Enfield judoka Philip Awiti-Alcaraz finished fifth at the Sofia European Open on Sunday.

In a strong -100kg field Awiti-Alcaraz was in impressive form from the off as he won his first two contests against Lasha Guruli (GEO) and Luca Ardizio (ITA) by ippon.

However in the quarter-final he took on the experienced Ramadan Darwish from Egypt who scored for waza-ari twice in quick to succession to take the contest.

The British judoka, who trains full time at the British Judo Centre of Excellence, started the repechage with another ippon win against Frederik Joergensen (DEN) before losing out to Georgia’s Lasha Taveluri in the bronze medal match.

Awiti-Alcaraz will next be in action at the Paris Grand Slam on Sunday 7 February.