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Scottish International Open 2017

Adam Richards - Gold

Female Senior Team Kata - Gold

Female kata 16/17 - Aria Pascual Gold

Female kata under 21 -  Aria Pascual Bronze

Senior female kata - Jo Allan silver,  Ania Surma Bronze

Senior Male kata - David Johnstone Bronze

Vets Kata Stuart - Mungall Gold


BKF British Championships 2017

Aria Pascual, Bronze kata 16/17 female


Results from the Scottish National Championships 2017

Shotokan

David-silver

Jo-silver

Ania-gold

Aria-gold

Aeron-gold

Adam-gold

James(Kilmarnock and Loudoun)-silver

Jennifer-bronze

Big Adam(club guest)-bronze

Shitoryu

Stuart- bronze

All styles

David-bronze

Jo-bronze

Ania-bronze

Aria-gold

Aeron-gold

Adam-bronze

Stuart-gold

Team

Ania, Aria and Jo-gold


Scottish karate governing body kata championships.

6 competitors, 9 medals, 7 of them gold

Adam Richards, Shotokan gold (boys under 10)

Emma Ruthven, Shotokan gold & all styles gold (girls 14-15 years)

Ania Surma, Shotokan gold (female senior)

Jo Allan, Shotokan Silver & all styles gold (female senior)

David Johnston, Shotokan gold & all styles bronze (male senior)

Stuart Mungall, gold. (male Veterans)


British Championships 25/5/16

Adam Richards, boys 7-9 years kata 3rd


Scottish International open 23/4/16

David Johnston: senior male kata, gold

Ania Surma: senior female kata, gold and -55kg kumite bronze

Jo Allan: senior female kata, silver

Emma Ruthven: female cadet kata, silver


Penrith open 13/3/16

Emma Ruthven, 12/13 kata gold


Army Championships12/3/16

David Johnston, kata gold, kumite silver


New York international open 6/3/16

Jo Allan, silver in kumite and bronze in kata

Stuart Mungall, silver in kata and bronze in kumite

Emma Ruthven, bronze in kata

Ania Surma, bronze in kumite


Grand Prix 28/2/16

Ania Surma, ladies kumite gold, ladies Kata silver

Emma Ruthven, 14/15 kata bronze

Adam Richards, junior kata bronze

Stuart Mungall, vets kata 3rd.


Elite open London 29/11/15

David Johnston, kata gold

Emma Ruthven 12/13, kumite gold


Scottish Grand prix 25/10/15

Ania Surma: kumite Gold, kata silver. Overall kumite champion

Stuart Mungall: vets kata silver gents kata bronze

Heather McLaren: ladies kumite silver.


KKS Association championships 4/10/15

Kokusai

16 gold, 11 silver & 13 bronze


Welsh open 19/9/15

Ladies team gold

Ania Surma: kata Gold

Jo Allan: kata bronze & kumite bronze


British open 5/9/15

Heather McLaren, ladies +68kg gold, ladies open gold.

Adam Richards, boy's kata Gold

Laura McKinnon, ladies vets kata silver

Jo Allan, ladies -50 kg bronze


North of England championships

David Johnston: kata gold


Scottish kata championships 28/6/15

David Johnston, bronze in shotokan, gold in all styles,

Ania Surma,gold in Shotokan, silver in all styles

Laura McKinnon, silver in vets

Stuart Mungall, silver in Shotokan

Jennifer Campbell, bronze in Shotokan.


Scottish international open 25/4/15

Stuart Mungall male vets kata gold,

Ania Surma senior ladies kata silver.

Jo Allan lightweight kumite silver. Laura McKinnon female vets kata bronze.

Ladies team kumite (Heather, Ania and Jo) bronze.

Adam Richards 7-9 years kata silver



Wishaw Grand Prix 22/2/15

Ania- Kata gold, kumite silver

Heather - kumite gold

Laura - vets kata silver, kata bronze

Stuart- vets kata bronze

Adam - kumite bronze

Harry- kata bronze

Rachel - kata bronze

Kayla - kata bronze

Harry &Adam pairs kata bronze




Grading results 13/12/14


Junior grades


1st mon: Lucy Graham, Aiden Innes & Caiden Charnley

2nd mon: Daniel Sweeney & Darren Sweeney

3rd mon: Paul Flavel  & Jakub Chojnowski

4th mon: Ben McGuigan & Andrea Lewkowicz

5th mon: Amy Scott & Fabian Skora

9th mon: Adam Richards, Lewis McFadyen, Conner McFadyen, Aryan Sharma, Sean Mathieson  & Robbie Gilchrist

