Alfie and Evie Mitchell are going from strength to strength in the sport of Judo.

In a Tsu Mo Kie Judo Club competition in Waltham Abbey, on Sunday, eight-year-old Alfie won gold in his group as well as throw of the competition.

His four-year-old sister, Evie, won her first ever fight to take bronze in her group.

Alfie, from Halston Place, Maldon, also won gold in his weight group in the London Open Judo Championships at the Sportsdock centre last month.

Alfie is a student at Maldon Primary School and trains at Bishop’s Stortford Judo Club, as well as attending the Blackwater Judo Club, in Maldon.