Lewes Bridgeview used family values to complete a hat-trick of Sussex Championship titles.

There were six kids from the Gardner family, three Fieldings and three Leaneys as they bridged the generation gap by siding with their dads for glory.

Bridgeview claimed the overall crown at Worthing with 485 points from Joff (Peacehaven) on 334 and Rising Sun (Worthing) 253.

Manager Paul Leaney, father of team-mates Samuel, Joel and Sarah, said: "The club try hard to develop strong family connections. It is a big part of the club and it certainly paid off.

"We've been fortunate that so many of the children have followed their parents. They've caught the bug early with kids coming through who are seven or eight.

"It is a good sport to involve members of the family. They can share an interest, while learning the etiquette and achieving a high level of besides gaining extra confidence.

"We've got a good base of juniors generally and they are following former juniors who have now carried on in the over-16s."

The Gardners impressed in the girls' orange belts and under with Sophie and Chloe helping Bridgeview claim the gold medal with Claire Anderson, Alaina Wise and Aviva Lipman-Garner.

Brother Justin was part of the club's bronze medal win in the boys' event with Michael Seager, Luke Holland, Jacob Walter and Dylan Nanuck. Jamie and Jason were part of the club's C team in the category.

Eldest child Carl claimed a gold medal in the kyu students grade despite asthma problems.

Leaney said: "He has an attack early on but was determined to win a medal."

Organiser Peter Seymour added: "The event brings out the heroes."

Carl's dad Grant helped himself to bronze in the dan grade despite injuring a shoulder.

The Fieldings gained three medals. While dad Dave secured a bronze in the dan grade, daughter Rebecca, 18, struck the same colour in the female competition and son Jonathan won a silver in the kyu. The fourth Fielding, Simon, was unbeaten in the boys' open grade on his 13th birthday.

Dave, also a club coach said: "I think having so many of the team from just three families has to be some kind of record. We do everything together as a family and the club is very much family-orientated.

"We romped the championships. The girls and boys were so motivated. We've gone from giantkillers to being big in Sussex in the past few years."

Each member of the Leaney family won a medal. Joel, 16 and Sarah, 14, won gold in the kyu and girls' open grade respectively, while brother Samuel, 18, won a bronze in the dan grade with dad.

Stefan Lewins, Jonathan Madden, David Selmes, Bernard Harmer, Jim Fennemore, Aidan Leitner-Murphy, Ryan Johnstone and Josie Small were also part of Bridgeview's championship-winning team.

Katherine Rix, 17, captained Joff to the female dan grade crown for the first time despite the absence of blackbelts in the team.

Sarah Atkey, Terri Wyatt and Katherine's sister Sarah made up the team.

The club missed the gold medal in the boys' orange belt for the first time since 1998 after fielding a team two members short. They could only raise four and then one of them, Callum Stevens, was hospitalised with whiplash. But the other three, Spencer Bennett, Patrick Rix and Kris Moloney, managed a silver medal.

The girls - Lauren Philp, Harriett Camp, Lilli Woodthorpe and Megan Longman - were also runners-up.

Celia St Claire and Letitia Wyatt won a bronze in the junior open grade and the combination of Laurence Bennett, Jamie Evans, Joseph Rix and Stephen Saunders were third in the kyu.

New club Seishin (Burgess Hill) won a bronze in the junior girls' open grade.

The tournament involved around 200 players from 46 teams with 31 junior teams and 15 over-16s taking part.

Club represented came from Brighton, Bexhill, Chichester, Peacehaven, Lewes, Burgess Hill, Westerleigh, Horsham and Hastings. Paul Leaney said: "It was a superb competition, the best of the year."

Sussex press officer Peter Barnett said: "All the teams demonstrated great sportsmanship, skill and camaraderie."