Midsomer Norton Judo Club have just returned from a successful British Masters Championships, after claiming five medals and two of their judoka being crowned British Masters Champions.

The club sent five judoka to the event and all claimed medals, coming back with one Gold, one Silver and three Bronze medals.

James Hucker won the first of the five medals by taking Silver in the -73kgs M2 class with two victories via ippon, before falling short in a close Gold medal contest against a more experienced judoka.

Next came Matt Rankin, who claimed Bronze in the - 66kgs M2 class with some

strong performances, but despite getting past the pool stages, he was unable to advance to the final and lost in the Semi-Finals.

Richard Hucker then won Bronze, fighting in the -81kgs M2 class by qualifying from the pool stages, but despite a good start to his Semi-Final contest, he ended up losing to the eventual Gold medallist.

The first Gold of the day came when Lee Adams, fighting in the -81kgs M6 class, took Gold and was crowned British Masters Champion after dominating his class with various techniques. Lee won all four of his contests with one of those wins coming impressively in under ten seconds.

The final medal of the day came when Chris Whittaker fought in the -81kgs MK1 class and dominated the field to claim Gold and was crowned British Masters Champion in the kyu grade section.