The full results from the 2016 Southern Masters, held at BGWLC on 26th November 2016, are available below.
Well done to everyone who took part!
Weightlifting
2016 Southern Masters Weightlifting
BGWLC are hosting the 2016 Southern Masters Weightlifting Competition on Saturday 26th November.
Weigh-in is from 8.30am – 9.30am, lifting starts at 10.30am
Registration is now closed – all places have been taken.
2016 BGWLC Summer Weightlifting Competition
We are holding our 2016 Summer Weightlifting Competition on Saturday 4th June!
Weigh-in is from 9am – 10am, lifting starts at 10.45am.
The competition is being run according to BWL rules but is not an official sanctioned competition.
There will be medals for class winners and trophies for the best male and female lifters.
Entry is £12 – Sign up here (If you’re an existing BGWLC Member, you can also sign up via your subscription account.)
LSE Series 4 – results
On Saturday 22nd August a group of Olympic Weightlifters from BGWLC travelled to Crystal Palace for the London & South East Weightlifting Series 4.
Everyone lifted well, and Thomas Leys & Trevor Chung both won silver in their classes.
Trevor & Tom with their medals
| Weight Class | Best Snatch | Best C&J | Total | |
| Tom Leys | 85 | 95 | 125 | 220 |
| Trevor Chung | 77 | 85 | 105 | 190 |
| Josephine Erles | 63 | 48 | 57 | 105 |
Congratulations to the lifters, many thanks to everyone who came along to spectate, and special thanks to Sauro Gardenal for his coaching expertise!
Beginners weightlifting with Sauro Gardenal
From Monday 27th July, our weightlifting coach Sauro will be coaching beginners Olympic weightlifting at BGWLC on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays from 5-6pm. The sessions will be charged at the usual rates.
If you are a new lifter wanting to learn the fundamentals of weightlifting, we ask that you come to the gym at this time so that Sauro can coach you most effectively.
Non-beginners are still welcome in the gym at these times.
LSE Weightlifting Series 3 – start list
Here is the start list for the LSE Weightlifting Series 3 competition, to be held at BGWLC on July 18th.
Weigh-in: 09:00-10:00
Lift off: 10:45
G1
Krystyna Trojnack
Jana Korpova
Rainbow Addis
Shahrzad Nayebossadri
Lucy Hughes
Danielle Norville
Lizzie Havers
Mariana Rodriguez
Natasha Adams
G2
Max Lobottom
Joe Porter
Rhys Peters
Lee Adams
Keir Williams
Aaron Berk
Julian Au
Jonathan Oviasu
G3
David East
Khoa Vo
Akinolubade Ayobami
James Kisling
Karl Perkins
Adrian Canaveral
Conor Buttigieg
Tor Onshus
G4
Forrester Ossei
Jordan Vine
Troy Thompson
Henry Wooderson
Robert Scott
Jamal Issac-Shah
G5
Aaron Bolton
Mitchell Mason
Doan Vinh
Mark Morrison
Thomas Leys
Ashley Simkins
G6
Sonia Fierro
Jade Hill
Ruth Carpenter
Amber Sheppard
Rayen Cupid
Lina Duseviciene
Mercy Brown
Best of luck to all lifters!
New weightlifting coach, Sauro Gardenal
From 11th July 2015 we have a new Olympic weightlifting coach at BGWLC! Sauro Gardenal is a former British Masters Champion in the 85kg class (2011 & 2012) with many years of coaching expertise.
Sauro will be coaching sessions at the gym on Monday, Wednesday & Friday evenings (see our Opening Times page). Olympic weightlifters are, as always, also welcome to train at the gym any time Sauro is not there.
Please join us in welcoming Sauro & wishing him the best of luck at BGWLC!
The Bethnal Green Summer Competition 30/05/2015 – entry form
Bethnal Green Weightlifting Club will be hosting a weightlifting competition under BWLA rules on 30th May 2015.
Weigh-in will be 9-10am, lift-off at 11am.
PLEASE NOTE: This competition is now full!
BWL British Masters 2015 – results
On 14 & 15 March BGWLC took a team of weightlifters to the BWL Masters championships, held at Lillieshall.
Our lifters had a great day, taking 6 first places, one second place, and best overall female lifter!
Mark W, Jennifer, Pat and Dyana
| Weight class | Age | Total | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyana Alternor | 53 | W50 | 109kg | 1st |
| Jennifer Maysmore-Gee | 69 | W50 | 132kg | 1st Best overall female lifter |
| Stephen Martin | 105 | M40 | 260kg | 1st |
| Patrick Atteridge | 62 | M60 | 130kg | 1st |
| Mark Welch | 77 | M55 | 182kg | 1st |
| Micky Roach | 69 | M50 | 173kg | 1st |
| Mark Bass | 94 | M35 | 220kg | 2nd |
Mark B and Micky
A big thanks to Martin Bass who accompanied the lifters.
Well done all!
Bob Crisp, 1934-2014
The Bob Crisp Memorial Shield
By Pat Atteridge.
Bob Crisp sadly passed away on Christmas Day 2014, and laid to rest on Friday 16th January by his loving family and wife Sheila.
Born in St Leonard’s Hospital, Hackney, he started lifting at Bethnal Green Weightlifting Club in 1949, aged fifteen, then went on to train at the Colvestone Weightlifting Club in Dalston in the 1960s and was a member of the weghtlifting team for many years.
In a match in 1963 he achieved a 300lbs (136kg) clean & jerk, a milestone back then. Then in 1990 Bob competed in in his first World Masters, placing 9th; later he won silver in 1994 at the age of sixty.
Always a mind of wisdom, on one occasion while coaching a lifter at an international he convinced the lifter to drop his opening jerk by saying in the manner of someone very wise: “That’s rather a very heavy weight to start with, I suggest dropping 10 kilos” which the lifter did, and went on to do a very good total.
Competing in his last World Masters in 2012, and winning the bronze medal, travelling all over the world with his good wife Sheila, he will be missed by many on both the national and international scene.
Always a fighter, overcoming many illnesses, Bob was an inspiration to all who had the pleasure to meet him. And so our sympathy goes out to all his family at this very sad time.
RIP Bob, from the Masters both north & south of the border, you will be missed.
The Bob Crisp Memorial Shield will be presented to the Best Female Lifter at the Southern Masters, in Bob’s honour.
