Topic: British Team

[Mark Clegg]

Chris,

        Hello to you from the British Boys heading out to the Senior Worlds in 6 weeks now .. Our team consists of just four guys
Kevin Stuart 62kg Olympic Dragons,Manchester. Indy Kheela 85kg Warley,Birmingham. Tommy Yule 94kg Scotland. & Mark Clegg 94kg Olympic Dragons, Manchester....Michaela Breeze 63kg Ivybridge is the only female..

        Will you be over there Chris filming the lower groups where us Brits find pride of place usually while the cleaners are vacuuming up ready for the A session later in the day .......

        Mark

       

[James Fernandes]

Hi British team, just wondering do you have any olympic weightlifting schools near the Slough, Windsor area?

[Mark Clegg]

Yes, Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre Near Maidenhead. Just down the road from Slough. Bisham is Ex Home for The British Weightlifting team..

[James Fernandes]

Mark you serious? I was looking for a weightlifting club for 1 year but couldnt fnid out, looked everywhere so I joined into powerlifting!

Have you got the telephone number for the place in Maidenhead, also Mark, do you know weightlifting clubs in Bath, Im going to Bath university in 2 months.

[Mark Clegg]

01628 476911 Bisham Abbey .......

Bath University .... Sam Westlake Coach .... Email     wellnessandlifestyle@teambath.com

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[James Fernandes]

Thank you very much Mark, I train in powerlifting, and you might know this former weightlifter whos turned to powerlifting "Delroy Mcqueen" won Commonwealth Gold in 110kg category. Im sure you do, he competed for GB, hes been helping me with powerlifting,

but when I go Bath, I might look into the weightlifting clubs! Youre a legend Mark, thanks!

[Mark Clegg]

         Bath Uni will just be some joker of a coach though... You wanna get over to the Empire Sports club in Bristol bout 45mins from Bath ..... Train with Bradley Burrows who just broke the british snatch record @ 85kg with an easy 158kg.. A very good friend of mine who will look after you ... Other great lifters who hail from Empire are David Morgan 4th place Olympic Games 1988 and David Guest BR holder on Jerk @ 94kg with 196kg ...... The Coach Andy Sutur i think, He is one of the good guys..
        

         Empire Sports Club, Newfoundland Road, St Agnes, Bristol  BS2 9NX   01179 558478


          

[James Fernandes]

Hi, basically I did apply to Bristol uni, got the grades but they again dont accept people with grades and like rejecting people for no reason!

Hence why I have to go Bath now but Bristol was my first choice mainly due to the Empire gym. I also heard Bath got a good reputation with sports as British olympic athletes train there eg sprinters, Craig Pickering, Jason Gardner, Bath rugby team, so I shouldnt be in too bad a hand.

I look forward to giving weightlifting a go at Bath, I will go to Empire as I have friends in Bristol but dont think I can make training there a permenant thing, but once in a while I will definetely go there.