GLOSSOP Judo Club’s Eric Ham missed out on a bronze medal after travelling to Holland for the 2010 Dutch Open Espoir Judo Championships.

Fighting in the under-15 category in Eindhoven, the 12-year-old found himself up against the best of the home competitors and the Belgian number one.

He won his first two fights before losing to an opponent ranked number two in Holland.

Two more victories followed before he was beaten in his bid for the bronze medal.

Elsewhere, the Glossop club will be sending some of their younger members to competitions in Wales and Yorkshire over the next month, while the elite fighters face English ranking events in St Helens and Walsall.