AWF NEWS

Please find attached the competition information and entry form for the 2019 AWF Under 15 & Youth Championships, being held at Brisbane on 28th & 29th September 2019.

Please find the results from the 2019 Pacific Games, Oceania & Commonwealth Championships

Please find attached the competition schedule and preliminary entries for the 2019 AWF National Under 23 and Junior Championships, being held at Quay Centre (formerly the NSW State Sports Centre), Olympic Boulevard, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW, on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th August 2019.

Please find attached the final entries for the 2019 Oceania & Commonwealth Masters Championships and Pacific Rim Tournament.

Please be advised that the AWF Board of Directors have endorsed a recommendation of the AWF High Performance Commission to amend the following AWF National Championships regulation:

Athletes may enter and compete in the bodyweight category in which they have achieved qualification. Athletes may move up to a heavier category if they have achieved the qualifying total for that heavier category. Athletes cannot compete in a lighter bodyweight category if they have not qualified in that lighter category. The final category of choice must be declared at the verification of final entries.

 

Please find attached an outline of the AWF High Performance Squad Program for 2019-2020.

Please find attached the entry form for the AWF National Under 23 Championships and AWF National Junior Championships, to be held at Sydney NSW, on 16 – 17 August 2019. Please note that entries must be uploaded to the AWF website no later than Friday 14 June.

The AWF Board of Directors has endorsed the appointment of two Managers to support the Australian Teams at the 2019 Oceania Championships and Commonwealth Championships, being held at Apia, Samoa, in July.

Please find attached a press release in regarding Eileen Cikamatana and her performance over the weekend.

In this National Volunteer Week, the AWF gratefully acknowledges the volunteers who support the sport of Weightlifting. Technical Officials; Coaches; Committee Members; Event Organisers and helpers, are the backbone of Australian Weightlifting and we say “Thank You” to one and all.