East Midlands Weightlifters Association (EMWLA)
Welcome to the home of weightlifting in the East Midlands. The East Midlands division consists of the counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire and Suffolk.

The British Weight Lifters Association (BWLA) is the nationally recognised governing body of Weightlifting in the UK.

Weightlifting comprises the two Olympic lifts of Clean and jerk and Snatch. The competitor with the highest combined total is the winner.

If you are interest in competing in Olympic weightlifting in the East Midlands contact Stuart Braxton email


2009 Calendar of Events

January

 

 

 

09 – 11

WCL Weightlifting Squad

Leeds

WCL

17

UK Bench Press Competition

Cardiff

D

24

Central Schools Championships

Atlas, Alfreton

R

25

Northern Schools Champs.

Oasis, Elsmere Port

R

25

SE Schools, Champs

Woking

R

30 – 01

WCL Paralympic Squad

Stoke Mandeville

WCL

31

Scottish Schools Championships

Kilmarnock

R

 

 

 

 

February

 

 

 

06 – 08

WCL Weightlifting Squad

Leeds

WCL

07

Northern Masters Champs

Mythomlroyd, Halifax

M

08

Southern Masters Champs

Crystal Palace

M

14

50th Anniversary of Empire Club

Bristol

R

21

English Championships

Mythomlroyd, Halifax

R

 

 

 

 

March

 

 

 

07

British Schools Champs

Oldbury College, WM

Y

14

British Masters Champs

Lilleshall NSC

M

19 – 22

European Union U23 Champs

Ciechanow, Poland

I

31 – 01

IWF Electoral Congress

Madrid, Spain

I

 

 

 

 

April

 

 

 

04 – 12

European Senior Champs

Bucharest, Romania

I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May

 

 

 

09

British Youth (U17) Champs

Crystal Palace NSC

Y

10

Northern U13 / U11 Cup

Manchester

Y

15 – 17

WCL Paralympic Squad

Loughborough

WCL

21 – 24

Eleiko Women’s Tournament

Lochen, Austria

I

23 – 30

European Masters Champs

St. Petersburg, Russia

M

 

 

 

 

June

 

 

 

 

World Junior Championships

Constanta, Romania

I

11 – 14

Fulda Cup

Lochen, Austria

I

27

British U13 / U11 Competition

Empire Sports, Bristol

Y

 

 

 

 

July

 

 

 

05

London Youth Games

Crystal Palace

R

11

British Senior  Champs

Lilleshall NSC

N

26 - 02

European Junior Championships

Landskrona, Sweden

I

 

 

 

 

August

 

 

 

 

Commonwealth Championships

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

I

29

Brunel Cup

Brunel University

R

 

 

 

 

September

 

 

 

06 – 13

European U17 Championships

Eilat, Israel

I

 

 

 

 

October

 

 

 

10 – 18

World Masters Games

Sydney, Australia

M

11 - 18

European U23 Championships

Wladyslawowo, Poland

 

24

Central U11/U13 Development

West Midlands

Y

31

British U23 and U18 Champs

Kilmarnock, Scotland

N

 

 

 

 

November

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

06 – 08

England v Norway v Sweden

Landskrona, Sweden

I

17 – 27

World Senior Championships

Goyang City, Korea

I

 

 

 

 

December

 

 

 

05

Greater London Open

Crystal Palace NSC

R

12

SE U11/U13 Development

Woking

Y

 

 

 

 

2010

 

 

 

August

 

 

 

14 – 26

Olympic Youth Games

Singapore

I

 

 

 

 

October

 

 

 

03 – 14

Commonwealth Games

Delhi, IND

I


Cathy Wass and Stuart Hamilton run a powerlifting workshop most Sunday afternoons from 2pm to 5pm at Hamiltons Fitness Centre in Colchester. The charge is £12.50 for the afternoon. Places are limited so either drop in and take a chance or phone first (07957 844512) to book your place. Both Cathy and Stuart are National BWLA Powerlifting referees, Cathy is one of only a few BWLA Powerlifting National coaches and a former European and World Masters Champion. Stuart has run Hamiltons Fitness Centre for eighteen years and has coached many World, European and British Champions.

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