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BWLA NEWS - 14th February 2010

This Bulletin contains the following:

British Schools Championships
English Weightlifing Championships 2010
South West Counties Weightlifting Championships 2010
2010 Competition Yearbook
2010 BWLA Membership

 

 BRITISH SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010

The British Schools and Youth Championships will be held at the Oldbury College of Sport, West Midlands (Sam Hayer Club's) on Saturday, 13th March 2010.

The Championships Programme is attached to this bulletin in Excel Format. When you open the file, the tab should read Programme. Take a look at the table and select the Group which includes your school year and bodyweight category.

ENGLISH WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010

The English Weightlifting Championships were held on Saturday, 13th February 2010 at Lilleshall National Sports Centre. The Championships was very successful with fifty two lifters. Best lifters (based on Sinclair Formula) were Zoe Smith and Denis Catana. Zoe Smith (pictured above) having readusted her technique set new British records at U23, U20, U18, U17 and U16 and English Seniors with 78k snatch and 98k jerk to make a total of 176k. Zoe was very close with 84k snatch and 104k jerk. Chris Freebury had a great day improving his total by 11 kgs and setting new British U23 records with 105 snatch, 125 & 127 k jerk and 230 & 232 total. Joanne Calvino improved her total to 160k and new total record at British Senior and English Seniors. Hannah Powell set a new British U18 record with 52k. My thanks to all volunteers who did the loading, scoreboards and acted as officials.

Results of the Championships can be found in the results section at http://www.bwla.co.uk/National/english-championships-2010.html

The following lifters have achieved the Commonwealth Games totals:
Joanne Calvino, Helen Jewell, Zoe Smith, Emily Godley, Kerri Ann Wotenick, Halil Zorba, Gurbinder Cheema BUT they must compete and achieve the qualifying totals at the British Senior Championships on 26th June in Kilmarnock.

The  International Weightlifting Federation have selected the following British referees for the 2010 Commonwealth Games:
Mary Hancock, Sue Trebillcock, Caroline Charles, Shaun Taylor and Steve Cannon.

The International Paralympic Committee have selected the following British referees for the Elite Athlete with Disability event of the Commonwealth Games:   Pat Parker, Glyn Hibbert, Tony Simmonds and Joyce Sheard.

SOUTH WEST COUNTIES WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010

These Championships were hosted by Andy and Wendy Sutor at the Empire Sports Club, Bristol. Another great day at Bristol with thirty eight lifters taking part, some for the first time, the others achieving new personal bests. Carter Anslow and Ryan Baugh were execellent in the Development Cup. Michael Sheard, Jimmy Hazard, Kris Carter and Matthew Watkins lifting in Group 3, all achieved personal best. Members from a new club in Totnes, Devon; John Horton and Boyd Roger competed in the South West for the first time, with Rugby player John Wesley Hanna from Redditch. The BWLA Chairman David Pendleton attended the event and presented the trophies.

2010 COMPETITION YEARBOOK

The 2010 Competition Yearbook (albeit late!) has now been published and circulated via the postal system to all clubs. If you have not received a copy then contact Sue Ward (the newly appointed Office Manager) or Dan Wagner at the Leeds office who will arrange a copy to be sent to use. The book gives details of all 2010 Competitions, including profile of our new President Louis Martin and photographs of last years' winner and Sport Aid grant recipients.

BWLA MEMBERSHIP 2010

The BWLA office staff are currently up to date with all memberships applications and memberships are being turned round within 7 days of being received into the office.  It has become apparent that some BWLA members are not receiving their memberships and this seems to be either that they have never arrived for processing at the BWLA Office or that they have been lost once they have been sent out.  If you do not receive your membership within 12 working days of when you think it should have reached the BWLA office please phone 0113 812 7098 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to confirm that it has been received and the office staff will confirm the date it was sent out.   If for some reason it has not reached you a replacement will be sent out.  BWLA would like to apologise to its membership for any inconvenience but the problems do seem to be outwith the office.