10th mon: Isla McIlroy

13th mon: Emily Hussey

15th mon: Adam Mungall & Josh McGregor

16th mon: Connor Nicolson & Joshua Haran

Senior grades

9th kyu: Michal Chroscicki, Elle McIlroy & Caitlyn McIlroy

8th kyu: Wiktoria Bak, Niamh Biggins & Meghna Sharma

7th kyu: Harry Gillan, Ross Campbell, John Murray, Aileen Mungall & Elaine McGregor

6th Kyu: Ross Smart

5th Kyu: Kayla Kennedy, Chloe Hussey , Sid McIlroy & Cameron McIlroy

2nd Kyu: Jennifer Campbell

1st kyu: Rachel Haggarty

 

Scottish kumite Championshps 23/11/14

Ania Surma Female - 60kg 1st

Jo Allan - 60kg 2nd



Scottish Grand Prix 26/10/14

Junior pairs kata joint 3rd, kokusai (A) Kayla Kennedy & Wiktoria Bak. Kokusai (B) Harry Gillan & Adam Richards.

Junior grade individual kata 10-15years, silver medal Harry Gillan, bronze medal Kayla Kennedy

Girls 14-15 years senior grade kata bronze medal Rachel Haggarty

Gents senior grade kata bronze medal Stuart Mungall

Ladies senior kumite silver medal Heather McLaren



Scottish kata championships 15/6/14

Ania Surma silver in all styles, gold in Shotokan

Laura McKinnon silver in the vets & bronze in Shotokan

Stuart Mungall silver in the vets, bronze in Shotokan & bronze in all styles

David Johnston bronze in Shotokan & gold in all styles 


Scottish Grand Prix 1/6/14

Heather McLaren ladies kumite, gold.

Ania Surma ladies kata, silver

Stuart Mungall vets kata, silver

Laura McKinnon vets kata, bronze

David Johnston gents kata, bronze

Rachel Haggarty girls kata, bronze


British championships 17/5/14

Laura McKinnon, silver

Heather McLaren, silver

Ania Surma, bronze


Scottish Grand Prix 1/6/14

Laura McKinnon, vets kumite gold, vets kata bronze

Stuart Mungall, vets kata bronze

Rachel Haggarty girls kata, bronze


KKS results 2013

Gold – 14

Silver – 13

Bronze - 14



Scottish Grand Prix 27/10/13

Heather McLaren ladies kumite 1st

Stuart Mungall, vets kata 2nd



Scottish Championships 13/10/13

Laura McKinnon vets kumite 1st and ladies +60kg 3rd

Heather McLaren ladies +60kg 3rd

Ania Surma ladies -60kg 3rd

Ladies team 1st



British Open 7/9/13

Laura McKinnon vets kumite 1st

Heather McLaren ladies +68 kg kumite 2nd & ladies open 3rd



Scottish Grand Prix 25/8/13

Laura McKinnon vets kumite 1st and vets kata 3rd

Heather McLaren ladies kumite 1st

Ania Surma ladies kumite 2nd

Rachel Haggarty andJames Lynch, junior kata 3rd

Rachel Haggarty & Jennifer Campbell, pairs kata 3rd


British 4 Nations Championships

Heather McLaren, ladies kumite 2nd

Stuart Mungall, vets kata 3rd


Scottish Grand Prix 12/5/13

Stuart Mungall, vets kata 2nd & gents kata 3rd

Rachel Haggarty, junior kata 2nd

James Lynch, junior kata 3rd

Rachel Haggarty & Jennifer Campbell, pairs kata 3rd


Scottish International Open 2013

Heather McLaren, ladies +68kg gold and ladies open gold

Laura McKinnon, Ladies vets Kumite gold, vets kata silver

Kirsty Findlay, girls -48kg silver

Ania Surma, ladies -55kg bronze

Ladies team, Silver


Scottish Uni Championships 2013

Heather McLaren, ladies kumite 2nd & ladies team 2nd

Ania Surma, ladies kata 2nd, ladies kumite 3rd


Cumbria Junior Championships 10/3/13

Rachel Haggarty, Junior kata 3rd

Jennifer Campbell, junior kumite 3rd



British Uni Championships 2013

Heather McLaren, +68kg champion & team champion (Edinburgh uni)


