Warsaw Open, Poland

This was the second time I had competed in the Warsaw Open. I was fighting in the under 13's and under 15's. I like fighting in Poand. There were 800 fighters from 14 countries.

Under 15's (34kg) 8 competitors

We were split into two pools of four

Oleh Ovcharenko (Ukraine) First Fight
This strong lad from the Ukraine threw me for Ippon in ten seconds (ouch)

Johan Nordstrom (Sweden) Second Fight
I won my second fight with an Ippon easily

Marek Sedrowicz (Poland) Third Fight
I beat Marek with an ippon after about one minute.

Michal Kulik (Poland) Semi-Final
I had lost to Michal last year and was fighting really well. I was beaten by an armlock but still won the bronze medal.

Under 13's (33kg) 21 competitors

Kacper Krajewski (Poland) First Fight

I won my first fight very easily with an ippon

Oleh Ovcharenko (Ukraine) Second Fight

Oleh was a good strong fighter throwing me five time and again beating me. I lasted longer than my first fight against him. Oleh is the best fighter I have fought.

Mataz Gruzauskas (Lithuania) Third Fight

After my defeat I was really up for winning the Bronze Medal and threw Mataz with an ippon early in the fight.

Matas Kucinskas (Lithunia) Fourth Fight

I won this next fight even quicker than the last one with a wazari and a hold down.

Dmitrij Litjasov (Latvia) Fifth Fight

I won the Bronze Medal against this tough Latvian with two Wazaris

Results: http://www.wjo.org.pl/index.php?m=6&lg=en

North West Area Trials

This was a total waste of a day. The first four in the North West went through to the Nationals but there was only me and Kack Frazer (SKK) in the group. We had to fight and I beat Jack on flags.

Heart of England, Birmingham

This was my first competition in the 'B' band and it was the very difficult Heart of England. I was in a group of .. fighters. I needed to perform well in this and the Nationals to get a place on the English squad. It was going to be very hard as three of the existing squad were in my group.
Earl Starbrook (Hardy Spicer )First Fight
I won this fight quickly with a nice ko-uchi
Miles Nelson (New Star) Second Fight
This fight went the distance and I won with a wazari.

The draw worked out really good because the four semi-finalists were me, Jordan, Kieran and Tommy. They are all older than me and on the squad already

Tommy Ryan (Pinewood) Semi-Final
Tommy is a great fighter and we always have good fights. It was a hard fight but I managed to win by a wazari.
Jordan Haughey (Micklefield) Final
I was really please to get into the final and was fighting very well. The fight went into golden score and I got caught for a yuko. I was really pleased with my silver medal.