Braintree Shotokan Karate Club’s 13 competitors delivered a haul of 16 trophies at the Essex Open Karate Championships.

Some members have been training for less than six months, but all fought extremely well.

RESULTS: Kayleigh Tomlinson - gold and silver; Emma Overall - gold and silver; Joshua Carder - gold and bronze; Laynie Carder - gold; Finley Jordan - gold and silver; Jude Winstone - silver and bronze; Georgina Flack - bronze; Cameron Chapman - gold and bronze; Jimmy Farquhar - two golds.