Scottish Grand Prix 24/2/13

Laura McKinnon,Female vets Kumite 1st, vets kata 1st & ladies kata 3rd

Stuart Mungall, vets kata 2nd & gents kata 2nd

James Lynch, junior kata 3rd




KKS Championships 2012

Name Gold Silver Bronze


Rachel Haggarty4


Ania Surma3


Kirsty Findlay11


Laura McKinnon2


John McKinnon1


Jennifer Campbell121


Ross Campbell1


Gorgia Capaldi1


Vinnie  Capaldi1


Conal McQuillan1


Stuart Mungall11


Adam Mungall1


James Lynch2


Harry Gillan1


Danil Rozhitsin1


Neketa Routchkine1


Sagar Shamar1


Chloe Hussey11


Emily Hussey2



British Championships 2012

Ania Surma 3rd

laura McKinnon 3rd

Kirsty Findlay 3rd


Scottish Karate Kumite Championships 2012

Ania Surma 3rd


Scottish Karate Grand Prix 2012

Rachel Haggarty, Junior Kata Grand Champion


Scottish Kata Championships 2012

Ania Surma, -21 Champion




Scottish Karate Grand Prix 30/10/11

Ladies Team 2nd

Laura McKinnon, vets Kumite 1st - 2011 grand champion

Heather McLaren, Ladies Kumite 2nd  - 2011 grand champion

Rachel Haggarty Junior kata 2nd

Ania Surma, Ladies Kumite 3rd & Ladies kata 3rd



British International Open 1/10/11

Heather McLaren, Ladies Kumite +68kg 1st

Laura McKinnon, vets Kumite  3rd

Kirsty Findlay - Girls Kumite -47kg 3rd



Scottish Karate Grand Prix 4/9/11

Ladies Team 1st

Heather McLaren, Ladies Kumite 1st

Laura McKinnon, vets Kumite 1st & Ladies Kumite 3rd

Ania Surma, Ladies Kumite 3rd

John McKinnon, Gents Kumite 3rd

 


Welsh Open

Heather McLaren

Ladies +68kg 1st, Ladies open 3rd and Ladies under 21 +60kg 3rd


British Championships

Heather McLaren, Ladies +68kg kumite - 1st

Laura McKinnon, Ladies vets kumite - 1st

Ania Surma, Ladies -50g Kumite - 3rd

Tracey McKinnon, Ladies -55kg Kumite - 3rd


Scottish Karate Grand Prix 19/6/11

Tracey McKinnon - ladies open 1st

Laura McKinnon - Ladies vets 1st

 

Cumbria open 12/6/11

Ladies team - 2nd


SKGB Kata Championships

Ania Surma under 21- 2nd

Rachel Haggarty 10 & under - 3rd

 

Scottish University Championships

Heather McLaren:  kumite - 1st, kata - 2nd, team - 2nd

Tracey McKinnon: Kata - 1st, Kumite - 3rd, team - 1st

Kirsty McLeod: Kumite - 3rd, team - 1st

 

Meadowbank junior open

Kirsty Findlay - Girls Kumite 2nd


British University & college sports Championships

Heather McLaren

team (Edinburgh uni)  - silver

ladies +68kg kumite - gold


Penrith junior open

Kirsty Findlay - Girls Kumite 3rd


Scottish Karate Grand Prix 6/3/11

Heather McLaren - ladies open 1st

Laura McKinnon - Ladies vets 1st

Ladies team 1st

Ania Surma Ladies - kata 3rd

Martin Montogmery - gents jnr grade 3rd


Dan Grading 11/12/2010

John McKinnon 1st Dan

Scott Toal 1st Dan

Tracey McKinnon 4th Dan 

Billy Haggarty 6thDan

 

Scottish Championships  21/11/2010

Laura McKinnon ladies vets Champion

Heather McLaren ladies +60kg Champion

Tracey McKinnon -60kg 3rd

Ladies team - Heather McLaren, Tracey McKinnon and Ania Surma 3rd


KKS Championships 7/11/10Name     Gold     Silver     Bronze

Hayden Banks     1          1

Orla McQuillan     1     1     

Scott Cooper               2

Conal McQuillan     2         

Niamh Pollock          1     1

Ryan Robertson               1

Amy McDonald          2     

Scott Porteous     1          1

Rachel Haggarty     2     2     1

Jennifer Campbell          1     2

Kirsty Findlay     2          1

Laura Porteous     1     2     

Ronan Flynn          1     2

Michael Hamilton     1          1

Michael Stevens          1     1

Ross Campbell          1     

Giorgi Capaldi          1     

Niamh Hay               1

Niamh Biggins               1

Mirren McDermot               1

Beth Crawley               1

Paul Crawley     1         

David Crawley               1

Ania Surma     1          1

Tracey McKinnon          1     

Laura McKinnon          1     

John McKinnon     1         


Scottish Grand Prix 31/10/10

Ania Surma, Ladies Kata 2nd & Ladies Kumite 3rd

Heather McLaren, Ladies Kumite Grand Champion.



