When you're young as a small boy you want to try every sport, do every sport and be the best at every sport. At that time of my life i was good at most sports, so sport tended to be the centre of my everyday life.

Then at about 14 years old i needed to make the transition of being a 'Jack of All Trades' to becoming a 'Master' of just one. The choice was between Judo or Football. Thankfully I had my dad's wisdom to hand and he soon advised me to concentrate all my efforts soley on Judo. This was the main start of my huge success in Judo.

I would like to thank my family for their continued support and understanding throughout my judo career and a huge extra special thank you to my dad, who without his drive, vision, encouragement, patience and of course financial support, none of the success i had, would have been at all possible. Thank you.

An extra thankyou must go to my first instructor, Jeff Archer, who took me under his wing in Germany and opened up my eyes to the world of Judo.

I must thank everyone involved with Pinewood Judo Club, especially my fellow Judokas there, because without them and the hard blood, sweat, tears and tiring training I shared with them, there is no way I would have gone from being a scrawny, timid 13 year old to a confident and successful Judo Athlete.

Last but not least I would like to show my appreciation to my coach at Pinewood Judo Club, Don Werner. He is an amazing instuctor and quite simply the best Judo coach ever to have walked the earth. (Even before the Dinosaurs). He made me what I am today. Thank you.

I hope I can pass some of my Judo knowledge on to any future Judo stars out there.