old newspaper reports

 

mersea rotary club sponsored kate dawson, debbie dawson, jason king and neil langworthy to go and train with the dutch national squad before entering a international competition, all the hard work paid of, with kate, jason and neil coming home with gold medals

aged 19yrs kate dawson acheives her black after winning seven fights in a row  

kate dawson- proudest moment

all in one weekend, dave bredin scores 4 tries for mersea rfc and on the sunday went on to win seven straight fights to gain his black belt