Scottish Karate Grand Prix 29/8/10

Heather McLaren - ladies open 1st

John McKinnon - male heavyweight 2nd

KKS Ladies team 1st



Heather McLaren

selected to represent Scotland

at the 2010 World Championship.



Scottish Karate Grand Prix

Heather McLaren - ladies open 1st

Tracey McKinnon - ladies open 2nd



SUS Championships

Heather McLaren - team 2nd & ladies open, 1st

Kirsty McLeod - team 1st, ladies open 2nd & kata, 3rd 


Scottish International Open Championships

Kirsty McLeod - ladies + 68kg, 3rd

Laura Slevin - ladies -50kg, 3rd

KKS ladies team - 3rd



BUCS Championships Sheffield 14/3/10

Heather McLaren, team - Gold (Edinburgh Uni)

Kirsty McLeod, ladies kumite - Gold


Penrith junior championships 7/3/10

Kirsty Findlay, girls kumite - Bronze


AMA International Sheffield 28/2/10

Heather McLaren, Ladies kumite 2nd



Scottish Karate Grand Prix 21/2/10


Heather McLaren, Ladies kumite 2nd


KKS ladies team, 1st



Heather McLaren,

selected to represent Scotland

at the 2010 European championships in Turkey.





Karate Kai Scotland Championships 2009


Great results from our association championship, well done to all!

              Club medal table     Gold     Silver     Bronze

Kirsty Findlay     3     1     

Sagar Sharmar            2          1

Scott Porteous     2         

Rachel Haggarty         1     2     1

Ronan Flynn             1     1     

Amy McDonald     1     1     

Heather McLaren     1     1     

Beth Crawley     1     1     

Michael Hamilton     1          1

Laura Porteous               2     1

Joe Shields          1     

Jamie Stevenson          1     

Ross Campbell          1     

Jennifer Campbell                 2

David Crawley               1

Christopher Colford               1

Ryan Robertson               1

Giorgia Capaldi               1










Scottish Championships 2009

Laura Slevin, cadet girls - 3rd


Heather McLaren, Ladies open - 3rd


Mark Marshall (Kugatsu), Male Veterans’ Kumite - 2nd

Mark was also promoted to SKGB Kumite Judge B


Heather McLaren, Sharon McCann (kugatsu)

& Laura Slevin

Senior Female Team - 2nd



Scottish Karate Grand Prix 2009


Kirsty McLeod,ladies kumite grand champion


Heather McLaren, cadet girls grand champion


Meadowbank Junior Championships

Kirsty Findlay, Girls under 5'2'' 1st

Ronan Flynn, Boys under 4'10'' 2nd

Christopher Colford, Boys under 4'5'' 2nd

British Karate Championship


As most of you will know, the Karate Kai Scotland entered a small squad into this year’s British Karate Championship; the squad comprised of

Katrina Kinney (Kugatsu)

Laura Slevin (Kokusai)

Heather McLaren (Kokusai)

Kirsty McLeod (Kokusai)

Sharon McCann (Kugatsu)

Laura Williams (Kugatsu)

Bryan McCann (Kugatsu)

Squad Coach - Bobby Morton

Referees - Billy Haggarty

Graham McCann

There was a huge entry for this year’s championship (Saturday’s events started at 9.00 a.m. and finished at 10.30 p.m.!!) and the squad were a credit to themselves and the association with all performing well despite a lot of sitting around waiting for events to start.

The weekend was a great success.

Katrina British Champion 2009 (Female veterans kumite) & 5th Place (Senior female kumite <68kg)

Laura S Bronze Medal (Female 16 – 17 years kumite <48kg)

Kirsty Bronze Medal (Senior female kumite 68kg +)

Female Kumite Team Bronze Medal (Senior Female team kumite) (Katrina, Heather and Kirsty)

Billy Promoted to British Kumite referee and British Kata judge

Graham Promoted to British Kumite referee and British Kata judge

Unfortunately Sharon was unable to compete on the day due to injury. Laura W and Bryan both performed well in their respective kata events with Laura getting through to the repocharge and Bryan being knocked out in the second round. Heather also fought in the senior female kumite event; despite fighting well she was narrowly beaten by a strong competitor from England.

