Wow what a busy start to the year !
Its been a while since I posted as its been a super busy start of the year !
JME Round 1
It been great to see the rise in lifting in Qld and this weekend clubs up and down the state were competing in the JME round 1 see full clubs list also Damo has done a great Google Map of affiliated clubs
The stand our lift to me was Tia doing a 175 total - 247 sinclair at 58 to put her 3rd in Australia on Sinclair - all done while competing in the Crossfit Opens ! and Leanne doing a B grade total at 63 to place her at the top of the Australian Masters Rankings.
League Round 1
The full results of League round 1 are here
Harry won division 2 ! with a great performance with Sam Downs coming 3rd in Division 3 and Vanessa 3rd in division 4
Arnold International
The Arnold International saw Mary and Mitch compete in their first International Event with a new Luke Gardner in the 85's
http://awf.com.au/resultsrankings/rptcompresults.aspx?compid=586
They all snatched very well with Mary getting a PB Snatch and Mitch leading the Australians on Sinclair after the Snatches
The Clean and Jerks did not go so will with some press-out's and bad luck with wrist straps coming undone
Luke once he stabilizes at this weight will see the lifts return - its a great job he made it to 85 in itself.
All in all they performed very well with Mitch getting a PB total in his first international and 5/6
It was great to see Angie's lifter Erika win the women's event with 3 national Records
The event was very well covered by the AWF and the press.
High Performance Coordinator Jacquie White
It was great to catch up with the new High Performance Coordinator Jacquie White this weekend and I am looking forward to working with her this year to help improve the performance of my athletes and my own coaching .
Next Years Qualifying Standards and Periods
Here are the qualifying standards for next year
2015 AWF Calendar_Qualifying Criteria_141114
Zulfiya Chinshanlo (-53kg, Kazakhstan) setting a new world record with a 133kg clean and jerk
Love the technique here !
Cougars won the JME Clubs competition for the third year in a row !
JME Round 3
There was some great lifting in JME Round 3
http://www.awf.com.au/resultsrankings/rptcompresults.aspx?compid=487
Mary 6/6 and Sinclair now over 200 !
Ebony 16Kg on her total - and some really solid lifts
Jett - new Record on the Clean and Jerk of 40Kg - very gutsy
Sean - C Grade in first comp so off to Nationals
Josh Mak 75,90 at U15 69Kg 6kg PB - great comeback from last week
Mitch 115,145 at 77 and 120 so so close !
Pat - 5Kg on his total - C grade getting close !
Ash great 107 snatch !
Nice to see Regan back again with a 265Kg total
Leon 17Kg PB and so close to qualifying !
Liam also qualified for Nationals with a 16Kg PB
Gareth lifted awesome today 6/6 and 12Kg PB
Vanessa also back on the platform with a 12Kg PB
Leanne Knox 63,79 at 63 - 10Kg PB - shame she cannot go to Nationals !
Please read the following.
The qualifying period for the Queensland Senior Championships is 19th September 2013 – 19th September 2014.
The minimum standard for entry in the Queensland Senior Championships is AWF D Grade. – but C for Nationals
The qualifying period for the Queensland Junior Championships is 19th September 2013 – 19th September 2014.
The minimum standard for entry in the Queensland Junior Championships is AWF E Grade. – but D for Nationals
Grade Scale here
http://awf.com.au/docs/2013-2016%20Grading%20Scale.pdf
Here are the AWF qualifying periods
http://awf.com.au/docs/2014AWFCalendar20131230.pdf
Next few comps
League Round 4 - Gold Coast Sept 13,14
Qld Junior and Senior Cougars - Oct 4,5
Australian Youth and U15 Tasmania - Oct 11,12
Thanks to the Fitographer for this great photo when we visited Brisbane Barbell Club last week
State U15 and U17 Championships Results
State U15 and U17 Championships Results
http://awf.com.au/resultsrankings/rptcompresults.aspx?compid=482
Photos
http://www.actioninfocus.com.au/photocart/index.php?do=photocart&viewGallery=10400
Love this photo !!
Cougars Photo Movie
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJY3bwiitSY
Commonwealth Games
To be honest when I left for this Games I did not really want to go as I thought nothing would be able to top the awesome experience of my first Games in Delhi.
How wrong I was !! - this games was even better but in a different way to Delhi - maybe because this time I was more involved as team coach in everything from the warmups and weight selection and everything in between.
Its was real privilege to be part of the event that starts at the training camp and ends in the 8 continuous days of platform coaching.
I would like to thank the athletes and the coaching and management group of Rob Mitchell Yourik Sarkisian, Anthony Dove and George Chamoun - it was great to work with such a professional and hard working team.
I would also like to thank team Physio Andrew McGough who had his work cut out with the weightlifters over the 3 weeks and Amie Cox who worked so hard with Jenna on her diet plan
2014 Commonwealth Games full Results
Angie's lifters Tegan (4th) and Erika (4th) performed very well with Tegan putting 8kg on her total as a 48kg and Erika 5Kg on her total
Jessica Edge did 64, 81 and just missed 84 getting 5/6 lifts just 1kg under her qualifying total
The next two days were a roller coaster for me being very disappointed for Rob (5th) who did 142,183 and then over the moon for
Damo (Bronze) who after suffering multiple injuries this year pulled out 171, 217 a 388 total - his biggest since before the Olympics to get a bronze medal
