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Oct 2023

AUG 2023

AGM is 30th Sept 2023

10am via Zoom

A link with agenda will be issued in due course


Special Resolution meeting

to be held on

Monday 4th September 7pm - via Zoom

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If you are interesting in learning more about our Polices and selection criteria,
please have a look at our Policies page.




This years AGM will take place online on
Sept 30th @ 10am


Commonwealth Games Selection

Scotland CWG Training Squad Selection
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Scottish Senior Championships  


This competition is open to all WLS members that have met the following conditions.    
The lifter must meet at least one of the following conditions.
Have been born in Scotland.
Have at least one parent or grandparent that was born in Scotland.
Or has been a full time resident in Scotland for the 12 months up to the date of the competition.
In addition the lifter must have achieved the qualifying total in a competition that is posted on the WLS website and ranking list.
Total must have been achieved in the 12 months leading up to the date of the competition and have been accepted on their Sport 80 account.
Lower Age Limit – 13th birthday in the year of the competition.
Upper Age Limit – There is no upper age limit.

Scottish Open Championships  

This competition is open to all BWL members that have achieved the qualifying total posted on the WLS website and ranking list.
Total must have been achieved in the 12 months leading up to the date of the competition, and have been accepted on their Sport 80 account.
Lower Age Limit – 13th birthday in the year of the competition.
Upper Age Limit – There is no upper age limit.

Scottish Under – 23 Championships

This competition is open to all WLS members that have met the following conditions.    
The lifter must meet at least one of the following conditions.
Have been born in Scotland.Have at least one parent or grandparent that was born in Scotland.
Or has been a full time resident in Scotland for the 12 months up to the date of the competition.  
There is no qualifying total required for this competition.
Lower Age Limit – 13th birthday in the year of the competition.
Upper Age Limit – 23rd birthday in the year of the competition.

Scottish Junior Championships

This competition is open to all WLS members that have met the following conditions.    
The lifter must meet at least one of the following conditions.
Have been born in Scotland.Have at least one parent or grandparent that was born in Scotland.
Or has been a full time resident in Scotland for the 12 months up to the date of the competition.  
There is no qualifying total required for this competition.
Lower Age Limit – 13th birthday in the year of the competition.      
Upper Age Limit – 20th birthday in the year of the competition.

Scottish Under - 18 Championships

This competition is open to all WLS members that have met the following conditions.    
The lifter must meet at least one of the following conditions.
Have been born in Scotland.Have at least one parent or grandparent that was born in Scotland.
Or has been a full time resident in Scotland for the 12 months up to the date of the competition.  
There is no qualifying total required for this competition.
Lower Age Limit – 13th birthday in the year of the competition.      
Upper Age Limit – 18th birthday in the year of the competition.

Scottish Youths Championships

This competition is open to all WLS members that have met the following conditions.    
The lifter must meet at least one of the following conditions.
Have been born in Scotland.
Have at least one parent or grandparent that was born in Scotland.
Or has been a full time resident in Scotland for the 12 months up to the date of the competition.  
There is no qualifying total required for this competition.
Under – 15’s
Lower Age Limit – 13th birthday in the year of the competition.      Upper Age Limit – 15th birthday in the year of the competition.
Under – 17’s
Lower Age Limit – 16th birthday in the year of the competition.      Upper Age Limit – 17th birthday in the year of the competition.


Scottish Schools Championships

This competition is open to all WLS members that have met the following conditions.    
The lifter must meet at least one of the following conditions.
Have been born in Scotland.Have at least one parent or grandparent that was born in Scotland.
Or has been a full time resident in Scotland for the 12 months up to the date of the competition.  
There is no qualifying total required for this competition.
Lifters will be split into birth years and weight classes.
Lower Age Limit – 5th birthday in the year of the competition.      
Upper Age Limit – 16th birthday in the year of the competition.

Scottish Development Cup

This competition is open to all WLS members that have met the following conditions.    
The lifter must meet at least one of the following conditions:
Have been born in Scotland.
Have at least one parent or grandparent that was born in Scotland.
Or has been a full time resident in Scotland for the 12 months up to the date of the competition.
There is no qualifying total required for this competition.
Lifters will be split into birth years and weight classes.
Lifters will be judged on technical points which will be doubled up at the end of the contest and added to the weight of the best snatch and the best clean & jerk to make a Biddle points total.
There will be 4 rounds of the development cup held throughout the year.
Lower Age Limit – 5th birthday in the year of the competition.      
Upper Age Limit – 12th birthday in the year of the competition.

