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Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships and African Senior Championships

This year's Commonwealth Senior, Junior and Youth Weightlifting Championships will be held in conjunction with the African Senior Championships in Cape Town, South Africa. The Weightlifting competition will be held from 10-15 October 2011 at the Good Hope Centre. This is the first time ever that the Commonwealth Championships will be held on the African continent and having the African Championships in conjunction with the event, will undoubtedly add more prestige to it. Already the Championships have received a vast number of entries. With the inclusion of the African entries, we may finish up having A and B sessions in quite a few categories. We understand that this will put more pressure on the Organising Committee in South Africa, however knowing the excellent capabilities of the South African organising officials we have no doubt it will conducted at world championships standard." - said Paul Coffa, General Secretary of Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation. For more information click

Junior and -23 European Championships, Bucharest

The Junior and Under 23 years European Championships are jointly running in Bucharest, Romania. For results please go to: http://www.ewf.sm/index.php Prior to the start of the Championships the EWF held its Executive Board meeting and Congress. IWF President Dr. Tamás Aján, IWF General Secretary Mr. Ma Wenguang and Asian General Secretary Mr. Ali Moradi were guests of honour at the Congress. The Championships are run by the Romanian Federation under President Mr. Nicu

2011 Oceania Weightlifting Federation Annual Congress

Held last week on Saturday, 03 September 2011 at the spectacular South Pacific Commission in Nouméa, the Oceania Weightlifting Federation (OWF) held its Annual Congress. The OWF President, His Excellency, Marcus Stephen (NRU) and General Secretary, Paul Coffa (AUS), welcomed 21 National Federations to the largest congress in the Federation's 31-year history held in New Caledonia. The Congress discussed important matters relating to the sport including the Oceania Institute, the Pacific Games as well as the Olympic Solidarity programme. Life membership was given to Mr. Lyn Jones for his outstanding service to the Oceania region. Lyn was the OWF General Secretary from December 1980 to 1983 and President from 1983 to 1992. He was also Executive Board member of the IWF for eight years whilst he was President of Oceania. Life membership was given also to HE Marcus Stephen for his contribution to the region and especially the Pacific Islands. He has been an inspiration to many young aspiring athletes being one of the greatest athletes in the Pacific. Wallis & Futuna will host the 2013 Mini Pacific Games and weightlifting is one of the 8 sports on the programme. For the first time ever, the Oceania Championships will be incorporated within the 2013 Mini Games. This decision was passed unanimously by the Pacific Games Council

Notice

Any National Federation seeking qualified coach for National selections should contact the IWF for recommendation. Contact Ms Éva Moska by the following e-mail address: [email protected] Si su Federación Nacional de Halterofilia busca entrenador calificado para la selección nacional, por favor contacte con la IWF para su recomendación. ¡Póngase en contacto con la Sra. Eva Moska por e-mail,

The International Sport Forum: Russia – Country of Sports

The International Sport Forum „Russia - Country of Sports" was held in Saransk, Mordovia, Russia on 8-11 September with the participation of more than 3000 participants, representatives of sport authorities, federations from all regions of the country. Several international sport federations were also present. The IWF delegated Ms. Eva Balogh, Office Manager to the conference. During the Sport Forum Master Classes were held in 11 basic sports, including weightlifting with the participation of scientists introducing the results of their research and the Head Coaches demonstrating exercises. At the Exhibition „Modern sports, innovation and perspectives" the visitors could get acquainted with the achievements of Russian weightlifting sport. The first Press Conference on the President's Cup to be held in Belgorod from 16-19 December, 2011 took place in the framework of the Sport Forum. Mr. Anton Kislyakov and Mr. Maxim Agapitov, Vice-Presidents of the Russian Weightlifting Federation, the Head Coaches of the Russian national team and several outstanding athletes gave information to the journalists on the preparation of this prestigious

11th ENSSEE Forum – 8th ICCE Global Coach Conference

The ASOIF has recently agreed to the establishment of a Joint Project Group with the International Council for Coach Education (ICCE), with ITU President, Marisol Casado as joint Chair, with a view to the development of an International Sport Coaching Framework. This Group will work over the next 18 months to develop a set of reference points to support the development of coach education and development programs across the globe. In order to further strengthen the engagement of International Federations in this process, from the 25th to the 27th of August 2011, the first joint conference of the European Network of Sport Science, Education and Employment (ENSSEE) and the International Council for Coach Education (ICCE) entitled "Innovation and Practice" was held in Paris, France. At the same time, the ASOIF and the ICCE have agreed to jointly host an IF meeting/seminar. The IWF was represented by Dragomir Cioroslan, IWF Vice President and Chairman of the IWF Coaching & Research Committee. The seminar offered a great opportunity for IF representatives and sport organizations to learn about new coaching research, and to share experiences with the top coaching development experts in the