Time for the Causeway Juniors to shine!

It was another successful event for the club as there was a haul of medals returned to the Causeway Dojo and victories were achieved in both individual and team events.

Coach Alan Ashcroft said: “Our Junior members did fantastically well and I’d like to congratulate all of the players that went to the competition.

“Our squad was made up of experienced and newer members so to have a 100% success rate in returning with medals is a great achievement.”

The full order of merit reads like this:

Schools open cadets:

Kurtis Ashcroft - gold

Cameron Ashcroft - gold

Gracious Phillips - bronze

Stuart Phillips - bronze

Connor Phillips - bronze

Schools open juniors:

Caleb Bartlett - gold

Brandon Boyd - silver

Jacob Ashcroft - silver

Schools open novice:

Diane Peden - gold

Ben Walker - gold

Jonny Kinnaird - bronze

As well as these individual achievements, there was also a team event at the competition which was won by the Dalriada team made up of Jonny Kinnaird, Stuart Phillips and Connor Phillips.

Both Juniors and Seniors (over 16) are welcome to come along and try Judo at the Castle Community Centre in Ballymoney.

Training takes place on Tuesday and Thursday night 7-8pm for Juniors and 8-9.30pm for Seniors. Classes are 2 for Juniors and 3 for Seniors and all you need is an old tracksuit to get started.

You can find out more by calling Alan on 07835 575 328 or search for the club on Facebook.