England Age Group Championships

The England Age Group Championships is a key event in the weightlifting calendar, providing a platform for young athletes in the U10, U12, U15, U17, U20, and U23 categories to showcase their talent and compete on a national stage. The event offers an exciting opportunity for the next generation of weightlifters to demonstrate their hard work, dedication, and potential.

The England Age Group Championships 2024 will provide a competition opportunity for the younger weightlifters in the UK, in age groups ranging from U10 up to U23. Categorised as a Tier 1 event, the results from the competition will be listed on the BWL rankings and can be used for qualification to future national events and international selection.

Virtual Qualifier:

The England Age Groups 2024 (Virtual) Qualifier will run from December 18 to January 7 2024.

All virtual competitions require competitors to display honesty and integrity when taking part and we are confident that the weightlifting community can and will demonstrate these values.

The competition:

The England Age Groups 2024 (Virtual) Qualifier will run as a virtual competition. The competition will be open to all BWL members.

Classed as a Tier 3 event the results from the competition can be used for rankings and qualification to future national events.

Results from this competition cannot be used for new records.

Entries

There are no qualification standards to enter the England Age Groups 2024 (Virtual) Qualifier.

There is no cap on entry numbers.

Entries will cost £15.00.

To enter you will need to film yourself making three attempts at the snatch and clean & jerk and upload them to the competition webpage.

Please note that you are permitted to upload videos of three attempts per lift (Snatch and Clean & Jerk) when entering any virtual competition. We strongly encourage lifters to submit videos of all the available attempts to avoid missing out on a total due to a ‘no-lift’ decision for a single attempt video.

All entries for virtual competitions must be performed during the entry period for the competition. The England Age Groups 2024 (Virtual) Qualifier is open from 0900 Monday December 18 to 21.00 Sunday January 7, and all lift videos must be timestamped within this period to be eligible. Videos with a timestamp outside the entry period will not be accepted for entry.

Key dates

Entries will open at 0900 on Monday 18 December 2023

Entries will close at 21.00 on Sunday 7 January 2024

Entries will be judged and lifters will be contacted post judging. Please note, The qualification period for England Age Groups Championships close on 14 January 2024.

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Date	Age Group
Friday 23 February 2024	U20 & U23
Saturday 24 February 2024	U15 & U17
Sunday 25 February 2024	U10 & U12

Two (2) competition platforms will be used to deliver the 2024 England Age Group Championships. To avoid the need for under-age athletes to be absent from school, the U20 & U23 England Championships will be held on Friday 23 February 2024.

Athlete Eligibility

All age groups are calculated based on the athlete’s age from the year of their birth. An athlete shall be entitled to only compete in one age group.

All athletes must be current members of British Weight Lifting and must be domiciled in England as per the BWL Technical Competition Rules and Regulations (TCRR).

Athlete Quota

Age Group	Athletes
Age Group	Male	Female
U20 & U23	60	60
U15 & U17	50	50
U10 & U12	50	50

BWL reserves to the right to allocate athlete slots on a discretionary basis outside of the athlete quota should it be deemed in the best competition interest of the performance programme. In such case, the athlete will compete as a guest only.

England U20 Championships – Minimum Standards

Category (Men)	Total	Category (Women)	Total
55kg	136	45kg	83
61kg	147	49kg	91
67kg	160	55kg	99
73kg	188	59kg	105
81kg	200	64kg	109
89kg	210	71kg	119
96kg	216	76kg	122
102kg	220	81kg	123
109kg	224	87kg	125
+109kg	229	+87kg	134

England U23 Championships – Minimum Standards

Category (Men)	Total	Category (Women)	Total
55kg	150	45kg	92
61kg	163	49kg	101
67kg	177	55kg	109
73kg	207	59kg	116
81kg	224	64kg	121
89kg	231	71kg	129
96kg	238	76kg	132
102kg	241	81kg	136
109kg	247	87kg	138
+109kg	252	+87kg	148

England U15 Championships – Minimum Standards

Category (Men)	Total	Category (Women)	Total
49kg	89	40kg	64
55kg	98	45kg	70
61kg	114	49kg	74
67kg	118	55kg	82
73kg	122	59kg	86
81kg	129	64kg	89
89kg	134	71kg	98
96kg	141	76kg	101
102kg	145	81kg	103
+102kg	149	+81kg	111

England U17 Championships – Minimum Standards

Category (Men)	Total	Category (Women)	Total
49kg	97	40kg	69
55kg	106	45kg	76
61kg	123	49kg	81
67kg	127	55kg	88
73kg	132	59kg	94
81kg	140	64kg	98
89kg	145	71kg	105
96kg	155	76kg	109
102kg	158	81kg	112
+102kg	162	+81kg	121

England U10 & U12 Championships

To be eligible to compete at the England U10 & U12 Championships, an athlete must have competed officially at least once during the qualifying period. There is no minimum standard.

U12 Category (Boys)	U12 Category (Girls)
40kg	30kg
45kg	35kg
49kg	40kg
55kg	45kg
61kg	49kg
67kg	55kg
73kg	59kg
81kg	64kg
89kg	71kg
+89kg	+71kg

U10 Category (Boys)	U10 Category (Girls)
35kg	25kg
40kg	30kg
45kg	35kg
49kg	40kg
55kg	45kg
61kg	49kg
67kg	55kg
73kg	59kg
81kg	64kg
+81kg	+64kg

Timelines

14 January 2023	Start of Qualification
14 January 2024	End of Qualification

Sport 80 Entry Portal

15 January 2024	Opening of the Sport 80 entry portal at 0900hrs
30 January 2024	Closure of the Sport 80 entry portal at 1700hrs

Competition Schedule

The competition schedule will be released no later than 7 February 2024

Other information

Athletes may move down a bodyweight category providing they inform BWL no later than ten (10) days prior to the start of the event. This is entirely at the discretion of BWL.

Athletes aged seventeen (17) or under may move one bodyweight category higher without achieving the NQT for the higher category. This is entirely at the discretion of BWL. This rule only applies in age group competitions at Youth (U17) and below.

No changes will be made to the competition entry after final verification ten (10) days prior to the start of the event, excepting for U17 athletes who may move one bodyweight category higher at the time of weigh-in.

Photo ID must be presented at the point of registration at the front desk and weigh-in regardless of the lifter having a ‘lifter’ stamp.

The ‘20kg’ rules will be applied.

England Age Group - U12

England Age Group - U17

England Age Group - U23

U12

Blue Platform

Red Platform

U17

Blue Platform

Red Platform

U23

Blue Platform

Red Platform

Tickets are available here

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Important Ticket Information for Maidstone Event

We understand there has been concern regarding the availability of tickets for this weekend's event in Maidstone. We want to assure everyone interested in attending that tickets will be available for purchase at the door on the day of the event.

Men Results (U15/U17/U20/U23)

Women Results (U15/U17/U20/U23)

U10 - U12 Results

The England Age Group Championships for U10, U12, U15, U17, U20, and U23 categories will take place from 28 February to 2 March 2025 at Oldbury Academy.

QUALIFICATION SYSTEM

Virtual Qualification

The England Age Groups 2025 (Virtual) Qualifier will run from 9am on Wednesday, 1 January until 9pm on Wednesday, 15 January 2025.

All virtual competitions require competitors to display honesty and integrity when taking part, and we are confident that the weightlifting community will continue to uphold these values.

Important Information

The BWL office will be closed from 1 January to 6 January 2025.

Any approvals or queries will be reviewed and responded to after 6 January 2025.

For more details and to access the competition portal, click below:
Enter the Virtual Qualifier

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