Latest News Articles
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18 Month Membership Renewals
Due to the Covid pandemic, the BCWA Executive has approved an extension to membership renewals for the foreseeable future. Since there have not been any sanctioned competitions since March, we recognize that members are not receiving full value for the membership fees they pay.
New Bylaw Meeting
There will be a meeting at KilOpen on the Saturday, in the morning for anyone wishing to discuss the new Bylaws.
Updated BCWA Bylaws
We Need your approval.The British Columbia Weightlifting Association have revised our bylaws.This change requires the membership to review and vote on the suggested modifications. Whats ...
Competition Committee Update
The competition committee has had numerous meetings over the past couple months and have come up with a fantastic new Competition Calendar. We think it will work well for us, and we'd like to share it with everyone.KilOpenNovember 11th...
AAP-2018 – prel. ranking – II & SRW-2017 prel. ranking – II
To: athletes, coaches, CWFHC provincial directors and CWFHC athl. Rep., Ms. Marilou Dozois-Prevost,Following the results of the 2017 Junior World Championships, find in attachment an update preliminary ranking – II for the 2017 Senior World Ch...
A poem for BCWA
This poem was provided to us, and I would like to share it with the member of BCWA.
Special BCWA Calendar Meeting
We have been going through a growth period in our sport, a fantastic one that I have not seen for a while. When I started, the sport was all Juniors, not so many Senior lifters. Now we have mostly Senior lifters and a handful of Junior lifters. Back when I was lifting, 300 was an amazing sinclair that could get you best lifter at any competition.
2017 Junior World Championships
The following information was provided to BCWA from the CWFHCThe CWFHC memo containing the information for the 2017 International Competitions Program is in preparation. However, we will send you the preliminary information...
$$$ GRANT OPPORTUNITIES $$$
A CSI Pacific will be accepting applications to the $500 Travel Grant as well as the $500 Rising Star Grant (for athletes based in Victoria) shortly. The application period is from Oct 1st until mid-November.
New Standards for Canadian Championships
All athletes and coaches! Please be advised that the Canadian Weightlifting Federation has increased the qualifying standards for the Canadian Senior Championships. The new totals can be found ...