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Northern Weightlifting Calendar of Events 2024

The Calendar of events for 2024 can be found on the Forthcoming Events page. 

 

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NWL Regional Masters Championship February 2024

The Northern Masters Regional Championships was held at Mytholmroyd Community Centre on 10th February. Results are below.

NWL Masters Female results Feb 2024

NWL Masters Male results Feb 2024 

 

NWL Schools U16 November 2023

The NWL Schools U16 and U10/12 competitions were held on 11/12th November at Weights and Cakes in Southwick, Sunderland. Results are below.

NWL Schools U16 Results 

NWL Schools U10/12 Results

 

NWL Masters November 2023

The NWL Masters competition was held on November 5th at Yorkshire Strength in Castleford. Results are below.

NWL Masters Female Results November 2023

NWL Masters Male Results November 2023 

 

Bergson Cup and Les Green Award Competitions 2023

The Bergson Cup and Les Green Award were held in Castleford, West Yorkshire on September 23rd. Results are below.

Bergson Cup Results 2023

Les Green Award Results 2023 

 

Northern Weightlifting Schools U12 September 2023

The Northern Weightlifting Schools U12 competition was held on September 17th at Spartan Performance in Consett. Results are below.

NWL Schools U12 Sept 2023 

 

Northern Weightlifting Schools 2023

North East and North West Counties Schools were held at Spartan Performance in Consett on April 30th. Results are below.

North East and North West Schools Results

North East Schools Results 

 

NWL Regional Masters 2023

The Northern Weightlifting Regional Masters took place at Mytholmroyd Community Centre on February 4th. Here are the results:

NWL Regional Masters 2023 Results Women

NWL Regional Masters 2023 Results Men 

 

BAWLA Northern Masters November 2022

BAWLA Northern Masters November 2022 results, in addition the Southern results have also been included . Click below to see the results.

BAWLA Northern Master's Results - Women 

BAWLA Northern Master's Results - Men 

BAWLA Northern Master's Results - Combined

 

Northern Charity Weightlifting Event raises funds for North East veterans

Over 60 athletes from all over the North of England, attended a weightlifting event last weekend to raise valuable funds for a charity that provides accommodation and support to homeless veterans.

 

Following the success of the inaugural event last year, Lifting Launchpad attracted some of the country’s finest children and adult weightlifters in their categories, who each competed for various trophies.

 

A total of £1,058.81 was collected, with funds raised from entry fees, a raffle and refreshments.

 

For the second year running, 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (3RHA), very kindly allowed the charity to host the competition on site in the gym at Albemarle Barracks in Newcastle.

 

The event was organised by staff from Launchpad, in collaboration with Northern Weightlifting and Regeneration specialists. RE:GEN Group kindly sponsored six of the trophies and arranged for engraving plates for all the winners.

 

Staff at Launchpad helped out on the day, loading up the weights on the bar for each competitor and presented medals to the competitors.

 

Sam Hughes, Assistant Manager - Projects at Launchpad, said: “Following the success of last year’s event, we had a lot of really positive feedback and those who attended asked if we would hold another event this year. There are so many people I’d like to thank for helping to organise the event, which we now hope has firmly established itself in athletes’ calendars every year.

 

“The aim of the event is to bring athletes, clubs and coaches together in a fun, friendly environment to compete and to raise awareness and vital funds for Launchpad. Thank you to everyone who came and made the day a success and special thanks to Staff Sergeant Gary Stamp who worked tirelessly behind the scenes setting up and dismantling before and after the event.”

 

Also organising the event was Chris Baker of Northern Weightlifting who sponsored four trophies, all the medals and donated prizes for the raffle together with his brother Terry.

 

Commenting about the event, Chris said: “Once again, it was a privilege to organise the event for the charity. This is a fun day out for the lifters to meet up and just enjoy the day in a relaxed atmosphere and raise money for a brilliant charity. I’d like to thank all the clubs and athletes for their continued support of this event and hopefully see you all in 2023.

 

“I’d also like to thank the technical officials, loaders and volunteers who helped out on the day. It was fun for me and my son Michael to step back on a platform for the day. It has been eight years since Michael picked a bar up, hopefully he gets the bug again. I retired in 2012 and have only lifted twice since then, but really enjoyed the day.”

 

The best lifter awards were presented to the following athletes:

 

Female categories

 

  • U10 Girls – Emily Jackson, Hallam Barbells
  • U10 Boys – Axl Travis, Triple X Weightlifting
  • U12 Girls – Angelina Bychuk, Hallam Barbells
  • Youth Women – Maddie Rodger, NTB
  • Senior Women - Hannah Beaumont, Triple X Weightlifting
  • Masters Women – Alison Crompton, Triple X Weightlifting

 

Male categories

 

  • U12 Boys - Hayden Davies, Triple X Weightlifting
  • U13 Boys – Oscar Smith, Hallam Barbells
  • Youth Males – Frankie Williams, Barton
  • Senior Males – Josh Hutton, NTB
  • Masters Males – SSgt Gary Stamp, Army Weightlifting

 

Launchpad provides accommodation and support, with the help of specialist providers, to veterans who have found the transition from the military to civilian life difficult. The charity runs three houses - Avondale House in Newcastle and Hollyacre House in Durham and Speke House in Liverpool, supporting up to 100 veterans at any one time.

