Weightlifters show their strength at club competition in Inverness
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WEIGHTLIFTERS showed their strength when they competed at an Inverness club’s first competition.
Inverness Olympic Weightlifting invited strong men and women from across the region to compete at its first competitive event.
Matej Papp and Klaudia Zbikowska were crowned the winners of the competition which took place at The Training Hub at Harbour Road in Inverness.
Charity was also the winner as the competition also raised £1300 with Mikeysline being a good cause which benefited.
Inverness Olympic Weightlifting head coach Jordan Bowie only established the club earlier this year
The 28-year-old says the club wanted to create an event to help promote the sport as well as raise money for a good cause.
“We have only been a club since April and this was our first ever competition,” said Bowie.
“We wanted to change the scene of weightlifting in the Highlands by doing a competition like this.
"Best of all we wanted to do the event to also help charity and we raised £1300 for Mikeysline and the club.
“We had 29 weightlifters on the day and 200 people through the door.
“It was by far the biggest thing we have had up this way.
“There is nothing up this way like it as there is more of this sort of events based in the central belt.
“I wanted to move the spotlight of the sport up this way.
“There are people up this way involved in the sport and we wanted to make it more well known.”
The club has members from across the north of Scotland travelling from as far afield as Aberdeen and Tongue.
The club holds weekly sessions every Thursday as well as every second Sunday.
Bowie says weightlifting is a growing sport in the Highlands and they want to increase the number of people getting involved.
He said: “We are pushing to get people to compete in weightlifting.
"But the club also have a general view in just getting more people involved.
“Realistically our aim is to grow the club and encourage more people to join.
“From someone who has never touched a bar to someone who has been weightlifting for years, we are looking to improve the sport in the Highlands and make it more well known.”
