Friday 6 November closed the Elite Championships of the 12th Commonwealth Karate Championships at the Glasgow International Arena with the whole individual kumite programme, from the 12–13 age group through cadets, juniors and under-21 to seniors. Forty-eight weight categories were decided on the tatami in a single day, after the kata, para-kata and senior team kumite of the opening day (Day 1 report). The Club Championships of 7–8 November are a separate competition.

England everywhere, Scotland at the top end

England took 22 of the 48 kumite titles, with 14 silver and 19 bronze medals, a spread that reached every age group. Among the cadet girls, England completed three gold-silver doubles: Firdaous Bilaloglu at −47 kg, Kylah Owusu-Agyemang at −54 kg and Harriet Jenkins at −61 kg. Among the juniors, Maya Harjan, Thomas Patterson, Aaron Johnson-Campbell, Emma Mepham and Sameer Hasib added titles, and the under-21 board carried English names in seven of ten categories, from Adela Giurma-Handley at −50 kg to Drin Lokaj at +84 kg.

Scotland, the host nation, answered with 13 gold medals, 17 silver and 15 bronze, and its weight showed most clearly among the seniors. Four of the ten senior titles went to Scottish athletes: Adam Hamill at −60 kg, Carly McNab at −61 kg ahead of her compatriot Shanelle Gordon, Niamh Junner at +68 kg and Greg Anderson at +84 kg. All four had already been part of Scotland’s gold-winning senior kumite teams on Thursday.

Seniors: five nations on the top step

The senior categories were the most widely shared. Alongside Scotland’s four titles, England won three through Joby Wilson at −67 kg, Brandon Brian Wilkins at −75 kg and Ashton Patrick at −84 kg. Canada’s Melissa Chan took women’s −50 kg ahead of New Zealand’s Britney Aldridge; Eleanor Jones won women’s −55 kg for Wales; and India’s Bhuvaneshwari Suresh Jadhav took women’s −68 kg ahead of England’s Rebecca Marshall.

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A few athletes appear on both the under-21 and the senior podiums. Ashton Patrick won both the under-21 and senior −84 kg titles. Autumn Fry took under-21 +68 kg gold and senior +68 kg silver behind Junner. Talia Nardelli and Eleanor Jones swapped places across the −55 kg categories: Nardelli won the under-21 title with Jones on the bronze step, while Jones won the senior title with Nardelli among the bronze medallists.

Cyprus and the youngest age groups

The most notable newcomer to the medal table was Cyprus, absent from Thursday’s podiums. Its five gold medals, five silver and ten bronze all came on Friday, and all five titles in the 12–13 and cadet categories. Charalambia Christofi (girls’ −42 kg), Antonio Markou (boys’ −45 kg), Ekaterini Pettemeridou (girls’ −52 kg, ahead of her compatriot Antzelina Papadopoulou) and Aron Athanasopoulos (boys’ −55 kg) won in the 12–13 age group, and Konstantinos Papaelia took cadet −63 kg. Among the seniors, Panayiotis Loizides took −67 kg silver behind Wilson.

The youngest categories also gave openings to other nations. Canada’s Liam Prophet won boys’ +55 kg; Australia’s Jack Barnes took cadet −57 kg; and India’s Pottipati Hemanth Kumar Reddy won cadet −70 kg. Among the juniors, Canada’s Aya Rahmani took women’s −66 kg, and in the under-21 men’s −75 kg New Zealand’s Logan Somerville won ahead of Scotland’s Corey Stevenson.

A wide spread of podiums

Fourteen nations won medals on Friday. Beyond the gold medallists, South Africa collected one silver and seven bronze medals, Northern Ireland three bronze, and Grenada, Mauritius, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago one bronze each. India added 12 bronze medals to its two titles.

The Elite table after two days

Across both Elite days, according to the official Sportdata medal table, England finished with 33 gold, 20 silver and 27 bronze medals, ahead of Scotland (18, 18, 19), Canada (5, 9, 6), Cyprus (5, 5, 10), India (4, 3, 17), Wales (3, 2, 8), Australia (2, 5, 11) and New Zealand (1, 3, 3). Sixteen nations reached the podium over the two days. The Club Championships now take over the same arena for the weekend.

Sources

Image: Official event poster. Results: Sportdata / CKF 2026 / Karate Scotland.

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