The trip down to Bristol for the bi-annual Bristol Open is always an interesting and enjoyable one. The Bristol Open is a tournament that attracts a wide-range of competitiors from academies throughout England, some highly experienced and looking for the victory, some first-timers looking for experience. It is, however, without fail well-organised and well-attended by all concerned.

Particularly impressive was the number of white belts who decided to go and compete, some of them with as little as one month's training behind them, but all of whom represented themselves extremely well against opponents who in many cases had three or four times their experience (and in at least one case, ten times the experience). No matter what their results, all of them fought well, learned from the competition, and had the enthusiasm for competition stoked to the point they are already looking forward to the next chance to test their skills against new opponents.

The full results were: 

Oliver Geddes - Gold Purple Belt Absolute

Altinezio 'Mineiro' Neto - Gold Purple Belt Featherweight

Antiono Henrique Junior - Gold Blue Belt Absolute & Gold Blue Belt Ultra-heavyweight

Grzegorz Nowak - Gold Blue Belt Middleweight

Laurence Griffiths - Gold White Belt Super-heavyweight

Frank Carver - Gold White Belt Juvenile Lightweight 

Gavin Loh - Silver Purple Belt Middleweight & Bronze Purple Belt Absolute

Paul Boakye - Bronze White Belt Ultra-heavyweight

Cornell Vclutercrev - Bronze White Belt Medium-heavyweight