures. We’re starting with this shot of the Adult class from about a month back. Cheers!

  • Poco Judo Pub Night Fundraiser – This Sunday, June 9th at 5 PM

    We’re having our last Fundraiser of the season this Sunday, June 9th at 5 PM at the Cat and Fiddle Pub. 1979 Brown St., Port Coquitlam, BC

  • Poco Mini Tournament II – Thursday, May 16. Signup on May 7th and 9th

    After the Poco Mini II matches are completed, we will sit around the Dojo and have pizza and refreshments and tell everyone how great we are. (show off your medals and take a few pictures) Round Robin Tournament format. Everyone Welcome! Tournament begins at 6:30, be there at 6:15 pm…

  • Poco Judo Awards 2013 Winners!

    Pictures and more details to come but here is a note from Sensei and the list of Winners for our 2012 / 2013 Awards Season. Congratulations!

  • February Tournament Results from the Richmond Oval

    There were two tournaments held out at the Richmond Oval this past month. The Spirit International Open on February 2nd and the Pacific International Senior Invitational on February 16th. Spirit International Open First Place Simon P Nikki Z Second Place Kevin Foreman Pacific International Senior Invitational First Place Payton S…

  • New Black Belts from December 2012 Grading

    Poco Judo is proud to announce three of our members were promoted to Shodan (First Degree Black Belt) this past December. Duncan Rice, Harley Mechalchuk, and Kurt Roots, received their Black Belts after successfully passing their grading in which they had to demonstrate the Naga No Kata in front of…