JUDO: Veteran Paul Jones was one of four gold medal winners for Samurai Judo Club as he lifted the Cockburn Cup.

Clubs from across England and Wales competed in memory of Mark Cockburn, a founder member of Samurai in 1979 who trained at both Stourport and Bewdley clubs.

The flagship men's open category saw all four medals go to the Samurai with Paul Jones just edging the final against club-mate Keith Waldron.

Both showed considerable skill in defeating a series of high-level black belts by maximum scores.

Waldron produced spectacular throws, while Jones showed off his usual polished neatness and outstanding sportsmanship.

Paul Moss took the one bronze, winning three contests in some style, with the other going to club coach Andrew Haffner who won contests with great throws and smart groundwork.

Samurai's Dave Watson came close to the medals, finishing sixth with a good performance.

In the boys' lightweights, five wins out of five saw Greg Oertel take his first gold medal in Britain, defeating a player from Southampton in the final in just six seconds.

Charles Woodward and Sam Stone, who was beaten by Oertel, picked up bronzes with the former close to making the final on the one side.

In the next weight up, four quick maximum point wins saw Benji Connor into the final only to lose by single low score to a good Aylesbury opponent.

Karl Gaughan and Joel Darch secured bronzes in the next two weights, while Ben Newbury took home silver after losing a contest he looked to be winning.

Archie Shrimpton's progress continued in the heaviest weight and he claimed a gold medal.

Stacey Mayo was the only Samurai entrant in the lightweight girls but did well to win a silver.

The girls heavyweights, however, saw three Samurai entrants with Emma Butler and Lauren Underhill both faring well.

They defeated players from Paignton and Hereford respectively to win bronzes but the category eventually belonged to Emma Burgess.

She won her first two contests in just 10 seconds each then beat Underhill in her toughest contest.

Burgess won the final in 10 seconds after throwing her opponent to the ground and securing a hold.