JUDO: Samurai continued their great run of results with nine golds and 17 other medals at the Shuttle Challenge against opponents from the West Midlands.

The experienced Samurai juniors were heavily involved in running the tournament through refereeing and organising medal presentations.

The girls won gold and silver in every category with Katie Hodson beating club-mate Kim Ingram, younger sister of Great Britain international Ellen, in the lightest weight group.

Hodson recorded a series of maximum-point wins, while Ingram won through an epic six-minute semi-final.

In the next weight group final, Katie's skillful sister Aimee beat fellow Samurai youngster Abigail Muir who impressed despite being lighter than her opposition. The less experienced Victoria Childs finished fifth.

In the third girls weight group, newcomers Emily Jones and Emma Butler won three contests to reach the last stage with the latter shading the gold on points.

Lauren Underhill, in her first competition, beat some tough opponents before losing to the devastating Joanne Butcher in the final.

In the boys, Steven Wagstaff produced a superb throw to earn a bronze in the lightest weight group's lower grade section.

Daniel Spivery won two contests and hit back for third place after a surprise late score denied him a place in the final.

In the third weight group, Ross Boyd created a surprise by winning four matches for the gold, while Callum Muir and James Allen did well for bronzes.

Hard-working Lewis Osman-Moore continued his great progress with a bronze in the fourth category and determined Jake Whale added another third place in the next weight up.

In the higher grade sections, Samurai made a major impression with Wesley Connor demonstrated excellent throws and sharp groundwork for a gold in the lightest category.

With Samurai opting to put many players up a weight group to stretch them more, Charles Woodward was also on form with a hat-trick of maximum-point wins for his gold.

An intriguing third group saw Karl Gaughan, Joel Darch and Ashley Round battling it out.

Gaughan beat Darch who then went up a gear and won three other contests to secure him gold.

Round won a bronze and Gaughan had to be content with the same after slipping up in the semi.

The improving Richard Baulk lost his final to a Worcester player but training partner Archie Shrimpton was devastating in the last weight section.

Shrimpton romped to the final with wins in three, eight and six seconds before claiming gold in a minute.

Another Friday newcomer Andrew Broad took silver and Edward Acutt recorded his first competition wins for a bronze.