It’s been a very busy Weightlifting month in Queensland… and in cyberspace.
To start off November we had a successful QWA All Schools Championships at St Andrews Lutheran College at Tallebudgera West on the Gold Coast, hosted by Burleigh Barbell Club. With 108 entries we had a very busy weekend of lifting over two long days on Saturday and Sunday 7-8th. We once again had a band of very dedicated QWA volunteers on hand to run the event. Of particular note is the contribution made by our Masters age-group members who are always there to support all age groups in their lifting endeavor’s. THANKYOU!!
Big thank you to Alex Croot for once again taking on the role of organizing the collection and transport of the QWA competition platform from Brisbane to the Gold Coast with the assistance of Cougars “Bob Squad” loading and unloading the necessary pieces of equipment in and out of the van.
COVID safe requirements within the school environment certainly gave us a few headaches. We continue to fine tune our management practices in this space.
Best lifters:
Open Female: Maddison Power – Burleigh Barbell Club
Open Male: Michael Nides – Bounce Weightlifting Club
U15 Female: Grace Davies – Cougars Weightlifting Club
U15 Male: Ryan Martin – CQ Mavericks Rockhampton
The U13 Modified competition competition had 30 entries on its own. One can only marvel at the strength of character and confidence displayed throughout the event.
U13 Female: Olivia Coker – Ipswich Weightlifting Club
U13 Male: Atticus Manz – Burleigh Barbell Club
School Awards went to:
Females:
1st Marsden SHS with team members Rialey Baty and Mackenzie Baty training out of Magentic Weightlifting Club Mt. Gravatt coached by Dee Loft
2nd Sunshine Beach SHS with team members Kaiya Ngahina Marsh and Alana Castle training out of Noosa Barbell Club Noosaville coached by Woogie Marsh
3rd Mable Park SHS with team members Adriarne Cracknell and Te Koria Watene training out of Ipswich Weightlifting Club coached by Jax Solofa
Males: Winner of the Roman Wojcieszuk Team Shield
1st St Andrews Lutheran College Tallebudgera with team members Loch Allen, Charlie McMahon, Noah Sleiman, Oliver Barton, coached by Callum Hannay
2nd North Lakes State College with team members Josh Sargent training out of Cougars coached by Miles Wydall, and Tristan Higham
3rd Sunshine Beach SHS with team members Taj Marsh and Eli Frew training out of Noosa Barbell Club coached by Woogie Marsh
Also 3rd Miles SHS with team members Henry Bourne and Luke Bidgood training out of Saints Weightlifting Club coached by Sonia Stenhouse
Full results, personal bests and records can be found here: Australian Weightlifting Federation > STATISTICS > COMPETITIONS > RESULTS (awf.com.au)
AWF Online Cup
Queensland took out the Women’s Team competition and Western Australia claimed victory in the Men’s Team event
CLICK HERE for the final results.
Congratulations to our Queensland Womens team victorious in the AWF Online Cup competition; Sarah Cochrane taking out first place in the Womens competition; and James Norman coming in third in the Mens competition.
AWF Performance Pathway Manager
The Australian Weightlifting Federation has appointed Greg Hobl to the position of Performance Pathway Manager. The Performance Pathway Manager will be instrumental in supporting the development of Australia’s future elite weightlifters.
State High Performance Coordinator – QLD & NT
Miles Wydall has been appointed as the AWF State High Performance Coordinator for Queensland and the Northern Territory. Miles already coaches many National Squad athletes on a daily basis at the Cougars Weightlifting Club and now he will widen his scope to encompass all of Australia’s northern regions. He will work with Coaches and High Performance Athletes in Queensland and the NT to develop comprehensive individual performance plans and assessment schedules designed to achieve peak performance at targeted events.
The AWF’s High Performance Program is directed by the AWF High Performance Commission and delivered through State High Performance Coordinators covering four regions: Queensland & Northern Territory; New South Wales & Australian Capital Territory; Victoria & Tasmania; South Australia & Western Australia.
2020 Physique Science League & Masters League Grand Final held at Milton Weightlifting Club 14th November finalised this competition program for 2020. Amie Cox owner of Physique Science was on hand to help hand out the prize money that was made possible by her generous sponsorship and the addition of entry fee money received throughout the course of the League program.
| Masters Females | Club | |
| 1st | Fiona Redhead | Milton |
| 2nd | Linda Skerman | NBWA |
| 3rd | Julie Davis | NBWA |
| Masters Males | ||
| 1st | Jeff Davies | |
| 2nd | Dion Walmsley | |
| 3rd | Daryll Naude | |
| Division 4 | ||
| 1st | Helena Mooney | NBWA |
| 2nd | Kellee Hodge | Jimboomba |
| 3rd | Colleen Duplock | NBWA |
| Division 3 | ||
| 1st | Sylvan Richardson | Bounce |
| 2nd | Disa Casperson | |
| 3rd | Levi Deans | SCWC |
| Division 2 | ||
| 1st | Chloe Watkin | Barbell 4017 |
| 2nd | Kirra Csurhes | |
| 3rd | Hunter Levien | NBWA |
| Division 1 | ||
| 1st | Leo Lark | Milton |
| 2nd | David Bock | Milton |
| 3rd | Anna Thomson | NBWA |
Attendees were privileged to be there to witness Leo Larks performance as he achieved the total necessary to become a member of the AWF’s Super Squad. Congratulations Leo!!
Leo joins fellow Queenslanders, Brandon Wakeling, Sarah Cochrane, Erika Yamasaki, Matthew Lydement, Ryley Porter, Charisma Amoe Tarrant in the AWF Super Squad.
The IWF Online Youth World Cup, the biggest online weightlifting competition ever produced, was successfully run with Australia’s four entrants, notably all Queenslanders connected with their contemporaries around the world to compete in real time from their respective home bases. This meant some athletes had 4am weigh-ins with others not weighing in till 10.30pm.
*AUS Lifters’ session times are AEST (GMT +10)
And to round off the month we have the NQ Open hosted by Thunder Barbell Club in Townsville this weekend with 60 entries. A coach education session will be conducted at 6pm on Friday 27th November at Thunder Barbell Club. Everyone welcome to attend. Session 1 of the lifting begins at 8am on Saturday 28th November and the last Session commences at 6.00pm. A huge action packed day of lifting for all.
