Following the recent announcement of new bodyweight (BW) categories to take effect on June, 1st - 2025. The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has advised that Member Federations may conduct events in the new categories from January, 1st - 2025 onwards. In light of the above, the Weightlifting Ireland (WI) Board of Directors has endorsed the [...]
Weightlifting Ireland are seeking expressions of interest from its membership to form two Volunteer Sub-Committees within the Association. Finance & Audit (FAC) Sub-Committee The Committee has been delegated the authority to examine all aspects of the work of the Company as regards to its policies and procedures concerning Finance and Audit and to make reports [...]
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) published the 2025 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List), which was approved by WADA’s Executive Committee (ExCo) on the 12th of September, 2024. WADA also published: the 2025 Summary of Major Modifications and Explanatory Notes as compared to the 2024 List; and the 2025 Monitoring Program, which includes substances that are not on the [...]
Lucy Moore-Fox becomes the first Irish female masters athlete to be inaugurated into the European Masters Weightlifting Hall of Fame! In her career as a masters weightlifting athlete so far, she has won the European Masters Weightlifting Championships six (6) times, taking home gold for Ireland. Along with this she has finished second, taking home [...]
Weightlifting Ireland athletes and coaches attended the EWF Youth training camp organised in Ventspils, a port town in the west of Latvia. 40 participants from 9 European countries (AZE, DEN, IRL, LAT, LTU, NED, FIN, CZE and POL) attended the annual meeting coordinated by the Coaching, Research, and Scientific Committee of the European Weightlifting Federation. [...]
Dear fellow members, Weightlifting Ireland are seeking expressions of interest (EOI) from coaches and youth athletes (13-17) who are interested in attending this years EWF Youth training camp in Ventspils, Latvia. WI youth rankings will be taken into consideration for selection. EWF Youth Training Camp - 2024Dates: August 25th - 31st, 2024Location: Olympic Training Centre [...]
Dear fellow members, Weightlifting Ireland are seeking expressions of interest from our licenced female coaches with group competition coaching experience for the upcoming 19th International Women's Grand Prix - 2024. Deadline : Monday, 17th June -2024. Email us today! 📧 | [ [email protected] ]
Weightlifting Ireland, in association with Clare Sports Partnership and Clare Local Development Company, will deliver a free six (6) week introduction programme to weightlifting. Weightlifting Ireland спільно з Clare Sports Partnership і Clare Local Development Company проведуть безкоштовний шеститижневий вступ до важкої атлетики. Venue: Lisdoonvarna Failte Dates: May, 31st / Friday / (6 Weeks) Time: [...]
The second edition of the International Testing Agency (ITA) free series of five webinars devoted to anti-doping education starts next week. Every Wednesday, from May 22nd to June 19th, all participants will be able to be briefed and discuss on several topics related to this important subject. For the weightlifting family, this initiative is part [...]
We are delighted to partner with Student Sport Ireland (SSI) for the 2024-25 Women’s Student Coaching Academy - offering learning opportunities on our Level 1 and Level 2 coaching course. 💜🏋🏻-The Women’s Student Coaching Academy is a collaborative programme between SSI, Sport Ireland, 22 third level institutions and 17 National Governing Bodies of sport (NGBs). [...]
