SAKAI KARATE CLUB RESULTS

BRITISH KARATE FEDERATION INTERNATIONAL OPEN 10th 11th JULY 2010
The British Karate Federation International Open Took place in the Kelvin Hall Glasgow with 15 Countries participating with over 700 competitors Sakai Karate Club were at the forefront in gaining 2 Gold Medals 3 Silver and 1 Bronze medal, Gary Kelly was the champion in taking Gold in the boys under 63kilo event with a very strong performance beating his Dutch opponent in the final,Debbie McRoberts also won Gold in the Disability Kata event with an outstanding result, Jordan Malone took Silver in the Boys Open weight event against much bigger and stronger opponents, Natalie Nicol gained Silver in the girls under 54kilo category getting narrowly beaten by her Dutch opponent,Kevin Weir won a Bronze medal in the boys over 45kilo event, The Team of Lewis Hood ,Jay Turnbull and Elliott McDonald took a Bronze in the 7 years to 9 years category.

SCOTTISH GRAND PRIX WISHAW 13th JUNE 2010
Kevin Weir 1st boys under 58kilo, Cameron Blair 1st Cadet 16-17 years, Shahbaz Mirza 1st mens under 65kilo, Craig Moffat 2nd Mens under 75kilo, Darren Dunlop 2nd mens under 65kilo, Natalie Nicol 2nd Girls over 48kilo, Sean Turnbull 2nd boys under 48kilo,David Rorrison 2nd Mens over 75kilo, Adam el Shafei 3rd Boys under 48kilo,Gary Kelly 3rd Boys over 58kilo,Michelle Stewart 3rd Womens Junior Grades and Lewis Hood 3rd  Junior Kata, David And Kris Coulter the coaches were delighted with the results especially the Bronze Medal taken in the Junior Kata by Lewis Hood as we are not renouned for our Kata.

CUMBRIA OPEN PENRITH 20th JUNE 2010
1 Gold 6 silver 5 Bronze
The Gold medal was won by Nicola Rainey in the Kata event for Junior Grades this was a great result , Nicola also took second in the fighting in the Girls over 50kilo category ,Second places were also taken By Kevin Weir in over 50kiloBoys, Shahbaz Mirza in the mens under 75 kilo,Cameron Blair mens 16-17 years,David Rorrison Mens over 75kilo, The senior team of Craig Moffat, Darren Dunlop,Shahbaz Mirza and David Rorrison also took Silver,  Bronze Medals were taken By Jay Turnbull Boys 6 to 8 years,Sean Turnbull Boys under 50kilo, Jordan Malone Boys under 50kilo Natalie Nicol Girls under 50kilo, Nicola Rainey was also part of a team that also took 3rd place, Nicola Rainey was the competitor of the Day Taking Gold silver and Bronze Medals

SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL OPEN SATURDAY 17th & SUNDAY 18th APRIL 2010
The Scottish International Open took place in Meadowbank Stadium on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th April, the event was still run ,the volcano eruption in Iceland decimated the entry from the countries that were supposed to attend France Denmark Sweden Holland Nigeria Norway, evan though the quality from the event was still there, Sakai members took the following categories Gary Kelly Gold Boys 14 15 years under 63kgs, Shahbaz Mirza gold mens senior under 67kgs,Adam El Shafei Silver boys 14 15 years under 57kgs,Craig Moffat 3rd Mens Senior under 75kgs,Nigel Crockett mens Veterens Bronze,
Sunday was the Junior events Gregor Malone was our only medal winner with a Silver in the Boys 10 11 years under 45kgs, in the Team event for boys 10 - 13 years Sakai took the Gold with a tremendous display from Gregor Malone, Kevin Weir and Jordan Malone,the boys were up against bigger and stronger fighters but came through with a display of excellant fighting spirit and tactics, Kris and David Coulter the coaches were delighted with the results from everyone but especially the Team Gold.

British Universities Championships Sunday 14th March 2010
Craig Moffat was once again the Champion in the Mens under 75 kilo category, Shahbaz Mirza was also Champion in the mens under 67kilo event.

