5 Members of Cowdenbeath Karate Club were selected for the JKS Scotland national team and travelled with the squad to Nottingham to fight in the JKS English National Open Championships . Melissa Maxwell, Bradley Innes , Alan Goodwin, Ben Smith and Jack Sneddon travelled with the squad , through the night , arriving at the tournament for the 900AM start.
After a very hard days fighting the Cowdenbeath members and indeed the whole JKS Scotland Team enjoyed a very successful day.
Jack Sneddon won both his individual fighting and team Gold medals with club mate Ben Smith winning Gold in the team event and Silver in his individual fighting section. Bradley Innes won Silver again in his Individuals and team events. Alan Goodwin won Gold in the hardest section the Adult team event and Melissa Maxwell won Gold in her Team and individual events to cap of a great day for the Cowdenbeath Squad .
A great experience was had by all and hopefully more Cowdenbeath members can also get involved with the JKS squad and put themselves up for selection in the future .
Next up for the club is the Malta International Open with 24 members going over , however Gordon and Chris hope to plan another tournament before the Malta event .