Thasan Yoganathan BEM

Husband | Father | Managing Director Barleybind Ltd | Samurai Olympic Judo Club Coach

[Thasan Yoganathan BEM @Tyoganathan]

Very proud to be recognised in Her Majesty's Honours list, with a British Empire Medal, in her 70th jubilee year. I dedicate this award to my wife, children and colleagues who have supported me throughout. Thank you
Thasan Yoganathan BEM 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
#PlatinumJubilee
#JubileeWeekend

[Samurai Olympic Judo Club @SamuraiJudoWAL]

Congratulations Ashwin on winning a gold medal to become the 2026 Northern Ireland Open Champion 🥋🥇🇬🇧

[Ohi Longe @OhiLonge]

Familiar surroundings. Big stage. @VimalY45 at Anfield tonight.

https://t.co/k2VcXFCmbB

[Samurai Olympic Judo Club @SamuraiJudoWAL]

Congratulations to Jasmin and Ashwin who competed at the 2025 British Championships with Ashwin winning a gold medal and Jasmin bronze 🇬🇧🥇🥉🥋🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[Samurai Olympic Judo Club @SamuraiJudoWAL]

Well done Jasmin and Ashwin competing at the 2025 Harnes, France International Judo tournament. With Ashwin progressing far in his first International Cadet tournament
🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🥋
@Welsh_Judo

[Samurai Olympic Judo Club @SamuraiJudoWAL]

Well done Jasmin, Ashwin and Mia who competed at the 2025 Welsh Pre Cadet and Cadet Open:

🥈Ashwin
🥈Jasmin
7th Mia

@Welsh_Judo

[Samurai Olympic Judo Club @SamuraiJudoWAL]

Congratulations to our players who competed at the 2025 Welsh Closed National Championships, you all competed incredibly well.

Welsh Champions:
🥇Ashwin
🥇Isabelle
🥇Jasmin
🥇Mia
🥇Tristan

🥈Harley
🥈Georgie
🥈Ev
🥈Thasan
🥉Russell
🥉Tiana
5th Matthew

[Samurai Olympic Judo Club @SamuraiJudoWAL]

Congratulations to Ashwin on winning a terrific silver medal at the 2025 Venray International Judo Tournament in The Netherlands, where he battled to the final in a category of 54 players.
🇬🇧💪🥈🥋🇳🇱🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[Samurai Olympic Judo Club @SamuraiJudoWAL]

Well done Ashwin, competing at the 2025 @europeanjudo Hopes Tournament in Bytom, Poland. Great first round win, but unfortunately didn't get pulled into the repechage. Great to be interviewed by Thea Cowen at the EJU 👇

https://t.co/5rXDxGXkfv

[Samurai Olympic Judo Club @SamuraiJudoWAL]

Welsh representatives at the 2025 London Open on Day 1 with Samurai players fighting well with lots of great ippon scores.
Pre-Cadets
🥇Ashwin Yoganathan
🥈Abbas Haider
Cadets
🥈Jasmin Yoganathan
🥉Dawood Haider
5th Bryn Meredith
💪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🥋🇬🇧
@bishopgore @BishopstonSch @StMikes

[Kosmos @kosmos_mtm]

60 SECOND SEMINAR

This week we are looking at a grip tip, shrugging the sleeve down 🥋

Comment ⬇️ with any other techniques you’d like to see 👀

[Thasan Yoganathan BEM @Tyoganathan]

Congratulations to @EvansWilliamsFC u14s in lifting the #Carmarthenshire AFL RW Barnes 2024/25 trophy. Very pleased with Ashwin's performance and contribution in the final 🏆⚽️

[CPD Evans & Williams AFC @EvansWilliamsFC]

Carmarthenshire AFL U14 Cup Final Winners 🏆

#Albies

[Jamie Edwards Photography @JamiePhotos_]

Commiserations to @SEASIDEAFC U14s on a well battled final but congratulations to @EvansWilliamsFC U14s who lift the Carmarthenshire AFL R W Barnes U14 Cup with a goal in extra time.

Full match gallery can be found here↓📸
https://t.co/VBUdEZT0A2

[Jason Dale @onelittleduck]

Action from last nights CAFL U14s Cup Final between @EvansWilliamsFC and @SEASIDEAFC at Stebonheath...
More photos over at https://t.co/1xr5CzA7I0

[St. Michael's School @StMikes]

Year 9's Ashwin Y represented Great Britain at the European Judo Union, Sarajevo European Judo Hopes Tournament 2025.

He, missed out on the medals this time but performed very well against top level European players.

Well done!

#Judo #SportAtStMikes

[CPD Evans & Williams AFC @EvansWilliamsFC]

Carmarthenshire AFL U14 Cup Final Winners 🏆

#Albies

[Thasan Yoganathan BEM @Tyoganathan]

@stephhwalker_ Well done Steph 👏

[Samurai Olympic Judo Club @SamuraiJudoWAL]

Well done Ashwin, representing 🇬🇧 at the EJU Sarajevo European Judo Hopes Tournament 🇧🇦.Missed out on a medal but performed very well against top-level European players. Also attended a technical session with 🇯🇵 and 🇮🇹 olympic bronze medalists Misato Nakamura & Maria Centracchio

[Samurai Olympic Judo Club @SamuraiJudoWAL]

Welsh Representatives at the British Judo Senior 2025 Examiners conference

Minors competing for the first time at Irfon Judo club Open

Craig Fallon Cup randori (former National Coach for Wales)
It's been a busy weekend for Samurai! 🥋🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[Thasan Yoganathan BEM @Tyoganathan]

Great day at Lions Judo for The Craig Fallon Cup Randori. Thank you to Gavin Davies for once again hosting a great session and to Gemma Howell for the picture.

Looking forward to the next one.

[Samurai Olympic Judo Club @SamuraiJudoWAL]

Samurai extend a warm welcome to team South Africa!
We hope you all enjoyed the session💪🥋🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇿🇦