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GB Youth team preparing well for European Championships
Following 2 extended training camps over the summer at the World Class Lifting High Performance Centre in Leeds, the Great Britain Youth team has now moved out to Eilat, Israel ahead of the competition which starts on Tuesday.
The time spent at the HPC has ranged from 20 days for the more experienced athletes to 3 days for those athletes selected for the team who are not WCL Programme. At the training camps the athletes had the opportunity to learn from the senior athletes in the squad, receive technical coaching from Tamas Feher, practical nutritional support and physio support. At both camps the athletes stayed in self-catering accommodation and were responsible for feeding themselves under guidance from Martin MacDonald the WCL nutritionist. They also had their hydration levels monitored to ensure that they were not training when dehydrated and to help with making weight strategies.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 06 September 2009 18:22 |
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Extension of qualification date
The date for dualification for the World Weightlifting Championships has been extended to October 19th 2009 |
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Thursday, 06 August 2009 11:30 |
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PB's at European Junior Championships
Ben Watson in the 94kg B Group completed all three snatch lifts achieving a new PB of 125kg, giving him a new British record at junior level. All 3 snatch attempts were lifted successfully . Ben was however extremely unlucky to miss a new PB of 153kg in the clean and jerk. Ben managed to easily clean and jerk both attempts, but was unable to stabilise the weight to complete the lift. Overall his performance and positive attitude was excellent and we can certainly expect more from him in the near future.
Zoe competed in her 1st junior European championships in the 58kg A Group, achieving a very positive result finishing in 6th position overall as one of the youngest competitors in the event. Zoe snatched comfortably reaching a new PB of 76kg and a new British u17 record. Zoe opened with a clean and jerk which was unexpectedly missed, given the confidence she had snatched with . Zoe however did not let this phase her and came out on her second attempt to get her lift of 89kg and then a successful third lift of 93kg, to give an equal personal best total of 169kg .
For both athletes this was their first Junior Championships and both lifted well, with Zoe gaining valuable experience for the European Youth Championships in September.
For full results please click here |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 06 August 2009 13:16 |
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European & World Lifting events this week.
Zoe Smith (58kg) and Ben Watson (94kg) both lift on Thursday at the European Junior Weightlifting Championships, Landskrona. Watson lifts first at 10:00 am. and Smith 2nd at 12:00. For both these athletes it will be the first time they have competed at this standard of competition, and both will be looking to gain valuable experience as they look towards London 2012.
Live results are to be posted on this website, and more details regarding start lists and timetables can be found here.
 World Class Powerlifting Squad members Adam Alderman (seen here on the bench), Kyron Duke and Roxanne Lucock will all be in action this Friday in Belfast at the World Dwarf Games, where they are all on target to improve their current best totals. Both Lucock and Duke spent time at the WCL High Performance Centre in Leeds, this week, with Nicola Vaughn-Ellis, the WCL Lead Performance Coach, working on technical points in preparation for this weeks event. Vaughn-Ellis will be coaching these athletes in Belfast and was pleased with the progress they made while they were in Leeds.
Further information on the World Dwarf Games can be found here. |
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Last Updated on Monday, 27 July 2009 14:26 |
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European U23 Championships - new to international calendar in October 2009
The selection policy for the Great Britain team for the European U23 Championships to be held from the 11th to the 18th October in Wladyslawowo has now been published, click here to view the GB team selection policy. This will be the first year that there has been a European U23 Championships and athletes born in 1986 up to and including 1994 are eligible. This level of event should help athletes trying to make the successful transition from junior to senior competition. More information regarding the event can be found on the EWF website. |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 28 July 2009 16:29 |
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Perdue smashes PB
The British Weightlifting Championships was the first opportunity for a while for the senior lifters on the World Class Lifting Programme to demonstrate that they are making the progress required to continue to remain on the programme. (A requirement of being on the World Class programme is to increase performance towards agreed targets, this means that even though someone may be the best in Britain in their weight category unless they continue to improve they will not remain on the programme).
Hannah Powell (48kg) improved her snatch PB by 1kg, as did Joanne Calvino (53kg). Natasha Perdue who has made significant improvements in training and has been frustrated that this has not shown in recent competitions stepped up to the mark in this competition putting 8kg on her PB to record a 200kg total @ 69kg. Michaela Breeze showed that she has fully recovered from the injuries that plagued her in 2008 posting a 209kg total, and was best lifter on Sinclair points.
In the men's event Graeme Kane put 1kg onto his PB (266kg @ 77kg) finishing second to Halil Zorba who took the British title at 77kg when he equaled Kane's total but was at a lighter body weight, it was good to see Zorba lifting well after his injury at the same event in 2008. In the 94kg category, Peter Kirkbride was slightly under par but still came away with the British title from Denis Catana on body weight, with a total of 316kg, and best lifter overall on Sinclair points.
Full results can be found on the BWLA website by clicking here.
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Last Updated on Monday, 27 July 2009 16:22 |
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