Welcome to this week’s edition of Top-Up Tuesday.
Contents:
- World Masters Championships summary
- Upcoming Home Nations championships hosted by the Isle of Man Powerlifting
- Further updates for the British Classic Open
World Masters Championships
Written by Jo Whiteley
We sent 44 masters athletes to the 2026 World Masters in Reno, USA and a couple of them even lifted twice. 7 brand new world champions came home and there was a huge pile of medals from the other team members too.
CLASSIC
Masters 1
74kg – David White – 657.5kg – 4th
83kg – Craig Strong – 657.5kg – 7th
93kg – Liam Snusher – 715kg – 4th
105kg – Sam Nayler – 785kg – 🥈
120kg – Reece Smith – 790kg – 🥉
120+kg – Paul Doherty – 770kg – 4th
47kg – Katie Paskin – 295kg – 4th
57kg – Emma Drackford – 362.5kg – 5th
63kg – Hannah Yardy – 420kg – 5th
63kg – Catherine Woodward – 385kg – 6th
84kg – Sheri Miles – 497.5kg – 🥈
84+kg – Claire Roberts – 535kg – 🥇
84+kg – Inara Kuisele – 507.5kg – 🥉
Men’s Team – 3rd place
Women’s Team – 3rd place
Sheri Miles – 112.5kg – M1 bench British record
Sheri Miles – 225kg – M1 deadlift British record
Sheri Miles – 497.5kg – M1 total British record
Masters 2
59kg – Andy Liddle – 370kg – 🥈
74kg – Bernie McGurk – 560kg – 4th
93kg – Dharminder Sharma – 615kg – 7th
120kg – Darren Greville – 665kg – 7th
120+kg – Darren Scarfe – 725kg – 🥈
52kg – Angelina Lane – 295kg – 5th
69kg – Terrie Redmore – 405kg – 4th
84kg – Janet Pam – 476kg – 🥇
84+kg – Gillian Lomax – 457.5kg – 🥉
Men’s Team – 3rd place
Women’s Team – 3rd place
Janet Pam – 181kg – M2 squat world record
Janet Pam – 476kg – M2 total British record
Bernie McGurk – 245kg – M2 deadlift British record
Darren Scarfe – 295kg – M2 deadlift British record
Darren Scarfe – 725kg – M2 total British record
Masters 3
74kg – Raymond Robinson – 475kg – 🥉
83kg – Grant Sugarman – 562.5kg – 🥈
83kg – Dumas Maugile – 490kg – 8th
93kg – Clifford MacDuff – 600kg – 4th
93kg – Stokeley Sawyers – 560kg – 6th
105kg – John Richardson – 555kg – 4th
120kg – David Charnock – 605kg – 🥉
120+kg – Bob Sadler – 545kg – 4th
57kg – Denise Bird – 270kg – 4th
76kg – Heather Tagg – 406.5kg – 🥇
84kg – Jackie Blasbery – 337.5kg – 6th
Men’s Team – 3rd place
Women’s Team – 6th place
Heather Tagg – 184kg – M3 deadlift world record
Heather Tagg – 406.5kg – M3 total world record
Masters 4
59kg – Barry Lilley – 285kg – 🥇
66kg – Douglas Graham – 302.5kg – 🥈
69kg – Melanie Lester – 280kg – 4th
76kg – Denise Goddard – 250kg – 🥈
76kg – Linda Boyham – 232.5kg – 4th
Men’s Team – 3rd place
Women’s Team – 4th place
EQUIPPED
Masters 1
105kg – Matt Dempsey – 785kg – 4th
63kg – Amber Hinchelwood – 347.5kg – 🥉
76kg – Sara Bradley – 450kg – 5th
Men’s Team – 10th place
Women’s Team – 5th place
Masters 2
74kg – Bernie McGurk – 660kg – 🥇
84kg – Joanne Frost – 437.5kg – 🥈
84+kg – Denise Westbrook – 347.5kg – 🥈
Men’s Team – 8th place
Women’s Team – 4th place
Masters 3
63kg – Allison Hough – 365kg – 🥇 – 3rd place Best Lifter
84+kg – Jackie Blasbery – 375kg – 🥇
Men’s Team – 3rd place
Women’s Team – 1st place
Huge thanks to the army of coaches, referees, officials and supporters who travelled to the US to support the team.
Home Nations at the Isle of Man
A message from Isle of Man Director of Operations, Lisa Grant.
The Isle of Man is excited to host the Home Nations Powerlifting Championships on Saturday 21st November 2026
Welcoming teams from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This marks the first time the championships will be held on the island, with hosting responsibilities rotating between the competing nations.
Each nation will be represented by five male and five female lifters, competing for points based on GL towards the overall team standings.
The championships bring together competitive team lifting and the traditional friendly rivalry between the home nations.
As hosts, Powerlifting Isle of Man is also looking forward to incorporating elements of traditional Isle of Man culture and hospitality, giving visiting teams an opportunity to experience some of the island’s unique heritage.
A message from the Home Nations
We are collectively looking forward to attending the inaugural Isle of Man hosted Home Nations and are confident Isle of Man Powerlifting will put on a great event.
Looking ahead to the British Open
As I reported last week, the British Open Classic is fast approaching and the team behind the scenes are working extremely hard to provide you with an incredible event.
We will be releasing further information around the coaching licence for 2027, however, the current guidance pertains to this year’s British Classic Open. This means anyone in the warm up room and holding area must hold a Coaching Licence. You can find more information on the Coaching Licence page and can apply for the licence through your Sport80 portal.
This is the LAST Nationals event before the new Coaching License requirements come into play for 2027, meaning coaches will also require a Level 1 Coaching Qualification to coach at Nationals in the future (from 2027 onwards). We will also be announcing our Approved Club Coaching Licence model which enables us to continue the safe approach to coaching at competitions whilst also recognising the challenges of attaining a coaching licence for those who may not be professional coaches.
Any queries, please email educationandcoaching@britishpowerlifitng.org, but please bear in mind the Coaching and Education teams are run by volunteers who are limited on their time. We ask you to read all the information available before sending in your queries, including the British Powerlifting Coaching Licence 2026-2027 Policy and the quick reference guide, all found on the Coaching Licence page.
2027 Nationals Venues
The competition teams, hosts and divisions have been working extremely hard to finalise competition venues and locations for 2027. We will be releasing all these event updates in the coming weeks and we thank you in advance for your patience.
WHAT’S COMING UP:
- IPF World Equipped Powerlifting Championships, 9-15 November in Turkey
- SBD British Classic Open, 4-6 December at the NEC Birmingham
- European Classic Sub-Junior and Junior Powerlifting Championships, December 3-13 in Slovenia.
Check out all the upcoming championships from British Powerlifting and you can find all the International Competitions from the IPF Calendar.
