FIVE fighters from Neung Muay Thai have returned from the North Queensland World Kickboxing tournament with gold and silver medals.

Joshua Mobbs, Aidan Jones, Tee Taylor, Ashley Adair and Rachel Trusz all competed in the competition and brought back great results for the gym.

Connor Falvo also attended as a trainer, along with co-owner of the gym Johnny Borchardt.

The event was hosted in Townsville last weekend and saw fighters of all ages, weights and experience levels fight for top spot.

Neung Muay Thai had four of the fighters come away with wins, one loss, some of which were competing for the very first time.

Rachel Trusz, 14, competed for the WKA NQ regional title and brought home gold and a belt. She started training when she was 11, choosing Muay Thai over netball, and said she has never looked back.

She was ecstatic when her name was called as the title holder. "It's a first for the gym and me,” she said.

"To get there I had to get to four fights and I won, I fought five two minutes rounds.

I was jumping for joy when I won, I threw my hands up before the ref could I was so excited, my parents told me I could bring it home and I did!”

Rachel is one of almost 80 members of the Muay Thai gym, which has grown significantly since its opening in January 2016.

Another competitor that travelled to Townsville and was victorious, was Aidan Jones, 17, who got in the ring competitively for the first time.

"I started just to get fit and ended up losing a lot of weight, I went from 96kg and recently weighed in at 81kg,” he said.

"That was in January, and now this was my first comp and I went quite well, winning by points in the full three rounds.

"Now I just want to keep getting better and when the next opportunity arises I'll have another go.”

Gym co-owner Erin Falvo said all fighters did well with both wins and losses, simply for stepping in the ring and giving it a go, often a hard task for starters.

"A lot of competitions around Queensland don't actually take beginners so for these guys to get in there and fight at all yet is great,” she said.

"It took fighters off all experience levels and we had them from nine years old to 31. Now that they've gone away and had such success, the next objective for them all is to focus on improving for their next fights, it's quite addictive.”

Many of the athletes are now back to training four to five times a week, in preparation for their next fight.