Category Archives: The Presidents Blog
What an outstanding competition the A/BPU North Wales Qualifiers was in Rhyl this weekend. Dayle Longford, the Lord of DL Fitness hosted us again for the 3rd time and we are really blessed. The man has a passion for the sport and the people and looked after everyone form start to finish. The DL crew […]
THE AWPC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS REPORT Only a few of the 29 lifters that traveled all the way to Orlando to compete at the AWPC World Championships 2019. Well here we are. A week after the AWPC World Championships in Orlando, USA and the team is still talking on Whatsapp and I think probably will be […]
So here we are, the British Nationals is here again so damn fast. This year we are looking at 450+ competitors, 3 platforms and more staff in one place than I have ever had to deal with. More equipment, more logistics, lorries and vans and more AV equipment. Holding our nationals at Bodypower is something […]
So we are just back form the 2018 WPC World Championships in Orlando Florida and with a hoard of medals! Team GB set upon the USA with brute force and a fair bit of ignorance to bring the stiff upper British lip to Orlando and some very resolute performances. The team, made up of 23 […]
By Emma Ylitalo-James, President – BPU and ABPU. Holy crap. Well, as Alan Wilson said, we managed the impossible. Well actually, I think you all managed the impossible. I was sat at home writing about critical thinking and the use of cognitive restructuring when an email with the final numbers for the ABPU and BPU […]
July 2013 by Emma James – President of the BPU It’s been an amazing journey in a very short space of time. Not only was the European Championships a huge success with the best Euro’s I have been to in years but also new European titles and records from Corinne Ingman, Emmy Louise, Darren Hammond and […]