This BWLA News bullletin contains the following:
Trinations Competition
Queen's Commonwealth Games Baton Relay
2010 Championship Calendar
Trinations Competition:
The Annual Trinations match of Sweden, England and Norway was held on Saturday, 7th November 2009 in Falkoping, Sweden.
The match was very close with Sweden winning by 2309, with Norway second with 2308 and England with 2307. Zoe Smith set nine British records with a clean and jerk of 100 k and total of 172 kg. Chris Freebury set a junior record with 215 kgs total. Personal bests were also achieved by Michael Sheard and Denis Catana. Denis is pictured with 183 kg which is at arms length but failed to secured. This would have been the winning lift for England, but it was not to be. Next year's match will be held in England and we are scoping out possiblities. Full results can be found in the results section.
Queen's Commonwealth Games Baton Relay:
The Queen’s Baton Relay which is an important part of the International preparations for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi passed through England on its tour of the Commonwealth countries today and was handled by Weightlifters from the England Commonwealth Games Squad and the new BWLA President (and former 3 times Commonwealth Games Gold Medal winner Louis Martin M.B.E).
The Baton arrived at the Queen Alexandria Stadium , Birmingham as part of its national tour before passing into the other Home Countries. It was displayed in various Birmingham schools and colleges before being brought to a packed Alexandria Stadium just after lunch time where it was met by a deputation from British Weightlifting’s Team England along with Louis Martin M.B.E –their new President.
Due to the unavailablility of our British Weightlifters’ Association Chief Executive Steve Cannon who was attending meeting regarding the UKCC, Dr. Chris Freebury the Chairman of England’s Weightlifting Committee was there to meet it alongside Louis Martin M. B.E and two young Commonwealth Games hopefuls from the Midlands area- Hannah Powell (17) from Birmingham and Chris Freebury jnr.(20 ) from Derby, pictured right.
Hannah and Chris both gave a display of Weightlifting for the assembled crowd with a commentary from Sam Hayer who was England’s Commonwealth Games Youth Coach in Puna, India. This was extremely well received and the young athletes were then asked to pass the Baton to members of British Gymnastics who also gave a short demonstration .
Louis Martin M.B.E added a few words of his own and wished the athletes the very best of luck in their efforts and assured them that the Commonwealth Games was a very friendly affair .
England are now in an advanced stage of preparations for the event having chosen a number of athletes to be included in a regular and structured series of training events at different venues throughout the country up to the competition itself. The final selection of athletes will take place on 26th June 2010 following the British Championships which will be held in Kilmarnock, Scotland.
Our selected Coaches for this event are Andrew Callard and Dave Sawyer with Maggie Lynes as Team Manager
Dr. C.G. Freebury -Chairman England Weightlifting
2010 Championship Calendar:
The BWLA Website has been updated with all national championships for 2010. Under the Competition section you will find all details for the national competitions next year. The BWLA is pleased to annouce the appointment of Shaun Taylor as Championships Manager, who will be dealing with all entries for national championships. Shaun contact details can be found in the Contacts section on the website.
I would like to remind all coaches of their duties, and coaches are responsible for the following:
(a) Ensuring that entries for their lifters are submitted according to the rules.
(b) Ensuring that their lifters comply with Anti Doping rules, this may mean disclosing medications and applying for TUE's. There is now a new Drug Information Database at http://www.globaldro.com.
Finally all prices have been raised for 2010, but if you send your entry forms to Shaun Taylor six weeks before the Championship, you may pay an "earlybird" rate at the old prices. If you miss this six week deadline then you have to pay the new price. If you fail to send your entries in by the four week deadline, then you will be eliminated from the Championships. Shaun will not accept late entries.
If your lifter has achieved the qualifying total but is close (say within 5kg) then you may submit an entry form for consideration. Selection will depend on numbers, but if your lifter is not selected then the entry fee will be returned.
Guidance of new pricing system and deadline dates
| Title | Date | Final Deadline | Price | Earlybird Deadline | Price |
| English Champs | 20th February | 20th January | £ 30.00 | 9th January | £ 20.00 |
| British Schools | 6th March | 6th February | £ 20.00 | 23 January | £ 12.00 |
| British Youth | 6th March | 6th February | £ 20.00 | 23 January | £ 12.00 |
| British Masters | 27th March | 27th February | £ 30.00 | 10 February | £ 20.00 |
| British Juniors | 24th April | 24th March | £ 30.00 | 5 March | £ 20.00 |
| British U13 & U11 | 19th June | 19th May | £ 20.00 | 5 May | £ 12.00 |
| British Seniors | 26th June | 26th June | £ 30.00 | 19 May | £ 20.00 |
| British U23 Champ | 30th October | 30th September | £ 30.00 | 16 September | £ 20.00 |
| British U18 Champ | 30th October | 30th September | £ 20.00 | 16 September | £ 12.00 |