Well done to the squad.


Cumbria Open 21/6/09


Laura Slevin, female cadet 3rd


Ladies Team 2nd



Scottish Karate Grand Prix 14/6/09


ladies kumite: Kirsty McLeod 1st


Heather McLaren 3rd



Scottish International Open 4/4/09


Heather McLaren, Cadet girls 3rd



Scottish Karate Grand Prix 23/2/09


Heather McLaren cadet girls 1st

Kirsty McLeod female open 2nd

Laura Slevin cadet girls 3rd


Scottish Karate Grand Prix 22/6/08


Laura Slevin, female cadet 3rd


Leanne Shields, ladies kumite 2nd


Kirsty McLeod, ladies kumite 1st



Cumbria Open 15/6/08


Claire Nugent, girls kata 1st & girls kumite 1st




Scottish University Championships 26/4/08


Kirsty McLeod, ladies kumite 2nd & ladies kata 3rd




Scottish International Open 20/4/08


Kirsty McLeod, ladies kumite 3rd


Claire Nugent, girls kumite 3rd


female team 3rd



British University Championships 15/3/08


Kirsty McLeod, ladies kumite 2nd


female team 1st




Scottish Karate Grand Prix  2/3/08


Leanne Shields ladies kumite 2nd


Heather McLaren, female cadet 3rd


Laura Slevin, female cadet 3rd


Claire Nugent, girl's heavyweight kumite 2nd


Female team 1st




Malta Invitational Championships 1/3/08


Kirsty McLeod, Ladies kumite 2nd


Billy Haggarty, Vets kata 3rd


Scottish Karate Grand Prix 2007

Laura Slevin, girls under 50kg Grand Champion

Claire Nugent, girls over 60kg Grand Champion

Heather Mclaren, Female 16-18 yrs & 18-21 years Grand Champion

Kirsty McLeod, adult female Grand Champion


Scottish Championships 2007

Laura Slevin, girls under 5ft 2nd



BASKA Karate Open Championships 2007

Rachel Haggarty, girls 5 - 6 years 1st.

Laura Slevin, girls under 43 kg 1st. girls under 48 kg 1st & girls under 53kg 2nd

