Ipswich Weightlifting Club

‼️Christmas/New Year’s Hours‼️

Tues 24th Dec 2023 - Sun 5th Jan: Closed

6th Jan 2025: Normal Hours Resume

From Our Club to you,

Wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 🎄🎉

❤️🖤

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IWC were Club Challenge Winners in 2023 🎉

Can we go back to back and hold onto the shield in 2024?

Club Challenge Round 3 is on tomorrow as our lifters give it their all to finish the year strong!

Also massive thank you to the .dlightsandcoffee family for offering their services to serve our community the most amazing and delicious coffee going round!

Come through and support our athletes and lifters from visiting clubs, and grab yourself a delicious coffee to go from the .dlightsandcoffee Famz 🖤❤️



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IWC are not done here in Fiji 🇫🇯🏋🏻‍♀️

Now it’s time for the Masters to shine in the green and gold at the UNMF World Champs!

From our legendary Masters Athlete and record holder to our first timers and vying for a championship win 🏆
We’re excited to see these athletes give it their all 🔥

Keep an eye on the YouTube to watch at the following times ⬇️

24/9 @ 10:00am AEST
M50-54 -

26/9 @ 1:00pm AEST
F35-39 -

27/9 @ 10:00am AEST
F30-34 -

🔗 https://youtube.com/?si=BdLX2TxVnuKcxDkQ

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Fiji here we come 🇫🇯🏋🏻‍♀️

Our own Head Coach will be leading the Australian Youth Team and athletes and .thorley1 will be competing for Australia next week 🔥💪🏼

This Commonwealth Champs will be a special one! As Nate’s 1st International competition representing Australia, we would like to acknowledge our young gun and the hard work he has put in!

Not only is it Nate’s 1st, it is also Jackson Solofa’s 1st International Coaching gig!

And lastly, Liv Kelly, our tenacious — and newly married — athlete will be competing at her 5th International.

Keep an eye for where to watch at these times ⬇️

18/9 EST
M73 - .thorley1

19/9 @7:30pm EST
F76 -

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It’s time for those who are small, but mighty! 💪🏼

Good luck this weekend to our IWC Youth athletes at QWA State Championships in Hervey Bay 🏋🏻‍♀️🔥

Be sure to tune in to the FB live stream to watch our athletes smash it 💥

Session 2 — 9:30am Saturday AEST
F59
coker01

Session 3 - 11:30am Saturday AEST
U12 M


Session 5 - 3:00pm Saturday AEST
F71
nutrition

Watch here ➡️ https://www.facebook.com/share/K9AfHGdPazNu3pZo/?mibextid=ox5AEW

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Congratulations to our athletes who competed over the weekend at the Senior State Championships! Here’s a recap of their results 🫶🏾

Olivia Kelly (F76) • Gold Medal/State Champion 🥇
• Best Female Lifter
• 94kg Sn**ch 120kg C&J

Hailin Diola (F64) • Silver Medal🥈
• Qualified for Senior Nationals
• 75kg Sn**ch 90kg C&J

Shane Reinke (M109) • Silver Medal 🥈
• First ever State Championships
• 110kg Sn**ch 135kg C&J (3 platform PB’s)

Nathan George (M81) • Bronze Medal 🥉
• 114kg Sn**ch 135kg C&J

Chelsea Weston (F81) • Unfortunately Chelsea Was unable to complete a total on the day. But we believe she will be back stronger and better than ever 🫶🏾

Well done team! We’re extremely proud of you all 🖤❤️

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Our female masters showing us how it’s done 🏆🔥





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Massive congratulations to our athlete Logan P**n! Winning 3 Gold Medals as the AWF, Oceania and UMWF World Cup masters champion in her F73/40-44 Category 🥇🥇🥇

Logan lifted incredibly well, going 6/6 with a best of 65kg sn**ch 81kg clean and jerk which is a new UMWF record!

We’re super proud of you Logan 🖤❤️

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Massive congratulations to the man himself Steve Graham aka “SPEEDY” adding another 3 Gold Medals to his already impressive medal collection 🥇🥇🥇

Speedy is the AWF, Oceania and UMWF Masters World Cup Champion in the M71/50-54 Category, also adding another 3 Australian National records with a 75kg Sn**ch, 105kg Clean and Jerk, 180kg Total!

We’re extremely proud of you and all of your achievements Speedy 🖤❤️

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