Manitoba Weightlifting Association

(Back row) Travis Lindsay, Carthy Caswell, Zachary Louttit (Front row) Rienna Skelton, Courtney Skelton, Annika Hildebrand

Best of luck to all the athletes who will be representing Manitoba at the 2020 Canadian Junior Weightlifting Championships on Saturday, January 18, in Edmonton!

The event will be broadcast live on the Alberta Weightlifting Association’s YouTube Channel.

Tune in at the following times to cheer on Team Manitoba (all times in MST):

• 8:00 am: Courtney Skelton (Southwest Strength) and Annika Hildebrand (CrossFit Rocked)
• 10:00 am: Brett Landreville (Starke Weightlifting) and Travis Lindsay (CrossFit Rocked)
• 12:00 pm: Rienna Skelton (Southwest Strength)
• 2:45 pm: Zachary Louttit (Southwest Strength) and Carthy Caswell (CrossFit Rocked)
• 5:15 pm: Gillian Martens (Starke Weightlifting)

The Hercules Weightlifting Club will be hosting La Coupe du Voyageur Championship on Sunday, February 9 at Prairie CrossFit (#3-1249 Clarence Ave, Winnipeg).

Registration deadline is Saturday, February 1.

Download the 2020 La Coupe du Voyageur Championship Registration Form

Please note that this competition is capped at 36 athletes (18 male, 18 female).

The Hercules Weightlifting Club will be hosting a NCCP Competition Introduction Workshop on February 22 and 23, 2020. All MWA members are welcome to attend.

Download the registration form and course agenda

For more information or to sign up, please contact sean.mazur@me.com

On November 23, 2019, 44 athletes competed in the 2019 Manitoba Provincial Championships, hosted by the Dakota Weightlifting Club.

Congratulations to the best lifters of the competition, Rienna Skelton (Southwest Strength) and Eric Mazur (Hercules Weightlifting Club).

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The Dakota Weightlifting Club will be hosting the 2019 Provincial Championships on Saturday, November 23, 2019 at North Star Fitness (742 Lagimodière Blvd, Winnipeg).

Session 1 (Women 45kg-59kg and Men 55kg-73kg)
Weigh-in @ 7am
Lifting starts @ 9am

Session 2 (Women 64kg-87+kg)
Weigh-in @ 9:30am
Lifting starts @ 11:30am

Session 3 (Men 81kg-109+kg)
Weigh-in @ 12pm
Lifting starts @ 2pm

Download Start List

The Dakota Weightlifting Club will be hosting the 2019 Manitoba Provincial Championships on Saturday, November 23, 2019.

Download the 2019 Manitoba Provincial Championships Entry Form

Registration deadline is Friday, November 15.

CrossFit Rocked will be hosting the 2019 Manitoba Open on Saturday, October 5, 2019 in Brandon, Manitoba.

Session 1 (Men – 73kg and 81kg)
Weigh-in @ 8:30am
Lifting starts @ 10:30am

Session 2 (Women – 45kg to 64kg)
Weigh-in @ 10:15am
Lifting starts @ 12:15pm

Session 3 (Men – 89kg to 109+kg)
Weigh-in @ 12:30pm
Lifting starts @ 2:30pm

Session 4 (Women – 71kg to 87+kg)
Weigh-in @ 2pm
Lifting starts @ 4pm

Download Start List

CrossFit Rocked will be hosting the 2019 Manitoba Open on Saturday, October 5,
in Brandon, Manitoba.

Registration deadline is September 27, 2019.

Download the 2019 Manitoba Open Registration Form

The MWA would like to wish the best of luck to all the athletes who will be competing in the 2019 World Masters Weightlifting Championship, from August 16 to 24, in Montréal, Quebec.

The event will be live-streamed on YouTube. Visit montrealmasters2019.com for more information and to view the full competition schedule.

The Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame class of 2019 (photo: @Jeff_Hnatiuk)

We would like to congratulate former MWA President, Susanne Dandenault, on on being part of the induction class of 2019 with the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame!

Sue joined the national team in 1998 and competed in five World Championships, two Pan Am Games, a Commonwealth Games, was an alternate at the 2004 Olympics and is a nine-time national champion (1997-2005). She still holds the Canadian records for snatch (105kg), clean & jerk (136kg) and total (237kg) in the +87kg category.

She will be inducted along with six other individuals and one team dynasty on November 2, 2019.