Ulster Open Olympic Lifting

Colm_OReilly · 10-08-2009 7:06am #1

Hey All,

Here's some vids of the Ulster Open, which took place in the University of Ulster, Jordanstown on Saturday.

Special congratz to g'em, who set the Irish female record for the snatch as well, and made it look easy

Session One Snatch
Session One Clean & Jerk
Womens Snatch
Womens Clean & Jerk
Session Two (Complete)

Transform · 10-08-2009 7:30am

cheers for that, lots of very impressive lifts

g'em · 10-08-2009 8:56am

Jeebus, I didn't realise I threw such a hissy fit on my first failed snatch

:pac:

Thanks for those Colm, and brilliant work from you and the other CF boys on Saturday too, now next time would ye ever put some weight ont eh bar and make it look like you're putting some effort into it - there's an 80kg snatch in you for SURE!!!!

Colm_OReilly · 10-08-2009 9:25am

Yeah the loss of the ability to squat was bizarre alright, I blame the nordie air.

80/100 would be sa-weet for Cork, I see a shed load of snatch balances, drop snatches, and high hang squat snatches in my future to build that third pull and confidence at the bottom.

itsallaboutheL · 10-08-2009 10:33am

Purely going by your sense of dress in other vids, i'm going to assume that's you in the horrible orange t-shirt Colm??!!:p

FunkZ · 10-08-2009 10:42am

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

Purely going by your sense of dress in other vids, i'm going to assume that's you in the horrible orange t-shirt Colm??!!:p

Would ya not just assume it by his face then instead seeing as you've seen him in other videos?!
Dammit L stop setting yourself up to be owned

Excellent lifting G'em! You have a batch of the incredible-ness!

Canis Lupus · 10-08-2009 12:12pm

Forgive my ignorance. What weight did G'em snatch?

Well done btw everyone.

d'Oracle · 10-08-2009 12:34pm

That was entertaining.

Good work g'em.

How long has that grey haired dude been lifting? does anyone know?

TommyKnocker · 10-08-2009 12:55pm

Posted by G'em in the "Squats the story - Off topic thread"

56kg snatch (comp PB) and 66kg c&j @73.9kg. Still shiiiiiiiiiiiite on an International scale (my c&j is really hacking me off right now, it should be up around 75+) but I've been at this lark < 1 year so there's plenty of time for improvement.

Pretty impressive lifting, congratulations.

Best Regards,

M

slemons · 10-08-2009 2:48pm

Great lifting Gill! Thought you were gonna go kill the bar after the 1st lift...
Weightlifters are not sposed to be cute?
You should have been disqualified

d'Oracle · 10-08-2009 3:03pm

slemons wrote: »

Weightlifters are not sposed to be cute?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z08omshn2XQ

Also

Dont be silly.

g'em · 10-08-2009 3:14pm

slemons wrote: »

Great lifting Gill! Thought you were gonna go kill the bar after the 1st lift...
Weightlifters are not sposed to be cute?
You should have been disqualified

Ah you're still the same ol' charmer

d'Oracle wrote: »

Dont be silly.

See also Julia Rohde & Ruth Kasirye

d'Oracle · 10-08-2009 3:18pm

g'em wrote: »

Ah you're still the same ol' charmer

See also Julia Rohde & Ruth Kasirye

Rohde is in the Vid isnt she?

Kasirye? On googlising her, she's not my cup of tea..
No Alyson Felix.
Who incidentally is a big fan of Olys too.

g'em · 10-08-2009 3:28pm

d'Oracle wrote: »

Rohde is in the Vid isnt she?

She is indeed, my bad for not checking

d'Oracle wrote:

Kasirye? On googlising her, she's not my cup of tea..

She was at the Eleiko Championships I was lifting in in Austria and she's just the nicest girl in person, so down to earth. Oh and c&j 130kg @ <63kg. Frickin unreal.

d'Oracle · 10-08-2009 3:31pm

g'em wrote: »

She is indeed, my bad for not checking

She was at the Eleiko Championships I was lifting in in Austria and she's just the nicest girl in person, so down to earth. Oh and c&j 130kg @ <63kg. Frickin unreal.

I suppose now is a good a time to ask.
Any chance of us getting an olympian in Weightlifting?
Is anyone looking great on the circuit?

How bout you?;)

Remmy · 10-08-2009 3:40pm

fairplay G'em!1 year of oly lifting and you broke the irish female snatch record!that kinda speaks for itself.

g'em · 10-08-2009 3:42pm

d'Oracle wrote: »

I suppose now is a good a time to ask.
Any chance of us getting an olympian in Weightlifting?
Is anyone looking great on the circuit?

How bout you?;)

Qualification to the Olympics is generally done on a team basis (a team we don't have unfortunately) and is done via World and regional championships. Full qualification details are here.

We do have two very good lifters, Cathal Byrd (UL) a 77kg lifter (snatched 110kg and c&j 140kg at the Ulsters on Saturday) and Kevin D'Arcy, an 85kg lifter. If a lifter has a world ranking it's possible to get into the games on a wild card, and that would probably be Cathal's best chance. But he's only 22 (I think) right now so he has a few potential Olympics to look forward to.

I'm too old and not nearly good enough on the other hand