Click here for the results of the Surrey Open.
Many thanks to all those that assisted - many did and made the event a pleasure to run.
With 39 lifters we did well to finish at 1700!
BH
Sunday 28 February 2010
Thursday 25 February 2010
Middle Chea Triumphs
Chris Chea, middle of the three Woking Weightlifting brothers, had a great day at the English Weightlifting champs on Saturday (20th) winning the 69 kg class. He thus has the pair: British and English champion. Not only that but he defeated his arch rival Halil Zorba. Both are vying for a place on the Commonwealth Games team
Chris, at 68.8 kg, Snatched 110 kg and Jerked 142, to Total 152, not quite the Games Qualifier, but certainly an improvement on his progress towards it.
The win is a reward for his decision to give up work in order to train full time, without subsidy of any sort: no mean feat when considering his need to consume vast amounts of high protein and carbohydrate rich foods
Big brother Koing placed second in the 94 kg category with 118 and 143 kg to Total 161, a competition best. He was well beaten by Russian origin Denis Catana, who brings from his home country the benefit of a state and school system which honours and respects weightlifting.
Our Woking members now wait to see how ‘little’ sibling Chi (14), makes out at the British schools champs where he may add a fifth British title to his current tally.
We are proud of the three brothers and other top class Woking lifters, though the borough seems unable to find a way to increase the space available for the busy club beyond the current cramped and, at times, dangerous room it occupies: baffling as there is abundant underutilized space in the leisure centre, or so it seems to coach Brian Hamill.
For the Woking Open Champs next Saturday Brian has had to apply a guillotine as the entries were so numerous as to threaten to overwhelm the leisure centre facility! It seems that, suddenly, weightlifting is becoming popular.
BH
Chris, at 68.8 kg, Snatched 110 kg and Jerked 142, to Total 152, not quite the Games Qualifier, but certainly an improvement on his progress towards it.
The win is a reward for his decision to give up work in order to train full time, without subsidy of any sort: no mean feat when considering his need to consume vast amounts of high protein and carbohydrate rich foods
Big brother Koing placed second in the 94 kg category with 118 and 143 kg to Total 161, a competition best. He was well beaten by Russian origin Denis Catana, who brings from his home country the benefit of a state and school system which honours and respects weightlifting.
Our Woking members now wait to see how ‘little’ sibling Chi (14), makes out at the British schools champs where he may add a fifth British title to his current tally.
We are proud of the three brothers and other top class Woking lifters, though the borough seems unable to find a way to increase the space available for the busy club beyond the current cramped and, at times, dangerous room it occupies: baffling as there is abundant underutilized space in the leisure centre, or so it seems to coach Brian Hamill.
For the Woking Open Champs next Saturday Brian has had to apply a guillotine as the entries were so numerous as to threaten to overwhelm the leisure centre facility! It seems that, suddenly, weightlifting is becoming popular.
BH
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