Competition News Archive

A huge well done to the 4 that represented SKK today at the North East Karate Championships. You all did yourself proud against very strong opposition. Congratulations to each of you. And also a big well done to Cat Cullen who took bronze in her category.

Huge thank you to everyone who attended the SKK Inter Club competition and gave it their all! It was a great day and we some fantastic talent! Keep up the hard work!

Massive well done to everyone who took part in the recent South Tyneside Open which was held at Temple park Leisure centre in South Shields. All students should be very proud of themselves. The medals won on the day were…. 2 Bronze, 6 Silver and 1 Gold!!! #teamshikkari

I would like to say how proud I am of each and everyone of you that took part in the North-East Karate championships. The victory was already yours the moment… you stepped on to the arena. Don’t ever forget that! Medal winners were: Andrew Murray = Bronze in Kata Charlotte Hughes = Bronze in Kumite …

****TEAM SHIKKARI SQUAD**** Andrew Murray DK1 Ruby Jackson KA4 KU2 Yazmine Coates KU6 Catherine Cullen KU20 KU29 Zoe Morris KU19 KU29 Jake Nixon KU3 Charlotte Hughes KU2 Kacey Thomas KU6 Emily Beales KU8 Abigail Hodgson KA3 Julia Procczka KA6 Joanna Proczka KU29 Hubert Otwinowski KU3 Azariah Smith KA22 Gracie Smith KA5 Josh Keall KA7 KA22 …

Good Luck to the SKK squad who will be entering the North East Karate Championships on Sunday 20th March. If you would like any information on this competition or would like to enter, please see Shihan Brett Wilkinson.

Big well done to Abigail Coates who represented England and Team Shikkari in the WKA World championships in Benidorm, Spain. The competition was tough but Abigail won a Silver and a bronze medal! Keep up the hard work Abigail and 2016 could be a big year for you on the competition circuit!

A TEENAGE karate queen is to represent her country at a world championship. Abigail Coates, 14, clinched a place at the global Unified World Championships event, to be held in Benidorm in November, after winning a bronze at a qualifying event in South Tyneside in April. Sensei Brett Wilkinson, her coach and chief instructor at …

Well done to Kacey Thomas who’s poster has a whopping 87 likes on facebook. Huge well done to Josh Keall, Ruby Jackson and Grace Macdonald who’s posters were absolutely brilliant too! We shared them via twitter to Anti-bullying alliance who re-tweeted them all. You will all receive a prize for your amazing ideas and effort… …

Well done to the 9 students who entered the STO on Sunday 9th March. You should all be very proud at how well you represented yourselves and the club. Congratulations to David and Samantha Oliver who won Silver medals in the pairs kata.

We will be attending the 10th South Tyneside Competition in March. It will take place at Temple Park Leisure Centre, South Sheilds. If you would like to attend or require any further information, please see your Sensei.

We would like to sat a big well done to everyone who took part in the competition at Stockton on the 24th November. The club brought 4 silver and 4 bronze medals home. The medalists were…. ***Bronze*** Azariah Smith- individual kumite Abigail Coates- individual kumite David Oliver- pairs kata Samantha Oliver- pairs kata ***Silver*** Emily …

We would like to start with saying a massive well done to all the students who took part in the competition. As a club we were brave to try out something new and we were out of our comfort zone as the traditional Shotokan Karate we train in was tested against many different types of martial …

9th South Tyneside Open martial arts Tournament 24th March 2013  information. As you are all aware we are attending the above competition and you will find the information you need below. If there is any further information required please e-mail us at shikkarikaratekai@hotmail.co.uk Mortimer Community Centre Sports Complex, Reading Road, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE33 …

As students and parents may be aware, we have encountered some difficulties in finding local competitions that we can enter due to the politics involved in karate. S.K.K are affiliated with NAKMAS and believe in the association and what it stands for which is solid grass roots karate. They support excellent campaigns such as Anti Bullying and Safe Kids along …

We would like to say a big well done to S.K.K Black Belt Emily Kingshott, 10, who won took part in The Tyne and Wear open kick boxing competition. She was outstanding and took home a 2nd place trophy in the 40kg mixed 8-12 year olds. Keep up the hard work Emily, we’re sure you’ll be a future star!

We would like to congratulate all students who competed at the N.K.A karate competition at Jarrow on 25th Feburary 2012. We walked away with a staggering 32 trophies!! Please see below for results of who won,and where they ranked. Kata Luke Potts- 1st place Luke Kingshott- 2nd place Josh Keall- 2nd place Tyler Glynn- 2nd place …

N.K.A competition update We hope you’ve all been practising for the competition this Saturday, 25th Feb. We have a grand total of 21 students entering the competition. There are 20 Students in the Kumite category and 11 in the Kata. In the teams we have 4 in for Kumite and 1 in for Kata. Sensei …

We raised a massive £1300- Thank you!!! Everyone at S.K.K would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who was part of Sundays Inter Cub Competition at the Louisa Centre, Stanley. We raised a staggering amount of money which will be donated to Macmillan Nurses and also to a family who are close …

S.K.K would like to give a final update before the competition tomorrow.   The wait is almost over!!!….. We need all entrants to be at the main sports hall, Louisa Centre, Stanley for 2.00pm. Along with the chance to win a trophy in the two catogories, we are also giving away the S.K.K Charity cup …