Penrith Junior Championships Sunday 7th March 2010
Cameron Blair was our only winner with an outstanding performance to win the 16-17 years category ,Kevin Weir took 2nd place in the boys under 55kilo,Natalie Nicol 2nd place Girls under 55kilo,Gregor Malone 3rd Boys under 50kilo,Jack Butterworth 3rd Boys under 55kilo,Lewis Hood 3rd Boys 8 and 9 years,Scott Weir 3rd boys under 50kilo,Samantha Nicol 3rd Girls under 50kilo, Nicola Rainey 3rd Girls under 55kilo,, The Team events had great results with our team of Gregor Malone, Jordan Malone and Jack Butterworth taking 1st place Boys under 50kilo,Gary Kelly , Adam El Shafei and Kevin Weir were placed third in the boys over 55kilo category

Scottish Grand Prix Sunday 21st February 2010
Another great days results were had at the event, with Gary Kelly 1st Boys over 58kilo,Craig Moffat 1st Mens under 75 kilo,Cameron Blair 1st Mens 16-17 years,Darren Dunlop 1st Mens under 65kilo,Martin Cook 2nd mens Senior over 75kilo,David Kelly 2nd mens under 75kilo,Scott Wilson 2nd mens under 65kilo,Adam El Shafei 2nd Boys under 48kilo,Shahbaz Mirza 3rd mens under 65kilo,David Rorrison 3rd mens over 75kilo,Martin Cook 3rd Boys under 52kilo,Jack Butterworth 3rd boys under 48kilo,Justin Ronald 3rd Mens 16-17 years, and Ryan Gordon 3rd Boys under 48kilo.

A.M.A. International Open Sheffield 28th February 2010
Ten of our squad travelled to the A.M.A. International Open in Sheffield Cameron Blair was the first to take a place in the event,Cameron took 2nd place 16-17 years, under 76kilo,Justin Ronald was 3rd in the 16-17 years under 68kilo,Adam El Shafei 3rd place boys under 52kilo, Gary Kelly 3rd Boys under 63kilo, and Scott Wilson 3rd mens senior under 67kilo

Scottish Championships Meadowbank 22nd November 2009
A good days results at the Scottish Championships from the members of the Sakai Karate Club,Gary Kelly was champion in his category Boys over 5feet 7in with another great performance which made up for his dissapointment at the World Championships,Craig Moffat was another winner in the mens under 75kilo category,David Kelly was second in the 16 -17 years category,Adam El Shafei was also second in his event Boys under 5feet 7in,Gregor Malone 3rd place Boys under 5feet 4in, and David Rorison 3rd in the senior over 75kilo,In the Team events the team of Adam El Shafei, Kevin Weir and Martin Cook came 2nd in the Boys under 5feet 7in Category, the 16-17 years team event saw our Team of Cameron Blair, David Kelly and Justin Ronald came 2nd,and our Girls Team which had two members Natalie Nicol and Nicola Rainey came 3rd in the girls under 5 feet 7in,Gregor Malone, Jordan Malone and Jack Butterworth also came 3rd in their category Boys under 5feet 4in,

Scottish Grand Prix Sunday 1st November Wishaw 2009
The results at this event were excellent the level of fighting from our athletes was the best that Kris and I have seen for a while ,this was the last event of the Grand Prix Calendar with the Grand Champions being decided, on the day we took 5 Grand Champions 7 First Places 5 second places and 4 third places an excellent haul.
Results of the day were Kevin Weir 1st Boys under 52kilo, Natalie Nicol 1st Girls under 48kilo, Adam El Shafei 1st Boys under 48kilo,Gregor Malone 1st Boys under 42kiloMartin Cook 1st Mens Senior over 75kilo Cameron Blair 1st 16-17 years, Craig Moffat 1st Mens Senior under 75kilo,second places were achieved by David Kelly 2nd 16-17 years,David Rorison 2nd Mens Senior over 75kilo,Darren Dunlop 2nd Mens Senior under 65kilo,Elliott Macdonald Boys 6-7 years,Nicola Rainey 2nd Girls over 48kilo,third places Fraser Mitchell 3rd Boys under 52kilo Jack Butterworth 3rd Boys under 52kilo,Samantha Nicol 3rd Girls under43kilo,Sean Turnbull 3rd Boys under 48kilo,and the Grand Champions who were decided when the point were rounded up were,Nicola Rainey over 48kilo Girls,Kevin Weir Boys under 52kilo,Natalie Nicol Girls under 48kilo,Adam El Shafei Boys under 48kilo,and finally Craig Moffat Mens senior under 75kilo,congratulations to all on a great performance

