Six members of the club travelled to Sydney recently to compete at the National All Styles tournament.

Three of the four were competing at their first-ever tournament and between them returned with five placings.

Christopher Walters easily took first place in the continuous sparring and was placed second in his points sparring after going down in the final in sudden-death golden point.

Fellow debutant Louise Davis received a virtually unopposed first place in her points sparring and a well-fought third in continuous, while Tye Davis had a good match in his first-ever tournament to be awarded fourth in the U7s.

Matthew Davis also had a good showing in his point and continuous sparring, narrowly missing out on finals berths in both in sudden-death golden point.

The tournament was a state qualifier and involved all martial arts styles, making for around 600 competitors from Sydney and throughout the Northern Tablelands.

They continued their good fighting form at the International Martial Arts Tournament (IMAT) held in Tamworth on the weekend.

The club had four of its members fighting for 10

trophies.

Joel Graham was first in his intermediate open points sparring and continuous sparring, and second in full

contact.

Louise Davis placed second in the novice open points sparring, and third in the continuous sparring in her second tournament, while Tye Davis was second in his novice 6-7yrs continuous and third in points (sparring).

Matthew Davis picked up a complete set in the 10-11yrs open black belt competitions with first in continuous sparring, second in points sparring and third in kata.

They are trained by 2nd Dan black belt Andrew Simshauser and train of a Monday and Wednesday night (6-8pm) at the Seventh Day Adventist Church Hall in South Tamworth.