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vWeightlifting Queenslandv
Vol 7 No 3 Jul 1999
The Official Journal of the Queensland Weightlifting Association Inc.
PO Box 1056, Capalaba, Qld 4157
Tel: (07) 3823 1377 Fax: (07) 3823 1371
In this issue, take a look the QWA’s past, present and future, in an interview with QWA Executive Director, Ian Moir. Photo : BeSeen Photographics
Drugs In Sport 4
QWA League Rnd 2 5
Interview with QWA Executive Director 7
Making sense of Weightlifting Competitions 9
Junior Oceania Championships 11
Managing Sports Injuries-RICER 12
Specific Sports Injuries 13
Weightlifting at Windaroo 15
Basic Points on Nutrition 16
The Third Lift 16
Inspirational Thoughts 17
2001 Goodwill Games - Facts 20
Goodwill Games Recruitment 21
Girls Girls Girls 21
Queensland Rankings 22
World Records 25
Notices 29
Proudly Sponsored by:
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Queensland Weightlifting Association Inc.
Office: The Velodrome, The Sleeman Sports Complex,
Chandler 4155
Postal Address: PO Box 1056, Capalaba 4157
Telephone: (07) 3823 1377
Facsimile: (07) 3823 1371
Email:
Web Site: http://www.qwa.org
Executive Director: Ian Moir
Adminstrative Officer: Jackie Moir
Adminstrative Officer: Kylie Booth
Development Officer: Scott Robinson
Newsletter Editor: Angela Bentley ()
The QWA Management Committee
Patron: Bert Hobl
President: Laurence Chalip ()
Vice President: Bill Faulkner ()
Secretary: Jo Garner ()
Treasurer: Darren Lythall
Executive Officer: Michael Keelan ()
Executive Officer: Barry Harden
Executive Officer: Peter Baston
Acknowledgement - Sponsors of the QWA
The Queensland Weightlifting Association is extremely appreciative of the financial assistance provided by the following:
Queensland Government - Office of Sport
CoolSpeak.Com
Telstra
Qantas Airways Limited
HealthEquip
Meridian Office Equipment
Acknowledgement - Corporate Members
Gremel Promotions
Acknowledgement - Photographic Services
Be Seen Photographics
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1999 Competition Calendar, Remaining Events
June 11 TWA Open Competition Toowoomba
June 18 Cougars Open Competition Chandler
June 29-July 8 World Junior Championships Savanna, USA
July 10 Telstra Qld Senior Championships Chandler
July 24 Qld Masters Championships Toowoomba
August 13-15 Telstra National U20 & Open Championships Melbourne
August 20 TWA Open Competition Toowoomba
August 28 League ‘99 Round 3 & Masters H/cap Round 3 Sunshine Coast
September 3 Cougars Open Competition Chandler
September 11 Qld Powerlifting Open - Athletes With A Disability Chandler
September 18 QWA Handicap & Team Shield Competition Toowoomba
October 1 Cougars Open Competition Chandler
October 2 Telstra Australian Masters Championships Adelaide
October 16 League ’99 Final Chandler
October 22 TWA Open Competition Toowoomba
October 30 Qld Masters H/cap Final Sunshine Coast
November 6 Qld All Schools Championships ACGS
November 6-13 World Championships Athens, Greece
December 5 Cougars Open Competition Chandler
Drugs In Sport
By Ian Moir
There have been some new developments in the battle against the use of drugs in sport recently, both within weightlifting and across all sports.
The AWF has developed a Drugs in Sport Strategy which outlines how the AWF and the Australian Sports Drug Agency (ASDA) will work together towards the elimination of drug use within the sport of weightlifting.
The rationale for developing this strategy is to provide the AWF and ASDA with a strategic approach which aims to:
· deter any athlete from performance enhancing drug use;
· address issues of mutual interest and importance at the domestic level;
· identify a clear statement of mutual obligations and hence an understanding of ASDA’s and the AWF’s roles;
· plan for or target the use of resources (testing, education and publicity);
· be proactive in relation to this issue - not reactive.
Our own state government too is throwing more of it’s weight behind the push to deter participants in all sports from using drugs, with new legislation that will allow a greater number of tests to be conducted by ASDA on state level athletes. Although this legislation won’t be enacted until next year, the Queensland Government, ASDA and state sporting organisations (including the QWA) are currently working to have an interim agreement in place as soon as possible.
This agreement and the legislation to follow will basically allow Queensland sporting organisations to access government funds which will be provided for the sole purpose of enabling them to contract ASDA to conduct testing at events and also outside of competition on state level athletes (each test costs $600). ASDA will of course have complete control over the selection of events at which to conduct testing and the selection of athletes to be tested.
These developments are a positive step towards deterring weightlifters from doing something which is not only fundamentally wrong, but also potentially harmful. The QWA has an unblemished record when it comes to drug use, and that’s a record that we must protect by remaining vigilant and continuing to promote our drug-free culture among all members, new and old.
