Success at Belfast in 2019

Another good year.

Welcome to our new website which has been on the cards for a while. It's 2019, and things are changing. This website is no different.  We have also moved to a new, easy to remember web address at Karate.scot.

This year our club has continued to build on its successes and made yet another impressive haul of medals at the end of April at the Northern Ireland Open in Belfast.

After lots of hard training under the careful supervision of chief Instructor (Ronnie Watt 9th) and squad coaches (Jock Calder 6th Dan & Reeve Watt 5th Dan ) the NKI Scotland team took home 18 medals 3 Gold, 7 Silver and 8 Bronze

Not easy for a small self-funding club but a proud moment for Scottish Karate and Aberdeen.

The Championships began with a special training session specifically for the referees and judges on the specific techniques and criteria to be considered and assessed during the championships. 
Chris Davidson 4th Dan Manager of the Squad of 11 members also refereed at the championships. Chris is one of the senior executive club members and trains four times a week, and he is also a fully qualified referee. No easy feat!
It’s been a great year so for the squad having won so many medals at Belfast.

Preparations are now underway for the next festival the club are hosting in Aberdeen in September with a visit of four guests from Nagasaki and the Nationals in November.
NKF came joint 3rd in the number of medals won out of 14 squads.

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Belfast Open NKI Scotland Results

Ind. Cadet Kata Mixed 14-u18 White to Purple.

Silver Mark Noblett
Bronze Nikita Kevra
4th place Kai Dark

Ind. Kumite 5-7 122-137cm

Silver Cooper Watt

Ind. Kumite 10-11 132-147cm

4th Cameron Smith

5th Harry Proud

Ind. Kumite 10-11 +147cm

Bronze Mark Noblett

Ind. Kumite 12-13 +152cm

Bronze Kai Dark
4th Nikita Kevra

Ind. Kumite Senior +78KG

5th Ian Wallace

Ind. Cadet Kata Brown/Black

4th Keira Cormack

Ind. Senior Kata

Gold Nissara Kirk
Silver Chloe Calder

Ladies team Kata

Gold - Nissara Kirk, Chloe Calder, Keira Cormack

Ind. Kumite 12-13 137-152cm female

Bronze Nikola Lubczynska

Ind. Kumite Cadet female

4th Keira Cormack

Ind. Kumite Seniors female

Silver Nissara Kirk
4th Chloe Calder

Senior Male Ippon

Gold Reeve Watt
Silver Ian Wallace

Senior Female Ippon

Gold Nissara Kirk
Bronze Chloe Calder

It's hard work winning medals.