Bungay Battle in the 2011 Eastern Interclub Tournament!

The Eastern Area Inter-Club tournament took place in Northampton this year and Bungay battled to a brilliant medal tally and a creditable 3rd place in the region, even with a diminished collection of competitors due to injuries and prior commitments.

21 medals in total were achieved by 16 fighters in all age groups, the junior (13-17) and pee wees (under 12) all performed well and they won a host of medals including gold for Reece Jordan (aged 12) in the sparring and silver in the patterns.

Gold for Callum Read (aged 12) in the Pee Wee patterns whilst Ben Jordan (aged 7) won silver in the younger age range patterns.

Kal Bedingfield (aged 14) won a great gold for patterns and silver for sparring.

Oli Baylis (aged 16) won bronze for sparring and silver for patterns and his sister Saskia (aged 15) won silver for sparring and bronze for patterns.

Sophie Akerman (aged 14) won a brilliant gold for patterns but her sister Jenna only just missed out on bronze by the narrowest of margins.

Denys Wooley (aged 14) fought hard for his bronze in sparring and Aaron Sampson (aged 16) put in a brave performance but lost to a much higher grade student.

Adam Sloan (aged 13) also gained a 4th placing in the junior black belt patterns.Less adults from the club were able to participate this weekend but those that did achieved great results with Nidge Bedingfield (aged 56) winning gold for sparring and patterns whilst his wife, Suzie (aged 50) won double silver medals.

Club assistant instructor Martin Sloan (41) won bronze for black belt sparring and instructors assistant Nicole Somerville (19) won double bronze in the black belt sparring and patterns.

Finally Clinton Gillett the club instructor won silver for patterns and gold for sparring to draw procedures to a close.

Steve King The area 5th degree and senior said “Bungay did especially well and came 3rd with a small group of competitors, just think what would happen if they could have brought a full squad!”

The club is recruiting for new students at the moment so if you want to get fit for the new year come along to the high school on Tuesday or Thursday evenings from 7pm or contact Clinton Gillett on 01986 892140 for further details. The youngest students in the club are 6 years old and there is no upper age limit.

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Northampton Interclub Tournament Feb 2011