BUSY YEAR OF COMPETITION COMING UP IN 2024 - SEE OUR EVENTS PAGE FOR DETAILS....

CLUB TRAINING TIMES

MONDAY 5.15-6.15pm FOR BEGINNERS  6.15-7.15pm FOR ADVANCED

THURSDAY 5.30-6.30 FOR BEGINNERS  6.30-7.30 FOR INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED

SATURDAY 10.00-11.00 BEGINNERS CLASS and FITNESS CLASS 11.00-12.00 ADVANCED CLASS

Huge congratulations to golden girls Niamh, Sarah & Lucy who are current World Team Champions,  European Team Champions and at this event became the British Team Champions!  A fantastic achievement showing great consistency & dedication.  These girls also took a clean sweep in the 18-20 Sanbon category at this event, Niamh first place, Sarah second place and Lucy third place - doesn't get any better than that!  

Congratulations also to Alicia who became 13 year old Sanbon Champion, great achievement.  Well done to Jenna who won silver in the age 11-12 year section.  Well done to all the competitors, it was a very high standard of competition.

Some pictures of our medal winners at this event.  Well done to you all.

As part of the SKU, Saltire competed at this event.  It was an enjoyable trip and lots of medals won.  We have several european medalists & Champions!  Some photos of our time away below

As part of the SKU, Saltire competed at this event.  Delighted that for all members who did so well.  Special mention to Aidan Mullen who won best fighter overall for his age section, well done Aidan!

Huge Congratulations to Sensei Niamh who was a Double Gold Medalist at this event!  Leading by example 

As part of SKU we had a very successful local competition.  Well done to everyone on their performances.  Great end to the competition with the Boys & Girls Teams winning Gold.

Very proud of our squad who competed at the GB Open in Birmingham.  Huge congratulations to all those that medalled.  We have several GB Champions including David Carter, Ashley Carter, Niamh Conway, Craig McDonald & Jenna Dailly!

A small squad travelled to Dublin the following weekend to compete at the 4 Nations Cup.  Congratulations to Lucy Stoves & Eve McNaughton winning gold & becoming 4 Nations Champions.  Well done to Sensei Niamh Conway who led the girls team to a silver & Sarah Brand for a fantastic silver in the Ippon section.  Also well done to Grace who fought well over the weekend, your time will come.

We had a great session with the SKU on Saturday 2nd September.  It was the first time since the World Championships we had met up and everyone worked hard in preparation for the events coming up.  The session was followed by a trip to Wildshore in Dundee for some fun & games!

Competing as part of the SKU, Saltire had a hugely successful event and are very proud to announce we several World Champions!  Massive congratulations to Saltire members Alicia, Eve, Jenna, Lucy & Niamh and Saltire West members, Calum, Craig, David & Kenzie who are World Champions.  We also had silver & bronze medals in individual and team events from Calum, Craig, Rory, Aidan & Owen!  The level of competition was outstanding with entries from 31 countries across the globe, it was a a fantastic four days.  For those who didn't medal, keep training hard and your time will come, there is no doubt.

Great to see some of our members being recognised by their schools for their achievments in sport over the last year.  Well done Jenna on winning the Sports Ambassador Award, Congratulations to Lucy on winning the Sports Personality of the Year Award and well done to Eve for being awarded a prize for her achievements in Karate over the last year  Congratulation to you all.

Congratulations to Eva Lindsay on passing her Shodan.  Seven years of hard work to get to this point on her karate journey - fantastic exam.  Picture below with Eva and her instructors and fellow black belts.

Congratulations to Sensei David, Niamh & Lucy who cycled 65 miles around Loch Ness in the blazing heat!  Fantastic effort from you all 

Congratulations to SKU members Niamh, Sarah, Lucy, Eve and Max who competed at this event in Leeds and won 4 gold and 3 silver medals between them.  Fantastic effort from you all!

We held a very successful Fight Night at the Invercare Hotel on Friday 12th of May.  Huge thank you to all the businesses, members, families and other clubs who supported this event.  Photo below of all the competitors with the Team Captains, Sensei David & Sensei Niamh

Congratulations to all who travelled by bus, car, boat & plane to compete at the 15th UKF Invitational Open.  Some excellent performances from the team.  Many medals were won!  Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Alicia & Craig who were injured.

Congratulations to all who competed at the WUKF Scottish Open.  Huge success across all age groups with 10 Scottish Champions!

SENSEI NIAMH SUCCESS

Huge congratulations to Sensei Niamh who won 4 gold medals at the BASK Open in London on Sunday 16th April.  Individual Sanbon, Individual Ippon, Team rotation & Team Champion!   Hard work pays off!  A fantastic role model for our younger members.

