European Youth Championships team announced

British Weight Lifting are pleased to announce the team that has been selected for the European Youth Championships in Eilat Israel, between 7 & 14 December 2019.

“This team shows that there has been a great amount of development in youth weightlifting over the past 18 months, we are starting to see real strength in depth across a number of categories, and most of this team have at least one year left at youth which is a real positive.” Rhodri Thomas (Head Youth Coach)

“This is a very promising young team with representation from across the home nations, including representation from Jersey for the first time ever which is fantastic to see.” Stuart Martin (Talent Pathway Manager)

Location: Eilat, Israel

Dates: 07-14 December 2019

 

Female Lifters

Taliyah Homewood w55 (u17)

Charlotte Neale w55 (u15)

Isabella Brown w71 (u15)

Emily Sweeney w71 (u15)

Tyler Hamilton w81 (u15)

 

Male lifters

James Godden m55 (u17)

Benjamin Hickling m55 (u17)

Jacob Finnigan m73 (u17)

Drew Burns m81 (u17)

Aiden Sheeran m81 (u17)

Josh Lynch m89 (u17)

Myren Madden m89 (u17)

 

Home Nation Representation

England – 7 Lifters (3 Female, 4 Male)

Scotland – 3 Lifters (2 Male, 1 Female)

Wales – 1 Lifter (1 Male)

Jersey – 1 Lifter (1 Female)