Swift Current Judo Club
350 6th Avenue NE S9H 2M5 Swift Current, SK, Canada

Throwback pic from 1985-86

The Swift Current Judo Club would like to thank Dr. Ron DePauw for his 40 plus years of dedication and teaching at the judo club. Ron is a Sandan, level 3 coach. Ron orginally was from Manitoba, he took a job at Agriculture Canada Research Station in SC and raised his family here. Ron is a world renowned wheat breeder and has travel world speaking, visiting field plots and sharing his knowledge. Ron and his wife are pick up roots and moving to Calgary. We would like to wish Ron and his wife the best in their next chapter of their lives.

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Doug Rogers - JUDOKA (Full) NFB Canada RIP Doug Rogers January 26, 1941 - July 20, 2020 Judo BC Alumnus - Doug Rogers, Head Sensei - UBC Judo Club 1967 - 1978... Exceptional career accomplishments include : 1964 Olympic Games Silver 1965 World Judo Championships, Heavy Weight- Bronze 1965 Pan American Games, Open Weight Gold, Heavy Weight Gold 1965 All Japan University Championships Gold 1967 Pan American Games, Open Weight Gold 1972 Olympic Games, Heavy Weight Fifth, Open Weight Fifth 5x Canadian National Champion 1973 Canadian Olympic Association Hall of Fame Member 1976 BC Sport Hall of Fame Member 1977 Canadian Sport Hall of Fame Member 1996 Judo Canada Hall of Fame Member Directed by Josef Reeve - 1965 | 18 min This short documentary tells the story of Doug Rogers, a young Canadian athlete who developed a talent for judo that led him into competition for the world championship at the Tokyo Olympics and subsequent competition at the Pan-American Games. The film shows the intensive judo training Rogers took at a Tokyo college, as well as glimpses of his life in Japan.

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