England Age Group Championships

The England Age Group Championships is a growing and more popular weightlifting event for the younger lifter in England. British Weight Lifting is pleased to announce that the England Age Groups will run between 23 - 25 February 2024 and will be held at Mote Hall, Maidstone Leisure Centre, Mote Park, Maidstone.

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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