JUDO: A brave display from determined Samurai Judo Club member Abigail Muir was the talking point of the Jubilee Judo Championships.

The competition catered for less experienced players from six clubs, mostly from around Birmingham and Wolverhampton.

Skillful Muir had no categories anywhere near her 34kg weight and so had to enter the U-50kgs group where she was easily the youngest.

The 11-year-old threw her first two opponents for maximum score with fine technique to make the semi-final against a Worcester opponent.

She quickly pinned her opponent for a final with club-mate Emily Jones who had made steady progress into the last stage.

In the final, Jones proved too much for Muir but it was still an outstanding silver medal for the youngster.

Samurai went on to dominate the event with a clean sweep of girls' gold and silvers despite sending their less accomplished lower grades.

In the lightest of the categories, Amy Oertel and Emily Watson swept to the final where the more experienced Oertel won comfortably.

Rod Lane's Friday night group predictably dominated the heavier weight group with the final between Lauren Underhill and Emma Butler.

Underhill took the gold, while newcomer Rachel Wilkinson's bronze was her first medal in judo.

In the lightest boys' group, James Allen won all his five contests for a gold, his second top-three position in judo in six months.

Samurai took bronze in the next two weight groups through Callum Muir and the determined Ross Boyd.

In the heavyweights, Andrew Broad beat newcomer Tom Sandell in the final despite some good defensive work from the latter.

Edward Acutt also picked up a bronze.

For more details on starting judo, call Pam Whiteside on 01299 822347.

The Samurai club has separate beginner sessions for all ages from young junior to adult and is keen to recruit new players.