Hardy Spicer 83 Judo Club has been in existence since 1972. From day one until the present it has had members ranging in ages from 6 to 30, the majority of which were, and still are, drawn from the local surrounding area.

Since 1986 Fitzroy Davies has been the Club Coach. The Club has successfully competed in major national and international competitions, and the Club regularly supplies members representing the Midland Area in the Junior National Championships. Indeed, so successful has the Club been at providing players for the British Judo Association Squads, that it has been classed as a High Quality Skill Centre.

The Club Coach, Fitzroy Davies, has been a Midland Area and National Squad Coach, and achieved the following during his playing days:

Great Britain International, Commonwealth medallist, European Team medallist, European Club medallist, Olympic Squad Member.

While some of the more recent achievements of the Club members are as follows:

Craig Fallon – 2002 Commonwealth Gold medallist, 2003 Rome Gold, Paris Gold and European Silver medallist. 2003 British Squad representative and Silver medallist at the World Championships in Japan. British Open Champion 2002 and 2003.
Shane Authers – 2002 British Squad member, previous Olympic Squad member, European Junior Champion and twice Junior National Gold medallist.
James Austin – 2000 and 2001 Junior National Champion, 2002 Junior National Silver medallist. Member of the 2003 British Squad. BUJA Squad member.
Charlotte Grant – 2002 under 21 British Trial Champion, member of 2002 British Squad.
James Moorcroft – 2000, 2001, 2002 Junior National medallist. Member of 2003 British Cadet and BSJA Squads
Daniel Lowe – 2000 Junior National medallist, member of the 2000 British Cadet Squad.
Stuart Austin and Rhys Booth – 1999 Junior National medallists.
Anthony Buckley – 2003 Maltese Open Champion.

In previous years the following Club members achieved success at National level:

Jason Authers – National Championship Silver medallist and British Senior International.
Michelle Milner - National Champion , British Cadet and Junior International. BSJA Squad.
Becky Dalziel – National Championship Silver medallist (twice), British Cadet and Junior International. BSJA Squad.
Holly Jackson – National Champion and Silver, Bronze medallist. British Cadet International. BSJA Champion . Welsh Open Champion.
Scott Jackson – BSJA National Champion. Welsh Open medallist.
Sheena Payne – National Champion. British Junior International. BSJA Squad.
Tina Fallon – National Champion and medallist. British Cadet International. BSJA Squad.
Chris Guest – National medallist. British Espoir Squad.
Andrew Machin – National Champion. British Espoir and Junior International.
Paul Hardwick – National Championship Silver medallist. British Junior International.
Claire Hardwick – BSJA Squad.
Mark Shaw – National Championship medallist. British Junior international. RN Squad.
Sean Power – National Champion. British Junior International. BSJA and BUJA Squad.
Erica Bowley – National Champion. British Junior and Senior International.
Lorraine Authers – National Champion 5 times. British Junior International.
Donna Macavoy – National Champion. British Junior International.
Anthony Swarbrook – Commonwealth Gold medallist.
Corrie Smith, Keith Watkins, Nicky Withers & Paul Holloway – National Champions.
Donna Raybone, Nathan Withers & Cheryl Facey – National Championship medallists.
John Bowley, Julie King & Marina Lamb – National Championship medallists.
Julian Davis – European Bronze medallist.
Helen Griffin – British Senior Squad.
Daniel Hopkins - Welsh and Scottish Open Champion. British Cadet Internonal.
Michelle Bassinder, Craig Hopkins & Andrew Glass - All won National events.

Until 1999 the Club trained in it’s own premises on the Hardy Spicer Social Club site in Pype Hayes, Birmingham. Sadly, an arson attack on the adjacent factory premises in November 1998 initially left the Club without power, and eventually resulted in the Club premises collapsing due to subsidence during the rebuilding of the factory.
The Club has now relocated to the church hall St Mary Church, Tyburn Road, Pype Hayes, Birmingham.

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