ELEVEN members of the local Vision Taekwon-Do club travelled to Milan to compete at the Italian Open Taekwon-Do Championships, a popular competition in Europe.

Instructors Phil Lear and Paul Adams accompanied the team, while Steve Bourne assisted with umpiring duties.

As always, some 12 countries took part, giving competitors a great chance to catch up with friends within the international Taekwon-Do community.

But the main purpose of the trip was to compete, and with many former and current World and European champions in attendance, it was always going to be a tough competition.

The Vision team had a good day on the mats, with results as follows:

Oliver Adams – sparring gold, pattern bronze; Cian Hosking – sparring gold, pattern silver; James Troughton – sparring gold, pattern bronze; Mitch Saunders – sparring gold; Laura Fox-Longdon – pattern silver, sparring silver.

Others who did well, some in their first international competition, were Alfie Tatner, James Myers, Leon Elliott, Holly Austen, Joshua Connolly and Steven Pulanco.