From Thursday 23rd May to Monday 27th May 2019, the JKA Scotland Junior squad were in Kadan, Czech Republic, to participate in this year’s JKA Junior European Championships.
The squad arrived in the historic town of Kadan on Thursday before a final training session at the Sports Centre on Friday prior to the start of Championships.
As usual, Saturday morning saw an early start for the Championships with the JKA Scotland Squad arriving at the Sports Hall Arena in Kadan at 7:30am.
Now in its 14th year, the tournament has grown into a major event in the JKA Europe calendar with countries from across Europe competing.
Held over two days on five areas in the stadium, the tournament started on schedule at 9:15am. Day one included the elimination and final rounds for ages 9 to 14-year-olds, as well as the elimination rounds for 15 to 17-year-olds for individual events.
The official opening ceremony then took place around 5:30pm after which the final events were held, followed by the medal award ceremonies.
Despite everyone competing to the best of their ability, there were no medals for our competitors despite some reaching the final rounds.
Day two of the championships (Sunday) saw the team events take place.
The very high level of competition at the event, which was well organized by JKA Czech Republic, demonstrated the overall high standard of karate within JKA Europe.
JKA Scotland Squad competitors:
Lucy Hull
Kyle Bruce
Ellie Stewart
Holly Williams
Srishti Panthri
Calum Bruce
Ruby Wallace
Conor Beggs
Travelling Officials:
Bert Stewart – Squad Manager/Coach/Official
Gordon Williamson – Coach
Grateful thanks to all the competitors,
officials, parents and supporters who travelled to the Czech Republic to
support our participation in this event.
(Bert Stewart, JKA Scotland Team Manager/Coach)