News 2010

May 2010

Congratulations to the following successful candidates at the SKA Dan Grading on

May 29th.

New dan grades

1st Dan : Mike Mullen , Rachel Dodds

1st Dan (cadet ) : Ewan Smith ,Ross Nicolson ,Peter Stevenson and James Learmonth

SKA 2010 Shobu Ippon Open entry forms and details in Downloads page.

April 2010 :

The Scottish Karate Alliance went to the “3rd WUKF European Karate
Championship for Seniors and Veterans” at Santarém – Portugal. 35
Federations from 23 countries, 423 competitors in individual events
and 93 teams took part.
SKA members
Raymond Ferrier : Adult Kata & Kumite
Colin Cuthbert : Adult Kata & Kumite
Carolann Donaghy : Veteran Kumite
Ganesh : Veteran Kata
Bill Hair : referee
Irvine's Carol-ann Donaghy got a Gold medal and won her section also
Irvine's Colin Cuthbert did well wining 2 fights and just missed out on a medal.
Ganesh received a bronze medal in kata.
Raymond Ferrier also did well but missed out on a medal

Results from 2010 Ulster Karate Council Open Championships
Boys kata :

10-12 novice Kata 2nd David Simpson

11-12 years 3rd Adam Orr

13-14 years 1st DeclynHood

16-17 years 2nd David Carter

Girls kata :

14-17 2nd Ashley Brown

Boys team kata :

14-17 years 2nd ( Adam ,David & Declyn )

Boys kumite : 11-12 Adam Orr 3rd 13-14 Declyn Hood 2nd
Boys kumite 16-17 (+ 55 kg ) Adam Steven 1st ( -55kg ) David Carter 1st
Boys kumite 14-15 Andrew Carter 1st 13-14 Ben Steven 1st
Girls kumite 15-16 Ashley Brown 2nd

Girls under 40kg Kumite Chloe Irvine 1st place.

2010 SKA Shobu-ippon Championships (Dundee).

March 2010 :

SKA squad for Senior European Championships in Portugal is -

Raymond Ferrier : Adult Kata & Kumite
Colin Cuthbert : Adult Kata & Kumite
Carolann Donaghy : Veteran Kumite
Ganesh : Veteran Kata

New equipment price list available - go to SHOP page.

January 10 :

SKA members Raymond Ferrier , Matt Bell and Colin Hedley attended the World Championships in Mexico where they took the bronze medal inthe male shobu-ippon team kumite . The three players also competed in induvidual kata and kumite with Colin and Raymond making it through tothe final round of the kata .
The squad are now preparing for European Championships inPortugal in April

In 2009 WUKO split into WUKO and WUKF (the SKA joined WUKF in 2009).

Dec 09 :

Congratulations to the recent successful Dan grade candidates.

Nidan : Adam Steven, Carolann Donaghy, Angie McGuire Gordon Laird

Shodan : Taylor Pinkerton, Liam O'Conner, Thomas Hedley, Devlin McFadzean,

Jordan Gore, Ronnie Russell, Aidan Smith , Conor O’Brien, Darren Simpson, John Scott

SKA News Letters

David Carter winning Kumite Gold in European Championships.

2010 issue # 1

SKA Sanbon Championships
Email billhair@sky.com for entry forms

August 2010

2010 Grand Prix Stage 2

Pictures from 2010 Grand Prix Stage 2

Change of venue for Burakudo Class on Sunday evenings.
Venue : Muirhead Activity Centre, Troon
Time : 19:30 to 20:30

2011 children & cadet European championships
Hungary 14-16th October .

July 2010

Scotland has a new world champion

David Carter ,Ayr Burakudo Shotokan Karate Club representing Scottish Karate Alliance (SKA)
at the 2010 World Union of Karate -do Federation ( WUKF) children .cadet and junior world
karate championships, in Sao Paulo Brazil took first place in the cadet (15 -17 years)
shobu-ippon kumite .

In the quarter final David faced strong punching Belgian which he overcame by blocking and
counter punching to set up an all Scottish semi-final against his fellow club member Adam Steven .
Adam had won a tremendous victory against a very large and strong Brazilian in his quarter
final by simply being faster and using better karate and so the stage was set for an all Scottish
semi . Both players knowing each other so well kept trying feighting techniques to try to make
there opponent make a error and eventually Adam slipped up allowing David to score with a
punch .This forced Adam into attack to try to equalise which left gaps in his guard and David
exploited this to win 2 -0 and to the final .
David's opponent was Brazilain who had a large local support behind him but the noise did not
upset David and he started very relaxed. Both fighters were holding back showing each other
respect and then disaster David lost concentration and the Brazilain scored. 1-0 down David had
no choice but to attack ,which he did pushing his opponent all over the area but to no avail and
the final whistle blew. Scottish heads went down and the St. Andrew's cross's hung low on the
stadium wall .

As the match was 1-0 and you need to win by a full point or 2 -0 the referees had to decide the
winner and they could vote for Brazil due to there single score or for a draw if they felt the Scottish
fighter had fought harder been more skilful and aggressive and had tried harder to win . The vote
Brazil votes Brazil Scotland vote Brazil Romania vote draw Germany vote draw and it was left to
the Hungarian referee and as time stood still he voted a DRAW and therefore a 3-2 vote means
the match was declared a draw and an extra match had to be fought .
The St. Andrews crosses rose high again through the packed 15,000 seated stadium and
Scottish voices could be heard above the din " Come on Davy boy " and did he not just ,Right
from the restart David pressed forward and landed a strong punch on the Brazilain's head 1-0
Scotland .With his opponent rattled David weaved across the floor and again landed a perfect
head punch to win 2- 0 and become WUKF the world champion .
Congratulations also to Adam Steven , from Burakudo who won the bronze medal
David is a member of Burakudo Shotokan Karate Club which meet at Citadel Leisure Centre, Ayr
on Saturday and Monday and at Prestwick & Monkton North Church on a Tuesday and Thursday
as well as at Troon (Loans Scout Hall ) on a Sunday and Wednesday .

