TWO black belts from Master Clive Harrison's Black Belt Academy have picked up awards from their first competition of 2006 --the GTI Southern Cham-pionships in Swindon.

Helen Box took gold in the black belt patterns, while Sally Glea-ves picked up bronze in the black belt sparring.

At the same event the academy's joint chief instructor, Tonia Cox, was presented with a special award. She won more pattern medals during 2005 than any other black belt in the GTI.