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School of Champions: Bulgarian Training Documentary + Creatine Calculator
School of Champions: Bulgarian Training Documentary - Ivan Abadjiev, Sevi Maranov
During the Cold War, Bulgaria turned itself into one of the top lifting nations on earth. This documentary gives a view of the training and coaching techniques at that time.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-N96MaMIlo
Creatine Calculator - using Bodyweight
I have also added a Creatine Calculator to the QWA Website
http://www.qwa.org/Resources/Calculators.aspx
Commonwealth, Oceania and NZ Rankings
Rankings
2013 Commonwealth Rankings
2013 Oceania Junior -rankings Men-Women
2013 Oceania Senior rankings-Men-Women
2013 OWNZ Open Rankings (31st Dec)
Selection Policy
http://www.awf.com.au/newsfiles/files/Glasgow_CG_Nomination_Criteria%20_(ACGA%20APPROVED).pdf
Cougars lifters Tia Dixson-Toomey and Damon Kelly in the Paper
http://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/news/games-a-new-hurdle/2130493/
http://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/news/a-weight-and-see-approach-for-kelly/2115111/
Mike Keelan Shield and Club Awards Night
Mike Keelan Shield
Rob 187 New Qld Record
The Mike Keelan Shield was won by Andrea Miller and Robert Galsworthy who both produced lifetime PB's to win the event, with Ash coming second and Mitch coming third
It was also great to see Tia-Clair Toomey do the Qualifying total for the Commonwealth Games Trials
There was a great crowd at the venue and 440 people watched the 2 day event online.
Andrea - PB Total by 6Kg
Rob - PB Total by 2Kg and Qld Record Clean and Jerk of 187Kg
Ash - PB Total 12Kg
Andrei - PB Total by 12
Bodhi - PB Total by 3
David Lee- PB Total by 5
George Mamic - PB Total by 5
Harrison Gaffney - PB Total by 3
Jett Gaffney - PB Total by 4 - and a QLD U15 Record Snatch in the 38Kg class
Jonathan Coy - PB Clean and Jerk by 4
Leon Evans - PB total by 25
Mitchell Rawlings - PB Total by 6
Peter Foster - PB Snatch by 1 - and a QLD and Australian Record Snatch of 114Kg
Andrea 98Kg
Full Results
http://www.awf.com.au/resultsrankings/rptcompresults.aspx?compid=313
Video
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lgOoATBTW0
Commonwealth Championships in Penang
All three squad members that went to Penang lifted very well
James Norman did a PB Clean and Jerk of 124 and Total 212 (both Australian Records) and 6x6 to get 4th Place
Josh Wu did a PB Clean and Jerk of 117 and equal PB total of 207 to get a Bronze medal
Rob got a PB Snatch of 150 and PB Total of 230
2014 Calendar and Qualifying Totals and Periods
QWA Calendar - http://www.qwa.org/Calendar.aspx
AWF Calendar and Qualifying Standards and Periods
2014 AWF Calendar and Qualifying
Australian Weightlifting Most Improved Lifters
Cougars Awards Night
Nearly 100 people attended the awards night at the Bowls Club and were treated to a awesome evening with great food and entertainment.
Best Under 15 Male - Joshua Mak
Best Under 17 Male - Joshua Wu
Best Under 20 Male - Joshua Wu
Best Open Male - Damon Kelly
Best Under 15 Female - Madeline Wu
Best Under 17 Female - Robin Parr
Best Under 20 Female - Michelle Kahi
Best Open Female - Erika Frost
Male Novice Lifter of the Year - Regan Hams
Female Novice Lifter of the Year - Andrea Miller
Best Masters Male - Peter Foster
Best Masters Female - Jo Conway
Most Improved Male - Ashley Adams
Most Improved Female - Tegan Napper
Official Of the Year - Kylie Booth
Guts Effort Of the Year - Tegan Napper
Club Member of the Year - Damon Kelly
League Final
Congratulations to Doug Higginson for taking out the overall title in the QWA League final - and also to Lukas Gardner for qualifying for the
Commonwealth Games trials as a 94Kg lifter and to James Norman who broke 2 Australian Records.
Thanks to all the helpers that put in another big effort today and all the supporters that came along and for all of Pats great photos
Dougs winning lift
Overall results
http://www.awf.com.au/resultsrankings/rptcompresults.aspx?compid=309
Also a
7kg PB for Josh Mak !
10kg PB total for Pat !
James Norman 123Kg National U17 Record 69 Kg Class
Video
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VrPhy9RBgo
JME Round 4
JME Round 4
It was great to see all the new members lifting in JME League Round 4
Thanks to everybody that helped out and made it all possible !
Thanks to the people that cooked and baked food for the canteen without anybody even asking!
Thanks to the people that just came up to me and said how can i help.
Now we are getting so big we need all the help we can get !
Warming Up
As these comps are getting rather big and its going to be hard to warm everybody up on my own you will need to work this out yourself - see http://box5648.temp.domains/~mwydallc/?page_id=1558 for more details
QWA Members
Also its now easy to check you are a QWA member by going to http://www.qwa.org/Resources/QWAMembersList.aspx
Insurance Cover Details
Its great to see that Cougars now has 93 Affiliated members which is 3 times more than any other club - the next being Gold Coast Weightlifting which is growing at a great rate thanks to the awesome efforts of Linzey Beister.
Cougars JME Results
http://www.awf.com.au/resultsrankings/rptcompresults.aspx?compid=302
Great work
David Lee 6x6 - 11kg PB
Ash 6x6 - 14kg PB
and Josh Wu U17 62Kg Class Australian Record 90Kg Snatch - love the loaders expressions - Ethan has a look on his face like that's a bit weird and scary :)
Video
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZAIRnkjJ-8&list=UUeaDOn5D62zxgjPQ5WiFunw
Next Comp and Xmas Party
The next big Comp that everybody can lift in and its also a Commonwealth Games qualifying event is the Mike Keelan Shield on Saturday the 21st of December so can everybody make sure that they leave that day clear to have a lift
Also can everybody (lifters and their families) sign up to the Club Xmas party to be held after the event - see
http://www.cougarsweightlifting.com/qwaclubs/cougars/xmas.html
QWA All Schools Championships
QWA All Schools
It was great to see all the kids having a lift on the day and now at Cougars we have another 10 or so 10-12 year olds coming through as well that did not lift - but we still need to work hard getting these kids in the sport
The highlight of the day for me was Lachlan Miller who pulled out an 18Kg PB to take the 105+ category from his throwing friend Brandon Pritchard
James Norman with a head virus took out the mens overall best lifter award
Harry took out the 56Kg men and was unlucky not to be given his 73kg Clean and Jerk
The Catlow-Elliott's both managed PB's with James getting a 6Kg total PB
Jett also got 6/6 and PB's
and Josh Mak got 6/6 and PB's - he is really starting to develop as a lifter
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78e9ZVZFHgM
Full Results
http://www.awf.com.au/resultsrankings/rptcompresults.aspx?compid=297
QWA Membership
You can now check your QWA membership online - goto http://www.qwa.org/Resources/QWAMembersList.aspx
Please note we are NOT going to let people lift if they are not QWA members
Great form great spotting from 9y old Dechlan
Calendar for next Year