 

For more information on Launchpad, please visit https://veteranslaunchpad.org.uk

 

Chris Baker presenting cheque to Sam Hughes 

Chris Baker, Head of Northern Weightlifting (white shirt) presents a cheque to Sam Hughes from Launchpad with Steven Dodd and Sharon Hudson, also from Launchpad looking on.

 

Alison Crompton of Triple X receiving trophy for Best Masters Lifter 

Alison Crompton of Triple X Weightlifting receives her trophy for Best Masters Lifter from Chris Baker, Head of Northern Weightlifting and Sam Hughes from Launchpad. 

 

Ladies masters and others who competed. 

Ladies masters and others who competed in this year’s Lifting Launchpad event. 

 

Men’s youth, senior and masters athletes who won medals. 

Men’s youth, senior and masters athletes who won medals at this year’s Lifting Launchpad event.

 

Thomas Hughes in action.

 

Thomas Hughes in action – Wales silver medallist in Austria in June and selected to represent Wales for Celtic Nations in October.

 

Hannah Beaumont of Triple X Weightlifting in action.

 

Hannah Beaumont of Triple X Weightlifting in action – Best Senior Lifter in 2021 and 2022.

 

 

All photos Credit: Helen Smith photography. 

 

Click below to see all the results from the day's lifting. 

Albemarle 2022 Results Schools

Albemarle 2022 Results Women

Albemarle 2022 Results Men 

 

Masters Open and Kids Day

Triple X Performance Centre held a Masters Open and Kids Day on July 2nd 2022. Click below to see the results.

Kids Results

Womens Results

Mens Results 

 

BAWLA British Masters Qualifying Totals 2022

The new qualifying totals for next year's BAWLA British Masters Championships are now out. We are hoping to run the Championship a bit later than usual in May 2022.

BAWLA British Masters Qualifying Totals 2021/2022

 

Northern Regional Masters 2022 

The Northern Regional Masters was held on March 5th/6th at Crossfit FCF, Harelaw, Co. Durham. Click below to see the results.

Northern Masters Womens Results

Northern Masters Mens Results 

 

BAWLA Northern Masters 2021

After a long wait it was good to see everyone back at the Northern Masters Championships in Mytholmroyd on Saturday December 4th. It was a well-attended event and a great atmosphere. Thank you to everyone there who helped to organise and run it and to all the athletes who lifted for making it feel as though we'd never been away and just like the good old days!

Best lifters went to Bryn Jones and Gemma Peregrine, congrats to them.

For full results see below. 

BAWLA Northern Masters 2021 Women Results

BAWLA Northern Masters 2021 Men Results 

 

Veteran's Launchpad

The Veteran's Launchpad Charity competition was held on September 11th 2021 at the Albemarle Barracks in Newcastle. Click below to see the results.

Albemarle 2021 Results Schools

Albemarle 2021 Results Men

Albemarle 2021 Results Women 

 

BAWLA Northern Masters 2020

The BAWLA Northern Masters was held on Sunday 2nd February at Mytholmroyd Community Centre. The competition was well attended and a number of Northern and British Masters records were broken. Congratulations to all the lifters, especially mother and son duo Sue and Saun Trebillcock for winning best lifters. Many thanks to everyone who came to watch and help. For all the results click on the links below.

BAWLA Northern Masters 2020 Results Men

BAWLA Northern Masters 2020 Results Women 

 

Northern Regional Masters 2019

The 2019 Northern Regional Masters took place on Saturday 9th November at the Oasis Centre in Ellesmere Port. Thanks to everyone who came to help and support and to all the lifters who took part. Congratulations to best lifters Sue Trebillcock and Briah Andrews and well done also to all those lifters who set personal bests and achieved qualifying totals for the upcoming 2020 Masters events. Click on the links below to see all the results.

Northern Masters 2019 Results Women

Northern Masters 2019 Results Men 

 

Northern Schools 2019

The Northern Schools competition this year was held on October 12th at the Oasis Centre in Ellesmere Port. For all the results, click on the links below.

Schools Results

U15 and U17 Results 

 

Bergson and Les Green 

The 2019 Bergson Cup and Les Green Award were held on August 31st at FSI Gym, North Shields. Congratulations to the winning teams, for the men Triple X A and for the women also Triple X A! For full results click on the links below.