SQUAD TRAINING

Our next SKU squad training session details are below.  Selection for the World Championships in July will be based on attendance at these sessions.

TKA COMPETITION

Saltire were delighted to be invited to take part in the TKA Development Competition in Dunfermline on Sunday 5th March.  We had a great day and a big thanks to Gordon Mathie for the invitation.  Picture shows some of our younger members who took part with Sensei Niamh and Sensei Kevin.

SQUAD TRAINING

Fantastic squad training in Dundee recently.  Great effort from everyone as we prepare for the World Championships & team selection.  Next session will be on Saturday 18th March 1000-1200 hours in Irvine (venue tbc) 

WUKF GB OPEN

Saltire travelled as part of the Scottish Karate Union to Crawley, London to compete in the inaugural WUKF GB Open Championships on Saturday 11th February.  There was high quality level athletes at this event and we are delighted to have the following WUKF GB Champions; David Carter, Ashley Carter, Kenzie Stewart & Niamh Conway. 

There were also medals in team fighting for Andrew Liddell & Sarah Brand.

Total medal haul; 6 Gold, 5 Silver & 4 Bronze!  

Full squad, David Carter, Ashley Carter, Andrew Carter, Craig McDonald, Callum McDonald, Owen Baird, Andrew Liddell, Kenzie Stewart, Niamh Conway & Sarah Brand.

David Carter was recognised at this event for his achievements and contribution to WUKF competition over the years.  8 times individual World  Ippon Champion & countless European and team titles.  We are very proud to have you as a role model to our younger members.  

Great fighting from everyone but a special mention to Owen Baird who was in a group of over 50 competitiors, won his first 2 fights and then was narrowly beaten in the 3rd.  Keep training hard and your day will come.

We wish our members Craig McDonald & Andrew Cater a speedy recovery after having to withdraw through injury.

EKA OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Well done to all our members who competed at this event on 29th January in Leigh, Greater Manchester.  Congratulations to our medalists; Niamh, David, Finn, Rory & Eesha.  

Congratulations to our very own Sensei Niamh, who travelled to Romania and is now the first European Tour Champion!  See story on our news page

Saltire travelled as part of the Scottish Karate Union to compete at the WUKF European Championships in Florence, Italy.  

David Carter - European Champion Mens Ippon, another gold to add to the collection. Quite a legacy!

Kenzie Stewart - European Champion Ippon 16-17 years, first gold at a European and we are sure it won't be the last!

Sensei Niamh Conway - Bronze medalist in individual Sanbon & silver in team.  Well done!

Sensei David Simpson, Lucy Stoves & Eve McNaughton competed to a high standard but no medals this time. You will come back stronger!

MORE PHOTOS ON OUR NEWS PAGE....

Welcome to the black belt club Trudy and Andrew

Congratulation to our Malta European medal winners David Niamh and Eve

Congratulations to our under11 Girls Now WUKF World Champions!

SKU squad below ready to compete at the WUKF World Championships  held in June 2018

Summer 2017 Grading

Photos below from UKF International Open 2017

David and Niamh in action at the EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS in ROMANIA April 2017

March 18/19th Saltire Karate club took part in the British Shotokan Karate Open in london at the weekend. We had 11 members taking part winning 13 trophies between them. Well done to you all 

Club grading December 2016. Thanks to David Carter Mens WUKF World Champion for teaching at our club, much appreciated by everyone. Also thanks to Andrew Carter and Ashley brown for assisting David. Congratulation to all our members who passed their grading, Great spirit, determination and technique on display. Many congratulation to Niamh on reaching Shodan, seven years of dedication and determination to achieve this award. Well done Niamh  

Well done to all our members who competed at the World Championships in Ireland. One silver and five bronze medals. Keep up the good work 

Saltire Karate Club Statement

After a very positive committee meeting, it has been decided that for the whole of November, our Monday 5.30-6.30pm beginner’s class will be free of charge to anyone wishing to come along and give karate a go. We take junior members from age 5.  We at Saltire Karate Club pride ourselves in bringing the best out of our members both physically and mentally, ensuring a very safe and friendly environment in which to train and develop.

Saltire Karate Club Fees;

Annual membership: £20.00.  This also covers all relevant insurance

Lessons:  £3.00. Pay as you go for all classes

Last Saturday of every month: £3.00.  We have our squad training class (for anyone who wishes to compete regularly)

Grading :£10.00 per member. Twice a year summer and winter.