Ashley Pollock, girls under 58kg 1st

Claire Nugent, girls over 58kg 1st

Stephen Pollock, boys under 45kg 1st

Tracey Hunter, adult female under 60kg 1st

Kirsty McLeod, adult female over 60kg 1st

Giorgia Capaldi, girls 5 - 6 years 2nd

Mark Greer, boys 5 - 6 years 2nd

Kyle Devine, boys 7-9 years 2nd

Iona Dolan, girls 7-9 years 2nd

Hannah Martin & Becki Stewart, girls 5 -6 years 3rd

Grant Bonner, boys 7-9 years 3rd

John McKinnon, adult male jnr grade 3rd



Irish Karate Grand Prix 31/3/07 - 1/4/07

Laura Slevin, girl's lightweight kumite - Bronze

Ladies Team - Silver



Scottish Karate Grand Prix 25/3/07

Heather McLaren, girl's heavyweight kumite - Gold

Claire Nugent, girl's heavyweight kumite - Silver

Laura Slevin, girl's lightweight kumite - Silver

Leanne Shields, girls under 21 kumite - Bronze



Penrith junior championships 11/3/07

Laura Slevin girl's lightweight kumite - Gold

David Campbell boy's kata - Gold, boy's kumite - Bronze

Stephen Pollock boy's kumite - Bronze

Claire Nugent girl's junior grade kata - Bronze



Scottish Karate Governing Body Championships 2006

Laura Slevin girls under 5'      gold

Ashley Pollock girls under 5'4"     bronze

Heather Mclaren girls over 5'4"  bronze




BASKA Karate Open Championships 2006

Beth Fitzpatrick, girls 5-6 years kumite - gold

James Mearns, 5-7 years kata silver & boys 7-9 years under 4’5” silver

Michael Hamilton boys 7-9 years kumite over 4’5” silver

Laura Slevin girls Lightweight Kumite Gold and junior grade kata silver

Ashley Pollock girls middleweight Kumite Gold

Stephen Pollock boys lightweight kumite gold

David Campbell boys middleweight  kumite silver  and junior grade kata bronze

Heather Mclaren girls open weight Kumite Gold and senior grade kata bronze

John McKinnon gents junior grade kumite bronze

Leanne Shields ladies kumite bronze

Eddie Rae gents heavyweight kumite silver




BASKA Karate Open Championships 2005

Ashley Pollock Girls 11-12 years kumtie 2nd

John McKinnon adult junior grade kumite 2nd

Lee Robertson male cadet 3rd

David Campbell boys kumite 11-12 years 3rd




Scottish Karate Governing Body Championships 2005

Laura Slevin girls  under 5' 2nd & Marie-Louise Monaghan girls over 5'4" 3rd



Scottish Karate Grand Prix

Eddie Rae gents under 78kg kumite grand champion, Heather McLaren girls jnr grade kata grand champion,

Laura Slevin placed 3rd in the girls under 40 kilo kumite &

Marie-Louise Monaghan takes a 3rd in the girls snr grade kata


Scottish Karate Grand Prix

Eddie Rae gents under 78kg kumite 3rd, Heather McLaren girls junior grade kata 2nd &

Marie-Louise Monaghan girls senior grade kata 3rd



Cumbria open karate tournament Carlisle

S.Pollock 2nd Boys Kumite 9 to 11 Years, A.Pollock 2nd Girls Kumite 12 to 15 years Under 5' 2" , H.McLaren 1st  Girls Kumite 12 to 15 Years junior grade over 5' 2"  & M.Monaghan 3rd place Girls Kumite 12 to 15 Years senior grade over 5' 2"   




Scottish Karate Grand Prix

Eddie Rae won the gents middleweight kumite, Heather McLaren winning the girls over 60 kilo & taking a 3rd in the girls kata section, Zoë Smith won the ladies junior grade kumite, Laura Slevin placed 2nd in the girls under 40 kilo section with Catriona McGeechan taking 3rd in the same event.



SKGB Kata Championships

This was the first time our juniors competed at an open grade event with Miss Monaghan taking 3rd place & Miss McLaren placing 4th, well done to both.


Grading Success

The first dan grading with our new association provided us with a new sho-dan (Leanne Shields),  two ni-dans (Joe Shields & Eddie Rae) and a san-dan (David McKinnon)

well done to all, especially as the grading lasted almost two hours after a five hour course, I think they certainly earned their grades.



Change of  asociation

Kokusai has joined the Baska karate association



Scottish Karate International Open

Tracey Hunter Ladies Kumite  2nd, 18-20 years kumite 3rd

Heather McLaren girls 12-13 years Kumite 3rd



Scottish Karate Grand Prix

Heather McLaren, girls jnr grade kata 1st & girls heavyweight kumite 2nd

Eddie Rae, gents middleweight kumite 1st 

Laura Slevin, girls jnr grade kata 2nd

Tracey Hunter, ladies open kumite 3rd

Mark Slevin, boys heavyweight kumite 3rd



International Shotokan-ryu Karate-do Shihankai

Club coach Billy Haggarty has been accepted as a member of the ISKS


"I have great pleasure in informing you that you have been accepted into fellowship of the International Shotokan-ryu Karate-do Shihankai by the ISKS Technical Committee with all the rights and privileges that entails."

Congratulations and welcome,

George Carruthers 7th Dan Kyoshi

Chairman ISKS



Grading Success

Laura McKinnon & Tracey Hunter pass their 3rd Dan grading's, the first 3rd Dans for Kokusai



Scottish Karate Governing Body Championships

Marie-Louise Monaghan wins another national title for Kokusai, winning the girls over 5'3" event,

this brings ML's record to 3 Scottish titles.



British All Styles Karate Association Championships

We were invited to take part in the annual BASKA Championships, clubs from all over the UK participated in this event.

Kokusai won 7 events placed 2nd in 6 & 3rd in 3, the most successful competitor of the event was M Monaghan winning 3 events & coming 2nd in the 4th event.

Kokusai's resultsKumite Events


Boys 9-10 years

1ST S Toye

Girls11-12 years

2nd A Pollock

Girls 13-15 years

1st M Monaghan

Boys 13-15 years

M Slevin

Female 16-17 years

3rd L Shields

Adult Female junior grade

2nd Z Smith

Adult Male junior grade

1ST j McKinnon

Adult Female senior grade

1st T Hunter

3rd L Shields

Adult Male senior grade

2nd E Rae