Bergson 2019 Results

Les Green 2019 Results 

 

NWL U17s, Juniors and U23s 2019

The 2019 U17s, Juniors and U23s was held on May 25th at Mytholmroyd Community Centre. Click below for the results.

U17, Juniors and U23s 2019 Results

 

Northern Seniors 2019

The 2019 Northern Weightlifting Seniors was held at Mytholmroyd Community Centre on Saturday 30th March. Many thanks to all the volunteers who helped on the day and everyone who came to support. Best lifters awards went to Samantha Franklin and Jugal Thapa, both from Triple X, so many congratulations to them both. For the results click on the link below.

NWL Seniors 2019 Results 

 

BAWLA Northern Masters

The 2019 BAWLA Northern Masters was held on Saturday 2nd February at Mytholmroyd Community Centre.  The event was well attended and everyone had an enjoyable day. Many thanks to everyone who helped on the day and well done to Suzy Trebillcock and Adam Travis for winning the best lifter awards. For a full set of results click on the link below.

BAWLA Northern Masters 2019 Results 

 

Northern Schools Championships

The NWL Northern Schools Championships were held at Tyneside Metropolitan College on November 24th. For a full report and results please click on the links below.

Northern Schools Results    Northern Schools Report

 

Northern Masters

The Northern Regional Masters was held at Ellesmere Port on November 10th. A number of guest lifters also took part to make it a busy day! Click below for results and a report.

Northern Masters Results    Northern Masters Report

 

Bergson and Les Green

The Bergson Trophy and Les Green Award were held at Mytholmroyd on Nov 3rd. Click below to see the results and reports.

Bergson Individual Results    Bergson Team Results    Bergson Report

Les Green Individual Results    Les Green Team Results    Les Green Report

 

NWL Open

The Northern Weightlifting Open took place on September 22nd at Mytholmroyd Community Centre. Many thanks to all who helped and lifted. Click below for the results.

NWL Open 2018

 

NWL North Shields Schools Open 

The NWL North Shields Schools Open was held at Parks Sports Centre, North Shields on Sunday 15th July. Click below to see the results.

North Shields July Schools Open

 

NWL Juniors and U23s 2018

The Northern Juniors and U23s, and a Schools Development competition were held on Saturday May 26th at Mytholmroyd Community Centre. Many thanks to the organisers and to everyone who came to help.  Click below to see the results.

Juniors and U23s Results

Schools Development Results 

 

NWL Northern Seniors 2018

The Northern Seniors was held on April 28th at Mytholmroyd. Well done to all the lifters, in particular Hannah Philp, who won the Jim Halliday Cup for Best Overall Female Lifter with 211.01 Sinclair points, and Saun Trebillcock, who brought home the Tony Flood cup for Best Male Lifter with 320.30 points. Many thanks to all the volunteers who gave up their Saturday to officiate, load and help out. 

For the results click below.

NWL Northern Seniors 2018 Results 

BAWLA Northern Masters 2018

The BAWLA Northern Masters was held over the weekend of 27th/28th January. Many thanks to all the officials and helpers who gave up their weekend to help the competition run smoothly. Over 80 lifters took part, including a number of younger guests. Click on the links below to see the results and a report of the day, kindly provided by Martyn Riley of Featherstone.

BAWLA Northern Masters 2018 Results and Report 

 

Northern Age Groups and U17s

The Northern Weightlifting Age Groups and U17s competition took place on Saturday 25th November. To see the results and a report please click on the links below.

NWL Age Groups and U17s Results

NWL Age Groups and U17s Report 

 

Northern Regional Masters  

This year's Northern Regional Masters took place on Saturday Nov 11th at The Oasis Centre in Ellesmere Port. For results and a report click on the links below.

NWL Masters 2017 Results

NWL Masters 2017 Report 

 

Northern Open

The Northern Open 2017 was held on Saturday 14th October at Mytholmroyd Community Centre. For results and a full report of the day, click on the links below.

Northern Open 2017 Results and Report

 

Bergson Trophy and Les Green Award 2017 

The 2017 Bergson and Les Green Team Competitions took place on Saturday 9th September at the Oasis Centre in Ellesmere Port. The competition was strongly supported with 7 teams of men and women taking part. Many congratulations to the winners, for the men Team Manchester Team A (Hakeem Babalola, George Bowers and Richard Huynh) and for the women Weightlifting 101 Team A (Niamh Broad and Fallon Parker).

Congratulations also to Martyn Riley of Featherstone WLC for breaking the Northern snatch, clean and jerk and total Masters records in age group 35-39 weight category 56kg with a 69kg snatch, 82kg clean and jerk and a 151kg total.

Click below for details and for the full results.

Bergson and Les Green 2017 Results 

 

Northern Weightlifting Junior, U23s and Schools Development

The NWL Juniors and U23s and Schools Development was held on July 1st at Hirst Welfare Centre, Ashington. Click below to see the results.

