Lyndon Johns RIP

Lyndon Johns, President of the Division and tireless worker for weightlifting died on 29 3 10 after a long and debilitating illness.  His wife Joan, sons and daughter were with him and his passing was peaceful. Many of us have much to be grateful to Lyndon for as a colleague and friend. He was a few months younger than me.

His widow is Joan at 24 Church Hill, Shepherdswell, Dover. Kent. I have informed BWLA and a few of his friends in weightlifting. As yet I have no details of the funeral.

Brian Hamill

WCL Squad - The Rivals

Chris Chea has been selected as part of the World Class Lifting squad.  He has chosen the option of training in his club, but attending squads.

 

So the LSEW division now has two men in the squad: rivals Chris and Halil Zorba at 69 k. Currently Chris has been doing better in champs, but Halil is ahead on training lifts by virtue of a 160 k Clean & Jerk.

World Class Lifting Squad

Congratulations to Woking Centre of Excellence member Chris Chea, who has been invited to the World Class Lifting squad as a remote member. 

In this way, he will get grants and a variety of other services, plus attendance at weekly squads. Richly deserved!

British Schools

Congratulations to Chi Chea
British Schools 13 3 10:
BW 55.6kg
PB Clean and Jerk 80kilos!

There were several other LSEW lifters there from Maidstone; Sittingbourne and Wm de Ferrers.

Results to follow on the BWLA website.

Olympic Weightlifting at Middlesex University

Woking Weightlifters and Phil Nourse's Sutton sister club ran 2 workshops on Olympic lifting at Middlesex University.  They then exhibited lifting at the University's Student Strength and Conditioning Conference. The Uni is delighted and is keen to stage events, will affiliate to BWLA (the Governing Body of Olympic and all round weightlifting in Britain), and has already got two MSc students joining 'lifting clubs to compete.

 

At the conference Brian Hamill spent considerable time with young Strength and Conditioning Coaches who are trying to get their UKSCA accreditation, a sine qua non for big jobs in the main sports. It was clear to them that the BWLA lifters present, including 14 year old Chi Chea with a 60 Snatch and 80 Clean weighing 55 kg, were doing something quite different from what they had been taught.  The trouble was that the lifters were doing it so fast that they could not see how it was done!

They ended up reasonably convinced that they need to train with Olympic lifters.

After all, if I wanted to assist someone to sprint better you can bet I'd ask a sprinter or a sprint coach. It is such a pity that competent weightlifters are not used in Sport Improvement situations. They are well aware that their techniques may need modifications according to the student's main sport.

But then, there are so few of us and so few places where weightlifting is possible that an aspiring Strength and Conditioning coach may have a long way to go to find help.

My best advice is that such aspirants contact BWLA at support@bwla.co.uk with their location, and ask for a contact in that area. As a last resort contact brianhamill59@googlemail.com

BH