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Lesser turnout today, maybe due to the weather, the football or the fact it is the week before the Easter holidays…? Anyway, I was not that well this week, so I did good with 5/6 and a total close to … Continue reading →

At the sports hall of my club’s home city, we hosted the National seniors yesterday.  At the age of 50, I still qualify as a senior in Belgium as we (currently) have no minima for cadets and women for the … Continue reading →

Pepto-Bismol had a phrase several years ago: The last mile is the longest.  Well, this week, and this day in particular, ran into overtime. Up now early Sunday morning due to an aching body and overactive sinuses. Been on anti-bacterials … Continue reading →

As I write this, the competition is still going on, but I came home early to now go see my new granddaughter.  I got there at 10:45 for an 11:30 weigh-in (for the first two plateaus of four in total).  … Continue reading →

I knew this would be chaos, as it was the first one of the year and we had 43 athletes lifting.  I did not get the mail to me that moved weigh-in up an hour, but since I always arrive … Continue reading →

For Women and Cadets, there is no minima for the national (senior) championships.   So I went to compete during my ‘lifting vacation’ period, weighed what I weighed, lifted what I lifted.   And since Anna took a similar methodology and moved … Continue reading →

Back from a comp day in Enghien, home club of our federation’s general secretary and generally a well run competition.  Only two women today in the GP Adry, and the other had a very successful comp, so I was happy … Continue reading →

Again, we had the Flemish and Wallonian regional championships together this year, hosted by CHFS in Brussels.  It was run as an informal friendly, and the refs were fairly generous in their scoring.  I have some more photos coming, but … Continue reading →