Junior and U23s Results July 1st 2017

Schools Development Results July 1st 2017 

 

North East Inter-Club Competition

The North East Inter-CLub competition was held on June 3rd at Unique Fitness, Howden, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Click below to see the results.

North East Inter-Club June 3rd 2017 Results

 

Northern Senior Championships

The Northern Senior Championships took place on Saturday May 20th at Mytholmroyd Community Centre. There were 69 entries with 61 lifters competing on the day. A big thank you to all the officials, loaders and helpers and to all the lifters for taking part. Well done to Jessica Perrin and Jakub Zygadlo for winning the best lifter awards. For the full results and a report on the day click below.

NWL Seniors 2017 Results

NWL Seniors 2017 Report 

 

Northern Youths and Schools

The Northern Youth and Schools Development Competition was held on April 8th at Unique Fitness in Howden, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Click below for the results and a full report.

Youths and Schools Results

Youth and Schools Report 

 

BAWLA Northern Masters 

The 2017 BAWLA Northern Masters was held on Saturday Feb 11th at Mytholmroyd Community Centre. The competition was well attended with 60 lifters taking part including a number of guests. Many thanks to everyone who helped on the day. For the results click below.

BAWLA Northern Masters Results 

 

Record-Breaking Win for Featherstone at British Schools

Many congratulations to Featherstone Weightlifting Club who, on Februar

y 4th at the Castleford Phoenix Theatre, won best club overall at the British Schools and made history by being the first club to achieve over 100 points.

For a full report click here.

 
 

Missing Results! 

Here are a few results that we've missed posting over the last few months. Many apologies for not getting these on the website sooner.

Bergson and Les Green Cup - Saturday Sept 25th, Ellesmere Port

Bergson Results Sheet 1    Bergson Results Sheet 2

 

NWL Open - Saturday Oct 15th, Mytholmroyd

NWL Open Groups 1-2      NWL Open Groups 3-4 

 

NWL Juniors and U23s and Development Day - Sunday July 10th, Ellesmere Port

Juniors and U23s Results 

U11/U13 Dev Day Results 

 

NWL Inter-Club Competition - Saturday 18th June, Tyneside Barbell, North Shields

U11/U13 Results       Groups 2-4 Results 

 

Northern Schools and U17s

We had over 60 entries for the Northern Schools this year, held in Ellesmere Port on Nov 27th.
Many thanks to everyone who helped run the competition and congratulations and well done to all the young lifters who took part.

Click below for the results. 

Development Cup Results

Schools Years 9-10 and U17s  

 

Northern Regional Masters 

This year's NWL Masters competition was held on Saturday 12th Nov in Ellesmere Port.
Congratulations to Adam Travis and Suzy Trebillcock for winning the best lifter awards.

Click below for the results.

NWL Masters Nov 2016 Sessions 1 and 3

NWL Masters Nov 2016 Session 5

NWL Masters Nov 2016 Women 

 

D'Arcy-Garbutt Cup August 2016

The fifth meeting of Northern clubs Featherstone and Wakefield in the D'Arcy-Garbutt Cup was
held on August 20th.

Wakefield and Featherstone members

 For a full report and results, click on the links below. 

D'Arcy-Garbutt Cup 2016 Report

D'Arcy-Garbutt Cup Results

 

Weightlifting and Autism

A recent article in Your Autism Magazine features Featherstone father and son team Martyn
and Kobain Riley.

Click on the links below to read it.

Page 1  Page 2  Page 3 

 

10th in the World

Rebekah Tiler put in a fantastic performance at the Olympic Games in Rio, equalling two PBs and
a British record in the women’s 69kg B category to finish in a very impressive tenth place overall.
Many congratulations to Rebekah and her coach Eddie Halstead. 

Click here to read more.

Rebekah celebrates in Rio

 

Olympic Selection

Very many congratulations to Mytholmroyd's Rebekah Tiler at being selected to represent
Great Britain at the Rio Olympics at just 17 years of age, a fantastic achievement. 

Click here to read more and hear her thoughts. 

Rebekah Tiler

 

Inter-Schools Competition - July 3rd

An Inter-Schools competition between Wright Robinson College and Abraham Guest Academy Wigan, organised by Team Manchester WLC, was held on July 3rd. Click below to see the results.

Schools results

U13 results

 

Northern Seniors

We had a busy weekend of lifting at the Northern Seniors on April 2nd and 3rd at the Oasis Centre in Ellesmere Port. Nearly 80 lifters took part and were well supported by friends and families. We've had lots of emails saying how well the competition was run and how much everyone enjoyed it. Thanks to everyone for all the positive feedback and many thanks to all those volunteers who helped with organising, both beforehand and on the day, officiating, loading, setting up and clearing away, providing food and drinks, and generally being there to support the lifters and the competition all weekend. Special thanks to our Technical Officer Chris Baker, who seemed to be doing five jobs at once! 

