On Sunday was the Senior Kyu Grade And Masters Competition which was held at Worthing. We had five members attend this competition which were, James, Shaun, Mark, Hayley and Larry.

James had just 2 fights, sadly lost them all but came back with bronze.

Shawn had 3 fights in his first ever competition, lost the first fight but came back and held down the second to win it and then sadly lost the last but came back with bronze.

Mark fought in two sections, the seniors and the masters. In the seniors Mark had 2 fights and won them all and got gold. In the masters Mark again had only 2 fights sadly lost them both but came back with a bronze as well.

Hayley had a massive 8 fights including a golden score in one of the fights. She was split in to two groups, the first group she won all 3 of her fights and got gold, but she was put into another group so she could earn some points for her black belt. She had 3 fights in this group, winning the first two fights and sadly losing the other two but she received 10 points as she beat one of opponents with an ippon score.

Larry had 4 fights winning the first fight with an ippon score, sadly losing the next two fights but came back and won the last with an ippon score and received silver and 20 points towards his black belt.