After a busy start to the year, 2nd March 2024 was fast in coming around for the Scottish National Championship.
The event that everyone waits for, to show their skills and the hard work that they have put into their training the last year to compete against other members of clubs within JKA Scotland.
Students started arriving from 9am on the day and you could see the excitement with some even going straight onto the tatami mats to practice, it was great to see students from clubs coming together and everyone catching up with friends that they do not see often, with students travelling and attending from all over Scotland.
Everything was ready to go on the morning of the event, with the setup of the hall completed on the Friday night with members supporting.
After a Referee meeting in the morning, eliminations started promptly at 9.30am, with both tatami’s in full swing.
Categories were available for all grades and students to participate, from as young as 5 years old to those entering in the over 40’s categories. You could see that all competitors 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 to each other, with judges staying focused and giving 100% concentration making sure not to miss anything on the mats.
Pushing yourself to step out of your comfort zone to challenge yourself, especially in front of others is never easy, but this helps build confidence and shows what you can do if you push past those barriers, so to all competitors on the day who did, well done, 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 £150.00 which JKA Scotland donated to the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation/MND Charity.
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 – Maria Hynd (Dunfermline) 2nd -Travis Blaylock (Carnegie) 3rd – Alex Antonov (Bass Rock) 3rd – Mia Hackley (Bass Rock) | 1st – Sonny Connolly (Carnegie) 2nd – Keiron McCloskey (Shibumi) 3rd – Mairi Hiemer Mason (Bass Rock) 3rd – Lily Smith (Bass Rock) | |
| 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 (Carnegie) 2nd – John Conway (Aberdeen) 3rd – Vincent Vent (Aberdeen) 3rd – Duncan Collin (Bass Rock) | 1st – Connor Duncan (Aberdeen) 2nd – Mustafa Seddky (Aberdeen) | |
| Event 6 – Junior Kata 13-15yrs 3rd Kyu and Up | Event 7 – Female Senior Kata 16yrs + All Grades | |
| 1st – Ruby Wallace (Carnegie) 2nd – Phoebe Wallis (Carnegie) 3rd – Connor Beggs (Carnegie) 3rd – Linnea Crawford (Aberdeen) | 1st – Sophie Brumm (Dalgety Bay) 2nd – Holly Williams (Carnegie) 3rd – Srishti Panthri (Carnegie) 3rd – Caitlin Gray (Carnegie) | |
| Event 8 – Male Senior Kata 16yrs + All Grades | Event 9 – Female Senior Kata 40yrs + 3rd Kyu & Up | |
| 1st James Campbell (Shibumi) 2nd – Kyle Bruce (Shibumi) 3rd – Ryan Hoggan (Carnegie) 3rd – James Simpson (Carnegie) | 1st – Gunila Evers (Aberdeen) 2nd – Clare Watkins (Dalgety Bay) 3rd – Deborah Cooper (Carnegie) | |
| Event 10 – Male Senior Kata 40yrs + 3rd Kyu & Up | Event 13 – Children’s Kumite Boys <10yrs Beg to 4th Kyu | |
| 1st – Miguel Porto (Carnegie) 2nd – Steven Fraser (North Berwick) 3rd – Gavin Nicol (Dalgety Bay) 3rd – Paul McGrane (Dalgety Bay) | 1st – Travis Blaylock (Carnegie) 2nd – Morgan Nutt (Dunfermline) 3rd – Murdo Waite (Bass Rock) 3rd – Alex Antonov (Bass Rock) | |
| Event 14 – Children’s Kumite Girls <10yrs Beg to 4th Kyu | Event 17 – Children’s Kumite Boys 10-12yrs Beg to 4th Kyu | |
| 1st – Maria Hynd (Dunfermline) 2nd – Emma Robertson (Shibumi) 3rd – Mia Hackley (Bass Rock) 3rd – Evelyn Nutt (Dunfermline) | 1st – Daniel Luckoff (Kilmelford) 2nd – Lewis Paterson (Shibumi) 3rd – Keiron McCloskey (Shibumi) 3rd – Sonny Connolly (Carnegie) | |
| Event 18 – Children’s Kumite Girls 10-12yrs Beg to 4th Kyu | Event 19 – Children’s Kumite 10-12yrs Boys 3rd Kyu above | |
| 1st – Mairi Heimer Mason (Bass Rock) 2nd – Mollie Oleksy Barbour (Bass Rock) 3rd – Faith Urquhart (Carnegie) 3rd – Lilly Smith (Bass Rock) | 1st – Duncan Colin (Bass Rock) 2nd – Finn Dorans (Shibumi) 3rd – Kai Hunter (Carnegie) 3rd – Daniel Porto (Carnegie) | |
| Event 21 – Junior Kumite Boys 13-15yrs Beg to 4th Kyu | Event 23 – Junior Kumite Boys 13-15yrs 3rd Kyu above | |
| 1st – Moustafa Seddky (Aberdeen) 2nd – Conor Duncan (Aberdeen) | 1st – Charlie Dykes (Carnegie) 2nd – Conor Beggs (Carnegie) 3rd – Wictor Meczykouski (Carnegie) 3rd – James Richardson (Shibumi) | |
| Event 24 – Junior Kumite Girls 13-15yrs 3rd Kyu above | Event 26 – Female Kumite 16yrs + 3rd Kyu above | |
| 1st – Ruby Wallace (Carnegie) 2nd – Phoebe Wallis (Carnegie) 3rd – Artemis Nikolaou (Carnegie) | 1st – Sophie Brumm (Dalgety Bay) 2nd – Caitlin Gray (Carnegie) 3rd – Holly Williams (Carnegie) 3rd – Claire Watkins (Dalgety Bay) | |
| Event 29 – Male Kumite 16yrs + 3rd Kyu above | Event 30 – Male Kumite 40yrs + 3rd Kyu above | |
| 1st – Kyle Bruce (Shibumi) 2nd – James Campbell (Shibumi) 3rd – Kian McLaughlin (Shibumi) 3rd – Calum Bruce (Carnegie) | 1st – Miguel Porto (Carnegie) 2nd – Richard Conway (Aberdeen) 3rd – Paul McGrane (Dalgety Bay) 3rd – Gavin Nicol (Dalgety Bay) | |
| Best Junior Competitor on day | Best Senior Competitor on day | |
| Maria Hynd (Dunfermline) | Kyle Bruce (Shibumi) |
