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The British Youth Championship 2018 for Under 16’s and Under 17s took place The Riverside in Luton at the weekend (Saturday 3rd February) and produced some strong individual and team performances.

In the absence of a number of senior International lifters, the English championships served as a great platform for the next generation of lifters to prove themselves.

With 82 days to go until the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in April, Team England has selected its weightlifters and Para-Powerlifters who will compete for ‘Team and Country’ in Australia.

Team GB had a 9-strong team at the recent World Para Powerlifting Championships held in Mexico from the 30th of November to the 8th of December 2017.

The 2014 Commonwealth lifter Sarah Davies produced the performance of a lifetime snatching 88kg and lifting a personal best of 121kg in the clean and jerk. Sarah placed 6th overall in her category with a total of 209kg, the best British female finish on a World platform since Michaela Breeze placed 5th in 2002. A perfect end to a successful year for the British Champion.

BWL are delighted to announce the team that will represent Great Britain for the IWF World Championships in Anaheim, Los Angeles later this month.

Last weekend saw the return of the Northern Irish Championships in Belfast which saw the best Northern Irish lifters compete for the title along with English athletes lifting to boost their Commonwealth selection possibility.

To start off the week of European Championships, day one in Albania saw Fraer Morrow competed in the W53 category. The British Champion snatched 72kg and C&J 90kg to end her competition with a 162kg total. 16-year-old Scoop Callard was next up to compete in the Junior M62 with a C&J of 125kg to secure a total of 213kg.

Day 1 of the British Junior and U23 Championships saw the men’s 56kg, 62kg, 69kg and 77kg groups along with the women’s 48kg, 53kg, 58kg and 63kg groups take to the stage to fight for the title of the British junior champion.

The first session of The Para Powerlifting Autumn Open 2017 saw the Women’s -61kg category kick start the competition with 16 year old British Champion, Olivia Broome completing 3 successful lifts to win gold in her category. Francesca Antoniazz took home the silver in the women’s -61kg class with a 47kg lift.