18/05/2026
What a super final.day of competing yesterday at the IUKL European Championships.
First up was Janet Scott on 8kg Military Sn**ch with 169 reps and a silver medal 🥈.Cool, calm and collected, she executed the plan perfectly.
Next was Cynthia Chang on 16kg Military Sn**ch with 227 reps. This was a really hot battle with Debbie Moulton for a placing and I'm so proud of Cynthia taking the bronze 🥉 with only 8 reps to separate them.
Then Jamie Hawthorne was up on the 24kg Military Sn**ch. A really gutsy performance from Jamie taking the silver 🥈 medal.
All 6 Tonics medalled at this competition, and I really couldn't have asked for more as their coach. They gave everything they had in that moment on the platform.
Next stop...... Edinburgh
16/05/2026
What can I say! Another fantastic day of lifting for Team Tonic athletes at the IUKL European Championships.
Stu-pot Tracey 332 reps on 24kg OALC HM 🥇(1st international comp)
Me Jude Freeman 367 reps on 12kg OALC HM GOLD 🥇
Richard Freeman 401 reps on 16kg OALC HM GOLD 🥇
Tomorrow we have 3 more Tonics competing - all in their first international competition:
Janet Scott 8kg Military Sn**ch at 10am
Cynthia Chang 16kg Military Sn**ch at 10:51
Jamie Hawthorne 24kg Military Sn**ch at 11:42
Want to cheer them on? Here's the link to the live feed
https://www.youtube.com/live/kI_ryfiEdro?si=nZ8m51kJhjgZHw_i
16/05/2026
Great result for Richard Freeman yesterday in his 16kg OAJ HM with 534 reps and a gold medal 🥇
Today we have:
Stu-pot Tracey 24kg OALC HM at 4pm
Me Jude Freeman 12kg OALC HM at 5.20pm
and
Rich 16kg OALC HM at 6pm
Here's the link to the live feed and commentary so you can watch!
https://www.youtube.com/live/1LpMZt22DaM?si=dwexpap7b1FSKciZ
The rest of the team lift tomorrow, watch this space for details!
IUKL European Championship York - Day 2
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02/05/2026
A few pics from last week's Grassroots competition in Nottingham. We had such a blast with 25 athletes competing, many for the first time.
From Darlington to Kent and Junior to Senior in age, Grassroots is how we grow the sport and keep the spirit alive.
Many thanks to Del Wilson for taking such fabulous pics and to my wonderfully supportive husband Richard for being the mic maestro and chief baker. A shout out also goes to Josh Neal who stepped in to do the scoring.
If you would like to get your hands on Del's pics of you or your athletes, please drop him a message.
Grassroots Kettlebell League
22/04/2026
Kettlebell Sport......what's it all about?
Well it could be described as an "endurance weightlifting sport", but somehow that doesn't seem to do it justice or describe what we do!
But you can come and see for yourself this Sunday 26th April. I'm hosting a Grassroots competition where everyone from beginners right up to Team England level athletes from all over the UK will be on the platform.
Find us at the Hall at James Church, Marshall Hill Drive, Mapperley, Nottingham. Lifting starts at 10am, and finishes at 1pm.
Come along and watch - it's free entry !
28/03/2026
Hi everyone
It's half term here in Nottingham and I have updated opening hours for the Easter weekend. 🐣🐰
12/03/2026
Lovely evening networking meet up at with a room full of amazing women from the . Thank you to the for organising 🙏🏻
I love the reactions I get when I answer the simplest of questions like "what do you do?" or "how are you involved in sport?" or "Tell me about yourself".......and I say "I'm a kettlebell sport coach"
If you're not too far away from Nottingham, come and get a flavour of the sport at my Grassroots Competition on 26th April. A mixture of beginner, intermediate and advanced (including athletes in the 2026 England Squad) will be competing in a friendly, supportive environment to gain points for their clubs in the Grassroots Kettlebell League.
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