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British Weight Lifting are pleased to announce the team selected to attend the Fazza 2019 World Para Powerlifting World Cup which will be held in Dubai.

British Weight Lifting is delighted to announce the schedule and start lists for the 2019 England Weight Lifting Championships.

Weightlifting enthusiasts descended upon Stockport last weekend for the BWL Para Powerlifting Winter Open where internationals stars battled it out with veterans of the sport.

This weekend will see the BWL North and Masters Open take place.

British Weight Lifting are delighted to announce that our elite athletes have had another successful competition at the IWF World Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

Team GB have enjoyed a fantastic start to the 2018 IWF World Weightlifting Championships with a number of new British records already been set.

The World Weightlifting Championships are currently taking place in Ashbagat, Turkmenistan. It has been a fantastic start for the Great Britain team so far with both Amy Williams and Kelly -Jo Robson achieving success on the platform.

This year’s European Junior and Under 23 Weightlifting competition was hosted in the small, beautiful city of Zamosc in southern Poland. The competition hosted record entries with over 400 competitors from more than 30 countries across Europe. The British team consisted of 8 Lifters with the support of Coaches Stuart Martin and Christie-Marie Williams. Unfortunately Welsh U69kg lifter Michael farmer was forced to withdraw prior to departure due to a wrist injury, British Weight Lifting would like to wish Michael the best of luck with his recovery and we hope to see him back on the platform competing in the new year.

Last week saw the European Junior and U23 Weightlifting Championships take place in Zamosc, Poland. There were some stand out performances throughout the week including Welsh Lifter Jordan Sakkas who set a new British Snatch record of 146kg.

Welsh weightlifter Ellie Pryor finished sixth competing for Team GB at the Youth Olympics currently taking place in Buenos Aires, Argentina.The 17-year-old from Aberdare lifted 61kg in the snatch and 81kg in the clean and jerk for a combined total of 142kg.Ellie is coached by former Welsh Commonwealth Games gold medallist and double Olympian Michaela Breeze.