A small squad of 5 competitors (John Anderson Jnr, Kerry Gunn, Amy Thomason, Michael Burke and Jake Langley), 1 coach (John Anderson) and 2 referees (Paul Gunn and Geoff Marks) went to Edinburgh on the weekend of 3rd/4th April for the Scottish Open Karate Championships in which there were 10 different countries competiting. We came away with 1 gold and 2 bronze medals.
Saturday 4th April
The day started with Michael competing in the Senior Male Kata 16+ event. He did extremely well getting through to the quarter-finals. Then Michael fought in the 16-17yrs +70kg category but as this was straight after his kata he ran out of energy due to all the effort in his kata.
Next up was Kerry in the Womens -60kg category. Kerry started well with a 3 point lead but when her opponent scored a kick she forgot her game plan and started chasing points.
Then came Amy in the Womens +60kg category, Amy won her first fight and then narrowly lost to Katie Hurry, but as Katie made it to the final, Amy came back in the repecharge and won 3rd place quite easily.
John was on at the same time as Amy so coach John was running between the 2 mats. John fought well getting through to the quarter-finals and losing to a Danish National Squad Member.
Last event of the day was the Womens Team event, Amy and Kerry enlisted the help of Rio Smith to give them a full
team. In the first round they beat one of the Scottish Teams which meant they met the BIKO team of Natalie Williams, Katie Hurry and Gemma Marwood in the semi-finals. After an exciting match the girls won. In the final they had a rematch of the English Team final and faced the Links team, this time they were victorious and became Scottish Open Champions making coach John Anderson Jnr a very happy man.
This just left Jake to compete on Sunday.
Sunday 5th April
After a very long wait and new flights and a hotel room being booked Jake eventually got to fight in the 14-15yrs Boys -70kg event. Jake won his first fight and narrowly missed out in the semi-finals, this put Jake into the repecharge which he won convincingly to gain a 3rd place medal.
Well done to all the squad who all did very well over the weekend and helped each other out when needed.
Saturday 4th April
The day started with Michael competing in the Senior Male Kata 16+ event. He did extremely well getting through to the quarter-finals. Then Michael fought in the 16-17yrs +70kg category but as this was straight after his kata he ran out of energy due to all the effort in his kata.
Next up was Kerry in the Womens -60kg category. Kerry started well with a 3 point lead but when her opponent scored a kick she forgot her game plan and started chasing points.
Then came Amy in the Womens +60kg category, Amy won her first fight and then narrowly lost to Katie Hurry, but as Katie made it to the final, Amy came back in the repecharge and won 3rd place quite easily.
John was on at the same time as Amy so coach John was running between the 2 mats. John fought well getting through to the quarter-finals and losing to a Danish National Squad Member.
Last event of the day was the Womens Team event, Amy and Kerry enlisted the help of Rio Smith to give them a full
team. In the first round they beat one of the Scottish Teams which meant they met the BIKO team of Natalie Williams, Katie Hurry and Gemma Marwood in the semi-finals. After an exciting match the girls won. In the final they had a rematch of the English Team final and faced the Links team, this time they were victorious and became Scottish Open Champions making coach John Anderson Jnr a very happy man.This just left Jake to compete on Sunday.
Sunday 5th April
After a very long wait and new flights and a hotel room being booked Jake eventually got to fight in the 14-15yrs Boys -70kg event. Jake won his first fight and narrowly missed out in the semi-finals, this put Jake into the repecharge which he won convincingly to gain a 3rd place medal.
Well done to all the squad who all did very well over the weekend and helped each other out when needed.
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