Scottish Masters Championships

This competition is open to all WLS members that have met the following conditions.    
The lifter must meet at least one of the following conditions:
Have been born in Scotland.Have at least one parent or grandparent that was born in Scotland.
Or has been a full time resident in Scotland for the 12 months up to the date of the competition.
 There is no qualifying total required for this competition.
Lower Age Limit – 35th birthday in the year of the competition.      
Upper Age Limit – No upper age limit.
Lifters are split into 5 year age groups.

Scottish Masters Open

 This competition is open to all BWL members.
There is no qualifying total required for this competition.
Lower Age Limit – 35th birthday in the year of the competition.      
Upper Age Limit – No upper age limit.
Lifters are split into 5 year age groups.

Scottish Masters Cup

This competition is open to all BWL members.
There is no qualifying total required for this competition.
Lower Age Limit – 35th birthday in the year of the competition.      
Upper Age Limit – No upper age limit.
Lifters are split into 5 year age groups.

Scottish Universities

 This competition is open to all BWL members that are current students at a College or University in Scotland.
There is no qualifying total required for this competition.


WLS REGIONAL COMPETITIONS
East Of Scotland Championships & Eastern Districts  East Of Scotland Championships
– This competition is open to all BWL members.
There is no qualifying total needed.  

Eastern Districts –
This competition will be run alongside the East Of Scotland Championships but is only open to BWL members that reside in the postcodes allocated to the Eastern Districts.
There is no qualifying total needed.
Lower Age Limit – 13th birthday in the year of the competition.
Upper Age Limit – There is no upper age limit.

West Of Scotland Championships & Western Districts  West Of Scotland Championships
– This competition is open to all BWL members.
There is no qualifying total needed.  

Western Districts
– This competition will be run alongside the West Of Scotland Championships but is only open to BWL members that reside in the postcodes allocated to the Western Districts.
There is no qualifying total needed.
Lower Age Limit – 13th birthday in the year of the competition.
Upper Age Limit – There is no upper age limit.

North Of Scotland Championships & Northern Districts  North Of Scotland Championships
– This competition is open to all BWL members.
There is no qualifying total needed.  Northern Districts
– This competition will be run alongside the North Of Scotland Championships but is only open to BWL members that reside in the postcodes allocated to the Northern Districts.
There is no qualifying total needed.
Lower Age Limit – 13th birthday in the year of the competition.
Upper Age Limit – There is no upper age limit.


MAY 2023

April 2023

OCT 2022
AGM: 29th October 2022
At todays AGM we discussed the prior year performance and looked forward to 2023 and beyond.
WLS are looking to continue the progress that has been made recently and will make further changes to the organisation to continue to grow and offer more opportunities to our members.
The following Board Roles were announced:Frank Etherson stood down as Chair, and we thank Frank for many years of service.  
WLS are pleased that Frank will remain involved by leading our Technical Committee.
Richard Tawse was elected to serve as the Interim Executive Chair.
Sarah-Anne Duncan was elected to serve as the Marketing, Media & Membership Director.
The role of Vice Chair will be chosen by the Board members if, in the event, the Interim Exec Chair is not available.
The role and functions of Finance Director will be delegated to the Finance Committee.

Current Board Structure:
Interim Executive Chair - Richard Tawse
General Secretary - Colin Hannah
Competitions- Alex Phillips
Courses - Ray Cavanagh
Clean Sport - Lee Page
Corporate/Schools - Matthew Byers
Marketing & Media - Sarah-Anne Duncan
PVGs - Allen Brindley
Co-opted Board Member - Sheli McCoy
Co-opted Board Member - Vacant

AGM:
 29th October 2022
Committee Members:
·        Committee Members to be assigned to one or more of the committees within the board’s remit (list not exhaustive) with the aim to extend capacity and capability of WLS to run events and grow  the sport: 
o   Sporting (including Squads, Coaching and Development)
o   Governance
o   Courses
o   Technical
o   Finance
o   Competitions(Including Records and Rankings)
o   Clean Sport
o   Schools Development
o   Marketing 

To express an interest in joining as a Committee Member, please contact:

Finance@weightliftingscotland.com

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