Meet the team

Laurie Rush

Head Coach

Laurie is a 5th Dan Blackbelt and a Level 3 coach. He runs the club with passion and motivation.

Laurie is also a support coach in our BJJ section and is currently a purple belt.

Having recently retired from the police service Laurie is taking rushjudo into schools !!!

Matthew Rush

Lead Coach Primary class and Adaptive Judo Section

Matthew is known for his enthusiasm and energy, great with the younger ones and heads up our Adaptive Judo Section.

Matthew is a 2nd Dan Blackbelt , a Level 2 coach and is part of the Great Britain coaching team for Adaptive Judo.

Steve Temple

Coach - judo and BJJ

Steve is a 1st Dan Blackbelt and level 1 coach. He helps laurie on the intermediate and advanced classes.

Steve is also the lead coach for our BJJ fundamentals class and is a Roger Gracie purple belt.

He is easily recognised with his mohawk hair !!!

Trevor Westwood

Coach

Trevor is a 1st Dan Blackbelt and Level 2 coach. Trever is Matthews right hand man working with the young players and with the Adaptive Judo section.

Sharon Rush

Behind the scenes

Sharon is the lucky lady who is married to laurie !
She runs all the club administration and is the go to person for all matters that are off the judo mat. She is also a 1st Dan Blackbelt and helps Matt with the under 8 class so don't mess !!! ?

Carl Walker

Coach

Carl is a 1st Dan and a Level 1 Blackbelt. Carl helps laurie out with the intermediate classes.

Trudi Fryer

Welfare Officer

Trudi is a very experienced club welfare officer and is always on hand if anyone needs to talk to someone about a welfare matter