Weightlifting Ireland is delighted to announce that nine (9) athletes have been selected to represent Ireland at the upcoming European Senior Championships. The team is made up of six (6) female athletes & three (3) male athletes. This event will take place in Chișinău – Moldova. Competition dates are from April 13th – 21st, 2025. [...]
In 2019 Sport Ireland launched the Women in Sport Policy detailing the vision for Women in Sport: 'One where women have an equal opportunity to achieve their full potential while enjoying lifelong participation and involvement in sport'. By December 2023 all sporting organisations were required to have 40% female on their Boards. A snapshot of [...]
Weightlifting Ireland is delighted to announce that five (5) athletes have been selected to represent Ireland at the upcoming Malta International Open. The team is made up of three (3) female athletes and two (2) male athletes. This event will take place in Cospicua, Malta. Competition dates are from March 22nd – 23rd 2025. Weightlifting [...]
Today we'd like to celebrate all our female coaches & volunteers who have contributed to the growth of our sport and the increase in female participation. 👏🏻 We'd like to highlight the coaches & volunteers who are leading this years Barbells & Brunch event this month; Claire McLarnon, Villy O'Malley, Niamh Whelan, Liane Marshall, Rosie [...]
Weightlifting Ireland (WI) introduced a new way that clubs can compete in 2025 through the Club Provincial League Championships. The Club Provincial League gives all weightlifting clubs the opportunity to earn points at Provincial WI events throughout the year with a rolling leaderboard. You can read more about how the league scoring works : HERE [...]
The Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI), in partnership with Flogas, is proud to announce the launch of the Flogas Performance Programme. Thanks to the generous donation of €75,000 in funding from the successful Flogas Dual Fuel tariff to the Make a Difference Fund, athletes and coaches can now apply for this additional financial support as [...]
Dates: 8th - 9th February, 2025Venue: CrossFit Dungarvan - Female (RESULTS) Male (RESULTS) - The best lifters over the weekend were: Roberta Tabone (-77kg/Capital Strength Weightlifting Club) : 85kg/108kg – 193kg (239.789 Sinclair) Harrison McGrogan (-65kg/Asylum Weightlifting Club) : 103kg/137kg – 240kg (366.111 Sinclair) - Firstly, congratulations and thanks to all the volunteers, referees, coaches who helped and most [...]
Weightlifting Ireland (WI) is thrilled to introduce a new way that clubs can compete in 2025 through the Club Provincial League Championships. The Club Provincial League gives all weightlifting clubs the opportunity to earn points at Provincial WI events throughout the year with a rolling leaderboard. After the final provincial event, the top five (5) [...]
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 [...]
The European Masters Weightlifting Association (EWMA) and Weightlifting Ireland announced today that Mr. Wayne Healy has committed an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) as specified in Article 2.1 of the EMWA Anti-Doping Policy “Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample”. Wayne Healy, a masters athlete and weightlifting coach, has [...]
