Sarah Davies to compete at the Commonwealth Games
British Weight Lifting’s (BWL) selection of Sarah Davies to compete at the Commonwealth Games has been ratified by Team England, following her completion of a three-month sanction of ineligibility.
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RAF Weightlifting Championships Cosford
On 6 July 2022 the RAF Championships were held in Cosford. The event was a fantastic day with a good standard of lifting across the board. Over the course of the day four mixed-weight groups took to the platform to display their technique, strength and passion. The competition ran well, first seeing two groups made up of those relatively new to weightlifting followed by two more experienced groups.
Parapan American Championships: results
On 8 July, Lottie McGuinness and Sean Clare competed at the Parapan American Championships in St Louis, Missouri.
Its never too late to get involved in a sport: Jodey Hughes
Jodey Hughes is a Scottish weightlifter currently ranked number 3 in the UK. Jodey came second in the British Championships earlier this year with a total of 166kg, which is her best in-competition total as a 55kg lifter. She has previously competed in the 58kg, 64kg and 59kg categories. Jodey has been selected for this year’s Commonwealth Games, which are being held in Birmingham over July and August.
BWL Talent Transfer: the ultimate fast track into weightlifting
British Weight Lifting is excited to reveal the progress of the Talent Transfer programme that was launched earlier this year.The project is managed by BWL Talent Lead Emily Muskett, Tokyo 2020 Olympian, 2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist, 2021 European Champion, and 2019 World Championships Bronze Medallist.
BWL OFFICIALS ELECTED TO IWF BODIES
British Weight Lifting (BWL) is delighted to advise CEO Matthew Curtain has been elected as an Executive Board Member of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and Heather Allison has been elected to the IWF Technical Committee. In doing so, she becomes the first British woman to be voted on to an IWF elected body.
Pride month 2022
Every year, the month of June marks Pride celebrations all over the world. Pride month is an opportunity for the millions of individuals in the LGBTQ+ community to come together and celebrate love, friendship, acceptance, equality, how far the movement has come. It is also an opportunity to reflect on the issues that affect the LGBTQ+ community, along with looking at what can be done moving forwards.
Scotland Commonwealth Games team announcement
Congratulations to the six athletes who have been confirmed by Weightlifting Scotland to be attending the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Team GB at the 100th Edition European Senior Championships
28 May – 5 June saw the finest weightlifters from Europe travel to Albania to battle it out on the platform. British Weight Lifting sent a team of 16 athletes to show the world what they can do and the athletes did not disappoint.
Precious Emily
As part of the lead up to the Commonwealth Games and as part of Birmingham 2022 Festival, a touring theatre company Stan’s Café, based in Birmingham, has been commissioned to make 11 shows about weightlifting which approx. 540 primary school students will watch.The play, Precious Emily, is about lifting up heavy things and is inspired by two very strong British weightlifters: Precious Mackenzie and Emily Campbell.