The Tony Flood Cup for best female lifter went to Rebekah Tiler with 257.25 Sinclair points and the Jim Halliday Cup for best male lifter was awarded to Shaun Clegg with 357.38 Sinclair points. Congratulations to them both. Follow the links below to see all the results.

Northern Seniors 2016 Men Results

Northern Seniors 2016 Women Results 

 

British Masters

The biggest ever British Masters Championships was held at Lilleshall National Sports Centre over the weekend of March 12-13th, with over 135 competitors entering, and more women than ever before. Many thanks to all of the organisers, officials and everyone who helped and supported over the weekend, to help make it yet another successful competition and a great weekend. The Best Lifter awards were very closely contended this year, with Carl Deasy and Jo McManus taking the awards. Congratulations to them and well done to everyone who took part. Click on the link below to see the full results.

British Masters 2016 Results 

 

Northern Youths and Schools 2016 

The Northern Youth and Schools Championships were held at Manchester Strength and Conditioning on Saturday March 5th. It was a busy day with lots of parents and friends coming to support their young lifters, and as always a very warm welcome from the club. Many thanks to everyone who came to help, watch and support on the day. For the results click on the link below.

NWL Youths and Schools March 2016 

 

Inter-Club Competition at Wright Robinson

Wright Robinson hosted a schools inter-club competition between themselves and Manchester Strength and Conditioning on Sunday February 7th. Click to see the results.

 

Northern Masters 2016

The 2016 BAWLA Northern Masters was held on Saturday February 6th at Hirst Welfare Centre Ashington. Click on the links below to check the results. For photos from the event, courtesy of Malcolm Boyd and Michael Ball, check out MBLifting.

Men Session 1

Men Session 2

Women

Male Guests 

 

Bergson Trophy and Les Green Shield 2015

The 2015 Bergson Trophy and Les Green Shield were held on Saturday December 12th at Mytholmroyd Community Centre, There was a fantastic turn out and lots of great lifting on the day. Many thanks to everyone who took part and helped to organise and run the competition. For the results click on the links below.

Bergson / Les Green Team Results

Bergson / Les Green Individual Results

 

NWL Schools 2015

The 2015 Northern Weightlifting Schools Championships were held at the Oasis Centre in Ellesmere Port on Sunday 15th November. It was great to see so many new young lifters taking part in their first big competition, with some excellent performances from everyone, including Jalal Miller who set a new British Youth Clean and Jerk record. Many congratulations to all the lifters and thanks to all the officials and helpers who made it such a great day. For the results, click on the links. 

Under 13 Results

Over 13 Boys Results

Over 13 Girls Results 

 

NWL Masters 2015

This year's NWL Masters competition was held on Saturday 7th November at Mytholmroyd Community Centre. It was another very successful and busy day of lifting. Congratulations to Bryn Jones and Suzy Trebillcock for winning the best lifter awards, with Bryn setting new snatch, clean and jerk and total British Masters records. Click to see the results for the Men and Women.

 

Northern Open 2015

The Northern Open was held on Saturday 24th October at Mytholmroyd Community Centre. With over 80 entries this was one of the biggest and busiest competitions we've had in the North, lots of new lifters, new records and a great day of lifting! Congratulations to Saun Trebillcock and Rebekah Tiler on winning the Best Lifter awards, with both setting new Northern records and Rebekah also breaking the current British Senior records for snatch, clean and jerk and total. Many thanks to all the officials, loaders, coaches and everyone who helped to organise and run a very successful Championship. For the results, click here.

 

Featherstone WLC Development Day Competition

On Saturday October 12th 2015, Featherstone Weightlifting Club held a development match to give some of their newest young lifters an opportunity to lift on a platform under competition conditions. For a competition report and results, click here.

Featherstone WLC development match lifters 

Olivia Richardson, Olivia Walker, Beth Healey, Kobain Riley and Sydney Burnett

 

Featherstone WLC Dev Match lifters and coaches 

Allan Whitworth to the left and Martyn Riley the right, the coaches

 

LAURENCE McCONNELL 1945-2015

"Laurence McConnell passed away on the 5th August 2015 after a battle with cancer that has gone on for almost 2 years. Laurence was one of the best known lifters in the Masters and was a member of both the World and European Masters Hall of Fame. He was also extremely well liked by everyone who knew him and we will all miss his big smile and his record breaking lifts on the platform.

Laurence telephoned me often over the years and this continued during his long battle with cancer. Typical of the man his first words to me on the telephone were always, “how are you Bill?”. The world and weightlifting will be poorer for his absence.

