Students from the Mark Farnham's Schools of Tae Kwon Do take part in their colour belt grading examinations

Arjun Gopinath was among three juniors to have passed their black belt star gradings from the Mark Farnham's Schools of Tae Kwon Do.

Gopinath was assessed at the club's colour belt grading examinations where he took the next step on the levels of competence within the first dan black belt grade.

The Spalding student was among 124 of his fellow Mark Farnham club-mates to attend the grading where they achieved a 100 percent pass rate.

Students within the 16 Mark Farnham schools have the opportunity to take part in these gradings four times a year.

They are conducted by ninth dan Tae Kwon-Do grand masters from around the country, who each have more than 45 years of experience in the martial art.

To take part in a grading, a student needs to have worked for an allotted time and be up to a good standard for the grade they are taking.

Students all start at white belt and work though yellow, green, blue and red belt grades until they are ready to aim for their black belts which they take at Bristol in front of a panel of five ninth dan grandmaster examiners.

To get to this stage, it will take a minimum of three-and-a-year years depending on how well a student progresses.

The event started with a one hour training session where the students ran through the requirements and then they took part in their grading session which saw the Spalding, Holbeach and Long Sutton schools all represented.

Holbeach results: 9th Kup - Lori Cripps, Maddison Cripps, Andrew Fisher, Elise Fisher, Noah Fisher; 8th Kup - George Jerwood; 6th Kup - Harry Verrells.

Long Sutton results: 9th Kup - Hannah Cislo, Maciej Cislo, Lukas Miller; 8th Kup - Kyle Goodchild; 5th Kup - Anish Soba, Sherry Soba; 4th Kup - Caitlin French, Skye Mitchell; 1st Kup - Dexter Campbell.

Spalding results: 9th Kup - Rory Kingham-Reynolds, Hermoine Markham; 8th Kup - Szymon Bielecki, Dylan Smith; 6th Kup - Ren Azzoug, Christopher Jardine, Sudhama Van Dop Terrazas; 5th Kup - Tiamet De Roissart Terrazas, Manuel Espino; 4th Kup - Riley Pearson, William Boxall, Amelie Kenealy; black belt first star - Arjun Gopinath.

The Mark Farnham Schools of Tae Kwon-Do have been established since November 1987 and more than 15,000 students have passed colour belt gradings in the last 36 years.

Anyone interested in learning more about the club should contact Mark Farnham on 07771 644460 or visit www.mftkd.co.uk