by Alea Fairchild | Feb 16, 2014 | Lifting Events
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 early, I did get there in time. But behind quite a queue of semi-naked men —... by Alea Fairchild | Nov 4, 2013 | Lifting Events
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 up, I was... by Alea Fairchild | Sep 21, 2013 | Lifting Events
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 to come second to her. And of course, I am the... by Alea Fairchild | Sep 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
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 will load what I have now. I... by Alea Fairchild | Aug 18, 2013 | Lifting Events, Uncategorized
When I went to Austria in May for the “ASVÖ – NÖ” Women Weightlifting Grand Prix, I met a lovely bunch of lady lifters from Ireland, and they mentioned that they were having an Open in August. I said I was interested, and they sent me the info. So we went for a long...
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