Students make the grade

THE new black belts at DEMAA are Warren Freestone (back row, left), Anabel Terry, Carl Fitzgerald, Amy Sutcliffe, Bobby Terry, Latisha Terry, Dominic Terry, Dave Terry and Billy Wiseman (front).

FIVE fiercely determined students at Domana Elica Martial Arts Academy achieved dan black belt status at their gradings.

They came through an intense three-hour session of fitness training, kickboxing combinations and techniques picked up over the last four years at the Bright Street venue in Oldham.

Damian Hirons (19), Anabel Terry, (13), 12-year-old Warren Freestone, Dominic Terry, who is 11, and Carl Fitzgerald, (10), passed the stern test with flying colours.

DEMAA stars also did the club proud at a competition in Birmingham.

Hirons clearly won his kickboxing clash comprising three one-and-a-half minute rounds.

And seven-year-old Bobby Terry was runner-up in a close kickboxing bout against a boy two years his senior.

At a show in Rotherham, Hirons claimed two gold medals in kickboxing and Bobby Terry mustered a well-earned silver.

Billy Wiseman (26), took silver in only the third kick jutsu bout of his career. Kick jutsu is a mixture of kickboxing and Ju Jitsu.

Hirons also clinched silver in his kickboxing fight.

Anabel Terry got silver in grappling after getting the better of Katie Adams.

Latisha Terry (14), and 12-year-old Amy Sutcliffe got grappling silvers.