The Midlands Open All-Round promoted by Chris Bass was held last weekend.
Full results can be found under Results/Local Fixtures.
The winner of the Bill Jelly trophy for the Open was Josh Davidson, with Matthew Wells as runner up. Mark Haydock won the Pete Ready trophy for best Master with Steve Andrews 2nd & Pete Tryner 3rd.
Here is Steve Sherwood in action….
7 Lifters made it to the platform for the Southern Counties Champs.
Best Open and overall lifter was Rory Hoad and Best Masters, Paul Barette.
Full results can be found under Results/Local Fixtures.
A presentation to MetamorFIT (Eastbourne) lifters took place yesterday awarding medals and trophies for their performances in the I.A.W.A.(UK) All-Round Postal League 2016. Well done everyone!
Phil Crisp receiving his Best All Round Lifter award for the 2016 Bob Smith
Postal League and the Edward Aston Trophy, presented by Paul Barette.
The First Leg of the postal results have been uploaded to the website (Results – Postal League 2017). (Amended file now includes Castlemilk)
Congratulations to the top 3 teams:
Norn Irn
MetamorFIT 1
Iron Clan
Also to the top 3 lifters – Steve Andrews, Steve Sherwood and Phil Crisp.
Spencer Set Top 3 – Steve Andrews, Steve Sherwood and Clive Madge.
Full Results can be found under ‘Results – National Fixtures’
Report by Promoter Mark Haydock:
Big thank you and well done to all the IAWA lifters who made the trip to The Lion’s Den on saturday! There was some exceptional lifting on display, Chloe Brennan with a nice 150kg deadlift on the 2″ bar, Max Ell made some tidy lifts and continues to show great progress under the guidance of dad, Gary Ell! Speaking of Gary Ell, he pulled his biggest ever deadlift even though it was a 2″ bar, must be more in the tank then Gary!! Good to see Steve Moss back in action, the old back injury held out and he made some great lifts.Pete Tryner lifted really well with solid lifts across the board despite no preparation and carrying an injury! Matt Wells put in his usual classy performance with his flawless speed and style. Matt Jones had a good start on the dumbbell Walk but misjudged his opener on the push press which cost him dearly, he’ll be back though. Josh Davidson looked super strong with a nice 270 pull to end his set of lifts. As always we had a good Scottish contingent! Although he grumbled about the bar being too heavy and too cold Matt Finkle overcame a misload and made some solid lifts, double bodyweight deadlift on a 2″ bar, nice! George Dick was on form as ever, however he took the sensible approach and only did one attempt with the Dumbbell Walk! James McKenna looked solid on all lifts and still keeps moving up the leader board every time he lifts. Andy Tomlin was on fine form, I still think he has a 200kg 2″ bar deadlift in him before he turns 50…!? The youngest lifter of the day was Natalie The Myth Haydock,, 7 years old, 24kg with a nice 30kg deadlift to finish.
Extra special thanks must go out to Chris Bass and his daughter Alison who made the trip across country to run the announcing/scoring desk and making sure everything ran like a well oiled machine!! Thanks to Sam and Emily for brewing up, Holly for photos, and Amy for cheerleading Natalie!!
19 Lifters broke a host of World Records!
22 Lifters competed at this years World Championships representing Australia USA England Finland and Scotland. The youngest lifter was Aiden Habecker 13yrsand the oldest was Art Montini at 88yrs. The lifters performed well over the six disciplines: Continental Clean, Pullover and Push, 2 x 2Vertical Bars Lift, The One Hand Clean and Jerk, Alternate Grip Clean and Press and Ciavattone Deadlift. The Overall Best Lifter: Peter Tryner of England, recieved the Champion of Champions Belt to hold for 12 months