Meadowbank Junior Open Sunday 25th October 2009
The kids who travelled to Meadowbank in Edinburgh had a good day out with a string of good results with 6 winners and 3 thirds,Jordan Wilson was our first winner in the Boys under 4 feet 5in group, Jordan Malone 1st boys under 4 feet 10 a great result for Jordan, wth the best performance of the day,Martin Cook 1st Boys under 5feet 2in, Adam El Shafei 1st Boys under 5feet 7in Samantha Nicol 1st Girls under 4feet 10in, and Sean Turnbull 1st Boys under 5 feet 7in Junior Grades, Gregor Malone 3rd Boys under 4feet 10, Nicola Rainey 3rd Girls over 5 feet 7in and Jack Butterworth 3rd Boys under 4 feet 10 Junior Grades

A.M.A Open Sheffield Sunday 18th October 2009
Another set of great results for the ones who travelled down to the A.M.A Open in Sheffield on 18th September , Gary Kelly was again in Great form winning the Boys under 57 kilo category this was a good one in his build up for the World Cadets and Junior Championships coming up in November in Rabat Morocco, Cameron Blair was another impressive winner in his Category the 16-17 years under 75kilo, and Craig Moffat placed third in the Open weight event with a good performance

GRANGEMOUTH CHILDRENS OPEN SUNDAY 27th SEPTEMBER 2009
We had some great results from the event with two winners two seconds and three thirds,Jordan Wilson 1st Boys u 4feet 5,Adam El Shafei 1st U 5feet 2,Elliot McDonald 2nd Boys under 4feet 5,Jordan Malone 2nd Boys u 4feet 10,Fraser Mitchell 3rd Boys u 4feet 10,Samantha Nicol 3rd Girls u 4feet 10,Kevin Weir 3rd Boys u5feet 2

KENYUKAI OPEN MANCHESTER SUNDAY 27th SEPTEMBER 2009
The Kenyukai open run by Tery Pottage took place in Manchester on Sunday 27th September, five fighters travelled to the event with the following results Gary Kelly was again on great form coming 1st in the over 55kgs event for boys under 16,Craig Moffat was also 1st in his category the mens under 75kgs, Martin Cook 3rd in the mens over 75kgs and in the senior Team event Sakai placed 1st with a great performance the team members were Craig Moffat,Martin Cook and Darren Dunlop, Darren was the outstanding fighter in the Team

SCOTTISH GRAND PRIX SUNDAY 13th SEPTEMBER 2009
The Scottish Grand Prix had some tremendous results from the fighters thet attended the event with winners,two seconds and six seconds,
Natalie Nicol 1st in the Girls u48kgs, Adam El Shafei 1st Boys U48kgs,Gregor Malone1st
Boys u 42kgs,Kevin Weir 1st Boys u52kgs,Gary Kelly 1st Boysu58kgs,Craig Moffat 1st Mens under 75kgs,Cameron Blair 2nd 16-18years,Paul Haswell 2nd Mens u65kgs,Samantha Nicol 3rd Girls u43kgs,Lewis Hood 3rd Boys u4feet 5,Nicola Rainey 3rd Girls ov 48kilo,Darren Dunlop 3rd Mens u 65kgs,Shahbaz Mirza 3rd Mens u65kgs,Martin Cook 3rd Mens ov 75kgs

BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIPS SATURDAY 5th&6th SEPTEMBER MEADOWBANK
The Saturday at the Championships was all the Senior ,Junior and Cadet events with members of the club taking a number of places, firstly was Natalie Nicol taking 3rd in the Cadet 14 &15 category under 48kilo,Gary Kelly reached the final but was narrowly beaten by his English opponent in the Cadet under 57kilo event, Justin Ronald was placed 2nd in the Junior mens under 67kilo,Shahbaz Mirza was a silver medallist in the Senior mens under 68kilos, A 3rd was taken by Scott Wilson in the same category.
Sunday the 6th saw all the under 15years events taking place Samantha Nicol started the day off with a 3rd Place in the Girls under 42kilo,In the Junior Team event Sakai placed 3rd with the Team members of David Kelly, Cameron Blair and Justin Ronald.

