What a fabulous long weekend of weightlifting! 132 athletes took to the platform over the 3 days of competition. Numerous personal bests and records were set and broken over the weekend. It was fantastic to see a couple of our Commonwealth Games athletes return to the competition platform so quickly after competing in Glasgow. Bronze medallist Nya Hayman, and Ryven Ewing!Huge thanks to the Cougars Weightlifting Club team led by Scott Robinson for hosting the event so well, and a special mention to the catering staff led by Cydelle Hayman and the Bradshaw family for keeping everyone fed over the weekend.
Best lifters:
| Athlete | Club | |
| Best Junior Female | Astin Bidgood | Cougars |
| Best Junior Male | Ethan Van Waveren | Mettle Barbell |
| Best Senior Female | Nya Hayman | Cougars |
| Best Senior Male | Taj Marsh | Noosa Barbell |
| Most improved Junior Female | Astin Bidgood | Cougars |
| Most improved Junior Male | Jack Tully | Mettle Barbell |
| Most improved Senior Female | Astin Bidgood | Cougars |
| Most improved Senior Male | Lachlan Volk | — |
Results are now available on the website: Australian Weightlifting Federation > Competition > STATISTICS > COMPETITIONS > RESULTS
We had 4 of our Weightlifting Olympians attend over the weekend: Erika Yamasaki competed, coached, took on official TO duties and handed out medals; Brandon Wakeling competed and coached; Matthew Lydement coached, and coming in Sunday Deborah Acason coached and volunteered. Thank you all!!!
Athletes who have qualified for the National Junior & Senior Championships are reminded that entries close online Wednesday 30th September. Additional reminder – a QWA Representative lift suit is required to compete in this event – no additional stocks to what are in the shops now will be coming in. If you can’t buy one you will need to organise to borrow one. Additionally, you will need a minimum of a QWA t-shirt. All – Queensland Weightlifting
Referee upgrades over the weekend thank you to our team of International Category 1 referees who volunteered over the weekend so this could happen – Lesley Moyle up from Wodonga, Coral Quinell, Lawrie Townsend, John Hanlon, Alex Croot, & Rawena Tairi.
New National referees:
Helen McLachlan; Jessica Watzek; Jacqui Kami
New State Referees: Caroline Jones
Raffle prize:
Won by Levi Davidson from Bribie Island Weightlifting. Enjoy!!
Now we roll on to the upcoming Australasian Police & Emergency Services Games at the Gold Coast in October:
Weightlifting – 2026 Australasian Police & Emergency Services Games! – Queensland Weightlifting
With the National Junior & Senior Championships finishing off our year with a bang at the Anna Meares Velodrome.
Congratulations to everyone who competed over the weekend. If you didn’t quite reach the qualifying standards to compete at Nationals, we would still love to have you involved in the event. Volunteers needed for the preparation plans, set-up, running and bump out for the event. Email the QWA at qwa@qwa.org to express your interest