WI Squad Announcement: European Junior & U23 Championships | (2023)

Weightlifting Ireland is delighted to announce that five (5) athletes have been selected to represent Ireland at the upcoming European Junior & U23 Championships. The team is made up of three (3) female athletes and two (2) male athletes. One (1) Junior athlete and four (4) U23 athletes. This event will take place in Bucharest, [...]

WI Squad Announcement: European Junior & U23 Championships | (2023)2023-07-24T11:31:04+00:00

WI Squad Announcement: European Youth & U15 Championships | (2023)

Weightlifting Ireland is delighted to announce that seven (7) athletes have been selected to represent Ireland at the upcoming European Youth & U15 Championships. The team is made up of one (1) female athlete and six (6) male athletes. This event will take place in Chișinău, Moldova. Competition dates are from July 2nd – 11th, [...]

WI Squad Announcement: European Youth & U15 Championships | (2023)2023-06-19T21:22:51+00:00

Presentation Secondary School – Kilkenny | (Women in Sport)

Congratulations and a massive well done to all the transition year students from Presentation Secondary School in Kilkenny. They participated and completed our "Introduction to Weightlifting" programme in collaboration with Weightlifting Ireland (WI). This programme ran over eight (8) weeks with 119 students taking part. We're excited to continue our work with the Kilkenny Local [...]

Presentation Secondary School – Kilkenny | (Women in Sport)2023-06-20T11:48:32+00:00

Rankings & Records – 2023 (June)

Our Ranking list and Records for all age brackets and weight categories have been updated. [ Ranking List ] [ Records ] NEW IRISH YOUTH RECORDS: Ben Brennan (-55kg) : Snatch 74kg & Total 162kg Harrison McGrogan (-55kg) : C&J 91kg Zak Taggart (-73kg) : Snatch 100kg, C&J 122kg & Total 222kg NEW IRISH JUNIOR [...]

Rankings & Records – 2023 (June)2023-06-15T22:04:48+00:00

WI Squad Announcement: 18th International Women’s Grand Prix | (2023)

Weightlifting Ireland is delighted to announce that twenty-six (26) athletes have been selected to represent Ireland at the upcoming 18th International Women's Grand Prix. The team is made up of twenty-six (26) female athletes and three female (3) coaches. This event will take place in Dornbirn / Vorarlberg, Austria. Competition dates are between June, 29th [...]

WI Squad Announcement: 18th International Women’s Grand Prix | (2023)2023-06-14T09:49:17+00:00

Portumna Community School – Galway | (Women in Sport)

Congratulations and a massive well done to all the transition year students from Portumna Community School in Portumna, Galway. They participated and completed our "Introduction to Weightlifting" programme in collaboration with Weightlifting Ireland (WI). This programme ran over four (4) week. We're excited to continue our work with the Galway Local Sports Partnership and make [...]

Portumna Community School – Galway | (Women in Sport)2023-06-14T09:54:32+00:00

Women In Sport Programmes : CSP & WI | (2023)

Cork Sports Partnership (CSP) and Weightlifting Ireland (WI) are delighted to launch two new Beginners Programmes with Cork Weightlifting Club and Howling Heart Fitness Clonakilty this June! During these introductory programmes participants will learn the correct technique for weightlifting, improve mobility, increase strength, improve balance, improve coordination, increase speed, build core strength and most importantly [...]

Women In Sport Programmes : CSP & WI | (2023)2023-06-14T09:01:33+00:00

WI Squad Announcement: Int’l : 25ème Mémorial Edmond Decottignies | (2023)

Weightlifting Ireland is delighted to announce that four (4) athletes have been selected to represent Ireland at the upcoming Int’l : 25ème Mémorial Edmond Decottignies. The team is made up of two (2) female athletes and two (2) male athletes. This event will take place in Comines, France. Competition dates are from June 16th – [...]

WI Squad Announcement: Int’l : 25ème Mémorial Edmond Decottignies | (2023)2023-06-14T08:45:24+00:00

Presentation Secondary School – Tipperary | (Women in Sport)

Congratulations and a massive well done to all the transition year students from Presentation Secondary School in Clonmel, Tipperary. They participated and completed our "Introduction to Weightlifting" programme in collaboration with Weightlifting Ireland (WI). This programme ran over six (6) weeks and was our second time working with this school. We're excited to continue our [...]

Presentation Secondary School – Tipperary | (Women in Sport)2023-06-12T21:22:53+00:00

Snatch Workshop | (June – 2023)

Congratulations to all those who attended our second Snatch Workshop for 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. If you have no experience with weightlifting, attending [...]

Snatch Workshop | (June – 2023)2023-06-07T08:49:39+00:00
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