News
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
Squat Form, Excuses and New Kids
I like the way on this bloody hard last rep Ben does not really change his form to get the lift - also his depth is great !
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zO6SJu2AoA
As a coach I tend to hear a lot of excuses - when i hear them it makes me think of the following quote
"The person who really wants to do something finds a way; the other person finds an excuse."
To all the kids just starting out that see Josh snatching 90 clean and jerking 117 and Squatting 140
to be number one U17 lifter in the country across all bodyweight categories
Remember he just started like you with light weights (see below) - but from day one he always tried hard to be a better lifter
and hardly ever missed a session
A big weekend of lifting
There were 5 competitions that I had athletes competing in this weekend
results below -
AWF National U15 Tournament
AWF National Youth Championships
Commonwealth Championships Qualifying Event
NZ National Championships
Again Faster Semper Pararus Crossfit Challenge
AWF National U15 Tournament
Harry who was the 2nd best overall lifter in the championships across all bodyweight categories
Harry 56Kg also did a PB snatch of 55 and a PB total of 124 which was great considering he had lost over 2kg of bodyweight due to sickness
Josh Mak 69Kg also did a PB Clean of Jerk of 75Kg
Qld won the mens U15 team competition
AWF National Youth Championships
Josh was best overall Australian U17 lifter across all bodyweight categories with James 2nd
James Norman 69kg PB Snatch of 88Kg
Josh Wu 62Kg PB Snatch of 88Kg and new Australian Record
Josh Mak 69Kg PB Snatch of 65Kg and PB total of 137
Qld won the mens U17 team competition
Josh National Record 88Kg Snatch
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj3mpALFc1g
NZ National Championships
Andrea flew to NZ in her 3rd ever comp to compete in the NZ National Championships in the 69Kg Class - which she won with a PB Clean and Jerk of 96 and total of 166 !
Commonwealth Championships Qualifying Event
Luke did a PB Clean of Jerk at his new bodyweight of 94Kg of 163Kg
Rob did 145, 183 for a PB total since 2011 of 328
Again Faster Semper Pararus Crossfit Challenge
Dimmity Sherras - 7th
Renee Hoffman - 22nd
Darcia Ondrovcik - 26th
League Round 4
Results from league Round 4
http://www.awf.com.au/resultsrankings/rptcompresults.aspx?compid=294
There were many highlights from league round 4
to name some.....
Josh's 3 Australian Records and 10kg PB
James's 2 Australian Records and 10kg PB
Rob's 147 snatch
Luke's 286 total at 94 and 18kg PB at bodyweight
Jess Edge's PB snatch and total
Darcia's 12kg PB
David Lee's 18kg PB
Jonathan's 8kg PB on the Snatch
Josh Wu won Div 1
Jon was 3rd in Div 2
Doug won Div 3 and Darcia was 3rd
Also it was great to see so many people drive up to support and coach the athletes
The final league standings are here http://www.qwa.org/SingleNewsPage.aspx?NewsId=54
Squad highlight video
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2yLtT4yr6U&feature=youtu.be