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The New British Judo Chair
The current BJA Chair (Ltd Company Director), Ronnie Saez, resigned early after British Judo funders requested to review BJA Directors and their relationships to British Judo.
Also after a string of integrity scandals hitting British Judo.
The process of finding a new British Judo Chair is happening right now!
How does this work or how should it work?
UPDATED 2 August 2023
Only BJA Directors* were allowed to vote and no details of other candidates were made known to clubs, coaches or members beforehand!
GBJC has reached out to the new British Judo Chair; Gerry Gualtieri, for an interview.
His company, at the time, did sponsor the Commonwealth Judo Championships, 2019.
Along with NEST Management, the current supplyier of the failed DOJO-2 app.
British Judo June 14 2019:
“Sponsors jump on board for the 2019 Commonwealth Judo Championships“
In the British judo website article about the CJC, (Commonwealth judo Championships) 2019:
“The event will add to the growing list of top-level European and World judo competitions to be hosted in Britain……………”
The “top level World judo competition” CJC 2023, South Africa:
2 August 2023:
- Confeence organised by the CJA (Commonwealth Judo Association Ltd company).
3-6 August 2023:
- Judo Competitions for Veterans, VIs (Visually Impaired), Pre-Cadets, Cadets, Juniors and Seniors
Was a well kept secret by the CJA and British Judo until GBJC published a post about it:
2023 Commonwealth Judo Championships – Results
and 4 days of judo competitions.
Has remained a secret by the
British Judo June 14 2019:
Sponsors jump on board for the 2019 Commonwealth Judo Championships
British Judo August 1 2023:
Gerry Gualtieri Appointed as new Chair of British Judo
The BJA App, DOJO-2, supplied by NEST Management, one year after its launch:
The British Judo App – “DOJO-2”
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HOW IS THE BRITISH JUDO CHAIR CHOOSEN?
The British Judo (BJA) website stated that the BJA Chair was elected by member clubs.
Until 2021 when this was deleted from the website after Ronnie Saez had been secretly re-elected for an additional 4 year term.
Ronnie Saez was unanimously re-elected by the BJA Board of Directors, June 2021.
He was the only candidate since the BJA had not announced that the Chair position was up for election.
Was the British Judo Chair’s term extended from 8 years (2 terms) to 3 terms, 12 years,
after the AGM November 2022?
Though nothing has been published from the AGM; attendance, voting, ammendments approved or rejected, etc.
The BJA Chief Executive, Andrew Scoular, altered the company documents shortly after the AGM and these were uploaded onto the BJA website without any notice.
The only record from the AGM, since November 2022, is the BJA Chair’s reference to the AGM at the Board meeting December 2022.
BJA Chair Ronnie Saez:
“…..the AGM had gone well………”
See screenshot.
Reference/Documentation
BJA Boar of Directors re-electing Ronnie Saez, June 2021
BJA Ltd Company, Memorandum & Articles
BJA’s Board meeting December 2022; Ronnie Saez ref to AGM
BJA Directors voting for Ronnie Saez’ re-election, June 2021:
Peter Blewett
Loretta Cusack-Doyle
Malgorzata Grzyb*
Alex Slade
Neil Fletcher
Andrew Haffner
Graham Campbell
Fred Prosser
Athena Witter
Diana Hunter
* see altercation made to the document 6 months later.
THE OFFICIAL PROCESS!
The secretive Chair job vacancy doesn’t clarify the process with finding a new BJA Chair.
The recruitment company, Hartmann Mason Executive Search, did initially not respond to a request to clarify the process. Though later when quoting the Code of Sport Governance, a response was forthcoming.
It is NOT BJA clubs, coaches or members that decide who becomes the next British Judo Chair.
It is the BJA Directors’ decision based upon the reccomendation of candidates by the BJA nomination commission.
Persons having applied to the recruitment agency via the job advert should have been passed on to the BJA Nomination Commission for discussion and approval
So who is the BJA Nomination Commission?
Composition:
Council Representative
BJA Chairman, Ronnie Saez or the Deputy Chairman.
3 x Independent Board Directors
BJA CEO (in attendance) – Andrew Scoular.
Grassroots judo’s first port of call to find out who the candidates are would be their BJA Council area representatives.
Thereafter it will only be a question of the BJA Board of Directors deciding and eventually announcing the new BJA Chair to members, clubs and coaches.
Only available BJA AGM Document.
British Judo Annual Report.
British Judo Nomination Commission & Remit.
BJA Ltd Company, Memorandum & Articles
The British Judo Chair “candidate pack”.
BJA Council members as per November 2022 & January 2023:
Rowena Birch President
Council Members:
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Sarah Newbury – Midlands Area
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Darren Dean – Welsh Judo Association
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John Thacker – Navy Judo
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David Rance – Northern Home Counties
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Robin Newett – Northern Ireland Judo Federation
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John Gibson – Northern Area
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Jim McKenzie – Army Judo
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Rick Kenney – JudoScotland
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Matthew Clempner – Police Sport UK & North West Area
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Ben George – Yorkshire & Humberside Area
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Helen Moody – Yorkshire & Humberside Area
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Denise Oates – Eastern Area
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Nadia Minardi – London Area
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Peter Blewett – London Area
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Dave Allen – Western Area
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Stephen Watson – Armed Forces
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Seth Birch – Yorkshire & Humberside Area
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John Malkinson – Southern Area
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Brian Davies – Vice President
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Dr Colin Draycott – Senior Vice President
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Tony Sweeney – Vice President
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Mick Leigh – Vice President
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Richard Barraclough – Vice President
Ronnie Saez’s departure.
The current BJA Chair, Ronnie Saez, will be leaving the BJA Chair position early by September 2023.
The obvious fear with some is that Ronnie Saez will do a “Glasgow Council” on British Judo.
“The poverty campaigner who walked away with £500k of poor kids’ cash”
“A word of warning for Charity Trustees“
Is British Judo aware of Ronnie Saez’s previous performance in handling public funding?
The BJA Chief Executive, Andrew Scoular, also happens to have been working for Glasgow Council around the time of Ronnie’s “misconduct”!
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