British Weight Lifting is delighted to announce that Dr Patrick Roberts has agreed to take on the role of BWL Interim Chair for a period of up to 12 months. Patrick has been a non-executive director of the organisation since February 2015 and more recently was appointed BWL’s Senior Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee.
British Weight Lifting are delighted to announce the squad selected to represent Great Britain at this year’s IWF World Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
British records were broken, new personal bests were achieved, and British Champions were crowned, there were many highlights of the 2018 British Youth, Junior and U23 Championships.The opening session of day 1 was the men’s M50, 56, 62kg which featured many upcoming lifters, Luca Michael registered a total of 205kg in the men’s 62kg U23.The women’s 44-48kg featured Mia Keegan who has recently enjoyed success at The European Youth Weightlifting Championships, Mia secured Gold with a total of 110kg in the women’s 48kg.Competing in her first competition since the Commonwealth Games, Fraer Morrow registered a total of 173kg in the Women’s 53kg (Under 20) to secure Gold and set a new record Snatch of 76kg in the U20, and a new total record of 173kg in the U20 and U23.
British Weight Lifting are currently working with older adult wellbeing expert Oomph to provide an innovative fitness programme targeting over 55’ to help individuals achieve their Strength In Numbers.
This week has seen the Para Powerlifting Asia-Oceania Open Championships take place in Kitakyushu.
British Weight Lifting are delighted to launch #StrengthInNumbers, our new campaign which aims to educate individuals on the importance of strength training for their physical and mental wellbeing.
The Youth Olympic Games is the pinnacle sporting event for any junior athlete and today 42 young stars have been officially selected to represent Team GB at Buenos Aires 2018.The Games, which run from the 6th – 18th October, will see Team GB compete in 17 of the 32 sports on the programme across 12 days of competition.The team consists of athletes aged between 14 and 18 years old, with the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) playing a crucial role in the development of young athletes from the United Kingdom and across the world.Ellie Pryor, 16 has been selected to represent Great Britain for Weightlifting.
British Weightlifting are pleased to announce the team selected to attend the 2018 FISU World University Weightlifting Championships taking place in Biala Podlaska, Poland between 20th- 23rd September.
British Weightlifting are delighted to announce the team selected to attend the European Juniors/Under 23 Weightlifting Championships taking place in Zamosc, Poland between 20th-27th October.
This year the European youth championships took place in the beautiful city of Milan, Italy. In true Italian style the competition started with a fantastic opening ceremony full of Music, Opera Singing and art which set the tone for a very well run competition from the Italian Weightlifting Federation.
