Two members from the Oxford Sport & Traditional Martial Arts Schools have been selected to represent England at the forthcoming World Karate Federation (WKF) European Championships in Paris.
Mitchell Roberts, 14, from Bicester will be competing in the Kata (forms) section while 17-year-old Alice Goudie, from Oxford, will be competing in the Kumite (sparring) section at the end of January.
The duo, who train four times a week, had to endure two selection processes held at Bisham Abbey and Dartford under the watchful eyes of national coaches Ticky Donovan, and nine-times world and European karate champion Wayne Otto.
This selection comes as the pair have already earned English and British titles this year and remain unbeaten at all competitions in 2008.
They join 23-year-old clubmate Barry Battson in the England squad. Battson has been a regular in the national squad for the last six years.
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