Steve Pullen MBE

Steve Pullen is a 6th Dan Black Belt and holder of the MBE for his service to  Blind and Disabled Judo. He is in charge of the Special Needs Section of the British Judo Association and is the Head National Coach for the Paralympic Judo Squad. He was awarded the Coaching Award for 1995 from the National  Coach Foundation and was presented with the Churchill Fellowship Award 1989 by Her Majesty the Queen. He is the co-founder of The Urmston Judo Club at the George H Carnall Centre Urmston, which was formed in 1983. He was in charge of Physical Education at the Chethams School of music until his retirement in 1997.

Currently Steve is heading up a Team of Coaches who's prime objectives are to increase and expand the already established and successful teaching facilities in the North West with a view to integrating able bodied and disabled Judo. Building on his success with The British Blind Judo Squad who are consistently winning medals in International and World Events Steve is in the process of raising funds for a purpose built Judo Centre of Excellence in the Greater Manchester Area. Together with Peter Topping he was a founder member of DOJO (The Disabled Judo Organization), who's patron is Keith Bradley MP, which is committed to helping the disabled to find funding and resources.

e-mail steve.pullen@ntlworld.com

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