As far as getting caught goes, sportspeople who use performance enhancing drugs are playing russian roulette with a gun that has few empty chambers. They WILL get caught, they WILL tarnish their sport’s reputation, they WILL embarrass their team mates and coaches, and they WILL pay the penalty.
ASDA already has the right to conduct drug testing at any QWA event, and by the time this article is published, not only will ASDA have the right to request any QWA athlete to undergo testing, but the Queensland Government and the QWA will back that right with the dollars to make sure that it happens.
Telstra QWA League ‘99, Masters League & School League - Round 2
Toowoomba Weightlifting Association, Toowoomba
8 May 1999
QWA League Division 1 *
Name Born Club Bwt Snatch Cl & Jk Total Bonus Points
Alex Goodyear 72 Qld Uni 81.50 122.5 145.0 267.5 15 82.722
Angela Bentley 67 Cougars 59.00 70.0 85.0 155.0 1 71.455
Tim Oberg 78 Nudgee 88.90 105.0 145.0 250.0 6 65.880
Paul Wheeler 71 Nudgee 99.30 115.0 142.5 257.5 -5 53.523
QWA League Division 2
Justine Hartwig 74 Sunshine Coast 56.30 57.5 72.5 130.0 15 74.091
Melissa Nightingale 81 Cougars 65.50 62.5 77.5 140.0 11 68.143
Dion Wood 82 Maryborough 56.70 72.5 90.0 162.5 15 65.000
Peter Thomsen 64 Nudgee 91.00 95.0 130.0 225.0 -11 42.892
Barry Harden 59 Sunshine Coast 87.90 92.5 110.0 202.5 -6 42.503
QWA League Division 3
Jason Power 82 St Laurence's 74.90 87.5 117.5 205.0 15 70.034
John Bauer 63 Toowoomba 87.40 85.0 105.0 190.0 21 66.509
John Ryan 83 Toowoomba 69.90 67.5 82.5 150.0 15 55.268
Matthew Cornes 82 Cougars 58.10 67.5 80.0 147.5 2 47.385
Ray Louden 45 Sunshine Coast 83.70 70.0 95.0 165.0 1 42.772
Bob Henderson 43 Sunshine Coast 79.10 70.0 95.0 165.0 -3 38.772
Nicole Burnie 82 Toowoomba 49.60 40.0 50.0 90.0 -6 36.353
QWA League Division 4
Cameron Anderson 83 Cougars 54.30 60.0 80.0 140.0 15 61.667
Bryan Fischer 83 Marsden 104.90 87.5 107.5 195.0 15 59.318
Danielle Barr 84 Cougars 72.30 42.5 57.5 100.0 15 55.000
Joel Wilson 86 Cougars 57.60 55.0 70.0 125.0 15 53.462
David Hickson 83 Toowoomba 60.10 52.5 67.5 120.0 15 51.923
Scott McDonald 82 St Laurence's 59.00 50.0 67.5 117.5 15 51.154
Rachel Trigger 86 Cougars 63.10 37.5 50.0 87.5 15 50.714
Phillip Grazier 81 St Laurence's 65.90 55.0 77.5 132.5 11 48.857
Maurice Kanara 84 Cougars 102.10 65.0 77.5 142.5 15 47.386
Kylie King 84 Toowoomba 102.60 40.0 55.0 95.0 11 46.185
Ryan Shinn 80 Maryborough 66.90 55.0 85.0 140.0 6 46.000
Jordan Baker 83 Toowoomba 80.00 52.5 65.0 117.5 15 44.747
Ben Grzes 50 Cougars 134.90 75.0 105.0 180.0 6 44.710
Darcy Craddock 86 Cougars 66.60 37.5 50.0 87.5 15 44.167
Grant Ruddock 84 Windaroo 69.30 45.0 60.0 105.0 15 43.188
Paul McBride 58 Cougars 68.90 60.0 85.0 145.0 1 42.429
Jo Garner 66 Cougars 79.20 30.0 40.0 70.0 15 40.926
Ted Rush 42 Brisbane 102.50 62.5 105.0 167.5 0 38.068
Andrea Lamont-Mills 67 Toowoomba 73.00 32.5 42.5 75.0 1 31.000
Daniel Nichitean 86 Windaroo 51.30 37.5 50.0 87.5 0 29.167
Ryan Butler 86 Windaroo 60.70 40.0 50.0 90.0 6 27.692
Harry Grzes 56 Cougars 125.90 70.0 90.0 160.0 -8 26.409
Ian Riseley 86 Windaroo 62.30 30.0 40.0 70.0 6 26.000
Troy Hewkins 86 Windaroo 45.20 30.0 37.5 67.5 0 22.500
Daniel Ryan 84 St Laurence's 49.50 25.0 40.0 65.0 0 21.667
Jonathon Gomboso 86 Windaroo 53.40 25.0 37.5 62.5 0 20.833
Records:
Alex Goodyear’s total of 267.5kg was a new Queensland open record.
Bryan Fischer’s 107.5kg clean & jerk and 195kg total were new Queensland and Australian under 16 records.
Jason Power’s 87.5kg snatch, 117.5kg clean & jerk and total of 205kg were new Queensland under 18 records.
