Rising Stars Shine at British Age Group Championships

The John Charles Centre in Leeds hosted the British age Group Championship for the third successive year. 

The Championships attracted their biggest numbers to date, with 281 lifters entered. The large audience was treated to excellent lifting across all three platforms over the weekend, with 16 new British Age Records.

The first record breaker of the weekend was Amelia Pelta in the U17 55kg category, setting a new total record of 165kg. Phoebe Davies was quick to follow in the next group on the Red platform, with a new Snatch record of 80kg, and total record of 168kg in the U17 59kg category. Not to be outdone by the ladies, on the Blue platform Corey Duncan set new figures across the board with a Snatch of 114kg, Clean & Jerk of 147kg and a total of 261kg. Dylan Arthur rounded off the records on the Saturday with exceptional lifting. He smashed the previous U17 96kg category records with a Snatch of 130kg, Clean & Jerk of 160kg and added a huge 45kg to the total record with 290kg.

On the first day of the Championship, those watching the Green platform, and the last two groups on the Blue platform, were treated to some great technical lifting from the next generation of young lifters.  with the U10 and U12 boys and girls showing how it should be done. A special mention to Camryn Carter, Lily Fiskel-Middleton and Milo Northfield, who all scored maximum technical points.

The record breaking continued on the Sunday. Charlotte Whalley set a new Snatch record of 80kg in the U20 59kg category. Those watching the last groups on the Red and Blue platforms were witness to outstanding new records from two U20 lifters. Lottie Absolom broke all three records with a Snatch of 97kg, Clean & Jerk of 115kg and a total of 212kg in the 87kg category. Matching Lottie’s sweep of records, Jasper Hilton, in the 109+kg category. came away with a 136kg Snatch, a 176kg Clean & Jerk and a 312kg total.

Congratulations not only to the record breakers but to all lifters who participated and helped make the event a huge success. Our thanks go to our indomitable technical officials who battled through considerable technical issues and without whom we could not run our events. Last but by no means least, our grateful thanks to our loaders, who worked exceptionally hard all weekend.

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