CUMBRIA OPEN 14th JUNE 2009 CARLISLE
Craig Moffat had another great result with 1st place in the Mens under 75kgs, Natalie Nicol came 2nd in the Girls under 50kgs,Lewis Hood 3rd Boys 8-9years,Kevin Weir 2nd place boys under 50 kgs

GRAND PRIX SUNDAY 7th JUNE 2009
The 2nd Grand Prix of the season took place on Sunday 7th June 2009 in Wishaw with the following results, Craig Moffat 1st place mens senior under 75kgs in the same category Scott Fleming took 3rd place,Shahbaz Mirza 1st Mens Senior under 65kgs,Scott Wilson was beat into 2nd place and Daryll Latif 3rd, Mark Mitchell 2nd Mens senior over 75kgs,Steven McCall 2nd mens Junior Grade,Samantha Nicol 2nd Girls under 42kgs, Adam El Shafei and Ryan Gordon 3rd Boys under 45kgs,Kevin Weir 3rd place Boys under 58kgs,a great set of results well done everybody.

MEADOWBANK JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS SUNDAY 3RD MAY 2009
The Meadowbank Junior Open took place on Sunday 3rd May in Meadowbank Stadium Edinburgh sixteen members of the Sakai Karate Club took part in the event with some tremendous results, Scott Weir was first to compete winning his category the boys under 4feet 5in Scott beat another fighter from Sakai Lewis Hood(2nd) in the final it was a close fought battle, Findlay McDonald Came 3rd also in this category, it was a clean sweep for Sakai, Gregor Malone was another winner in the Boys under 4feet 10in kyu/dan grades event Gregor fought excellent to come out on top,Cameron Rainey was 3rd in the Boys under 4feet 10 Junior grades,Elliot McDonald in his first big competition was 3rd place in the Boys under 4 feet, Adam El Shafei 1st in the Boys under 5 feet 2in kyu/dan grades Adam came out the winner with a great performance and gets better with each competition, Gary Kelly 1st Boys under 5 feet 7in kyu/dan grades Gary is another one that fought excellent to win his category again.

David and Kris Coulter the coaches were delighted with the performances and results of the fighters,Sakai Karate Club in last few years has been working hard on their Youth Developement Policy that seems to be producing some great young fighters.

SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL OPEN MEADOWBANK 4th & 5th APRIL 2009
The Scottish International Open took place on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th of April in Meadowbank Stadium, The Saturday was all the senior events Kata and Kumite Shahbaz Mirza took 3rd place in the under 65kgs also David Kelly took a third place in the Cadet over 70kg, The Cadet Team of Cameron Blair, David Kelly, Justin Ronald and Paul Haswell took third place, on the Sunday the Junior events took place with Samantha Nicol taking 3rd place in the Girls 10 & 11Years under 35kgs, Natalie Nicol fought better with each round and came out the winner in the final of the Girls 12 & 13 years under 40kg , Adam El Shafei again produced a great performance to take the Gold in the Boys 12 & 13 years under 45kg, The Competition was of excellent quality with 10 countries taking part and 800 competitors in tota. l

