News
League Final
League Final
Division 1 was won by Luke Gardner - he looked very nervous but held things together to get 6 successful lifts and the necessary 6 points
Division 2 was won by Linz who was also very nervous but also also held things together to beat the more seasoned competitor Josh Wu who showed his experience getting 6 lifts and also managed to pull out a 11kg PB !
Division 3 was a close event Tom Rech caught 97 snatch and then relaxed when he stood up and dropped the lift ! - however he managed to get a PB Clean and Jerk of 122kg to move back into the lead only to be pipped by Tim.
Division 4 was won by Maddie Wu.
In the lift off Luke was awesome to Clean and Jerk a PB of 171 that crushed him when he caught it but its always hard for div 1 lifters to win the lift off.
Linz leant of the bar on the snatch and dropped it behind.
Leaving Tim and Maddie to battle out with Maddie taking the overall title and $800 - which is probably like $8000 when you are 14 !
Results - http://www.awf.com.au/resultsrankings/rptcompresults.aspx?compid=128
Helpers
First off I would like to thank all the people that helped out loading, in the canteen, refereeing and taking photos at the weekend.
People that always manage to be there when they want a lift but "have something on, or are working" when asked to help are really starting to annoy me and other people - this is not the way it works in a club !!
Young lifters
We now have a few lifters in the club born in 2000, 2002
Look at how Josh has changed in 3 years
Nationals
AWF National U15/U17 and U20 Championships
Results
http://www.awf.com.au/resultsrankings/rptcompresults.aspx?compid=79
http://www.awf.com.au/resultsrankings/rptcompresults.aspx?compid=203
56kg - A great battle saw Josh Wu pull out PB's to beat James Norman
Josh Wu gold U/17 and U/20
James Norman silver U/17 and U/20
85Kg
Jonathan Pakchung silver U/20
James and Lincoln also both got PB's in the U15 event
Nationals next year
The U20 and Open Nationals next year will be combined with the Arafura Games and Oceania Youth and Juniors Championships in Darwin
Each state will be able to send a full team of 8 men 7 women (the team members can be any grade as long as they have lifted in 3 comps in the last calendar year)
additional lifters can go if they have made C grade.
Next Years Calendar
New members
We have had a lot of new members start - please introduce yourself to them and make them feel welcome
The following enhancements have been made to the AWF Records and Rankings System
YOB/Age group added to ranking lists
YOB added to lifter page
Percent successful lifts on lifter page – enhanced to show breakdown by lift type and comp type
Lifter page record history section – for records broken show who actually broke it
Results entry – manual entry now allows individual attempts to be entered
Congratulations to Australian Rally Championship Two Wheel Drive Champions
Eli Evans and our own Glen Weston
Old Training Videos
Ben 140Kg F Snatch, 190Kg Front Squat for 3, 190Kg Jerk F
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvpgo4UEeaI
Damo Clean 200kg x 2, 210kg, 215kg, 220Kg PB
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibM6wFLSwKs
U16 65Kg Nathan 170Kg Back Squat
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvJYo7rAsI4
James Norman on ABC3 TV show "The 3 Factor"
TV Show
The ABC show the 3Factor filmed a great 5 min documentary on James Norman and his Weightlifting
it also had some footage on Josh and myself
see Episode 15 James Norman: Weightlifter
Care of equipment
Please do not use weights on their side on the blocks as its damaging them
2012 IWF Youth World Weightlifting Championship Slovakia, Košice
Josh and James competed in their first major international last week
both got PB's in the snatches and will have learnt a lot from the experience
Josh did 71, 92, 163 and James 73, 93, 166.
Looking forward
Looking foward
I am really enjoying being back in the gym and looking forward to what the next few years will hold - its an exciting time in our sport !
It was great to see so many new people and especially kids competing at the JME at the weekend
Also it was awesome to hear that Matt Swift has nearly 100 people interested in lifting competitively at CFB
Ben also is coaching weightlifting at a lot of Crossfit clubs on the Northside
The gym is really busy at the moment and I can see it getting busier - if you want more attention Wed and Sat are better training times as it tends to be quieter on those nights.
How to work out your warmup
http://box5648.temp.domains/~mwydallc/?page_id=1558
A Great Article on Weightlifting by Leo
http://herculeanlift.typepad.com/blog/2012/08/weightlifting-what-does-it-take-for-individual-success.html
JME Comp Results
http://www.awf.com.au/resultsrankings/rptcompresults.aspx?compid=110
Congratulations
Rob Webster has a new child Jessica Rose Webster born on Wednesday 22nd at 1.50pm, 3.5kg, 49cm
QWA Memberships Forms
Remember if you lift in a competition you need to be a QWA member
http://www.qwa.org/contact/QWA%20membership%20form.pdf
Cougars Membership forms and info can be found here
http://www.qwa.org/qwaclubs/cougars/info/default.asp
London Olympics
It was a great honour to be chosen as Australia's Section Manager and Head Coach for Weightlifting for the Olympics and to actually experience what it was like being at the Olympics and be at the Opening and Closing Ceremony, live in the village and use the training hall, work with the press and AOC, be in the warm-up room and bring athletes to the platform.
Also with a great honour like this also comes great responsibility and I was very conscious to work as hard as I could to do my best for the team and the country.
I was surprisingly busy and I did not feel I really had a chance to have any real downtime until I had been there for 2 weeks.
Damo had not had the best buildup so the hoped for 400+ total was not achievable but his 165, 216 was a great result also Seen placed 7th in the 63's - the best she could have done in her group.
Its really hard to summarise the "What was it like?" question but I suppose the best answer is "A great honour to be part of it and an awesome experience"
