On 5 November 2026, Commonwealth national teams gathered at the Glasgow International Arena for the first day of the Elite Championships. The programme combined individual and team kata, para-kata and senior team kumite, under the Commonwealth Karate Federation and WKF rules. Individual kumite is scheduled for Friday 6 November, ahead of the Club Championships on 7 and 8 November.

England’s kata line from youth to senior

Ten individual kata titles were decided on Day 1, from the 12–13 age group through cadets, juniors and under-21 to seniors. England took eight of them. Kaito Hawkins won among the boys aged 12–13; Jake Sai Wun Li took the cadet title; Theo Langhorn and Robert Nastasa were crowned in juniors and under-21 respectively; James Harrison won the senior men’s title. Among the women, Nada Wegrzyn (juniors), Coni Mae Cartwright (under-21) and Jessica Maitland (seniors) completed the English run.

The two individual kata gold medals that escaped England went to Canada and Australia. Sophie Makrygiannis of Canada took the girls’ 12–13 title ahead of England’s Hana Mustapha, with Scotland’s Holly Farquhar sharing bronze with Jasmine Wozniak-Khakh of England. In female cadet kata, Australia’s Chrystle Reyes finished ahead of Faye Louisa Russell of England.

Elsewhere the Commonwealth field filled the lower steps. India’s Ribu Riang took cadet men’s silver behind Sai Wun Li; Wales’s Emmanuel Major won junior silver behind Langhorn; Canada’s Claudia Laos-Loo took silver behind Maitland in senior women’s kata; Philip Bachand of Canada won senior men’s silver behind Harrison. Under-21 bronzes went to Lipin Ete of India and Amanda Lee of Canada among the women, and to Zack Ewart of Scotland and James Beards of Wales among the men; Evangeline Wijaya of Australia took junior silver behind Wegrzyn.

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Para-kata titles

Eight para-kata titles were also awarded.

Helen Marsh of England won female physical impairment (K30); Vilis Forstmanis of Scotland took the male K30 title. Shirley Anderson of Scotland won female visual impairment (K10); Kartikeya Goel of India won male K10. In intellectual impairment K21, Hayley Dark of Wales finished ahead of Patricia Wright of Canada among the women, while Ioan Beards of Wales took the men’s gold medal ahead of Benjamin Doig of Canada, with Scotland’s Marek Kolesar and Derek Darvell sharing bronze. In K22, Natalie Olson of Canada finished ahead of Sophie Jones of Scotland among the women; William Jervis of England finished ahead of Joseph Clifton, also of England, among the men.

Team kata: Scotland’s women, India’s men, England’s juniors

England took male junior team kata. Scotland won senior women’s team kata ahead of India, with Shanelle Gordon, Aria Pascual and Emma Russell on the Scottish gold team. India took senior men’s team kata ahead of Canada, with bronzes for Australia and England.

Scotland’s senior team kumite double

Scotland took both senior team kumite titles. The women’s gold medal came ahead of England, with bronzes for New Zealand and India; the Scottish women’s team brought together Niamh Junner, Shanelle Gordon, Kori Fital, Elize Bauld and Carly McNab. In the men’s event, Scotland’s A team finished ahead of Australia, with bronzes for England and India; the Scottish team brought together Greg Anderson, Scott Anderson, Cameron Furness, Joe Gallagher, Alasdair Grantham and Adam Hamill.

Medal table after Day 1

According to the Sportdata medal statistic for the same Elite event after the categories closed on 5 November, England led with eleven gold medals, six silver and eight bronze. Scotland followed with five gold, one silver and four bronze. Canada stood on two gold, six silver and two bronze; India on two, two and five; Wales on two, one and one; Australia on one, two and three. Individual kumite on 6 November will redraw that table.

Sources

Photo: official poster of the 2026 Commonwealth Karate Championships. Results: Sportdata / CKF 2026 / Karate Scotland.

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