Triple county success for Rush Judo fighters

Five of their elite squad headed to Glasgow with coach Pete Brent for the Scottish Open, returning with three medals.

Silver: Leah Hasler.

Bronze : Gergo Berendi and Hannah Niven.

Emily Niven was unlucky to miss out on a bronze in a hard-fought fight in a large competition group.

Charlie Bennett showed his toughness to compete despite injuring his back in the warm-up.

Meanwhile, fellow coach Laurie Rush was in Cardiff, Wales, with Rush’s intermediate crew who earned a fantastic haul of 15 medals.

Gold: Ronnie Berry, Jessica Rush, Nicole Wood and Jacob Berry

Silver: Imaan Shah, Jordon Hayes, Matthew Morley, Keiran Docherty, Jemima Cadge and Darcy OConnell.

Bronze: Alec Holian, Ethan Shaw, Travis Hayes, Jim Collins and Bethany Wood.

Finally, Rush’s Michael Fryer travelled with the England squad to compete in the Danish Open and returned with a well-earned bronze medal.