Happy New Year one and all. We hope you have all managed to keep well, and if you were unfortunate enough to be visited by the COVID Virus we hope that you are well on the way to recovery.
The competition year kicks off this weekend around Queensland with Round 1 of the Physique Science QWA Club Challenge. A big THANKS to the event sponsor Physique Science. You can find the Rules for the Club Challenge HERE
For an easy reference 2022 Event Calendar to plan your competitions for the year see HERE
Congratulations to Queenslanders Tori Gallegos, Matthew Lydement, Brandon Wakeling, Charisma Amoe- Tarrant, Darcy Kay, Ebony Gorincu and Senior Coach Greg Hobl, on being named in the Australian team for the 2022 Singapore Weightlifting International. (Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Qualifying Event).
Information in from the AWF regarding TO Appointments for upcoming international events:
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation invited each country to nominate one male TO and one female TO. The AWF received ten expressions of interest altogether. The AWF Board endorsed the nomination of the two TOs named below. If the full quota of B2022 ITO positions isn’t filled from the nominations of all countries, the CWF and IWF might approach additional TOs directly to fill any gaps and the AWF has provided a full list of eligible Australian TOs to the CWF in case this situation arises.
Australian nominees to the CWF for B2022 ITO positions:
Lilly Coffa and Pedro Sanchez
Singapore Weightlifting International
The Singapore Weightlifting Federation (SWF) invited participating countries to nominate one male TO and one female TO. The AWF received expressions of interest from female TOs, but no applications from any male TOs. The SWF granted the AWF’s request to nominate two female TOs for the Singapore Weightlifting International and the AWF Board endorsed the nomination of the two TOs named below. TOs for the Singapore Weightlifting International are required to fund their own travel, but the SWF will provide accommodation, meals and ground transport in Singapore.
Australian nominees to the SWF for Singapore Weightlifting International TO positions:
Mary Macken and Danielle Waller
For your information the Oceania Weightlifting Federation have released Records and Ranking lists as at 31/12/2021. This information can be found here:
QWA Membership Fees
QWA Membership fees are set to rise from 1st February to reflect CPI increases over the past two years. The new prices will be:
U23/Senior/Master – $91.00
Junior – $70.00
Youth/Competition official–non-lifter/Coach with a minimum of 5 QWA member athletes/One-month membership – $39
Note that QWA memberships last a full 12 months no matter when you join.
With continuing cuts to Government funding, work is currently being done around the price point for QWA State events for 2022. In addition we still need venues for some of our events.
