Congratulations to the whole WKA Scotland Team for their superb set of results at this year's event, held in Karlsruhe, Germany. This year the team that was taken across to Germany was one of the smallest, youngest squads ever, yet managed to come back with the best set of results, per competitor, ever! From the 7 Competitors who took part, they managed to secure a superb 8 medals, including 3 World Championship Titles. Congratulations to the whole squad.

Medals

• Natasha Walker - 1st Light Contact, 1st Semi Contact (Girls +60kg)
• Scott Allan - 1st Light Contact )Boys -50kg)
• Chloe Robinson - 2nd Semi Contact, 3rd Light Contact (Kids Girls -55kg)
• Dean Ford - 3rd Semi Contact, 3rd Light Contact (Boys -40kg)
• Kyle Young - 3rd Light Contact (Kids Boys -35kg)

 

Perth's very own Natasha Walker achieved the superb accomplishment of winning the Gold Medal in both Semi Contact AND Light Contact! Superb! This was Tasha's first world titles to her name, and was particularly satisfying for her after coming so close last year in Spain, when she got silver in semi contact.

Scott Allan added his third WKA World Title by taking the Light Contact Gold this year, but it was an all round team effort, with massive contributions from the non medallists as well as those who managed to step onto the podium, that helped to achieve the fantastic success.

Between the senior squad members of Sam, Scott, Natasha & Naomi, they now had nearly 20 WKA World Championships under their belts, so there was plenty of experience around for the "newbies", where required. Indeed, by the end of this particular competition, Sam can now say that he has coached in 3 World Championship Finals, winning all 3!

Finally, a well done & thank you to Stewart and all the other parents who worked well together, and kept everything on an even keel, and helped to achieve one of the best set of Team Scotland results ever, particularly without the presence of a recognised "Senior" Coach! I'm sure Stewart will remind you guys of this fact occasionally!