BWLA NEWS - 21 MAY 2010
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Zoe Smith wins Silver Medal at European Youth Championships.
Lyndon Johns RIP
United Kingdom National Ant Doping Organisation Hotline
EUROPEAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010
Zoe Smith of the Europa Club, Erith won three medals in the European Youth Championships at 58 kilo category held in Valencia, Spain yesterday (20 May). Zoe started the competition with a comfortable 74kg snatch (although she arrived at the platform with only nine seconds), then lifted 80kg and finally 84kg to win bronze medal behind the competitors from Russia and Turkey. In the clean and jerk, Zoe started with 101, then 105 and 110 kgs to win the silver medals in the clean and jerk and total behind the Russian.
The snatch of 84kg, clean and jerk 101, 105, 110 and total 185, 189, 194 were new British U23, U20, U18, U17, U16 and English records.
Full credit to Zoe and her Club Coach Andrew Callard for the fantastic performance of 6 out of 6 lifts, 3 European medals and 42 new records.
Sonny Webster will compete today in the 77 kg category.
Photograph (right) courtesy of the International Weightlifting Federation.
Lyndon Johns, RIP
Message from Mrs Joan Johns, widow of Lyndon Johns
I would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone for their kind words and support following Lyndon’s death. We have all been overwhelmed by the number of cards and well wishes received.
You may recall that we asked that if anyone wished to make a donation that it go to the British Heart Foundation, well I am delighted to tell you that we sent off this week a cheque for £340. Thank you.
United Kingdom Anti Doping Organisation.
Message from Andy Parkinson, Chief Executive.
I am writing to inform you about a new UK Anti-Doping initiative to be launched on 2 June 2010.
One of the intended benefits of the creation of UK Anti-Doping was to provide a greater ability to gather intelligence about the trafficking and supply of doping substances. Intelligence comes from a number of difference sources but we know that much of it comes from within the sporting community.
In order to tap more effectively into the information that is out there we are a launching a confidential hotline called Report Doping in Sport. If anyone sees any suspicious activity or witnesses a doping violation, they can simply call the confidential line. It will be hosted by Crimestoppers who have an excellent reputation for handling calls of this nature and all information received through the line will be fed into the UK Anti-Doping intelligence team for analysis and investigation. Calls will be treated in confidence and callers will not need to disclose their personal details if they do not want to.
We believe that the launch of this line is a very positive development in the fight against doping in sport. We know that athletes can be exposed to doping and we want to assure them that we are doing everything we can to eliminate drug cheats and the support personnel that assist and sometime encourage them. To this end, we are very keen to inform athletes that there is a new and confidential way in which they can play their part to protect themselves and their sport.
The line will be launched at a media event on 2 June and will be supported by targeted communications activity. We plan to contact your communications team and anti-doping liaison to inform them of the new initiative and to ask for their assistance in promoting the existence of the Report Doping in Sport hotline within your sport.
REPORT DOPING IN SPORT
Make the call 0800 0322 332
