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British Junior Powerlifting Championship
This year's competition, organised by the Club's John Halfacre, was held at a new venue, Hatchbrook Community Centre, in Birmingham. The Championships, began on the Saturday with the under 16 and Sub-Junior (under 18) competitors, before moving onto the under 20 and Junior (under 23) competitors on the Sunday.
Daniel
Taylor was first to compete from the Club, after making the long trip
down to the Club sessions several times during 2008, he had been
focusing on his squat technique, and was looking to improve on
Daniel went
on to match his best in the Deadlift with 227.5kg, for a personal best
total, and a nice round
The under
23s were run as the afternoon session, with Guy Djedje lifting unopposed
in the 110kg class. However, there was hidden race between Guy and Mark
Gregory, who had been down to the Club to train with Guy in the build up
to the competition, for the first to total 800kg, a very respectable
benchmark for a Junior lifter. Guy opened with a strong 260kg squat,
before moving up to 277.5kg, just shy of his personal best of 280kg.
After hitting depth on the 277.5kg, Guy fought the weight to lockout.
Calling for a big personal best of 290kg for h
Guy, the
British Junior Bench Press record holder, was hoping to improve on his
record in the next round. Opening at a comfortable 210kg, he jumped to
230kg, which again he pressed smoothly. For his final attempt he called
for 240kg, to shatter the record. Needing a perfect line to secure the
lift, a moments lapse in concentration let the bar drift on his chest,
with the spotters returning the bar into the racks. Mark also failing
his final attempt of 230kg on the bench press, as he was unable to keep
his bottom on the bench, moved into t In the Deadlift, Guy opened confidently, trying out a wider stance, and looked comfortable in his opening two attempts, leaving himself with 285kg on his second attempt. For his final attempt, the lure of matching his personal best of 300kg, proved too great, as he only needed 292.5kg to secure an 800kg total. But unfortunately this time round, he was unable to get a strong enough drive off of the floor, and got stuck at his knees. But after Mark missed his final attempt on the Deadlift at 265kg, leaving him with a 790kg total, this meant Guy had the biggest total in the Juniors with 792.5kg. Both totals should leave them in a good position for the European Juniors in Sweden in June, and the World Juniors in Brazil in September. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
his total. Daniel had been expecting a comfortable win, but Aaron Cooper
was set on revenge, after being edged below Daniel at the World
Sub-Junior Championships, he had decided not to make weight, and weighed
in over 90kg, to come head to head with Daniel in the under 20, 100kg
class. The under 20s began, with newly qualified National Referee,
Rebecca Yeoh, refereeing on the side and Ben Banks spotting on the
platforms. Daniel hit strong opening squat attempts of 200kg and 225kg,
before moving up to a personal best of 235kg, which he fought through to
lockout. However, Aaron came back and ground out 240kg, to take a 5kg
lead after the squats. Both competitors were well ahead of the remaining
contestant, so the battle for first place was on. But when the
competition moved on the Bench Press, Daniel's personal best of 137.5kg
left him too far behind Aaron's strong press of 175kg.
number
of 600kg. Aaron's pull of 235kg, secured his claim to the title with a
650kg total, having made a lot of progress in the last six months.
Daniel will need to train hard to challenge him again in 2010.
is
final attempt, he got stuck halfway. Meanwhile Mark improved on his
personal best with a strong 315kg squat, to set him well on his well to
a good total. 
he
Deadlift with a 220kg press.