Author: iawa@metamorfit.co.uk

Time to get your entries in for the Midlands All-Round – Contact Chris Bass…..

The results have been uploaded to the website click here to view.

Many thanks to Christopher Bass bass for compiling and calculating. The top 3 lifters were Steve Sherwood, Steve Andrews and Gary Ell, congratulations! The top 3 teams were Granby, Castlemilk and MetamorFIT1. Highest three scorers in the Aston Set were Steve Sherwood, Steve Andrews and Andrew Tomlin. Well done to everyone taking part and welcome to our newest lifters lifting in the league for the first time.

Chris Bass has recalculated the Blindt coefficients (which is completed after the Gold Cup). To make the list easier to update they have been removed from the record pages. There is now a link to the Blindt coefficients on the website and can be found via the records tab….

Blindt Coefficients

Information from Steve Gardner – lift details can be found on Fixtures Page

Steve Gardner and Stevie Shanks are working on running a competition on Sunday 4th March 2018 in Belfast. This will be the first official All Round Weightlifting Competition held in Ireland, so it could be a proud and groundbreaking event in its own small way. It will give lifters / prospective members in Ireland an opportunity to take part in an IAWA event.

Chris Bass has notified us that the remaining founder of the Haven Gym has passed away.

Nev Brumby passed away on 3rd December.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Nev’s family and friends at this difficult time.

His funeral is to be held at the Grimbsy Crematorium on Wednesday 20th December at 1pm.

The family have requested donations in lieu of floral tributes to St Andrews Hospice, Peaks Lane, Grimsby, DN32 9RP.

The full results have been uploaded to the website – Click Here

Here are Leg 6 & End of Year results for the Bob Smith All-Round Postal League. Many thanks to Christopher Bass for collating, compiling and issuing the results for the year! Congratulations to Castlemilk for their Team Performance this leg and to the top 3 lifters Andrew Tomlin, Steve Sherwood and Brian Irwin. Granby was the top team for the year – Well Done Guys! and the Best 3 Lifters for the year were Steve Andrews, Steve Sherwood and Phil Crisp.

The Southern Grip was held at MetamorFIT on 26th November 2017.

Results have been uploaded to the website. Click here.

The Winner and Best Masters was Paul Barette

Best Open Lifter Gareth Edwards

Best Ladies Lifter Jenny Watson

Fixtures for 2018 have been uploaded to the website:

CLICK HERE

Please note:

At the AGM on Sunday 3rd December it was proposed and accepted that entry fees will be £15 for all fixtures excluding World Champs and Gold Cup.

Please pay particular attention to dates as some promoters could not secure venues for usual 1st Saturday of the month.

Payment for Southern Fixtures and the British All-Round can be paid via PayPal – Just click on the link.

Finally, as with the Fixtures for 2017 Lifts descriptions have also been linked to the IAWA(UK) YouTube Channel.

Drug tests carried out at the recent Welsh Open Competition have returned negative results.

The results have been uploaded to the website under ‘Results – All Round League 2017‘

Congratulations to Granby, Castlemilk and MetamorFIT 1 as the top 3 teams and Steve Sherwood, Steve Andrews and Andy Tomlin as top 3 lifters. Well done everyone. Many thanks to Christopher Bass for compiling the results.