The 2021 AWF National U23 & Junior Championships had 94 entries across the nation that met the minimum qualifying standard of G Grade for the U23’s and I Grade for the Juniors.
The Qld State hub event was held in Townsville at Thunder Barbell Club. It was great seeing a sea of maroon at the airport once again. We had athletes come from as far south as the Gold Coast, and west as Miles, amongst the competitors. Along with the 31 entries in the Qld Hub National event we had a further 16 entries in the Open competition.
After the results were crunched by the AWF we saw Queensland take out the Junior Men’s team trophy, and tie with WA for the Junior Women’s team trophy.
Full Queensland results: https://www.awf.com.au/statistics/competitions/results/id/2643 Numerous personal bests were set, and our record breakers of the event were:
| Lifter | Bwt Cat | Age Group | Record Level | Record Type | New Record |
| Emily De Rooy | F76 | U23 | QLD | CJ | 100kg |
| Maddison Power | F71 | Junior | QLD | SNATCH | 85kg |
| Maddison Power | F71 | U23 | QLD | SNATCH | 85kg |
| Maddison Power | F71 | Junior | QLD | CJ | 103kg |
| Maddison Power | F71 | U23 | QLD | CJ | 103kg |
| Maddison Power | F71 | Junior | QLD | TOTAL | 188kg |
| Maddison Power | F71 | U23 | QLD | TOTAL | 188kg |
| Tristan Gibson | M73 | U23 | QLD | SNATCH | 93kg |
them, under the watchful eye of event Team Manager Jackson Solofa. A BIG thankyou to Jemma Cowper for all the work she did as the pre-event Team Manager. It certainly made for extra work the new requirement of collecting Anti-Doping certificates from all the athletes.
Our National medalists were:
| F59 | |||
| U23 Gold | Halle Mifsud | Thunder Barbell | Bryce Knight |
| F64 | |||
| U23 Silver | Tori Gallegos | Toowoomba | Greg Hobl |
| Junior Gold | Tori Gallegos | Toowoomba | Greg Hobl |
| Junior Bronze | Adelaide Utz | Ipswich | Jackson Solofa |
| F71 | |||
| U23 Gold | Maddison Power | Burleigh Barbell | Callum Hannay |
| Junior Gold | Maddison Power | Burleigh Barbell | Callum Hannay |
| F76 | |||
| U23 Bronze | Emily De Rooy | Thunder Barbell | Bryce Knight |
| F81 | |||
| U23 Gold | Erica Hamilton | Cougars | Miles Wydall |
| Junior Gold | Erica Hamilton | Cougars | Miles Wydall |
| F87 | |||
| Junior Silver | Te Koria Watene | Ipswich | Jackson Solofa |
| F87+ | |||
| Junior Silver | Tamika Solofa | Ipswich | Jackson Solofa |
| M67 | |||
| Junior Gold | Jack Gibson | BIMSC | Jade Sharp |
| Junior Silver | Harper Manz | Burleigh | Callum Hannay |
| M73 | |||
| Junior Bronze | Lachlan Lumb | Noosa Barbell | Eugene Marsh |
| M81 | |||
| U23 Silver | Rory Scott | Milton | |
| U23 Bronze | Michael Nides | Bounce | Regan Hams |
| Junior Silver | Michael Nides | Bounce | Regan Hams |
| M89 | |||
| U23 Bronze | Jaspa Hope | Whitsundays | Leanne Knox |
| Junior Silver | Jaspa Hope | Whitsundays | Leanne Knox |
| Junior Bronze | Ryven Ewing | Bounce | Regan Hams |
| M102 | |||
| U23 Bronze | Braydan Fender | Ipswich | Jackson Solofa |
| M109 | |||
| Junior Gold | Tashaun Solofa | Ipswich | Jackson Solofa |
| M109+ | |||
| U23 Gold | Angus Ward | Milton | |
| Junior Gold | Angus Ward | Milton |
For the full National Championship results https://www.qwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2021-Australian-Junior-and-Under-23-Championships-Results-Book.pdf
Most improved lifters across the combined Queensland competition:
They each collected a QWA back pack.
A number of International Level referees travelled up to the event to staff a Jury for the entire competition, this enabled upgrades from Club to State Referee, and State to National referee. Congratulations to our newest National Referee Jim Mildren from Cairns.
A BIG thank you to the members of Thunder Barbell Club for all the work that that was put into making the event so successful. Tribe Café themselves deserve a medal for all the fantastic food on hand at the event.
OTHER WEIGHTLIFTING NEWS
The Physique Science Club Challenge round 2 will now be run the weekend of the 10-11 July 2021.
The Queensland State Seniors will now be held 30 July- 1st August at Cougars, Chandler. Qualifying period for the event is now 30 August 2020 – 11 July 2021.
HOBART has been confirmed as the Tasmanian city for the 2021 National U15 and Youth Championships.
An order will be lodged with the supplier of Queensland Team weightlifting suits Monday 12th April to be delivered by 10th June. If you are wanting to order a suit in a size that is not currently in stock please email qwa@qwa.org with your size, and make payment of $125 by 11th April via EFT using your name as the reference:
Bank: Westpac
Account Name: Qld. Weight Lifting Association
BSB: 034080
Account Number: 750770