Our deepest sympathy and condolences to his wife Sadie and all his family who have watched him suffer and supported him.” 
Bill Barton, NWL Chairman

 

Laurence McConnell 

Laurence and NWL's Chris Baker from August 2013 at the Northern Ireland U18 and female competition, which took place at Ulster Uni in Jordanstown. Laurence loaded all the groups and also presented the best lifter awards.

 

NWL Development Day 2

The second development day was held at Mytholmroyd on July 11th, click here to see the results. 

 

Northern Juniors and U23s

The Northern Juniors and U23s was held on Saturday May 30th at Mytholmroyd. For the results, click here.

 

Northern Seniors

The Northern Seniors was held on Saturday March 28th at Mytholmroyd. For the results, click here. If anyone has any photos from the day's lifting that they would like to share then please get in touch via This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  

 

British Masters 2015

A number of Northern weightlifters took part in what was a record-breaking British Masters Championships this year in terms of participation. The Championships were held over two very busy days on March 14th and 15th. For the results, click here.

 

Northern Weightlifting AGM 

Northern Weightlifting's AGM was held on Sunday February 15th. Click here for the minutes.   

 

Northern Masters

The Northern Masters was held at Mytholmroyd Community Centre on Saturday 7th February, with over 50 lifters taking part. Click to see the results for the M70-80,
M45-55M40M35 and Women. 

 

Bob Crisp 

We are very sad to announce that Masters lifter Bob Crisp passed away on Christmas Day. His wife Shelia is being well supported by her children. Apparently Bob had a fall damaging his recently replaced knees. It was during the examination following the fall that he was discovered to have liver cancer at an advanced stage. Quoting Sheila, “He would go when Registrars and Undertakers etc are shut”.

Details of his funeral service for those that would like to attend are:

Date:                Friday 16th January 2015

Time:                12 noon

Location:           Edgar Newman Chapel, Kettering Crematorium,  Rothwell Road, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN16  8XE

Family flowers, any donations to “Cynthia Spencer Hospice”

Afterwards:      The Miller (from 1pm)       Millers Lane, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8  2NF

All Bob's friends are welcome. Please contact Caroline Charles ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ), who is kindly co-ordinating replies on behalf of Sheila, if you will be attending for catering purposes. If anyone wants to contact Shelia direct then Caroline can let you have the details.

 

Parkhead Inter-Club Competition

An inter-club competition was held at Hirst Welfare Centre, Ashington on December 13th. Click to see the results for the U11/U13Men and Women.

 

Northern Open

We had a fantastic turn out for the Northern Open at Mytholmroyd Community Centre on Saturday 25th October, with 69 entries and a lot of new lifters, which was great to see. It was a long but very well run day for lifters, officials and helpers, with the first weigh-in starting at 8am and the last group of lifters finishing at about 8.30pm. For the results click here.

 

Northern Masters

The Northern Masters was held at Mytholmroyd Community Centre on Saturday 4th October. Click to see the results for the M50-75, Women and M35-40

 

Bergson Cup and Les Green Award

The Bergson and Les Green Contests took place at Mytholmroyd Community Centre on Saturday September 20th. Click on the links to see the individual results and team awards.

 

D'Arcy-Garbutt Cup April 2014

The third round of this local contest between Featherstone and Wakefield weightlifting clubs took place on Friday April 4th at Wakefield College. For a full report click here. For more photos click here.

D'Arcy-Garbutt Team Photo Apr 2014

 

Northern Seniors 2014

For the results of this competition, which took place over the weekend of 22nd-23rd March at Mytholmroyd, click here.

French Federation Youth Invitational 2014

This competition took place over the weekend of 7-9th March and featured the Northern region's Rebekah Tiler. For a full report from her coach Eddie Halstead, click here.

 

Northern Lifters Compete at English Seniors Championships 

The English Seniors took place over the weekend of 22nd-23rd February at the Harry Mitchell Leisure Centre in Smethwick, with a number of lifters from the Northern division taking part. Click to see how our lifters got on and the results.

A full report, including team results, with two Northern clubs, Team Manchester and Crossfit Manchester, coming 3rd and 5th in the country respectively, can be found on the British Weightlifting website. 

 

NWL Schools Development Contest Feb 2014

Held at Crossfit Manchester in Bredbury, Stockport on Feb 15th, this was the first of the Northern region's development and novice lift days, where  youngsters and novice lifters are given a day out on the platform to give them some competition experience. Click to see results, photos and a report.

 

Northern Weightlifting AGM

The Northern Weightlifting AGM was held on February 15th. Click here to see the minutes.

 

BAWLA Northern Masters 2014 

This competition was held at Mytholmroyd on February 2nd. Click for results and a report.

 

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Northern Open 2013 

For results from this competition, held at Wakefield College on November 16th, click here.

 

Northern Weightlifting U11/U13 Schools Development and U17s Contest 2013 

Click on links below to see results from this competition, held on November 3rd at Ellesmere Port.

