News

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2009 Rankings now available

End year rankings for 2009 for both men and women are now available to download from the statistics page. New rankings for 2010 have also been created to view on the statistics page.

2010 HWC Australia Day Competition

Results of the 2010 HWC Australia Day Competition are now available to view online. Please visit the statistics page if you wish to see them. Many thanks go to all the club volunteers who helped make the day a success and also to our guest lifters, especially those from the Adelaide Weightlifting Club.

Congratulations to Vannara Be

Congratulations go to Vannara Be for his outstanding performance at the 2009 Hawthorn Weightlifting Club Championships which saw him join Corran Hocking, Francois Etoundi, Simplice Ribouem, Daniel Koum and Seen Lee as HWC members in 2009 to achieve an "Elite" standard.

Congratulations to Josh Quinn

Congratulations go to Josh Quinn for his outstanding performance at the 2009 Hawthorn Weightlifting Club Championships which saw him join set new VWA Schoolboy and HWC Under 20 records for the Snatch, Clean and Jerk and Total in the 105Kg category.

Results, report and photos from the 2009 Hawthorn Weightlifting Club Championships now available

Results, a report and selected photos from the 2009 Hawthorn Weightlifting Club Championships are now online. Results can be viewed on the "Statistics" page whilst selected photos of the competition are available on the "Multimedia" page. HWC records and rankings have also been updated. To view a report on the competition, please click on the link below.

Hawthorn Weightlifting Club Championships 2009 Report

HWC World Weightlifting Championships Results

At the 2009 World Weightlifting Championships, Hawthorn had four lifters representing the club and our country. Their results are as follows

Daniel Koum: 113Kg Snatch, 147Kg Clean & Jerk for a 260Kg Total, placing 26th, 19th and 22nd respectively in the 62Kg class.

Francois Etoundi: 125Kg Snatch, 152Kg Clean & Jerk for a 277Kg Total, placing 17th, 17th and 15th respectively in the 69Kg class.

Simplice Ribouem: 146Kg Snatch, 187Kg Clean & Jerk for a 333Kg Total, placing 17th, 14th and 15th respectively in the 85Kg class.

Corran Hocking: 173Kg Snatch, 195Kg Clean & Jerk for a 368Kg Total, placing 10th, 16th and 16th respectively in the 105+Kg class.

It is also worth noting that the head coach for the Australian team was Hawthorn's Yurik Sarkisian. Current club Treasurer Sam Coffa served as President of the Jury throughout much of the championships and Pedro Sanchez was one of the IWF Technical Controllers for the competition.

Vannara and Socheata Be attain Australian citizenship

Congratulations go to Vannara and Socheata Be for attaining Australian citizenship on Thursday November 19. This now makes them eligible to represent Australia, an opportunity they have been deprived of for many years. The club is now looking forward to have two more of our athletes challenging for positions on future Australian teams. Go to the "Multimedia" page to view a photo.

HWC Members selected for 2009 World Championships, Goyang City, Korea

Congratulations to the following HWC members who have been selected to represent Australia at the 2009 World Weightlifting Championships, to be held in Goyang City, Korea.

Daniel Koum: 62Kg category

Francois Etoundi: 69Kg category

Simplice Ribouem: 85Kg category

Corran Hocking: 105+Kg category

Seen Lee: 63Kg category

Yurik Sarksian: Head coach, Male team

It is also worth nothing that of the seven Australian athletes selected to compete, five come from HWC, once again showing the class of our elite athletes.

Yurik Sarkisian appointed Male Head Coach, Commonwealth Games 2010

Congratulations are in order for Yurik Sarkisian, who has been appointed Head Coach for men for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. Congratulations Yurik.