DARTFORD Shotokan Karate Centre celebrated a hat-trick of successes at the Academy of Shotokan Karate international course and grading at Guildford's Spectrum Centre.

Students Tom Webber, 17, and Rhiannon Davies, 19, both successfully passed black belt examinations under the world renowned instructor Sensei Dave Hazard, a seventh Dan.

Webber attained his first Dan, while Rhiannon passed her second.

There was even more success for the club, with chief instructor Paul Herbert, 34, achieving the grade of fifth Dan black belt.

This was the latest in a long line of successes for the club based at Darenth Primary School, which over the last few years has produced black belts, national champions and even England internationals.

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