GRANGEMOUTH OPEN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS SUNDAY 22nd MARCH 2009
Twenty four of our Junior members travelled to the Grangemouth Open Junior Championships held on Sunday 22nd of March, all the fighters fought excellent on the day wiith us winning 5 Gold 2 Silver and 4 Bronze Medals, First place of the Day went to Shahmir Mirza Boys under 4 feet who placed in second with a great run of results,this was Shahmirs first competition well done, next was Scott Weir Boys under 4 feet 5 who won the event with excellent fights, on his way to winning he beat Lewis Hood from Sakai in the semi final in a great fight Lewis Placed 3rd. Kevin Weir Boys Junior Under 5feet 2 was the next winner he also beat one of our fighters from Sakai Lewis Deay into second place, Taylor Holloway was also in this event Taylor gained a 3rd place ,in this event we were 1st second and 3rd a clean sweep,Samantha Nicol Girls under 4feet 10 took the Gold in her category with a fine performance, Adam El Shafei Boys under 5 feet 2 Kyu and Dan Grade
another great result for Adam. Niclola Rainey Girls Under 5 Feet 7 fought well to get through to the Semi Final but was just pipped for a place in the final Nicola placed 3rd, David Kelly 16-17 years had a good day coming in 3rd ,The Last result was Gary Kelly who came out the winner in the Boys under 5 feet 7 category with a professional performance and outstanding skill,Our thanks go out to Hamish Adam the organiser of the competition for great day. result 5 Gold 2 Silver 4 Bronze

PENRITH JUNIOR AND CADET CHAMPIONSHIPS SUNDAY 8th MARCH 2009
The Penrirh Junior and Cadet Championships were held on Sunday 8th March, the event was run by Doug James, the athletes that attended the Competition performed excellent,the first result of the day was a great win for Gregor Malone 1st in the boys 10 12 years and under 45kgs Gregor was on great form beating his much larger opponent in the final after taking a few heavy knocks, next up was Nicole Rainey who won the Girls 13 15 years under 50kgs with no problem, Gary Kelly was another winner again with a great performance just doing enough to win each fight he was never tested, Paul Haswell was by far the best of the day winning the 17-18 years open event with some of the best technique of the day a joy to watch, Justin Ronald came 3rd in the same category Justin was unlucky in his fight with Chris McDonald, Chris was a bit heavy with the contact with Justin sustaining a broken nose,thus Justin could not continue,Another fine prformance was from Adam El Shafei he was in the same category as Gary Kelly, Adam came out 3rd with some good fights.

A.M.A INTERNATIONAL OPEN SHEFFIELD 1st MARCH 2009
It was a busy weekend with the A.M.A International Open being on the same weekend as the Scottish Grand Prix Kris Coulter and Mark McCall were the Coaches that travelled to the event with 14 Competitors,again the event was well attended with competitors from Iran Denmark Ukraine Wales Ireland and many more,we attained some tremendous results again Gary Kelly 1st(Spider) was again on great form winning his category Boys 14-15 under 57kgs adding to his great Bronze at the European Championships,Craig Moffat 1st was also on great form winning the Senior men under 75kg adding to the one he won last year another winner was Justin Ronald 1st in the Junior 17-18 under 68kgs Justin fought excellent in this event Scott Wilson 2nd was beat in a very close match with another Scottish opponent Steven Murray Scott also fought excellant throughout the day James Smillie and Mark Cunningham3rd in the mens Junior Grades this was a fine result for the two guys as it was their first outing away from home in a big tournament they both done exceptionally well,Darren Dunlop 3rd mens senior under 60kg and David Kelly 3rd 16-17 +78kg a goood result for both David and Darren.

SCOTTISH GRAND PRIX SUNDAY 1st MARCH 2009
The Scottish Grand Prix the first of the Season was held in Wishaw Sport Centre Wishaw on Sunday the 1st March 2009 the members who attended had a great day with the Following results Jacqueline Brown was 1st in the Womens Junior Grades beating Christina Bechell ito 2nd in the final Adam El Shafei Was also 1st in his category boys 13-15 under 48kgsNatalie Nicol was place 2nd in her category Girls 13-15 under 48kgs Nicola Rainey was also 2nd in the Girls 13-15 +48kg Lewiis Hood came 3rd in the boys 6&7years Kevin Weir also was 3rd in his event Boys 10-12 and under 52kgs Aaron Richmond 3rd place Boys 13-15 and under 58 kgs Samantha Nicol was 3rd in the Girls 10-12 under 43kgs

SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
Craig Moffat and Shahbaz Mirza who attend Glasgow Universtity have won the Scottish Universities Team Event

