Miles Wydall Weightlifting

Away Overseas

I will be away for 4 weeks from 24th Nov to the 19th December as Australian coach at
the World University Championships in Greece, the Commonwealth Senior & Junior Championships in Cyprus and then visiting my family in the UK - Angie and Paul will be keeping an eye on you all while I am away.

Competition Results Qld All Schools Championships

http://www.qwa.org/liftstats/compresultsgd1.asp?compid=446

Congratulations to Nathan Kahi - Best U16 and Open Lifter

Latest QWA Magazine on the QWA Website

http://www.qwa.org/magazines/content.asp

Contents
2008 Events Calender
From the Office
Masters of Weightlifting
QWA League Round 3
Olympic Results
Qld Junior, Youth, U16 C’Ships
Qld Senior C’Ships
QWA League Round 4
Cougars News
Honeybadgers News
Sunshine Coast Club News
USQ Weightlifting Club News
Technically Speaking

Joel Wilson

Nationals Results

Damo 145, 155 miss, 155 got  -  185 got 207 got 
- Best Lifter at Nationals and $1000 Prize

Troy 125 got, 128 got, 130 got easy , 150 got, 156 got, 160 miss jerk 
- Winner of a very close 85Kg Class and 3rd overall best lifter behind Max and Damo

Very well done to both!

Detailed Results - http://www.qwa.org/news/files/Results_2008AustralianSeniorChampionships36.pdf

 
Video Nathan 170Kg Back Squat
impressive for a 65Kg U16 lifter !

Gym Closed this Wednesday 29th
I will only be in on Tues and Friday this week as I am on a work course.

Team Officials

Memo that details Officials  for International Events for the end of 2008 and early 2009.
see - Team Official Memo.pdf

Georg Hackenschmidt Article

This article from Inside Sport is on an early 20th-century  strongman and professional wrestler that invented the bearhug. “His emphasis on leg power and speed meant was able to execute over 100 standing jumps over a table, could single hand deadlift 299kg and won over 3000 consecutive wrestling bouts”

He was also a pioneer in the field of weightlifting. He invented the exercise known as the hack squat, whose name is a reference to his own. Hackenschmidt also helped to popularize many other types of lifts common within the modern training regimen, such as the bench press. During his career, he held numerous weightlifting records.
see - Georg Hackenschmidt Article.pdf

Damo at QUT Olympic reps dinner

Video Luke 175Kg Jerk for 2 

Australian Commonwealth Games Junior Squad
Congratulations to Luke Gardner on his selection to the 2008 Australian Commonwealth
Games Junior Squad - see
http://www.qwa.org/news/files/Memo2008AJCGSSelection14.doc

 
Entries for All Schools
Entries for all schools need to be in this Friday
Entry forms can be found here
http://www.qwa.org/news/files/Allschoolentryinfo52.pdf

Updated National Records and Rankings and Masters Records
http://www.qwa.org/liftstats/CONTENT.ASP

Video Nathan 120Kg Clean and Jerk at Nationals

Qld won 5 out of the 6 Team shields !

Results  - http://www.qwa.org/news/view.asp?id=1106

Nathan 89Kg, 120Kg PB’s  U16 Best Lifter in Australia and NZ,
U18 1st, U20 2nd in 69Kg Class

Mitch 68 90 PB’s
Ellis 36 45 PB’s
Jake 31 37 PB’s

Jordan 81 104 3rd U20 69Kg
Luke 121 157 1st U20 105+

Michelle Kahi U16 59, 77  U18 Best Lifter

The Man in the Arena - Theodore Roosevelt

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

Fran Video From CrossFit  Level 1 Cert in Sydney

National U16, U18 U20 Championships
All the best to the lifters representing Qld at the Nationals this weekend
Jake, Ellis, Nathan, Mitch, Jordan and Luke

PB
Well done to U16 lifter Mitch for a 135Kg Back Squat a PB by 30Kg !
Mitch came in 2 years ago and could not even squat a broomstick
and through consistant  training is achieving great results !

Damo
I would like to thank Damo for his support of the junior lifters in the club
and for the way he always puts up a hand to help out - he is a great role model

Working out at a Normal Gym
Have a read of this funny and poignant story by Matt  http://swiftonline.com/crossfit/archives/1618
if you have ever worked out at most of the commercial gyms you know what he is on about.

Video from 1993 Senior Worlds Training Hall in Melbourne

  
Lifting in the Varna International (Friendship Tournament), Bulgaria, on 14 September 1984, Vardanian at a bodyweight of 82.5 did the following World records:
 

Snatch - 181.5 and 182.5
C & J - 224 (and a 230 Clean!)
Total - 405

Well done to both ladies at the World Masters Games

Corral
1st - 6 out of 6
44, 48, 50
51, 55, 58

Valerie
2nd - 4 out of 6
25, 27, 29 (miss)
35, 39, 42 (miss)

Thanks to Lawrie for coaching them on the platform.

Other news

James Turner and Nardia have a baby due in March and
Troy and Vee have a baby due in December

Also Paul and Alison  are engaged

Congratulations to all couples

High Performance Program
Congrats to Damo, Ben, Luke, Jordan, BJ, Nathan and Troy who have been selected for the AWF High Performance Program

World Masters in Greece
All the best to Valerie and Corral at the World Masters Games this weekend

The Oz Strongman titles are in November at the Sleeman
see http://www.ozstrongman.com.au/
Detailed rules here ozstrongman-rules-disciplines

 
Papua New Guinea
Zack is working in a PNG mine for a couple of weeks from Oct 6th - they have a gym
but it looks like he may have to build his own squat racks!

New Members
Welcome to new member Harris Pavlou who is a professional poker player !
- see - http://www.pokernetwork.com/node/2823

PB
Congrats to Mitch on a PB Front Squat of 110Kg a PB by 20Kg ! 

Yes Mitch and Zack you can do 90 Reps in 2 min see
BTW that is not me at the back of the shot on the assisted dip machine