The girls went in next in the 15 and under category where the level was incredibly high. The judges couldn't seperate Hunisha and Nuri and joint Bronze was their prize.

Meanwhile both Hanako and Bethany worked very hard on their kata with Bethany finishing just 0.1 point out of the medals in 4th place in her category. This was Hanako's first attempt at competing at this level and despite some expected nerves, performed incredibly well, this experience will be invaluable to her and showed huge potential for the future.

This was the start of a flurry of kata activity with Hunisha dashing from mat to mat. No sooner had she finished her 2 individual performances than she was back on for the mixed junior team event. This is the first tournament our junior team had competed in, having only trained for this for a week. Team Kata entails 3 competitors in a 'synchronised' kata - so not only do they have to be move perfect as individuals, but they have to be perfectly in time with each other. Navin, Nuri and Hunisha certainly managed to master timing and took the Silver medal. Superb at anytime, extra special for a first effort.

Flushed with that success and some quick reorganizing and a mixed senior team was entered, this time with Nuri, Hunisha and Jordan, an elite cadet [16 - 18 yrs old] student of Sensei Marks - these 3 had not done this together before but they performed like experienced professionals and were rewarded with a Bronze place. We were not sure this day could get much better - but it still had more to offer!

The kumite categories were hard fought and there was a lot of experience on display from the youngest to the oldest competitors. Nuri, Navin, Kieran, Hanako and Stephania all worked very hard and fought well but it was the turn of one of our less experienced competitors, Bethany, to take centre stage. She comprehensively won her round and went through to the final, taking Gold with an incredible 8-0 scoreline and rounding off the day in fine style for Ashin-do Kai.