On Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th April Swindon Barbell attended the Southwest Powerlifting Championships with lifters all hoping to increase their personal bests and perhaps claim a qualifying total along the way. Saturday was ladies day for the SBB crew, with 57kg lifter Kat and 63kg lifter Marie taking to Read more…
This weekend sees most of the Swindon Barbell competitive powerlifters taking stage at the South West Powerlifting Championships. Check out below who will be in the team. South West Powerlifting Championships Date: Sat 6 and Sun 7 April Location: Cheltenham Lifters from Swindon Barbell include: Saturday Marie Morrissey -63k womens Read more…
On Saturday March 16th Swindon Barbell hosted a novice competition with a focus on our schools groups. With lifters from New College Swindon, Royal Wootton Bassett Academy and a few newer club members who wanted to test their skills the competition saw a massive range of weights being moved. In Read more…
This week Swindon Barbell sees two of it’s coaches (and one of SBB’s many #powercouples), Matt Watson & Christie Civetta, competing at this years International Powerlifting Federation World Championships in Sweden. Both Matt and Christie also competed at the European Championships this past year: Christie in the -72kg class with Read more…
On 22nd September 2018 Swindon Barbell’s David Wozniak (Wozza) attended The World Drug Free Powerlifting Federation’s European Bench Press Championships in Dublin to compete in both the Masters 1 (40+) and Open Age (23-40) sub 110kg categories. Accompanied by coach Helen Toms Wozza traveled to Dublin to take part in Read more…
On 26th August the Swindon Barbell Team travelled to Tedworth House Sports Recovery Centre to support the Help for Heroes Charity Para-powerlifting Competition. Three of our members plus Head Coach Charlie pitched in to staff the event – organised by Ben Richens – which aimed to raise money for Help Read more…