On Sunday 27th March 2011, four junior and one adult fighters made the long journey to Birmingham for the first tournament in the Birmingham Series Championship 2011. The tournament kicked off and the first of the Grimsby Strike Team to fight was talented Ethan Noton (7) in the boys -4ft 4 semi-contact advanced category. This category was a round robin. Ethan found himself against a very good black belt who had height on his side! Ethan won his next fight 13-3, there was no stopping him. He got his legs going and then was finishing with his fast blitz techniques. Ethan won 2nd place.

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