An amazing start to the Calgary Stampede | Un début incroyable pour le Stampede de Calgary

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2025 Canadian Masters Weightlifting Championships An amazing start to the Calgary Stampede

 

The 2025 Canadian Masters Weightlifting Championships were recently held in Calgary, Alberta and hosted by the Alberta Weightlifting Association. The Genesis Centre in North East Calgary was well equipped to accommodate so many athletes and spectators. The AWA Organizing Committee, under the leadership of its President Alana Yim, provided our members with three very full days of exciting competition. Gift bags were replete with tokens to take home and remind athletes of their exciting time at this event.

 

The AWA organizing committee kept this competition running smoothly and WCHM members extend their gratitude to this energetic and efficient group. Seen in this photo, opening up the 2025 Championships, were the men of session M1. These athletes represent the oldest age group, ranging in age from 66 years to 92. On the last day of the Championships, our youngest masters in the 30-34 age group gave their very strong performance. The 215 participants at this event were the largest number to compete in the National Championships; 119 women and 96 men, represented almost every province. This large contingent of athletes required three full days to compete. At this time, nineteen athletes have submitted applications for Canadian Masters Weightlifting records. That is a very impressive number, and I suspect there will be more.

 

Not only were athletes contesting awards in their age and bodyweight category other awards were there for the winning. In each age group an athlete from each gender will be awarded a Best Lifter Award, which comes with an award prize of $100. From the Best Lifters, an athlete from each gender, will receive the U45 Grand Master Award. This award is specifically for athletes between the ages of 30 and 44 and comes with both a fantastic trophy and a prize award of $150, with second and third place winners receiving $100 and $50 respectively. And lastly, there is the Grand Master Award for each gender which includes all athletes in the Championships. That Grand Master also receives an awesome trophy and a prize award of $150, with second and third place winners receiving $100 and $50 respectively. The complete results package can be found on this website under Results.

 

Many of the athletes will also be competing at the 2025 IMWA World Masters Championships. With these two events, they will be well on their way toward receiving the President’s Attollo Award. This award is achieved when a member competes at three or more Masters events, Provincially, Nationally or Internationally. Members can apply for these by contacting the WCHM President before April 30 of the following year and find more information on this website under Awards.

 

WCHM and I look forward to seeing many of these athletes competing in next year’s national championships. Host club, Driven Barbell, is already planning this event which will be held May 7-10 in Midland, Ontario. More information will be posted on the WCHM website.