By Jake Langley, age 15After a really long drive on Friday we made it to Sheffield at about 8,30pm. We were up early the following morning to watch the under 13's and Kata squad compete. Sadly we came away with no medals, although the squad did really well and we had a few close decisions. The day ended late and we got back to our hotel at 8.30pm and had dinner there and went straight to sleep to get a good rest ready for the fighting the following day.
Then on Sunday we were up early again, ready for a new day at the competition. I was a bit nervous because I had just gone up ANOTHER weight category and I felt that wasn't the best competition to start at. however I came away with the gold and was really happy because I had only just started doing well in competions and now have the English. It made me feel that all the extra training I have been putting in is really starting to pay off.
The whole squad performed really well and must have been in the top 4 squads there because we came away with 16 medals, including 4 golds. These are the people that stood out the most to me:
Amy Thomason: Well all I need to say is that she brought home 4 medals, 2 x silver and 2 x bronze. I have been training with Amy for a while now and think that her 'no let up' in sparring has really helped me.
Michael Burke: Michael did well and was focused, he was very sharp on the day and it all helped to become a silver medal.
Both the girls teams fought really well and came away with a silver each.
The boys cadets had a few pretty 'out there' decisions but the fought really well.
Whitney Rose brought home 2 medals on her own which always says something, these were a gold and a bronze.
I would like to say thank you to everyone that has helped train me over the last few years because I would still be getting knocked out in the first round if it wasn't for you. I would also like to thank Paul Gunn for driving half the squad up there.
Jake Langley
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