Causeway Judo players set for British Championships

SIX members of Causeway Judo Club will be packing their bags for the British Championships next month after a hugely impressive showing at the Northern Ireland Closed Championships.

Causeway took home a total of five goal medals from the competition held at Carrickfergus Ulidia Integrated College.

Cameron Ashcroft won five out of five fights in the under 42kg category while his brother Jacob came out on top in four in the under 34kg section.

Davy Michael was victorious in the heavyweights while Rebecca and Steven Cuckoo - who are also members of the Coleraine Judo Club - bagged the top gongs in the under 70kg and under 73kg classes respectively.

As well as the impressive haul of golds, Causeway also scooped four silver medals through Kurtis Ashcroft, Stewart and Conor Phillips and Diane Peden.

This was a remarkable achievement for Diane in particular as it was her first major competition though she is regarded as a rising star of the sport with a big future ahead in judo.

Chris Gaile and Mark Alexander took bronze in two extremely tough sections.