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Eight medals were won
by the GB masters team on the last weekend of May at the First
IJF World Championships for Masters. These included three gold
medals, one silver and four bronze medals.
The Championships were
held for the first time in Sindelfingen, a suburb of
Stuttgart in Germany where 41 nations fought over two days.
Terry Watt beat Pedro Carpintero Munoz
de la Pena of Spain by ippon in the -90kg final (M7, 60
to 64 years) after winning his first two fights with ease
to take the gold medal.
Kay Andrews (-78kg, F4,
45 to 49 years) also won her final by ippon against Sylvia Mende
of Germany, earning her the gold medal.
Sarah Hopkins knocked Gertrude
Ginterseder of Austria out of the -70kg (F3, 40 to 44 years) preliminary
round to later beat Tanja Schoneborn of Germany by ippon in the
final for gold.
The silver medal was won
by Derek Hopkins (-90kg, M4, 45 to 49 years) and the bronze medals
were won by Brian Hewitt (-60kg - M4, 45 to 49 years), Nick Kokotaylo
(+100kg, M5, 50-54 years), Lydia Ritchie (-52kg, F4, 45 to 49
years) and Stanley Cantrill (-73kg, M7, 60 to 64 years).
The British team finished in 7th place
on the medal table. Germany, France and Russia took the top three
spots.
A full list of results is available at www.ippon.org
Report by Nicola Turner
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