Kent's hopes of Commonwealth glory received an unexpected boost as a Tonbridge judo star got a last minute call up.

Jemima Yeats-Brown, 19, from Tonbridge will be kick start her Glasgow campaign tomorrow at 10.42am when she faces 25-year-old Szandra Szogedi from Ghana.

The former student of Benenden School, Cranbrook, received the call on Tuesday shortly before the selection deadline.

Miss Yeats-Brown was ear-marked for success in 2012 when she was one of six Kent athletes to secure a place on the Olympic Ambition Programme which aims to prepare athletes for the 2016 Rio games.

She was named as first reserve for her under 63kg middle-weight category, and got the call following an injury to another competitor.

The judo hopeful trains for 40 hours a week at the British Judo Centre of Excellence based at Wolverhampton University.