Eight-year-old Caitlin Richardson took a well-deserved second place in her
sparring category and was the youngest competitor in the forms section, where she finished fifth.
James Parker was third in the junior continuous
sparring, Mark Grosse second in the Under 75kilo continuous
sparring and Jack Lupton second in the Under 65 kilo continuous
sparring.
Black belt Callum McDonald, 11, who achieved gold in continuous
sparring and silver in point-stop
sparring, followed on from this success.
Next up were the Tonks brothers Sam and Harrison, both winning gold medals in the black belt divisions patterns and
sparring.
Silver medals were won by Emily Aitkenhead (individual
sparring); Areti Lymperopoulou, her daughter Artemis McIntyre and Ruby Morrison (Team Poomsae) while Areti, Dilyana Radulova and Holly Rivett (team
sparring) also won silver.
Amie Beth Ferrley struck gold in
sparring and team patterns, Grzegorz Bakowski gold in
sparring.
Pacquiao logged in 15 rounds of
sparring last week.
"Mirena Festorazzi, aged 10, picked up a gold medal in the girls' red belt
sparring category, having over five fights to get there, while her brother Marco just missed out on gold in the boys red belt
sparring category.
Eight-year-old Georgia Williams won a gold in
sparring and a bronze in tag, while Ally Williams clinched a silver in the ladies
sparring event.
GEORGE GROVES claims he has Chris Eubank Jnr's number because he hurt him in
sparring when they were younger.
Andrew and Owen also took part in tag team
sparring, each winning a silver medal.
Famed boxing trainer Freddie Roach doesn't mind seeing his prized pupil Manny Pacquiao go on slow starts during his
sparring sessions in preparation for the Jeff Horn bout come July 2.
In the Black Belt section, Daniel Jaine was first in
sparring, Tanvi Patel first in
sparring and patterns and Rob Cooper second in patterns.
RICKY BURNS reckons he'll sparkle in his world title showdown thanks to his intense
sparring regime.
