Ron Lane
Weightlifting
The Noosa Barbell Club has once again made the weightlifting fraternity sit up and take note. Under the coaching and guidance of Head Coach Woogie Marsh, their achievements have been outstanding. Perhaps the most pleasing aspect has been the fact that success has been right across the board from the master competitors through to our youth.
These results from masters to the youth, tells us that the future for this local club is indeed looking very good. The supportive attitude from the Noosa Shire Council has been noted. But above all the success in competition and the conduct and presentation of the club members while on tour has now attracted a great response from the sponsorship world.
This is indeed yet another club that we in the Noosa community can take pride. At the recent National and Oceanic championships for the 2022 season, the Noosa Barbell club masters dominated.
Held at the Melbourne Hawthorne Weightlifting Centre, the masters were represented by Char Whitton, Erin Oberem, Mel Lumb, Wendy Cambell, Maryanne Long and Lee-Ann Crooks. And Jodie Marsh officiated as a referee
In the snatch and grab competing in their various division’s the results were outstanding. Maryanne won gold in the Australian Nationals with a total lift of 74 kg and bronze in the Oceanic, Char Whitton won silver in the Australian. Nationals and bronze in the Oceanic with a lift of 92 kg total. For Erin Oberem it was gold in both the Australian and Oceanic with a lift of75kg
For Mel Lumb her effort in the Australian. National resulted in a gold and her lift of 118 kg set a new national record. She also won gold in the Oceanic.Wendy Cambell also won the double gold with a lift of 78 kg: as did Lee-Ann Crooks in her divisions with a lift of 85kg.
All School results.
In another amazing weekend for the Barbell club, competing in the All-Schools Competition, various divisions held at St Andrews Lutheran College, Tallebudgera, they came home with a total of four medals.
Tom Edwards won silver with a total lift of 126, Ethan Overeem took silver with a lift of 146, Jack Lafferty silver with a total of 197 kg and Kaiya Marsh silver with a total of 135 kg. Also, at the Good Shepard Lutheran College Noosa the Barbell team won the overall team silver medal.
This has been great results and definitely an all over team effort. To the members who travelled to the gold coast to support and officiate a big well done.
But most of all from Head Coach Woogie Marsh and staff a massive thank you to sponsors, the Chartist, “You have enabled our athletes to be able to travel, look amazing and above all pursue their dreams. You provided the uniforms and the means for the team to travel to Melbourne and compete.”
Little Athletics.
At the recent North Queensland Championships held in Townsville our local Noosa Athletics Club was represented by a team of nine athletes. The completion of the carnival saw the Noosa team head for home with a total of 15 medals.
A highlight for the Noosa team was the fact that members recorded three Australian Championship Qualifying Times. To know that we again will have our athletes’ competing at national level in track and field tells us that we yet again have some of the finest coaches in Australia training our youth.
For Noosa we will have Jaxon Retch less (age 16) who recorded a time of 11.23 for the 100m sprint, Taya Clayton (U14) in the 100m and the 80m hurdles. Next week we will get further results from Head Coach Mick Hooper keeping us up with the club activities.
