Dragons on tour in Italy


In August Lucy, Callum, Peter and Daniil headed off to Italy for a week long training camp at the tough Italian National training week. All 4 of these young athletes worked hard and gave everything to the sessions, training twice a day as well as having some S&C time.  

The objection for the week was to get in the maximum amount of training time ready to start the new competition season in September and they certainly achieved that. As well as training with other young national and international cadets they were able to watch the senior training and meet some of the superstars of Italian judo.  

Picture - Daniil and Callum with Manuel Lombardo 2021 European Champion and World Silver Medallist

Well done dragons! 

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