Four students from the Monmouth and Coleford Tae Kwon Do clubs waited patiently for their grading results last week.

The Tae Kwon Do Academy in Bristol delivered the good news after a three-day wait.

Mark Williamson, Baden Howell and Miranda Barber of Monmouth and Dylan Lord of Coleford passed the grading to become 2nd Dan black belts.

The four happy students can now add an additional gold stripe to their belts.