U11/U13 Girls  U11/U13 Boys

U17 Women  U17 Men

To see some great photos from this competition, click here.

 

D'Arcy-Garbutt Cup Nov 2013

A rematch between Featherstone and Wakefield weightlifting clubs took place on November 2nd when the second D'Arcy-Garbutt Cup was held at Wakefield College. For a full report click here.

Winners D'Arcy-Garbutt Cup Nov 2013

  

D'Arcy-Garbutt Cup 2013

The first ever D'Arcy-Garbutt Cup event was held on April 3rd to commerate the founders of Wakefield and Featherstone Weightlifting Clubs and to promote weightlifting in the area. For a report on the competition including photos and results, click here.

 

Alan Fairclough

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Alan Fairclough on Wednesday March 20th. For those wishing to attend, the funeral will be held on Thursday 28th March at 3:30pm at St Paul's Church Adlington, and afterwards at the White Bear Pub Adlington.

Our condolences go out to Alan's family and friends and everyone at Adlington Barbell.

"Alan Fairclough was a successful, domestic and international lifter of the 1960's; Representing his country on numerous occasions both at home and abroad. Alan was well known across the weightlifting community as being one of the strongest weightlifters around, with a personality to match.

With best lifts of 142.5k Clean and Press, 137.5k Snatch and 175k Clean and Jerk at 90k bodyweight, Alan could hold his own with anyone around. In addition to his official lifts he was renowned for the odd and trick lifts he regularly did. Whether it was lifting people above his head, throwing a 140lb breeze block in the air and catching it behind his back, or a 500lb front squat, his power and skill was undoubted. Alan continued this love of feats of strength throughout the years regularly getting Adlington lifters trying all sorts of odd lifts. Less than six months ago Alan had a few lifters in the club trying one handed deadlifts and demonstrated how it should be done with 100k, with no warm up and in his flat cap and coat, that was just Alan.

Aside to his weightlifting career Alan founded Adlington Barbell Club in 1957 with his brothers Gerry and Frank. Adlington Barbell was one of the loves of Alan's life and is still going strong to this day. The corner stone of the club for over 50 years, Alan coached hundreds of lifters and helped them achieve countless titles and records. Anyone coached by Alan will attest to his ability to get the best out of his lifters. He had an unexplainable talent for watching a lifter and dissecting their technique and with a few small changes improving their lifts. Over and above his technical ability, Alan was an extraordinary motivator. He naturally connected with his lifters and created a bond with them that enabled him to get the very best out of each and every one of them. Over the years Alan coached not just weightlifters but also powerlifters and more recently strongmen. He got the best out of them all and all would do anything for him.

Alan was a weightlifter through and through and his love of the 'iron game' as he called it was clear for all to see. His passion for the sport and for getting the best out of people was nothing short of inspiring. Alan is sadly gone, but will never be forgotten and will live on in the countless lifters he has helped over the years. Goodbye Alan the sport is a poorer place without you."

By Jeff Williams from Adlington Barbell.

Alan Fairclough

 

 

Northern Les D'Arcy

We are sad to announce the passing of Les D'Arcy, who passed away in his sleep earlier this month at the age of 91. For those wishing to attend, the funeral will be held on Monday 25th February, at 1pm at St. Georges Church, Wakefield.

Les D'Arcy

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Northern Weightlifting Open Contest

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NWL Open November 2012
NWL Open Overall Winners

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Northern Weightlifting Schools Development Contest - 4th November - Oasis Centre, Ellesmere Port

Many new faces and some experienced youngsters enjoyed a fantastic contest at the Oasis Centre in Ellesmere Port. 

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NWL Schools Development

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Northern Weightlifting Under 18 Lifters Excel at Empire

Three of our best lifters excelled at the recent British Weight Lifting Under18 contest. Anastasia Michaelas once again showed her determination and consistency with 6 out of 6 lifts finishing with a total of 90kg at just 39Kg bodyweight. After returning from injury Luke Jones finished a respectable 4th place with a total of 173Kg at 65Kg bodyweight. It was no surprise that Rebekah Tiler won the overall Best Female Lifter Award on the day with her fantastic lifts of 72Kg Snatch and 93Kg Clean & Jerk. Not only were these new NWL Records across all age groups but British U14 and British U15 records for the 63Kg class. Congratulations to all 3 lifters but also to their coaches Eddie Halstead and Andrew Michaelas.

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Luke Jones
Anastasia Michaelas Rebekah Tiler

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Role Model for Future Female Lifters?

With the drive and detemination of an athlete of much more experience than belies her age, is Rebekah Tiler a role model for future female athletesWith the focus on the fantastic achievements of many female athletes at London2012, click here to read about one of Northern Weightlifting's own record-breaker

 Rebekah Tiler

Northern Weightlifting Masters Contest  - Mytholmroyd Community Centre - October 2012

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Bryn Jones NWL Masters Best Lifter

Bergson Trophy

 Bergson 2012 Winners

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Frank Rothwell

Frank Rothwell was successfully nominated to carry the Olympic Torch for a section within our Region. Frank carried the Olympic Torch from Cow Green to Orange Street in Halifax, cheered on by his friends, family and thousands of people who lined the streets.