School League Results
Individuals
Place / U14 Male / U14 Female / U16 Male / U16 Female / U18 Male / U18 Female1st / J Wilson / R Trigger / C Andersen / D Barr / J Power / N Burnie
2nd / D Nichitean / B Fischer / K King / D Wood
3rd / R Butler / J Ryan / M Cornes
4th / D Craddock / D Hickson / P Grazier
5th / T Hewkins / M Kanara / S McDonald
6th / I Riseley / J Baker
7th / J Gomboso / G Ruddock
8th / D Ryan
Teams
Place / Under 14 / Pts / Under 16 / Pts / Under 18 / Pts1st / Windaroo Valley SHS / 18 / The Southport School / 12 / St Laurence’s College / 18
2nd / Alexandra Hills SHS / 16 / Capalaba SHS / 12 / Toowoomba SHS / 12
3rd / St Aiden’s School / 12 / Toowoomba SHS / 10 / Alldridge SHS / 9
Paul Wheeler (pictured), together with Tim Oberg and Alex Goodyear took on the challenge of clean and jerking 150kg. Although none was successful there were some close attempts and their efforts made exciting viewing for the crowd.
Interview with Ian Moir
Since 1992 the Queensland Government has skimmed off a portion of the revenue raised from gaming machines (pokies) and used it to provide financial support to state sporting organisations through the State Wide Sports Development Program. The Queensland Weightlifting Association first applied for, and received SWSDP funding in 1993 and has continued to lodge successful applications every year since. This financial support has enabled the QWA to employ people over the years to manage and develop our sport in Queensland, including Gary Langford, Peter Thomsen, Stuart Wagner, Leo Isaac, Debra Keelan, Sean Cassidy, Beth Isaac, Scott Robinson, Mandy Troy and Ian Moir. At present the QWA employs three people: Ian Moir, Scott Robinson and Mandy Troy.
Weightlifting Queensland's editor, Angela Bentley speaks with Ian Moir about his involvement with the QWA and his current role as executive director.
Angela
You are now in your 5th year of employment with the QWA, the last two and a half as Executive Director. How did you come to be in this position and what led up to it?
Ian
How I came to be here is quite simple. In 1997 our previous administrator, Leo Isaac, left to take up a teaching position at Southbank TAFE and, as I was already employed by the association at that time and familiar with the QWA's operations, and prepared to accept a $30,000 salary, I guess I was the logical successor to Leo. That's the 'how'. Why I'm here is a little more involved.
I joined the QWA in 1987 and had a brief and unremarkable lifting career. I guess that because I didn't start lifting until I was an old man of 24 with a dodgy knee from riding motorcycles (actually, riding bikes is quite harmless, it's the falling off that hurts) I could see that the organisation had more to offer than just competitive weightlifting. I joined the management committee a couple of years later and, at the risk of sounding insane, I must say that I actually enjoyed and looked forward to the monthly meetings, and I still do. I seem to recall being vice-president at one stage, but I don't quite remember when (Mike Keelan warned me about the effects of artificial sweeteners on the memory. Mental note: cut down on the diet coke). Anyway, the beauty of the QWA committee was, and still is, that titles didn't matter much, everyone pulled together to do whatever needed doing.
Shortly after Mike Keelan went to work for the state government, they introduced a policy that prohibited Department of Tourism, Sport & Racing staff from serving on the boards of organisations that received government funding. Obviously they were worried about the potential for a conflict of interest to arise, but it really didn't make good sense because in effect the government was saying, 'we want the best and the brightest to work in the department, but we've got to keep them out of the governing bodies of the organisations that we are supporting'.
What this meant for the QWA was that Mike could no longer sit on the committee as secretary, and so I did my best to fill that vacancy. The QWA would have been lost without Mike, but luckily for us he stayed around as an 'unofficial adviser' until the department's views changed a couple of years ago and he was able to come back on board as an Executive Officer of the QWA. Anyway, as voluntary secretary I started to get more involved in the administration of the organisation and when Leo Isaac came up from Tasmania in 1994 to fill the position of State Administrator, I was happy to continue doing some administrative tasks because firstly, I enjoyed doing them, and secondly I was learning new skills and getting to exercise some old ones.
From the moment he arrived at the QWA, Leo gave our association 110%. Originally employed on a part time basis for 25 hrs/week, Leo was regularly contributing more than twice that amount of time. Being exposed to people (read fanatics) like Mike and Leo, it wasn't long before I was infected with their enthusiasm and passion for weightlifting in general and the QWA in particular.
In 1995 the QWA sought to employ a State Coaching Director and both Mike and Leo urged me to apply for the position. At first I rejected the idea. I considered weightlifting to be my hobby, an escape from the day to day routine of the 'normal' job that I'd held for 16 years. But Mike continued to encourage me, so I applied and eventually got the job. Although as Coaching Director I was involved with things like athlete development, coach education, organising competitions and school coaching, there was an administrative component to the work and thanks to Leo's tuition, I found myself becoming a more efficient administrator. And that's how I came to be in the right place at the right time to get this job.