Saltire Karate club is also delighted to announce that we have secured funding to help our members with travel costs to competitions and seminaries. From now, any member competing in Scotland, regardless of how many events, will have their travel expenses covered. When the club is competing nationally or internationally each member will be given a donation by the club to reduce costs.

For our members who do not compete, we are not forgetting about you. Next year you will be given the opportunity to go white-water rafting. As in previous years this has been a very popular team- building exercise.

Finally, we will be releasing more great news soon regarding our Decembers grading. So please keep up to date with club developments on FB and our web page saltire-karate-club.co.uk

Saltire Karate Club 

Very best of luck to all Saltire Karate Club members who will be grading this Thursday the 18th June << New text box >>

Pictures below were taken at the Childrens European Championships in Belguim. Saltire Karate Club had two members representing Scotland, Sam and Andrew. Congratulations Sam who came third in kata, giving him a bronze madal   << New text box >>

Great start to the new year. We had 12 members competing in Castlepark on saturday, the first league meeting of the season. Between them they brought home a total of 9 gold, 6 silver and 7 bronze medals. Keep up the good work in class, Well done to you all.

The pictures below were taken in Dundee at the Scottish Karateb Alliance Scottish open. Saltire Karate had 21 members taking part, we won a total of 52 medals well done to you all. 

Photos below taken  at the UKF International Open in Ireland.  Saltire Karate Club had eight members competing and won six medals. One gold ,four silver and one bronze. well done to you all.

Photos from SKA league early this year. Sorry for the wait. 

Well done to all members who competed in Kirkintulloch on the 16 march.  We had  10 individual golds, 6 silver and 5 bronze.  We also had 4 team events, winning gold in one silver in one and bronze in two fighting events. The squad that day, David, Ben, Jamie, Jack, Ruth, Sam, Niamh, Sanskriti, Anukriti, Liam, Andrew, Amy, Cameron, Sam, and Logan

First grand prix of the season January 19th.

Well done to 12members who competed in Irvine. A total of 8 Gold 9 Silver and one Bronze medal were won.  This was a very good start to the season, and hopefully a sign of things to come.  Keep up the good work

The squad

Jamie, Ruth, Amy, Niamh, Ben, Cameron, Sam, Sam, Logan, Hanna, David and Jack  

A big thank you to all our members and their families for helping raise £517.00 in just three and a half hours bag packing.  A hugh thanks to Tesco for letting us bag pack in their Kingsway store.  Also to all our members attending the Cinema on Thursday the 20th.  Please arrive at cine world Camperdown at 5.30pm and arrange to be picked up at 7.45pm

The pictures below were taken during the 2012 junior and cadet world champioships in Serbia.  we had six members of Saltire Karate Club in the Scotland squad, a very proud moment for you all.  Highlight of the week was the gold winners Halyey Jen and Ashley.  Hayley Is Saltire Karate Clubs first but hopefully not the last world champion.

Well done to all members who took part in the East of Scotland Championships in Dundee!! For once we did not have to travel far!!

A total of 33 medals in total.  list of winners on the news page 

Members who competed in the Kirkintilloch open 2012

Junior members who competed in Nottingham June 2012 6 gold 4 silver 5 bronze

A huge thank you to everyone who turned up to support our race night last night.   We managed to raise £1200.00 on the night.  This amount exceeded all our expectations.    As Saltire Karate Club continues to compete at local, national and international events this money will go a long way to help with travel costs.  Special thanks go out to the compare for the evening Dave Hamilton who did not charge us for all his time and effort. Thanks also to Chris and Angela for organising prizes and race sponsors The Senior ladies Karen, Elaine, Daria and Helen for doing all the catering.  Thank also goes out to everyone who donated a prize for the raffle
Many thanks to you all Kevin 

Congratulations to our 15 members who took part in the SKA Nationals on Sunday 29 April we took home 26 medals including 6 gold.  Also we had a first, second and third place in the boys 10 year old kata section.  Full list of medal winners on our news page  Pictures to follow on our gallery page.  

Glasgow Karate Academy 24 March 2012.  Congratulations all our junior members who took part.

David Simpson achieved gold in individual kumite, gold in boys team kumite and gold in mixed team kumite.  Sam Cameron received gold in boys team kumite and silver in individual kumite.  Ben Dunmore  received gold in boys team kumite, gold in mixed team kumite and bronze in individual kumite.  Hayley Hart received gold in Girls 13-15 kumite.Well done Hayley two years in a row.  Also thank you to Eilidh from Glasgow who made up the mixed team kumite that won gold.