For more information please contact club Instructor Bill Hair on 07979222986 or
e-mail : billhair@sky.com

June 2010

The 3rd stage of 2010 SKA grand prix date will be Saturday 20th November and not 13th.
The venue is Castlepark Community Centre ,Irvine.

English Children and Cadet Open.
boys 9-10 years kumite 1st Aiden Smith 2nd David Hood
boys 13-14 years kumite 2nd Declyn Hood 3rd Andrew Carter
girls 13-14 years kumite 1st Jen Black
male cadet kumite 1st Adam Steven 3td David Carter
SKA were third in children's team kumite (under 15 years ) Declan Hood, Andrew Carter
made up the team and both did exceptionaly to win there matches in the quarter final
however being a man short they were beat in the semi. Declan won 6-0 ,
Andrew drew 2-2 but we lost on ippons due to conceding the last match
6-0 by default, the third member Ben Steven being unable to compete due to injury.

SKA squad for children & cadet world championships in Brazil
Andrew Carter boys 13-14 years kata and kumite David Carter male cadet
kata and kumite Adam Steven male cadet kata and kumite also Bob
Carter coach , Jane Steven child welfare officer and Bill Hair referee

The Burakudo Karate Club represented the Scottish Karate Alliance
at the F.E.K.O. English senior open championships
in Nottingham. Success came from the following competitors :

Male cadet 15-17 years Shobu-sanbon David Carter 3rd
Male cadet 15-17 years Shobu-ippon David Carter 1st
Female cadet 15-17 years Shobu-ippon Jen Black 3rd
Male 18 years + Shobu-sanbon novice John Caulder 3rd
Female 18years + team rotation 3rd (Carol-ann Donaghy ,Ashley Gwynne ,Julie Salisbury )
Female 18years + shobu-sanbon team 3rd ( Carol-ann Donaghy ,Ashley Gwynne,Julie Salisbury)
Male 18 years + team rotation 3rd (Allan Cooper ,Craig Houston ,John Caulder )
Sensei Bob Carter,Jane Steven were the coaches for the SKA in Nottingham
Jan black also helped out and Sensei John Cornwell was a referee

THE 2010 SCOTTISH KARATE ALLIANCE ( SKA) WORLD UNION of KARATE –DO FEDERATIONS (WUKF)
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS were held at the Citadel Leisure Centre, Ayr, recently. The event, formally known
as the Ayrshire Open, has now grown into an international event with this year five current world
champions competing.The event was organised by SKA President, Bill Hair, who was the Senior Referee
on the day , having been raised to International Referee by WUKF at the 2010 World Championships, in
Brazil. Bill is the first British referee to be raised to this level and he was supported at the SKA Open by
referees Bob Carter, Matt McLaughlin, Ian Lambie, John Cornwell, Frank Devlin and Judges Kirsty Hair,
Jan Black, Ronnie Russell, Ganny Bradley, Kenny Learmonth, George Laidlaw, Graham Crowe, as well as
Jo Fisher ( SKU) Ken Tsai ( ITKA) with Ayr RED CROSS providing the first aid. The competitors were of a
high standard and in the Cadet ( 15-17 YEARS ) Team Kumite current WUKF World ChampionDavid Carter
lost to Hassan ( ITKA) David then turned the tbales on four times SKA Open Kata Champion Grant Wyper
(NKA) by winning the Senior Open Kata and then showed real character in the Cadet individual final where
he faces Hassan again.David scored early with a face punch forcing Hassan on to bring the fight to him to
try and equalise and David knocked Hassan to the floor with a perfectly timed face punch to score an IPPON
to win the title. His younger brother Andrew was third in the event. David and Andrew both train with the
BURAKUDO KARATE CLUB at the Citadel Leisure Centre, Ayr. As well as David, other strong individual
performances were from Jaga Singth ( AMA ) and Ben Frail (KUGB).
At the end of the competition, all competing clubs won something and everybody is looking forward to 2011.

Prestwick Kyu Grading 14 Dec 2010
Burakudo x-mas night out for all members ,adults and children
Torrnyard Inn , Kilwinning Thursday 30th December 7.30pm -3 course
buffet (European menu for kids) £9 per head

BURAKUDO SHOTOKAN KARATE ASSOCIATION AGM
WEDNESDAY 22ND DECEMBER
LOANS SCOUT HALL 9.30 PM ( after squad )
AGENDA
1. President's report
2. Financial report
3. Calendar 2011
4 AOCB
The AGM is open to all members and parents

SKA Dan Grading 27th Nov 2010 Congratulations to the following
successful candidates :
SAN DAN : Andrew Meikle, Iain Lambie, David Carter
NI DAN : Michael Markey
SHODAN :
Lewis Orr, Amber Labede, Conor Nicol, Graham Devine,
Conor McAurther, David Nicol, Graham Vines, Jack Sproull, John McLaughlin,
Chloe McLaughlin

Successful Candidates, Instructors and Referees, 27th Nov Sensei Hair with Michael Markey (Nidan)