POLLET'S Martial Arts Bathurst once again brought their best when it mattered most as nine of their competitors returned home from the weekend's ISKA NSW Open with victories.
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Isabella Torresan once again stole the show for the Bathurst dojo as she won all six events she entered - koshiki, kata, light kick, clash sparring, continuous sparring and jiu jitsu.
Paul Kendrick (kata, koshiki), Riley Ledingham (kata, light kick, continuous sparring plus second in koshiki) and Luke Ayoub (continuous, koshiki) were the other Bathurst fighters to win across multiple disciplines, while Ruby and Lily Hamilton, Reshia and Maj-lis Winfield, Kristen Kendrick and Elias Burke were also crowned champions.
Head instructor Ian Pollet said the team's flexibility remains their greatest asset.
"They don't just win in one section, they fight across many of them," he said.
"Isabella had a perfect record. Riley and Luke were fantastic. I feel that Bathurst is doing very well, as is our Orange school. Between the two of us we've brought a lot of trophies back.
"As a coach I feel the more that they can compete the more experience they get and the more people they meet. There's so much talent in the country now."
Leanne Hamilton and Jake Webster each scored a placing while Ignatius Kendrick came close to doing the same.
Meanwhile, the dojo are still celebrating the efforts of Ledingham and Ayoub who each won their respective fights at the Jez Battleground Fight Night at Fairfield on March 19.
"In Riley's previous match he'd done very well but this was a tough one because the young man comes from a very good school," Pollet said.
"They had three tough rounds but Riley came out the winner. He's looking very promising and in a couple more fights he should be able to look for a title.
"They prepared well for Luke. Last time Luke fought he knocked someone out with the knees in the second round so this guy was ready for that, but Luke's knees still came through."
A week prior to the club's success at Farifield the dojo had another triumph with Burke at the Bucking & Fighting night in Queensland, with the young fighter already winning his fifth event.
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