Results - Australian Kettlebell Club Championships April 2012

Biathlon
MEN	BW	KB	Jerks	Snatches	Total	Place
Adam Waters	75	12	142	111/109	251	1st
Andyn Kadir	75	20	58	36/38	94	1st
Teng Sem Yeng	80	20	50	42/46	92	1st
Clint Bird	85	12	75	71/76	146	1st
Nick Efthimiou	85	24	87	40/0	87	1st
Paris Craig	90	12	130	85/86	215	1st
Sam Murray	90	12	127	0/0	127	2nd
Damien Sherwell	90+	12	124	107/111	231	1st
Don Grant	90+	12	120	0/0	120	2nd
Matthew Newman	90	16	80	76/81	156	1st
WOMEN	BW	KB	Jerks	Snatches	Total	Place
Evie O'Shannessy	60	8	69/86	116/123	185	1st
Jacky Ender	60	8	149/0	111/104	104	2nd
Tiffany Cowie	65	12	71/66	87/79	145	1st
Jen Fletcher	70+	8	90/94	98/111	201	1st
Danielle Stevenson	70+	8	74/78	100/110	178	2nd
Tamara Kirkwood	70+	8	76/74	92/93	166	3rd
Bree Sherwell	70+	8	71/65	100/106	165	4th
Vanessa McQuarrie	70+	8	60/62	100/100	160	5th
Long Cycle
MEN	BW	KB	REPS	TOTAL	PLACE
Ed Perrett	70	24	55	55	1st
James Ross	80	24	70	70	1st
Steve Poskitt	90+	24	54	54	1st
WOMEN	BW	KB	REPS	TOTAL	PLACE
Gemma Deavin	60	12	56/58	56	1st
Anna Papij	70+	18	45/27	27	1st
Bernadette Garvin	70+	8	54/52	52	1st
Pentathlon
MEN
Simon Hikaka	1802	1st
Mathew Walkerden	1524	2nd
Josh Huyser	1443	3rd
Sam Murray	1316.5	4th
Damien Sherwell	1275	5th
Don Grant	1245	6th
Joel Gill	1237.5	7th
Adam Lam	1206	8th
Paris Craig	1144.5	9th
Clint Bird	923.5	10th
Adam Waters	771	11th
WOMEN
Jen Fletcher	735	1st
Tamara Kirkwood	684.25	2nd
Bernadette Garvin	652	3rd
Jacky Ender	648	4th
Bree Sherwell	594	5th
Evie O'Shannessy	588	6th
Danielle Stevenson	581.25	7th
Susanna Sanzaro	475.25	8th

Australian Kettlebell Club Championships



Emily takes the participants through the rules for the day

 This past weekend, on Saturday the 21st of April, 2012, the Australian Kettlebell Club had what we would consider to be our first official competition in Melbourne, Australia. The day was a huge success for both the Australian Kettlebell Club, and all of our participants.

To our knowledge this was the largest Kettlebell Sport competition held in Australia to date, with many lifters making the effort to travel from interstate to compete. We were even fortunate enough to have two lifters make the journey from Singapore to compete! Proof that this sport is growing in the Asia Pacific and will continue to do so into the future.

10 minutes doesn't usually feel so long...

Held at the Iron Edge facility in Glen Iris, Melbourne (www.ironedge.com.au), room was ample for competitors and a surprisingly large audience, and being fortunate enough to have access to such a space allowed for traditional events to be run alongside the Pentathlon event (a reasonably new event created by the WKC), resulting in the day running as smoothly as possible to a pre-planned program (no mean feat with so many lifters competing).

No rules were mentioned about matching attire, but their lifting certainly met high standards

                                     
Iron Edge were also kind enough to sponsor this event, meaning that we could recognise the standout lifters of the day with prizes, acknowledging their efforts and dedication to the entire process of competing, from that first moment a bell is lifted in training to the final rep of their sets.



 We have been fortunate enough to see many of the lifters who competed on Saturday start as novices, some being exposed to the sport lifts for the first time through attending a WKC workshop, some attending the weekly classes that we previously ran on Saturday mornings, and some who had stumbled upon the sport in their own way and have developed to become competent lifters showing huge potential for the future. It is inspiring to watch these people progress, and they can only improve from here.



Anna Papij (left) works hard through her LC set



Just some of the stand out performances on the day included Tiffany Cowie's biathlon sets, Ed Perrett's incredible technique from the first to last rep in his 24kg long cycle set, Simon Hikaka's massive effort in the Pentathlon,  Andyn Kadir's beautiful biathlon technique and many others setting personal bests or competing for the very first time which can be seen as an achievement in itself.

The aim of this competition was to try to progress competition lifting standards within Australia. The WKC have some of the most stringent competiton requirements and we did our best to ensure that all lifters were aware of these standards and did their best to adhere. Many who competed in the traditional events were even required to rank with a certain weight in their event officially with the WKC before competing. This can be a daunting process, not often being as easy as simply passing on a filmed set and getting the green light to lift. A lifter needs to display competance and a basic standard regarding ability before they can compete with specific weights, and anyone who went through this process prior to competing has definitely earned our respect.

The Judges: unsung heroes of the day

Such standards could not have been upheld without the help of our dedicated judges, who were attentive, reliable, and solid in all of their performances. Without people like Scott Carroll, Tia Vasiljevic, Sam Siebel, Ed Perrett, Simon Hikaka, James Ross and Anna Papij this competition simply could not have happened. We are very fortunate to have these people involved with the AKC, and we can't thank them enough for all of their efforts.

Lifters were awarded on the day in respect to their technical performaces. Often it can be easy to be caught up in the spectacle of watching a lifter perform a huge amount of reps with the heaviest weight that they can. However, technical proficiency and ability should always be priority number one to see the sport progress in countries such as ours where the sport is still in it's infancy, and to ensure that lifters remain safe and injury free. We hope that if if any competitors have taken away anything from the day it is this one lesson.


Awarded lifters for the day were:

Female Biathlon: Tiffany Cowie

Male Biathlon: Andyn Kadir (Singapore)

Female Long Cycle: Anna Papij

Male Long Cycle: Edward Perrett

And a special mention must be made to Simon Hikaka and Jen Fletcher who posted the highest male and female scores in the pentathlon respectively. 

Men's Biathlon, Snatch

The day was a huge success, and we would like to thank every one who competed on the day, helped out in any way that they could, or simply attended and supported the event. It could not have happened without you.

Keep training everyone, September is not very far away...