Victorious: Ryan Holdham (right) with training partner Lee Iannoccaro at St John’s Sports Centre.
TEENAGER Ryan Holdham has continued his successful year by winning two medals at the Open Grappling Championships.
The 15-year-old, a pupil at the Chase High School in Malvern, won gold in the boys’ under 70kg category and bronze in the intermediate age group at Perdiswell Leisure Centre.
Holdham also won the Jujutsu competition at the European Festival of Martial Arts in Disneyland Paris and was victorious in the National Junior Gi Grappling competition in Leeds and the Combat Kumite event in Hereford.
His next event is the national championships at Perdiswell on November 16.
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