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British Weight Lifting are pleased to be working in collaboration with DW Fitness First, the partnership will see a Weightlifting Challenge take place across all DW Fitness First gyms from Wednesday 1 May.

British Weight Lifting are delighted to announce the winners of the 2018 annual awards. As voted for by British Weight Lifting members we can officially announce the 2018 winners:

Please note the introduction of the new rule regarding touching the bar.

British Weight Lifting are pleased to announce the launch of our 2019 merchandise range.

British Weight Lifting were delighted to support The Trinidad And Tobago Olympic Weightlifting Federation with their Brighter Futures project in partnership with Zodiac Arts.

British Weight Lifting are pleased to announce the appointment of four new Non-Executive Directors, who take up their positions with immediate effect.  Following a highly successful recent recruitment campaign Jane Fenwick, Rupinder Ashworth, Matthew Curtain and Neil Wood have been appointed to the British Weight Lifting Board.

The DfE have released their public consultation and are now inviting proposals to add activities to the published list.We know that there is a huge amount of passion to support Weightlifting in the school curriculum and to be added back in to the list of assessed sports, and hope that you will be able to help us to achieve this.

British Weight Lifting is delighted to announce that it has been named as the 2018 Learning and Development Supplier of the year at this year’s UK Active Training Awards.

We are pleased to announce we are now listed as a signatory on the Mental Health Charter with an approved Mental Health Charter Action plan.

It has been brought to our attention by UKAD that Sonny Webster, currently suspended from all sport for four years for an Anti-Doping Rule violation is offering his services and coaching seminars in the UK and in other Member Federations whilst subject to a period of ineligibility.