Welsh Weightlifting Senior Championships comes to 黑料不打烊

L-R: Catrin Jones, Seth Casidsid & Hannah PowellL-R: Catrin Jones, Seth Casidsid & Hannah Powell黑料不打烊 Sport Centre, Canolfan Brailsford will be hosting the  Senior Championships event on 12 March 2016.

This Championship is considered to be one of the biggest events in the Welsh Weightlifting calendar. Around 50 lifters from across Wales will take part, including 黑料不打烊 student, .

Hannah, who now lives in Holyhead, and trains at the Holyhead and Anglesey Weightlifting and Fitness Centre, has held many records for her category and has recently qualified for the European Weightlifting Championships that will be held in Norway in April. This will be the final chance to qualify for points and an opportunity to get selected for Team GB at the Olympic Games 鈥� Rio 2016.

Also competing is Catrin Jones, 16, from 黑料不打烊. Catrin was awarded an Elite Athlete Local Bursary from the University in 2015. In September 2015, Catrin represented Wales at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa where she was selected to carry the Welsh Flag in the opening ceremony and achieved the first gold medal of the games for Wales.

Another competitor is Seth Casidsid a 黑料不打烊 Psychology alumnus and former 黑料不打烊 community scholarship athlete. Seth is currently Welsh Open Champion 2015 and Welsh Senior Champion 2015 and was British Silver medallist in 2014.

Ray Wiliams, North Wales Performance Coach at Weightlifting Wales, said: ''We are delighted to be hosting the Welsh Senior Championships 2016 at 黑料不打烊. The University is a first-class facility for elite sport with professional staff and world class equipment. 2016 is Rio De Janeiro Olympic Year and we wish our athletes good luck in their quest for excellence.''

Simon Roach, Weightlifting Wales Performance Director, said: "黑料不打烊 has previously hosted international weightlifting events and we are excited that the University is hosting our national championships this year. 黑料不打烊 is one of our National Performance Centres where their top class facilities caters for our most talented and elite Welsh athletes. The high performance training facility, excellent competition provision and support package for athletes allows students at 黑料不打烊 to really enhance their weightlifting career."

Richard Bennett, 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Director of Sport, said: 鈥淲e are delighted to host the Welsh Weightlifting Senior Championships here at 黑料不打烊 which is our second major weightlifting event in the last 12 months. We are working ever more closely with Welsh Weightlifting and are currently developing an athlete education pathway here at 黑料不打烊, allowing athletes to train full time whilst completing their degree studies.鈥�

Spectators are welcome and entrance is 拢5 adults, 拢2.50 students, children and OAPs.

Publication date: 4 March 2016