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| Name: Roy Shepherd Sport: Judo  | I have just finished my final year at Alness academy, and am now looking forward to moving down to the capital to study Physical Geography and Geology at University in September. I have just been reselected into my third year at HIS and am looking forward to training down the road: my only hope being that the new gyms will be as welcoming, motivating and entertaining as up here. As Scottish Judo is based in Edinburgh I am extremely excited to be given the chance to train part time alongside Scotland’s best. In the mean time, I will be making the most of my sessions in the Inverness gym with personal targets to hit the 100kg mark on my bench-press 1RM and the 150kg mark on my back squat 1RM by the time of my departure in September. In my spare time I enjoy a number of sports: Running, Cycling and just recently I have been hooked on Rugby, playing for my school and scoring my first try back in December. My goals for the future are to medal at the British junior championships next year and in the long term; Glasgow 2014 and onwards… |
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