State Senior Championships Wrap-up

With the setting in of cold weather here in SE Queensland its hard to remember that only 10 days ago we were soaking up the warm sunshine in sunny Townsville for the QWA State Senior Championships 20-21 May at Thunder Barbell Club.

We had 67 entries, all having to achieve AWF I Grade to be eligible to compete . NQ QWA members made the most of the “home” Championships with 17 lifters from Townsville, Cairns & Whitsundays participating. Athletes, coaches, Technical officials from the rest of Queensland travelled from the Gold Coast, Ipswich, Miles, and Brisbane – thank you all for supporting this event in regional Queensland.

Best Senior Female	Sarah Cochrane	Best Male Lifter	Rory Scott
Most Improved Senior Female	Alecha Mahoney-Piva	Most Improved Senior Male	Keisuke Hisashi

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We saw 13 records broken and an incredible 74 personal bests on the platform, with many of our athletes qualifying for the Australian Championships later in the year

Our Senior age-group record-breaker was Sarah Cochrane:

Sarah Cochrane	F71	Senior	AWF	SNATCH	101
Sarah Cochrane	F71	Senior	QLD	SNATCH	101
Sarah Cochrane	F71	Senior	QLD	TOTAL	221
Sarah Cochrane	F71	Senior	AWF	TOTAL	221

Full results can be found here: https://www.awf.com.au/competition/statistics/competitions/results/id/2947

Sincere thanks to the army of volunteers who came together for the event.

We appreciate everyone who lent a hand, from our venue set-up squad to our technical officials and bar loaders. Our strong community is what makes Queensland Weightlifting so great.

Special thanks to our VIP guests who visited us over the weekend – Mayor of Townsville Jenny Hill and Councilor Maurie Soars.

The live stream services went next level at the event with Brent Vaughan of Brent Things & Stuff producing videos on demand for athletes in the competition. In all 20 athletes made the most of this opportunity to capture digital memories of the event, with the QWA tagged in each one we saw our engagement numbers increase.