The JKA Scotland senior squad, consisting of James Campbell, Kyle Bruce, Holly Williams, Srishti Panthri and Calum Bruce, attended the JKA European Championships from Thursday 4th to Sunday 7th April 2024 in the beautiful city of Ghent in Belgium. The squad arrived in plenty of time to get in some last minute training on Friday 5th led by Sensei Gordon Williamson JKA Squad Manager.
The event on Saturday 6th April meant an early start with the squad being picked up at 7.30am for an 8.50am roll call.
With 27 countries participating and a partisan home crowd of 1600 spectators the atmosphere was electric straight from the start. Being such a huge event in the JKA calendar, the Championship was held over 6 tatami and lasted until 7.30pm that night with almost no breaks.
The Kata events were up first with all of the senior squad taking part in this event.
All of our competitors performed to the highest standard possible and put in some strong performances. Whilst there were no medals, Holly Williams progressed to the final 16 before losing narrowly to one of the finalists.
There was also a similar result in the Kumite events with James, Kyle and Calum losing to very strong opponents. Once again Holly progressed to the last 16 before losing to a very good and older female competitor.
The JKA Scotland squad performed to a very high standard and should be very proud of their efforts. They were all a credit to themselves and to our Association.
Well done to all who took part and to those who took time out to support them.
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