Having won three fights and taking the first place in the female fin weight division in Sweden, Scottish National Team captain Lesley Jakubiak (sponsored by Physio Focus) achieved yet another important result, while at the same time collecting seven points towards her ranking in Europe.

This year's Trelleborg/Swedish Open was held on the 9-10 February. It attracted over 700 fighters from all over Europe including many National teams. Sweden, Finland, Germany, Israel and Azerbaijan appeared to have sent the biggest groups. The A-class tournament status of the event was reflected on the quality of many of the athletes and International referees present.

What made the event more special this year was that the Adidas electronic body protector (EBP) system was being used for the first time in an A-class event. Probably, ETU's introduction of a ranking list of European fighters based on the results from the A-class tournaments may have had some influence too. Bearing in mind that the Adidas EBPs will be used in the next European tournament it came as no surprise to see the interest generated. Even teams that were not officially present wanted to know more about them. For example Turkey was not represented by any fighters but the National team coaches were present.

Lesley went to Trelleborg having already gained some experience with the EBPs from her last tournament in Lille; where they used the same system mostly for the benefit of the French fighters. She competed in the fin weights on the first day of the event where she was against notable opposition as her division included some experienced fighters.

In her first mach she faced Ireland and managed to open the score with a very well timed back kick just as the Irish fighter was starting an attack. Lesley maintained the lead comfortably with a good display of tactical skill and progressed to the next fight. There she had to fight against Denmark who in the round before was able to stop the more experienced Belgian fighter. By that point Lesley was on full throttle and was producing an excellent performance.

No matter what the Dane tried Lesley had a reply for it. Maybe the best point in that fight was when Lesley executed a powerful turning kick whilst her opponent tried a fruitless high spinning kick. Not too long before the end of the fight the Danish girl was subdued with a very modest 3-0 and overwhelmed by her own frustration she reduced herself to a display of poor TKD etiquette.

Waiting for Lesley in the final was a Norwegian fighter who made it there having left behind the fighters from Germany, Sweden, and Cyprus. Lesley was the more dominant fighter from the start and was able to control the game and take the first place despite some good effort from her opponent to stop her.