Results from the 2018 GSU Scottish Championship mean that we have some new records to add. Congratulations to all lifters!
See the full list of records at: UK Records

Biathlon, Jerk & Snatch

Katie hunter 2x8kg 68kg+ Category biathlon & snatch and overall biathlon
Jay Goodwillie 2x12kg 68kg category biathlon, jerk and snatch and overall jerk and biathlon
Jodi duffin 2x12kg 68kg+ category jerk
Chris Skeats 16kg, 58kg veteran Category biathlon and snatch
Michelle Dunston 16kg, 58kg veteran category jerk
Adam Tonkin 2x16kg junior 63kg category biathlon and jerk and overall junior jerk
Andrew Johnson 2x20kg veteran 73kg category biathlon, jerk & snatch

Long Cycle

Sarah Lemmon, 12kg veteran 63kg category long cycle & overall veteran long cycle
Elaine skinner 2x12kg veteran 58kg category long cycle
Carol Forbes 16kg veteran 58kg category long cycle
Adam Tonkin 2x16kg junior 63kg category long cycle
Taylor Chapman 2x16kg junior 85kg Long Cycle & overall junior long cycle
Andrew Johnson 2x20kg veteran 73kg category long cycle

Marathon

Jenny whitcombe 12kg veteran >60kg category marathon Long Cycle
Joy talbot 12kg veteran 60-70kg category half marathon snatch
Caz Ewan 16kg veteran 60-70kg category half marathon long cycle
Yvonne Martin 16kg >70kg half marathon snatch
Allan Holborn 24kg <75kg half marathon long cycle
Alan Lyon 24kg veteran 75-85kg category long cycle half marathon
Phil low 24kg veteran >85kg category long cycle half marathon

Details of the new UK records set at the 2017 Scottish Championship are below, for full results have a look at: Scottish Championship Results

New Long Cycle Records

3 overall Veterans records and 10 weight category records!

Female records
Helen Clewer: 24kg, 123 reps, new record in the 68kg+ Category
Claire Knight: 20kg, 100 reps new veterans record in the 63kg category & new overall veterans record
Yvonne Martin: 2x16kg, 101 reps, new record in the 68kg+ category
Lucy McCappin: 16kg, 138 reps, new record in the veterans 68kg+ category & new overall veterans record
Chris Skeats: 12kg, 142 reps, new veterans record in the 63kg category & new overall veterans record
Christine Acosta Weirich: 2x8kg, 60 reps, new record in the 68kg+ category
Seonagh Perrie: 2x8kg, 14 reps, new record in the veterans 68kg+ category

Male records
Ray Wilson: 2x24kg, 90 reps, new record in the 85kg category
Kieran Kent: 2x24kg, 80 reps, new record in the 78kg category
Paul Eaton: 2x20kg, 75 reps, new veterans records in the 85kg category

New Biathlon, Jerk & Snatch Records

11 overall records (including one Absolute World Record, 3 weight category world records) & 17 weight category records!

Female records
Abigail Johnston: 2x20kg biathlon, 105 jerk & 237 snatch, new overall biathlon, jerk and snatch records and new records in the 68kg category. Absolute World record in 2x20kg biathlon total, and jerk World record in the 68kg category.
Joy Talbot: 20kg, 40 jerk & 73 snatch , new overall veterans biathlon & jerk record and new veterans biathlon & jerk record in the 63kg category
Anna Plumridge: 2x16kg, 115 jerk & 200 snatch, new overall biathlon and jerk records and new biathlon and jerk records in the 68kg category
Claire Davis: 2x16kg, 109 jerk & 173 snatch, new overall veterans biathlon and jerk records and new veterans biathlon & jerk records in the 68kg+ category (*at competition in the USA)
Lucy McCappin: 16kg, 140 jerk & 126 snatch, new overall veterans jerk record and new veterans biathlon and jerk records in the 68kg+ category
Cheryl Ballance: 2x12kg, 120 jerk & 193 snatch, new biathlon and jerk records in 58kg category & World Record biathlon & jerk records in the 53kg category.
Alison Snowie: 2x12kg, 118 jerk, new overall 2x12kg jerk record and new jerk record in the 68kg+ category
Kathleen Oswald: 2x12kg, 77 jerk, new veterans jerk record in the 68kg category

Male records
Anthony Welsh: 16kg, 200 snatch, new snatch record in the 95kg+ category
Dominic Marr: 16kg, 138 jerk, new jerk record in the 95kg category
See the full list of UK records here: UK RECORDS

Pictures Courtesy of Niall MacKinnon of Forth Valley Kettlebells

The GSU competition year drew to a close last Saturday (12th Nov) with the 2016 British Championship. Superbly hosted by BigKat in Harrogate, this was another competition marked by it’s friendly atmosphere and inclusive nature! We have been seeing the expansion of events requested by GSU members over the last year: doubles for women, junior categories, lighter bells and singles for male beginners and this competition was a showcase for this diversity in the sport.

Many of the newer faces to the kettlebell sport scene are already showing amazing progression, and the juniors already showed great skill in their first ever competition! It’s also great to see more seasoned competitors trying out the challenge of moving up kettlebell weight or trying out different events, along with those using the event as more of a de-load from the International competition season and so maybe trying a lighter weight and different pacing scheme.

With the newly collated UK records we can now track the records broken at each competition and these are listed below, however this shouldn’t take away from the achievement of every lifter taking to the platform whether it’s for the first, or fifty-first time! For full results you can check here: British Championship Results and for a full list of records see here: UK Records

The GSU can’t thank Chris Guyll, Becky Fraser, Dave Moore, Chanelle Mcgill, Nick Johnson and rest of the BigKat Fitness and Martial Arts and OKSE team enough for hosting a very smoothly run, friendly and professional competition. Thanks too to Organisation of Kettlebell Sport England for the use of their timers for the day, to everyone who helped out with judging, moving equipment and to all the sponsors including GSU’s main sponsor Wolverson Fitness.