This week is UK Coaching week where we celebrate the instrumental role that coaches have been in keeping us active, connected and motivated both before the coronavirus pandemic and during the period of isolation and disruption caused by the lockdown.To kick off we thought we’d share some insight from Brunel Head Coach Kristian McPhee who won the 2019 BWL Outstanding Contribution Award.
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has named the 10 members of its new Athletes Commission, which features men and women from all five continental federations, including Sarah Davies from Britain.
British Weight Lifting would like to congratulate GB International athlete Noorin Gulam who was the joint winner of the W49kg class in the Eleiko International Email Tournament.
British Weight Lifting are pleased to announce the appointment of Philip Edmondson as a new Non-Executive Director, who will take up his position with immediate effect.
British Weight Lifting is delighted to announce that it has created a new scholarship scheme to encourage more people from BAME communities to move into coaching roles within weightlifting. 12 places will be available to support individuals to complete a Level 1 and 2 Coaching qualification to enable them to become a licensed BWL Coach, free of charge.
BWL is delighted to announce that it has achieved the Equality Standard for Sport at Intermediate Level.
John Lear - 1935 - 2020
The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis has sparked a global protest against racism and injustice towards black people. In support of this, we respected the silence of #BlackOutTuesday across our social media channels.
This week it is National Volunteers’ Week and we wanted to highlight some of the amazing work that is going on throughout the British Weight Lifting Community.
June is celebrated as pride month. Pride is a fantastic and colourful celebration of the sexual diversity of people. And while it is the festival of the LGBT+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) community, it’s a wonderful time for people from all backgrounds to join together and celebrate sexual diversity and support their LGBT+ friends and colleagues. As well as being a month-long celebration, Pride month is also an opportunity to raise political awareness of current issues facing the community.
