Welsh Senior National Championships 2019

Welsh Senior National Championships 2019

Five Pembrokeshire Weightlifters competed in the Welsh Senior National Championships, 2nd March at Bangor University. It was a very successful day all round. Lotty Whalley from Haverfordwest High VC – 4th place and breaking the u15 Welsh Snatch, Clean and Jerk...
When Weightlifting began in Pembrokeshire

When Weightlifting began in Pembrokeshire

Weightlifting in Pembrokeshire started in the 1930’s with Tommie George, an old time strongman who lived in the Letterston area. As part of his strongman act he would perform feats of strength with barbells and dumbbells, lift an anvil with his teeth and then bend an...