The PA Open is scheduled to go on Saturday, April 23rd at Pure Athletics. The schedule is as follows:
Session 1: Male lifters 56-77kg- Weigh-in 9:00am, lifting at 11:00am
Session 2: All Female lifters- Weigh-in 10:30am, lifting at 12:30pm
Session 3: Male lifters 85-105+KG - Weigh-in 12:30, lifting at 2:30pm
Congratulations to all 17 Team Saskatchewan athletes who competed at the Western Canadian Championships in Calgary. Team Sask came home with 8 medals. Congratulations to:
Jenny Tran – Silver Medal - 53KG
Nikki Williams – Bronze Medal – 63KG
Abra Thompson – Bronze Medal – 69KG
Crystal Derry – Silver Medal – 75KG
Jeff Woo – Gold Medal – 62KG
Colton Anderson - Bronze Medal - 62KG
Jason Trinh – Silver Medal – 77KG
Calvin Paul – Bronze Medal – 77KG
David Samayoa – Gold Medal – 94KG
Full results can be found here
Saskatchewan Weightlifting is looking to host an Officials clinic on Saturday, February 27th at Crossfit Regina. The clinic will go from 3pm-5pm.
If you are interested in taking the Officials Clinic, please email John at saskweightlifting@gmail.com
WA will be the proud host of the Junior National Weightlifting Championships! They will take place at the Double Tree Inn in Regina on January 16th. 17 athletes from across Saskatchewan will be competing!
Sask Team A will consist of:
Avery Allard - Regina
Colton Anderson - Prince Albert
Alexander Ansell - Saskatoon
Kayla Arthurs - Saskatoon
Bella Brown - Saskatoon
McKay Brown - Saskatoon
Shayan Eftekhari - Saskaton
Hanna Jacobson - Prince Albert
James Kapacilla - Prince Albert
Calvin Paul - Regina
Sask Team B will consist of:
Kaylin Anderson - Prince Albert
Lucie Blackburn - Saskatoon
Valeria Gonzalez - Saskatoon
Jonah Litzenberger - Saskaton
Colton McEachern - Prince Albert
Shelby Shynkaruk - Saskatoon
Braden Tournier - Prince Albert
Congratulations and best of luck to all our Sask Athletes!
The SWA will be holding a Coaching clinic in Saskatoon on Saturday, January 2nd. There must be a minimum of 12 participants enrolled in the class in order for it to run. Cost to attend the clinic is $175.00. You can pay by enrolling in the event registration page (and pay online), or by emailing John at saskweightlifting@gmail.com.
You must register by Tuesday, December 29th to ensure we have enough participants in the clinic.
There will be an Officials Clinic this Friday at 6:30, at the Synergy Strength Facility. If you want to attend, please let Claire Hopkin know by Thursday morning by emailing hopkin_claire@hotmail.com.
Those who are interested in attending the clinic should download and bring the rule book found at
http://www.iwf.net/…/2…/01/IWF-TCRR-2013-2016.2015.01.22.pdf
Space is limited to 8 individuals and it will be expected that if you take the course that you are available to referee at the Moustache open the following day to do your practical. The Friday night session will take 2 hours and you will only be responsible for sitting on one session on Saturday.
Please let us know if you are interested.
The World Anti Doping Agency has released its 2016 prohibited list. You can find all the information at the link found here
Here are the dates and tentative locations for the 2015/16 Weightlifting Season
Reebok 306 Open - Sept 19th - Saskatoon
Flux School of Human Movement Jr Competition - Oct 3rd - Regina
Canadian Strength Symposium - Oct 31st - Saskatoon ***
Mustache Open - Crossfit Brio - Nov 21st - Saskatoon ***
Sask Open - Moose Jaw - Dec 12th ***
Jr Nationals (Regina) - Jan 16th - Regina ***
Harvest Open - Titan Crossfit - Feb 20th ***
Western Canadians (Alberta) - March 2016 - Alberta
PA Open - April 23rd - Prince Albert
Canadian Sr Weightlifting Championships (Vancouver) - May Long Weekend ***
*** Subject to Doping Control