I.A.W.A.(UK)

The very first Northern Ireland Championships were an outstanding success. Promoted by Stevie Shanks and Steve Gardner in an effort to engage with a number of lifters from Northern Ireland and to create what we hope to be a new permanent fixture.

The competition was well supported by visitors from the mainland and 9 lifters made it to the platform. Unfortunately some were unable to make it due to the recent bad weather.

The full results can be found here.

Best Masters and overall champion went to Paul Barette with Clive Madge in second place and new NI lifter Jason Kelly in 3rd place. Best Open Lifter Gareth Edwards and Best Ladies lifter Karen Gardner.

Here are some photos from the day.

MetamorFIT once again hosted the Southern Counties Championships in Eastbourne.

Full results and write-up can be found here.

Only a small group of lifters made it to the platform contesting the Bench Press Feet In Air, the One Hand Dumbbell Clean & Jerk and the Trap Bar Deadlift.

The overall winner and Best Open lifter was Rory Hoad.

The British Grip Championships were held on 3rd February hosted by promoter Mark Haydock.

The results have been uploaded to the website and can be found here.

The overall champion and best masters lifter was Pete Tryner with Mark Haydock and Gary Ell as runners up in the masters. The best open lifter was Matt Wells and the special star of the show was young Natalie Haydock at 8 years old.

Here are some photos from the day….

Time to get your entries in for the Midlands All-Round – Contact Chris Bass…..

The results have been uploaded to the website click here to view.

Many thanks to Christopher Bass bass for compiling and calculating. The top 3 lifters were Steve Sherwood, Steve Andrews and Gary Ell, congratulations! The top 3 teams were Granby, Castlemilk and MetamorFIT1. Highest three scorers in the Aston Set were Steve Sherwood, Steve Andrews and Andrew Tomlin. Well done to everyone taking part and welcome to our newest lifters lifting in the league for the first time.

Chris Bass has recalculated the Blindt coefficients (which is completed after the Gold Cup). To make the list easier to update they have been removed from the record pages. There is now a link to the Blindt coefficients on the website and can be found via the records tab….

Blindt Coefficients

Information from Steve Gardner – lift details can be found on Fixtures Page

Steve Gardner and Stevie Shanks are working on running a competition on Sunday 4th March 2018 in Belfast. This will be the first official All Round Weightlifting Competition held in Ireland, so it could be a proud and groundbreaking event in its own small way. It will give lifters / prospective members in Ireland an opportunity to take part in an IAWA event.

Chris Bass has notified us that the remaining founder of the Haven Gym has passed away.

Nev Brumby passed away on 3rd December.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Nev’s family and friends at this difficult time.

His funeral is to be held at the Grimbsy Crematorium on Wednesday 20th December at 1pm.

The family have requested donations in lieu of floral tributes to St Andrews Hospice, Peaks Lane, Grimsby, DN32 9RP.

The full results have been uploaded to the website – Click Here

Here are Leg 6 & End of Year results for the Bob Smith All-Round Postal League. Many thanks to Christopher Bass for collating, compiling and issuing the results for the year! Congratulations to Castlemilk for their Team Performance this leg and to the top 3 lifters Andrew Tomlin, Steve Sherwood and Brian Irwin. Granby was the top team for the year – Well Done Guys! and the Best 3 Lifters for the year were Steve Andrews, Steve Sherwood and Phil Crisp.

The Southern Grip was held at MetamorFIT on 26th November 2017.

Results have been uploaded to the website. Click here.

The Winner and Best Masters was Paul Barette

Best Open Lifter Gareth Edwards

Best Ladies Lifter Jenny Watson