UK Sport confirm funding for Powerlifting & Weightlifting

World Class Programmes through to London 2012

UK Sport today announced the outcome of their review of the funding for Olympic and Paralympic sports.  Powerlifting’s  funding of c£1.1 million for the four year cycle 2009-13 has now been confirmed, previously the funding for the last two years was only provisional.  Weightlifting’s funding award has effectively been doubled from £680,023 to £1,360,157. 

Commenting WCL chair Jonathan Fuller said, “This is excellent news for all involved with World Class Lifting.  It removes the uncertainty over the funding of our programmes for the last two years of this Olympic / Paralympic cycle that has existed since UK Sport announced the original funding levels back in January of this year.   At that time the weightlifting’s funding award of £680k for the 4 year period, 2009-2013, was a significant reduction from the £1.4 million that weightlifting had received over the previous 3 years.  In order to be able to run an appropriate world class programme the WCL Board took the decision to receive that £680k upfront over the first two years.  The aim was to clearly demonstrate that a successful programme could be operated given sufficient funding.  Thanks to the effort of our athletes, coaches and staff, that decision has now been vindicated and we are now in a position to action our Strategic Plan through to London 2012.” 

Perdue represents Great Britain at World Championships

 Natasha Perdue,  in her first major championships for Great Britain, was the only athlete to travel to Goyang, to compete at the World Championships.  Feeling the pressure of needing to post a result for the Great Britain team she started nervously, narrowly missing her first lift of 86kg in the snatch, coming out for her 2nd lift at the same weight she got it easily  , her 3rd lift of 90kg  she did lifted  but unfortunately dropped behind.

Kilmarnock Weightlifting Club Shine at Scottish Weightlifting Championships

The Scottish Championships were  held on 28th November in at Pitlochry there, were 25 lifters who qualified and of these Kilmarnock fielded almost half with a total of 11lifters, 4 female and 7 male.  In the women’s events Kilmarnock and the Palace of Arts Club went head to head,  in the women’s 48kg Stephanie McDiamarid (PoA) was first with a total of 78kg.  In the 53kg class Collete Will (PoA) was first with 95kg total and  Connie England (Kil) was second with 80kg, Kilmarnock’s 14year old Jenna Gilroy lifted well at  63kg to total 95kg, this class was won by Amy Hamilton with a 140kg total.  In the 75kg class Georgi Black (Kil) was first with a total of 157kg. The best female lifter on the day on Sinclair points was Amy Hamilton with Georgi Black in second.