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 Frank Rothwell

British Weight Lifting Senior Contest May 2012 

Sarah DavisShaun Clegg

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Congratulations to Shaun Clegg who set new records for the men's 69kg class in both the Under 20 and Under 23 age groups.

Shaun managed 3 out of 3 in the Snatch finishing on 123kg beating the previous record of 116kg by some margin. His superb 150kg Clean and Jerk also gave him the total record (273kg) for both age groups too.

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Shaun Clegg  123Kg Record Snatch

Shaun Clegg 150Kg Clean and Jerk

Earlier this year Shaun also set a new Clean and Jerk record again in both classes (U20 and U23) in the British Juniors at Lilleshalle.

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Shaun Clegg 152Kg Record Clean and Jerk

Christos Michaelas
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Christos Michaelas  107Kg Record Snatch

Christos Michaelas 130Kg Clean and Jerk

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Christos Michaelas  record attempts  

Northern Weightlifting Schools Development Contest  - Wakefield College of Sport - May 2012

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Dylan HowgateMitch Arkle
Mollie Frater

Northern Weightlifting Senior Contest  - Mytholmroyd Community Centre - April 2012

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MichelleDaviesShaun Clegg
Luke Jones

 British Masters - Mytholmroyd Community Centre - March 2012

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Click the photos below to see pictures of our athletes competing in the British Masters Weightlifting Contest 2012


NWL LadiesNWL Men

British Weight Lifting - Schools Championship - Oldbury College of Sport- March 2012

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Rebecca TilerAnastasia Michaelas
Farooq Khan

British Weight Lifting - English Championships - 18th February - Oldbury College of Sport

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Peter Brzezinka
Sarah Davis
Alex Collier

Northern Weight Lifting Junior Contest - 28th January 2011 - Perform Centre

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 NWL Junior Champions

Northern Weight Lifting Open Contest - 26th November 2011 - Mytholmroyd Community Centre

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 Samantha Briggs Open Winners Mark Wager
 

British Weight Lifting League Northern Region Final - 26th November 2011 - Mytholmroyd Community Centre

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 Aliyah Rashid and Justin Davis-HurstBWL League Men Winners 

Northern Weight Lifting Under 17 and Schools Development Contest - 6th November - Ellesmere Port

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 NWL Schools Development Weightlifting NWL Schools Development Weightlifting

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British Weight Lifting Under 18 and Under 23 Contest - 22nd October - Oldbury

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 Ian Wood Christos Josh
 

Northern Weightlifting Masters 8th October 2011 - Mytholmroyd Community Centre 

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 NWL Masters 2011 Bev Pattison and Mark Wager
 

Northern Weightlifting Schools Development and Under 17, Under 18 and U23 - Ashington - 24th September 

This years main Schools Development and Youth Age Groups contest took place in Ashington on the 24th September. Another fantastic contest with many new, young lifters at a superb venue. To see some photos from the event please click on the pictures below.

 Kive Matilde Siou Paul Fender
 

Northern Weightlifting Schools Development and Under 17, Under 18 and U23 - Wright Robinson - 11th May 2011

Click the picture below to see some photos from the Schools Development Competition at Wright Robinson. A report will follow shortly.

 NWL Schools Development
  

Want to see one of our best school-aged lifters training at the British Squad? Click on the photo of Alex Collier below to see some videos of some of Britains forthcoming superstars

 British Squad Videos

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British Weightlifting League Round 2 Nothern Region - Mytholmroyd- 11th  June 2011

Congratulations to Alex Collier who broke his own British Under 17 Snatch Record with his successful 3rd attempt of 103kg.

 Alex Collier
 

Click here to see the results and the standings after the second of 2 rounds of the League.

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Northern Weightlifting Seniors Contest - Mytholmroyd- 14th  May 2011

Congratulations to Shaun Clegg and Jo McManus who won the overall Best Lifter Award in the NWL Seniors. A full report and more photos and videos to follow.

 Seniors A Seniors B

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British Masters Weightlifting Contest - Lilleshalle - 19th / 20th March 2011

Please click here to see the results from the British Masters Weightlifting Championships 2011 

Northern Weightlifting Juniors - 26th January 2011

Congratulations to Alex Collier and Zoe Campbell for winning the best male and best female lifter in the Junior contest. Alex also set a new British record (to be verified).

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A report, photos and videos will follow shortly.

British Weightlifting League - Northern Region Round 1 - 26th January 2011

9 teams took part in the first of the League Matches for 2011.

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A report will follow shortly.

 

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