Elite Athlete Funding

The Judo Alberta coaching staff has released the Elite Athlete funding application. This application is for funding for Judo Alberta/ Judo Canada events that have taken or will take place between: September 2014-December 2014 *Please note athletes attending Quebec Open/ Fall National training camp/ Ontario Open that are fighting off for Canada Winter Games will receive funding for these events from CWG funding, these athletes will not be eligible to apply for Elite athlete funding for these events due to the amount of money Judo Alberta is already giving them. If an athlete is not fighting off for CWG please feel free to apply for elite athlete funding if the athlete meets the criteria in the Elite athlete funding policy*

The elite athlete funding is for athletes in age divisions U18, U21, and Senior that our travelling out of province for tournaments or training camps at a national or international level. The Judo Alberta coaching staffs is allocating $3000.00 towards this part of the season for elite level athletes. The whole funds may or may not be completely used depending on the number of applicants and events.

Applying for this funding does not guarantee that funds will be issued to you. The coaching staff are looking for athletes that have shown dedication to their own judo training, tournament participation, and training camp participation. Also the coaching staff is looking for athletes that are planning for future goals in the sport. Please see a list of example tournaments that we will fund on the Elite athlete funding policy .

The coaching staff want the athletes to have full support from their personal coach/ head sensei/club before applying for funds.

To download the funding application please click here !

The deadline to apply for this round of funding is: November 16th, 2014
Please submit funding applications to:

Laurie Wiltshire:
Email: laurie@judoalberta.com
Thank you
Judo Alberta Coaching Staff