From I.A.W.A.(UK) General Secretary – Paul Barette
I’m please to announce that Sonya Coles has passed the referee exam.
Sonya will now embark on her 12 month probationary period, gaining as much practical experience as possible.
Well done Sonya!
** Update 26/9 – Lifting Schedules and Notes Added
** Update 13/8 – Banquet Menu Added
** Update 13/8 – World Council Meeting Scheduled for Saturday 5th, when lifting finishes.
Saturday & Sunday October 5th & 6th– IAWA World Championships
Promoter: Paul Barette Tel: 01323 726833 Email: iawa@metamorfit.co.uk
Venue: The Turing School, Eastbourne, England
Lifts: Day 1: Clean & Push Press(B31), Continental Clean to Belt(B45), One Hand Dumbbell Clean & Jerk(G6), Cheat Curl(E6)
Lifts: Day 2: Pullover & Push(B43), One Hand Zercher(E2), Hack Lift(C10)
Click here for the entry form in PDF format
Click here for the information sheet in PDF format
Click here for the Banquet Menu – Choices must be received before the closing date
Further information will be added to this post when available
Due to circumstances beyond our control, it has been necessary to bring forward the date of the Welsh Open and British Disability Championships to Saturday 31st August.
All other details remain the same:
A records session took place with Stevie Shanks in Belfast on 24th February.
Six records in the bag, refereed by Steve Gardner and Graham Saxton, whilst visiting Northern Ireland.
The results were sent to our Records Registrar (Chris Bass) for ratification. All lifts were confirmed as Masters World Records.
Stevie weighed 68.8kilos and is 60 years of age.
The successful lifts were:
Right Hand Deadlift 110 kilos
2 Hands Ciavattone Deadlift 120 kilos
2 Hands Straddle 150 kilos
2 Hands Hacklift 150 kilos
2 Hands 2inch bar Hacklift 141.1 kilos
2 Hands 2inch bar Straddle 141.1 kilos
Here are Leg 2 results of the Bob Smith All-Round Postal League. We welcome more new lifters to this leg and a new team, ‘Fitness At The Street’.
Congratulations to the top 3 teams for this leg, Bionic Branch Barbell Club – Club3b, Powerhouse Phoenix1 & Bionic Branch Barbell Club – Club3b2.
The top 3 lifters for this leg were, Glenn Branch, Joshua Charles Davidson, Suzie Richards – Well done to all!
A big thank you to Christopher Bass for his work in compiling the league and confirmed the records achieved.
Click here for the full results
Postal-League2024_2From Gary Ell, Drug Control Officer….
“I’m pleased to announce that recent drug testing samples from the British Powerlifting Championship in Essex returned WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) negative results”
Three special presentations were made after the British Power Championships and Southern Shield Events on Sunday 3rd March.
You can see more about these awards in a new section on the website here.
Steve Andrews was awarded the ‘Britains Best All-Round Weightlifter’ trophy for taking the overall champion title for the 2023 Bob Smith All-Round Postal League.
Glenn Branch was awarded the ‘Edward Aston’ trophy for achieving the highest total in the ‘Aston Set’ for 2023.
The Aston set is the Front Squat, One Hand Snatch and the Continental Clean & Jerk.
Steve Andrews was awarded the ‘Bert Spencer memorial’ trophy for achieving the highest total in the ‘Spencer’ set for 2022.
The Spencer Set is the 2 Dumbbells Clean & Press, 2 Dumbbells Clean & Jerk and the 2 Dumbbells Swing.
A few words from Steve Gardner:
What a day we have had, a long day with 29 lifters hitting the platform to compete in the British Powerlifting Championships followed by the Southern Shield competition at Billericay in Essex today. First of all big thanks go to Glenn Branch and all of his support team at Bionic Branch for hosting such a wonderful event, and especially to the loaders and catchers who were magnificent.
The lifting was outstanding and many record marks were broken and surpassed. We had Juniors and ladies, open division and Master lifters, ages from 16 to 70+. Really great to see so many new lifters to IAWA(uk) lifting alongside many regular and longstanding members, a truly amazing day!
Best Junior lifter – James Rutter,
Best Female lifter – Suzie Richards
Best Open lifter – Dave Watts
Best Master lifter – Glenn Branch
In the Overall Best lifter rankings:
5th Millie Clarke
4th Suzie Richards
3rd Josh Davidson
2nd Glenn Branch
1st David Watts – Winner of the Steve Angell Memorial Shield
Winner of the Southern Shield:
1st Josh Davidson
2nd Gary Ell
3rd Jamie Oates
Well done everyone you all made the event so exciting….. it really was a long day, a bit of a marathon, but we kept it moving the best we could and at the end of the day we are just so lucky we had so many wonderful lifters enter and compete, yes, what a day, here’s to many more……
Click here to see the full results of the British Power Championship
Click here to see the full results of the Southern Shield
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**Update 3/9/24 – Please note: Change of Venue to –
Balch Elementary School, 1170 Washington Street, Norwood, Mass, USA
Frank’s Barbell Club, promoting the 2024 Gold Cup have shared the Entry Form, Hotels & full Information:
For the entry form & Hotel info – click here
2024-IAWA-Gold-Cup-InfoHere are Leg 1 Results of the Bob Smith All-Round Postal League. We welcome a number of new lifters this year, including 3 teams from Powerhouse Phoenix.
Congratulations to the top 3 teams for Leg 1 – MetamorFIT1, Bionic Branch Barbell Club – Club3B, Powerhouse Phoenix1.
The top 3 lifters for Leg 1 were – Beata Banas, Sam Bonar & Joshua Davidson.
Thank you to Christopher Bass for his work in compiling the league and confirming the records achieved.
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