British Records Smashed at Tier 2 and 3 Competitions

With live competitions back in full flow there are now more opportunities for lifters to train hard and produce good results on the platform.  Across the country there are plenty of young lifters who have been developing well and gone on to set new British Age Groups records. Below we walkthrough some of the recent events as well as the records broken over the past couple of weeks.

 

Fylde Open 21

The Fylde Open was the first competition hosted in Blackpool for many years and it attracted over 40 entries.

The first record was broken Tiffany Pilnikova who was competing in the women’s U15 40kg class. She broke the existing British record of 30kg by lifting 33kg.

In the clean and jerk Pilnikova’s first lift of 39kg broke the British record of 38kg. She was then successful with lifts of 41kg and 43kg making another record in the total hitting 76kg.

Later in the day lifter David Smith took to the platform and snatched 111kg on his second lift to break the British record of 110kg in the men’s u17 102kg+ category. On his third lift he extended the record by another 5kg.

In the clean and jerk Smith got his first lift of 136kg to set a new total record of 251kg but he didn’t stop there as his next effort of 141kg broke the clean and jerk British record.

For his final attempt Smith jumped 9kg to 150kg and successfully broke the records again finishing with a total of 265kg.

There were also new Home Nation records achieved at the event with Tyler Johnston setting two Scottish u17 81kg+ records by lifting 75kg in the snatch, 95kg in the clean and jerk, and a total of 170kg.

Crystal Palace Autumn Open 21

The Crystal Palace Autumn Open 21 attracted a good number of entries with 60 lifters taking part.

Sarah Wiltshire broke her existing British Senior snatch record in the in the women’s 81kg class, extending the benchmark from 90kg to 92kg.

Later in the day Silver Ee lifted in the men’s u15 67kg class and broke the British u15 clean & jerk record of 108kg by lifting 109kg. Sebastian Lawton also set a new clean and jerk record in the British u17 men's 61kg category by lifting an impressive 100kg,

In the men’s u15 55kg class Tayla Hounsell broke the snatch record of 60kg by lifting 64kg. Then in the clean and jerk he managed 78kg on his first lift to break the British record of 74kg and made a new record total of 142kg.

Welsh Age Groups 21

The Welsh Age Group Championships saw 29 lifters take part.  During the competition Charlotte Whalley and Chloe Hood both manged to break British records lifting in the same session.

Whalley who was competing in the women’s u17 59kg category broke a record on her first lift with 63kg to break the existing record of 60kg.  She then added more weight to finish the stage with 66kg.

 Later in the group Hood broke her own existing record in the women’s u20 76kg category with her first lift of 70kg. She then increased that by 4kg on her second attempt and then by a further 2kg more to finish with a new British record of 76kg.

In the clean and jerk Whalley smashed the women’s u17 59kg record and added a further 3kg to finish with 83kg in the clean and jerk and a 149kg total.

Hood also broke the existing clean and jerk record in her category on her first lift with 90kg. She then went on to successfully lift 94kg and 98kg to break the total record with 176kg.

British Weight Lifting would like to congratulate all the lifters who competed and broke records over the past month for their fantastic efforts.

Recent British Records Broken in Tier 2 & Tier 3 events

NAME	AGE GROUP	SNATCH	CLEAN & JERK	TOTAL	COMPETITION	DATE
TAYLA HOUNSELL M55	U15	64	-	142	Crystal Palace Autumn Open	2/10/21
SILVER EE            M67	U15	-	109	-	Crystal Palace Autumn Open	2/10/21
SEBASTIAN LAWTON M61	U17		100		Crystal Palace Autumn Open	2/10/21
SARAH WILTSHIRE   W81	SEN	92	-	-	Crystal Palace Autumn Open	2/10/21
CHARLOTTE WHALLEY W59	U17	66	83	149	WELSH AGE GROUP 21	26/9/21
CHLOE HOOD     W76	U20	78	98	176	WELSH AGE GROUP 21	26/9/21
Tiffany Pilnikova W40	U15	33	43	76	FYLDE OPEN 21	3/10/21
DAVID SMITH M102+	U17	115	150	265	FYLDE OPEN 21	3/10/21