Weightlifting Ireland are seeking expressions of interest from our qualified Level 1 Coaches to deliver our schools partnership programme to Transition Year (TY) students in 2023. This programme was introduced in early 2022 as a Women in Sport (WIS) initiative, in conjunction with Sport Ireland (SI) and the Local Sports Partnerships (LSP). It is a six [...]
Due to the increase in participation, especially within our under-age membership, the WI Board of Directors have decided to bring in new safeguarding protocols for coaches and officials for 2023. This new coach/official license will become the new minimum standard for any coach and/or official/volunteer who wishes to participate and/or help at WI events in [...]
Our Ranking list and Records for all age brackets and weight categories have been updated. [ Ranking List ] [ Records] TOP SENIOR ATHLETES / (Sinclair): Tham Nguyen (-49kg) : 166kg Total / 259.3100 Sinclair Seán Brown (-89kg) : 312kg Total / 370.2260 Sinclair TOP JUNIOR ATHLETES / (Sinclair): Marina Quigley (-55kg) : 136kg Total [...]
We'd like to welcome all NEW & RETURNING clubs for 2023! Join us today!🇮🇪🍀 ⚠️ All clubs who join in 2023 will need to upload a number of documents which will allow the WI team to verify your application before we can set your club to active on the database. For additional support, please review [...]
The Board of Weightlifting Ireland invites you to view this year's proposed calendar of events. With a mixture of International, National, Provincial, Development and Educational events planned - it promises to be a great year. Calendar of Events (2023) : [ HERE ] (Exact dates, timings & event details are subject to change due to [...]
Gillian Barry's 4th place result in the U64kg class at the European U23 Weightlifting Championships last month marks a highpoint to date for Irish women in international weightlifting, but the Wexford woman is accustomed to pushing herself and women's weightlifting forward. Gillian was the first Irish woman to Clean & Jerk 100kg at an EWF [...]
Weightlifting Ireland is delighted to announce that three (3) athletes have been selected to represent Ireland at the upcoming World Senior Championships. The team is made up of two (2) female athletes, one (1) male athlete, one (1) female coach and a team physio. The female coach selected for the event will be Beáta Jung [...]
Congratulations to all those who attended our first Clean & Jerk Workshops for 2022/2023. We will email out certificates of completion to you all very shortly. We're very excited with the positive feedback we've received from participants. We hope to offer many more of these workshops to our community in the new year. If you [...]
Weightlifting Ireland is delighted to announce that four (4) athletes have been selected to represent Ireland at the upcoming World Masters Championships. The team is made up of two (2) female athletes and two (2) male athletes. This event will take place in Orlando - United States of America (USA). Competition dates are from December, [...]
Weightlifting Ireland are seeking expressions of interest from its membership to undertake the Sport Ireland Safeguarding Tutor Training. Sport Ireland will provide the training over one and a half days in December 2022 and/or January 2023. It will be a combination of online and in person workshops - which will include an assessment presentation. Sport [...]
