Grimsby student strikes gold at Commonwealth karate championships

A student has brought home two gold medals from the Commonwealth Karate Championships.

William Jervis, from Grimsby, represented England at the event in Glasgow.

The 18-year-old won gold in the men’s Para K22 category before claiming a second in the club section of the championships.

Jervis, a sports student at Grimsby Institute, said he was proud of the achievement, adding: “I have been doing karate for nine years and I train for six hours a week and do lots.”

His medal success comes a year after being selected to represent England at the 2025 Senior European Karate Championships in Armenia.

Mum Clare Jervis said: “I can’t tell you how proud we are of William. When he started we didn’t expect him to compete, we just expected it to be an activity to do after school, so the medals are a bonus.

“It just shows you what his hard work achieves and he never moans, we travel all over the country to train and he just gets on with it which shows you just how much he loves it. He has great coaches who know how to get the best out of him”.