Rick Kenney, 7th Dan, Vice President of JudoScotland, was re-elected as Executive President of the Commonwealth Judo Association at the recent CJA Congress held in Glasgow.

He was a member of the CJA Executive from 1990 and was elected as Senior Vice President in 1998. He attended Commonwealth Judo Championships in this position all over the world, including Mauritius; Malta; Canada: Singapore and New Zealand.

He was also Chairman of the Organising Committees when Commonwealth Championships were held in Scotland in 1998 and 1986.

Rick was previously Chairman of JudoScotland for seven years and Vice Chair of the British Judo Association for five years, and served two terms as Vice Chair of the Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland.

Judo was a demonstration sport in Edinburgh at the 1986 Games, when Rick was also the team coach, and due to its success, the sport was then included in the following Games in Auckland, New Zealand in 1990.

Judo had to wait until the Manchester Commonwealth Games in 2002 before the sport re-appeared on the Games programme, with Graham Randall winning a gold medal for Scotland.

Rick said: “I look forward to developing judo across the Commonwealth over the next few years and am sure that the success of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games will continue to showcase our sport across the world.

“Scotland has a long tradition in judo at Commonwealth level stretching back to 1986 and I see a bright future for judo.”