SAMURAI members floored all-comers at the club’s open championships for players below black belt level.

In the women’s section, Samurai fielded three of their younger players with considerable success.

Hetty Tinsdale, 14, competing at senior level for the first time, won all five of her contests with maximum point throws to take the gold medal.

Bryony Griffiths, 15, was by some distance the lightest in her category and also had five maximum point victories as out of five contests.

Finally, Becky Hobby, 16, gained her first 20 points towards her black belt after two wins against senior brown belts who were much heavier than her on her way to the final.

Although she lost the final top another heavier player from Reading, she was still happy with a silver medal.

In the veterans section, Mark Allen gained the first men’s medal of the day for the Samurai with silver in the lightweights category, losing to a player from Devon in the final.

In the lightest of the open age weight groups, Reece Bourne reached the final before losing to a player from Sheffield University and so finishing with silver. In the category above Allen aded a bronze to his tally for the day.

There was bronze for Sam Bravo in the lightest of the higher grades men’s group.

James Walker was in the next weight category up and started well against players from Somerset and Boston, but then had to withdraw after injuring his knee.

Dan Jones led the charge in the middleweight category.

Four maximum point wins from some excellent throws against players from Swansea, Manchester, Shrewsbury and Aylesbury put him into the semi-final, which he won against a Wolverhampton player with another excellent throw.

On paper he should have won the final against an opponent from Wellingborough but made a mistake and was caught by a maximum point throw.

However, five wins out of six contests and the silver medal was quite a good result. Paul Spencer also finished in a creditable seventh place.

In the heavyweight section, Mark Flello and Sean Lawcock both recorded several good wins, with the latter reaching the final.

He lost to a Boston player and had to settle for silver, while Flellow took bronze.