- 2 Dan Black Belt (youngest ever in South Africa)
- Achievements to 1998:
- National background:
- South African Champion in his age group, in both JKA and All-Styles, every year since age of 7 (i.e. past 9 successive years).
- International background:
- 1993 - World Cup: Gold medal for Kata U-10 years. Awarded Junior Protea colours
- 1994 - JKA World Championships: Silver medal for Kumite U-12 years. Silver medal for Kata U-12 years (Fukuoka - Japan) Awarded Junior Protea colours for tour to Hungary.
- 1995 - All Japan Championships: Silver medal for Kata U - 12 years (Yokohama - Japan).
- 1996 - JKA World Championships: Gold medal for Kumite U - 12 years. Gold medal for Kata U - 12 years (Athens - Greece).
- 1996 - W.K.F. Championships: Gold medal for Team Kata U - 14 years (Johannesburg - South Africa) Awarded Junior Protea Colours.
- 1997 - All Japan Championships: Gold medal for Kata U - 14 years (Sapporo- Japan).
- 1998:
- JKA World Championships: Gold medal for Kata U - 14 years.
- JKA World Championships: Gold medal for Team Kumite U - 16 years.
- JKA South Africa Grand Champion Under 14 years.
- South African All-Style Champion Under 14 years.
- Central Gauteng Under 16 All-Styles Captain.
- SUMMARY TO END 1998: 4 Junior World Championship titles (individual events)(Abridged International titles); 1 All Japan Junior title (individual event); 2 Junior World Champion titles (team event)
- 1999:
- JKA South Africa Kata Champion under 16
- JKA South Africa Kumite Champion under 16 (i.e. JKA South Africa Grand Champion under 16)
- South African All-Styles Kata Champion under 16
- South African All-Styles Kumite Runner-up under 16
- South African All-Styles Team Kata Champion under 16 - 3 man team
- Africa Zone 6 All-Styles Kata Champion under 16 (Namibia)
- Africa Zone 6 All-Styles Kumite Champion under 16 (Namibia) (i.e. Africa Zone 6 All-Styles Grand Champion under 16)
- Africa Zone 6 All-Styles Team Kata Champion under 16 (Namibia) - 3 man team. AWARDED OFFICIAL JUNIOR PROTEA COLOURS FOR THIS CHAMPIONSHIP (4th award of official Protea colours):
1st) 1993 (Hungary) 2nd) 1994 (Hungary) 3rd) 1996 (Johannesburg 4th) 1999 (Namibia)
- Special world championship held in Gifu, Japan (August 1999) to celebrate the Millennium.
JKA Millenium World Kata Champion under 16 (Gifu, Japan) (FIFTH WORLD INDIVIDUAL JUNIOR CHAMPION TITLE (1993 to 1999)
- 2000:
- Saville again won the official South African Cadet (under 18) title on 26 February, and has been awarded his official junior Protea colours for the 5th time to represent South Africa at the African Cadet Championships in Johannesburg in July.
- He was a finalist for South African Maccabi Junior Sportsman of the Year.
- Saville also became KWF South African Junior Grand Champion, winner of both the Kumite and Kata titles, on Saturday 4 March at the Wembley Stadium.
- Saville in his first senior national championship took 3rd place and was selected for the official Senior Protea National team to represent South Africa at the Africa Zone 6 Championship in May. At the age of 15 years,this makes him the youngest ever Protea or Springbok in the history of karate.
- At the Africa Zone 6 Championship, Saville and his 2 team mates took the 3-man team kata event title and gold medal for South Africa.
- Saville represented South Africa at the KWF 2000 Karate World Championships in Cardiff, Wales in July 2000, where he won 3 gold medals and 2 silver medals.
- KWF 2000 World Overall Junior Champion under 18
- KWF 2000 World Individual Kata Champion under 16
- KWF 2000 World Team Kata Champion under 18( Dorfman, Dukas, Covotsos)
- KWF 2000 World Team Kumite Champion under 16 (Dorfman, Croft, Joubert)
- KWF 2000 World Individual Kumite Runner-up under 16
- KWF 2000 World SeniorTeam Kata Runner-up ( Dorfman, Dukas, Covotsos)
- 2001:
- Gold medal in the team event Male Unison Kata at the South African All Styles Senior Championship
- Bronze medal Individual Male Kata at the South African All Styles Senior Championship
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