11th March 2023 was fast in coming around for the Scottish Championship and the event that everyone waits for to show their skills and the hard work that they have put into their training to compete against other members of clubs within JKA Scotland. Students started arriving early on the day and you could sense the excitement from them, it was great to see everyone catching up with friends who they do not see often, with Students travelling and attending from all over Scotland.
To make sure everything was ready to go on the morning of the event, setup of the hall started on the Friday night with members supporting.
Eliminations started at 9.30am, therefore It was an early start on the Saturday morning, with the hall full of excited competitors, who already were practicing on the tatami’s from when they entered the venue and Judges getting ready for the day ahead.
With categories available for all grades and students participating from as young as 5 years old, up to those who were in their 70’s, which demonstrated that they wanted to be able to show how well they had been training and what they could do, by challenging themselves on the day. All competitors displayed excellent spirit, friendliness, and respect for each other, with judges giving 100% concentration not to miss anything on the mats.
It is never easy pushing yourself to step out of your comfort zone and challenge yourself especially in front of others, but this helps build confidence and shows what can be done, so to all competitors on the day who did, every one of you are winners.
JKA Scotland would like to thank all involved in making the day a success, those who organised everything in the background, who set up/cleared up, referees, table assistants, family, and friends for being there to support, the medics and Dunfermline High School for allowing us to use their venue. Special thanks to all competitors who make the day.
On the day the spectator entrance donations raised a total of £180.00 which JKA Scotland donated to the Scottish Air Ambulance.
The results on the day were as follows:
| Event 1 – Children’s Individual Kata <10 yrs. Beg to 4th Kyu | Event 3 – Children’s Individual Kata 10-12yrs Beg to 4th Kyu | |
| 1st – John Conway 2nd -Charlotte Wilson 3rd – Maria Hynd 3rd – Evelyn Nutt | 1st – Wictor Maczykowski 2nd – Kai Hunter 3rd – Finn Dorans 3rd – Daniel Luckoff | |
| Event 4 – Children’s Individual Kata 10-12yrs 3rd Kyu and Up | Event 5 – Junior Kata 13-15yrs Beg to 4th Kyu | |
| 1st – Daniel Porto 2nd – Rachel Jones 3rd – Kaycee Farlam 3rd – Nyla Whitehall | 1st – Alex Currie 2nd – Mustafa Seddky | |
| Event 6 – Junior Kata 13-15yrs 3rd Kyu and Up | Event 7 – Female Senior Kata 16yrs + All Grades | |
| 1st – Ruby Wallace 2nd – Conor Beggs 3rd – Calum Bruce 3rd – Brandon Wyse | 1st – Holly Williams 2nd – Caitlin Gray 3rd – Srishti Panthri 3rd – Alex Currie | |
| Event 8 – Male Senior Kata 16yrs + All Grades | Event 10 – Male Senior Kata 40yrs + All Grades | |
| 1st James Campbell 2nd – Kyle Bruce 3rd – Kian McLaughlin 3rd – Raj Negi | 1st – Andy Barclay 2nd – Richard Conway 3rd – Miguel Porto 3rd – David Gillanders | |
| Event 11 – Junior Team Kata | Event 12 – Senior Team Kata | |
| 1st Carnegie B (Ruby, Calum & Conor) 2nd Carnegie C (Wictor, Agrim & Daniel) 3rd – Shibumi A (James, Finn & John) | 1st – Carnegie A (Holly, Caitlin & Srishti) 2nd – Dunfermline A (Ivan, Isaiah & Paul) 3rd – Carnegie D (Raj, James & Tyrone) | |
| Event 13 – Children’s Kumite Boys <10yrs Beg to 4th Kyu | Event 14 – Children’s Kumite Girls <10yrs Beg to 4th Kyu | |
| 1st – John Conway 2nd – Morgan Nutt 3rd – Ridhi Satayawaly | 1st – Charlotte Wilson 2nd – Evelyn Nutt 3rd – Ella Ballingall 3rd – Maria Hynd | |
| Event 17 – Children’s Kumite Boys 10-12yrs Beg to 4th Kyu | Event 18 – Children’s Kumite Girls 10-12yrs Beg to 4th Kyu | |
| 1st – Finn Dorans 2nd – Vincent Vent 3rd – Wictor Maczykowski 3rd – Kai Hunter | 1st – Jessica Jones 2nd – Charlotte Ettles 3rd – Mariie Kostikova 3rd – Sopiie Kostikova |
| Event 20 – Children’s Kumite Girls 10-12yrs 3rd Kyu above | Event 23 – Junior Kumite Boys 13-15yrs 3rd Kyu and up | |
| 1st – Rachel Jones 2nd – Kaycee Farlam | 1st – Calum Bruce 2nd – Conor Beggs | |
| Event 24 – Junior Kumite Girls 13-15yrs 3rd Kyu above | Event 26 – Female Kumite 16yrs + 3rd Kyu above | |
| 1st – Ruby Wallace 2nd – Lucy Dykes 3rd – Phoebe Wallis | 1st – Holly Williams 2nd – Srishti Panthri 3rd – Caitlin Gray | |
| Event 29 – Male Kumite 16yrs + 3rd Kyu above | Event 30 – Male Kumite 40yrs + All Grades | |
| 1st – James Campbell 2nd – Kyle Bruce 3rd – Kian McLaughlin 3rd – Raj Negi | 1st – Andy Barclay 2nd – Malcolm Lauder 3rd – Mike Mitchell 3rd – Richard Conway | |
| Best Junior Competitor on day | Best Senior Competitor on day | |
| Ruby Wallace | Andy Barclay |