EUROPEAN CADET JUNIOR & UNDER 21 CUP
Gary Kelly has had a tremendous result in the European Championships where he won a Bronze Medal in the Cadet under 52 kilo for 14 &15 years, Gary on his way to the bronze medal had 6 fights his first round opponent was a Slovakian who he beat 5 scores to 2
the second round fight was against a fighter from Andorra Gary won the fight on a walk over, his third round was against the boy from Finland again he won convincinely 5 scores to 0. round four he was up against one of the strong nations Spain again Gary was up to the mark and won by 3 scores to 0. fight five again Gary was pitted against a fighter from one of the strong nations Italy for a place in the final Gary was beat 5 scores to one, this meant with his opponent getting to the final it put Gary in the repercharge for the third place fight off against the strong Serbian, at the end of regular time 2 minutes it was a draw which meant Gary had to fight for a further minute and at the end of the extended minute it was still a draw so the judges had to make a decision, Gary was given the decision because he was more dominant in the fight, which gave him the Bronze medal Gary's Dad Mum and Brother travelled to Paris to support Gary and the rest of the Team and were delighted with the result.also Scotland gained another Bronze Medal with Amy Connell from Paisley. it was a tremendous result for Scotland winning two medals at a European Championships.

SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIPS SUNDAY 30th NOVEMBER MEADOWBANK
A good day was had by all at the Scottish Championships held in Meadowbank Stadium Edinburgh,32 members of Sakai along with their supporters travelled to the event , we had a great number of results, in the Junior events we did exceptionally well with Lewis Hood 1st in the Boys under 4 feet and Sunny Sherry coming 3rd in the same event the two boys also won the team event for boys under 4feet a great result as there should be 3 persons in a team,Scott Weir placed 3rd in the boys under 4feet 4in,Ryan Gordon came 3rd in the Boys under 5 feet,Samantha Nicol 3rd in the Girls Under 4 feet 8in,Gary Kelly 3rd Boys under 5 feet 7in,Steven McCall 3rd Mens Junior Grades,Jacqueline Brown 2nd Place womens Junior Grades,Paul Haswell 1st in the Cadet event under 70kilo Christina Bechelli 1st Women Junior Grades, Craig Moffat 1st Mens senior under 75kilo,In the Team events we had the following result Boys under 4feet 1st Sunny Sherry,Lewis Hood Boys under 5feet Team 2nd place Adam El Shafei, Kevin Weir and Taylor Holloway,Cadet men 3rd place David Kelly Cameron Blair and Paul Haswell,A special thanks goes out to all the parents who came along to support the fighters ,also to the Coaches who worked hard on the day Kris Coulter, Richard Mallinson and David Coulter.

MEADOWBANK JUNIOR OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS 9th NOVEMBER 2008
Adam El Shafei 1st Boys Under 5feet
Samantha Nicol 1st Girls Under 4Feet 8
Gary Kelly 1st Boys under 5feet5
Scott Wilson 1st Cadet 16-17 Years
Justin Ronald 2nd Cadet 16-17 Years

GRAND PRIX SUNDAY 2nd NOVEMBER 2008 WISHAW
The Scottish Grand Prix took place on Sunday 2nd November in Wishaw this was the final event of four that took place in 2008,Sakai had a number of great results,with Sakai lifting 5 Grand Prix Championship,the results are as follows
Adam El Shafei 1st Boys 13-15 years under 50kilo also Grand Prix Champion 2008
Natalie Nicol 1st Girls 13-15 years under 50kilo
Walter Douglas 3rd Boys 10-12 years under 52kilo
Nicola Rainey 3rd Girls 13-15 years under 60kilo
Gary Kelly Grand Prix Champion 2008 Boys 13-15 years Under 52kilo
Christina Bechelli 1st Womens Junior Grades Grand Prix Champion 2008
Steven McCall 1st Mens Junior Grades
Scott Wilson 1st Mens Cadet Grand Prix Champion 2008
Shahbaz Mirza 2nd Mens Cadet
Cameron Blair 3rd Mens Cadet Grand Prix Champion2008 Boys Over 58kilo
Justin Ronald 3rd Mens Cadet
Mark Mitchell 3rd Mens Senior Over 75kilo

BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIPS SATURDAY 6th 7th SEPTEMBER SHEFFIELD
The British Championships were held on Saturday 6th and Sunday the 7th of september
in the Ponds Forge Sheffield,eleven fighters travelled down to the event,we only had one
travel down on the Saturday for the junior event,Gary Kelly was the entry in the boys
under 50 kg Category,Gary's category was the largest with sixty competitors in it Gary
fought excellant to be narrowly beaten first to score in the final,
On the Sunday we had afew good results with David Kelly 3rd place in the Cadet ov 78kilo
event, Shahbaz Mirza fought through in his Category the under 68kg to win the title against his English opponent, Craig Moffat had a hard day fighting in three events the Junior u21
under 78kg,The senior under 75kg category and the senior openweight, Craig had a very successful day winning the title in the under 21 under 78kg second in the senior under 75kg and third in the Open weight. Well done to all the medal winners,

SCOTTISH GRAND PRIX WISHAW SUNDAY 22nd JUNE 2008

The Scottish Grand Prix took place on Sunday 22nd June in Wishaw Sakai had 20 competitors at the event with the following results 6 winners 2 seconds and 3 thirds

Scott Fleming 1st Mens Over 75 kilo
Cameron Blair 1st Boys Over 58kilo
Gary Kelly 1st Boys under 55kilo
Scott Wilson 1st Cadet men
Craig Moffat 1st Mens Under 75kilo
Jacqueline Brown 1st Womens Junuior Grades
Ryan Gordon 2nd Boys Under 45kilo
Steven McCall 2nd Mens Junior Grades
Campbell Kerr 3rd Mens Over 75kilo
Adam El Shafei 3rd Boys under 45kilo

CUMBRIA OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS CARLISLE 15th JUNE 2008

The Cumbria Open took place on Sunday 15th June in Sands Liesure Centre Carlisle
20 of our fighters took part in the event,we had some good results Gary Kelly took 1st in the Boys under 50 kilo category Gary has had a great year, Steven McCall in only his second competition won the Mens Junior Grade, Mark Cunningham was second to Steven where the fight was close,Christina Bechelli came second in the Womens Junior Grades,Ryan Gordon was in the Boys 9th to 4th Kyu under 50kilo and placed 3rd,Scott Wilson and Darren Dunlop were 3rd in the Cadet Mens category

COMMONWEALTH CHAMPIONSHIPS MEADOWBANK 31stMAY 1st J UNE

The Commonwealth Karate Championships took place on Saturday 31st May and Sunday 1st June in Meadowbank Stadium Edinburgh,31 of our members took part in he event which was a great success with over 1,300 competitors taking part this has been the biggest tournament ever to take place in Scotland and Britain,

Results
The events that took place on the Saturday were the Mens and womens Senior and Men and womens Cadets and the Elite Competition this event was for only National Team members
Scott Wilson fought through to the Final with some great results and was successful in Becoming Champion in the mens Cadet under 70kilo Category, Shahbaz Mirza was also in this Category Shahbaz came 3rd again with some tough fights,
Teri Coulter again reached the Final she also had some hard contests but was beat by her great rival Pamela Robb, The result of the Saturday was our Cadet mens Team winning this category with a great performance on the way to the final they beat a South African team in the first round and also another South African Team in the Final,Darren Dunlop, Shahbaz Mirza and Scott Wilson Team Champions
Craig Moffat was in the Elite Categories this was the main event for National teams from South Africa ,Botswana, Canada, Wales, England Ireland, Ghana, New Zealand India, Craig fought in the elite under 75 event but was beaten in the early rounds,Craig was part of the Scottish National Team that contested the blue ribbon Team event this is the category every Team wants to win the Scotland Team was successful in winning the category against Botswana with a great performance, Craig kept his best for this event winning all his fights to help Scotland win the Commonwealth Championships for Teams,Sakai would like to congratulate all who organised the event especially Hamish Adam and Paul Gianndrea who worked extremely hard to make the Championships a great success the next Championships will take place in India, On the Sunday we had only one Seccess with Gary Kelly winning the Boys 12 13 years under 55kilo,Gary once again had a great event with an outstanding performance considering two weeks ago he was doubtful with him breaking a bone in his foot ,Gary has had a good year also winning the Scottish International Open Last month,David and Kris would like to thank everyone who entered the event although some were not successful this was a big competition and it will be good for their experience for the future.to all the parents who supported their kids once again thanks.David and Kris

SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES CHAMPIONSHIPS 26TH APRIL

Christina Bechelli one of Junior women grades competed in the event representing Glasgow university this is only Christinas 3rd competition,Christina won all her fights
to come 1st place well done.

SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL OPEN 19-20th APRIL EDINBURGH.

We took 28 fighters to the competition over the 2 days, result of the competition went to Gary "spider"Kelly winning the boys 12-13years -55kg category beating a strong fighter from Latvia in final.

Cameron Blair 2nd boys 14-15years -70kg.
Natalie Nicol 3rd girls 12-13years -45kg.
Walter Douglas 3rd boys 12-13 -55kg.
Teri Coulter 2nd womens +60kg.
Steven Rooney 3rd mens senior -65kg.
Shabaz Mirza 3rd cadet -70kg.
Cadet Team 3rd, Mirza/Dunlop/Haswell/Wilson.

BRITISH UNIVERSITIES CHAMPIONSHIPS 16th MARCH SHEFFIELD

Craig Moffat placed 2nd in the under 75kg category the event attracted over 400 competitors from accross Britain, Graig reached the final with some ease , in the final he was leading his opponent when he landed a punch to the opponents face and was to heavy with the contact, and was disqualified, Craig with this result is eligable to attend the selection for the British University Team that will be competeing in the World University Championships taking place in Poland.

PENRITH UNDER 18 YEARS OPEN SUNDAY 9th MARCH

Shahbaz Mirza 1st Cadet Men under 70kgs
Cameron Blair 2nd Boys 13 - 15 years over 55kgs
David Kelly 3rd Cadet Men 3rd Over 70kgs

TEAM RESULTS
2nd Place Cadet Men Shahbaz Mirza - Darren Dunlop - Scott Fleming - David Kelly

2nd Place Boys 13 - 15 years over 50kgs Cameron Blair - Kenny Gill - Gary Kelly - Scott Dunlop.

SCOTTISH GRAND PRIX SUNDAY 2nd MARCH 2008 WISHAW

Another good day was had at the Scottish Grand Prix the first one of the new season

Cameron Blair 1st 13 - 15 years over 58kgs
Adam El Shafei 1st 10 - 12 years under 42kgs
Gary Kelly 1st 13 -15 years under 48kgs
Gregor Malone 1st 8 - 9 years Boys
David Rorison 1st Mens Junior Grades
Campbell Kerr 1st Mens Senior over 75kgs
Jordan Malone 2nd 8 -9 years Boys
Scott Wilson 2nd Cadet 16 - 17 years
Christina Bechelli 2nd Womens Junior Grades
Chris Jamieson 2nd Mens Junior Grades
Mark Mitchell 2nd Mens Senior over 75kgs
Ryan Gordon 3rd Boys 10 - 12 years 3rd
Scott Gordon 3rd Boys 10 - 12 years 3rd
Darren Dunlop 3rd Cadet 16 - 17 years
Shahbaz Mirrza 3rd cadet 16 - 17 years
Jennifer Brown 3rd Womens Junior Grades
Mark Cunningham 3rd Mens Junior Grades

AMA INTERNATIONAL OPEN. NOTTINGHAM 23 24 FEB 2008

Twenty fighters attended the A.M.A International Open and came back with the following tremendous results

Craig Moffat, 1st place mens senior -75kg
Steven Rooney, 1st place mens senior -70kg
Scott Wilson, 1st Cadet -70kd
David Rorison, 1st mens junior grade,2nd mens senior open weight.
Garry Kelly,2nd boys -45kg
Mark Cunningham 3rd mens junior grade.3rd mens masters over 35yrs.
Teri Coulter 3rd womens over 60kg.
JUNIOR TEAM EVENT -55kg 1st place,3 man team.
Justin Ronald,Cameron Blair,Scott Dunlop.