Scotstoun sports Centre in Glasgow was the venue for the Scottish Masters Championships. 4 female and 16 male lifters competed. Their results are on the RESULTS PAGE. DVD's of the competition are available from Gary Swanney at a cost of £3. Email scotmasters@hotmail.com for info.

The 3rd International Ladies Open and Masters Weightlifting Tournament is being held on the 7th July at Waregem, Belgium. The entry form is on the ENTRY FORM page.

Can all Scottish Lifters who are going to the European Masters in Azerbaijan please send there entry form and entry fee to John McNiven by 2oth February. The link for this competition entry form is on the ENTRY FORM page.

A new competition which may interest Scottish Masters is the Masters European Cup which will be held from 19-22 July 2012 in Lugner City, Austria. The entry form is on the ENTRY FORM page.

The IWF World Masters Championships are to be held from 15th - 22nd September 2012 at Lviv in Ukraine. The entry form is on the ENTRY FORM page.

John McEwan at Scotstoun Sports Centre in Glasgow hosted the UK Masters Championships on 4th December 2011. The competition was run very well with 15 masters lifters competing. Their results can be seen on the RESULTS page.

5 Scottish Lifters competed at the European Masters Championships in Limassol, Cyprus on 29th October to 5th November 2011. They came back with 2 silver medals. Well done to them all. Their results can be seen on the RESULTS page.

The UK Masters Championships are being held at Scotstoun Sports Centre in Glasgow on Sunday 4th December 2011. Guests are welcome. Weigh-in 9am-10am with an 11am start. Entry fee has been increased to £15 because of the increase in hall hire price. Questions are to be directed at John McEwan. His details are on the entry form.

The Scottish Championships are being held at Kilmarnock Weghtlifting Club, Shortlees School, Blacksyke Road, Kilmarnock, KA14SR. on Sunday 27th November 2011. Weigh-in 9am-10am, start 11am. There are 4 masters competing. We wish them all the best.

Jim Ferguson is recently back from competing at the 2nd Ladies Open and Masters Weightlifting Tournament in Waregem, Belgium on the 2nd July 2011. Below is his report of the competition and the results can be seen on the RESULTS page.

Due to a lack of interest the Scottish Masters committee has decided that no further Training Sessions will be held.

Death of Wally Holland OBE. Former General Secretary of British Weightlifting and Executive Member of IWF Board. His funeral will be held at Oxford Crematorium on Tuesday 12th July at 13.30pm. For further information please contact John Mcniven. j.mcniven1@ntlworld.com

15 masters lifters competed at the Scottish Masters Open on 26th June at Palace of Arts in Glasgow. Their results can be viewed on the RESULTS page. DVDs are available from Gary Swanney for a cost of £3. Please email scotmasters@hotmail.com if you would like one or have any questions regarding the website or Scottish Masters. 

Jim Ferguson, George Byng and Claire Cameron competed at the European Masters in Germany. They were placed 3rd, 4th and 1st respectively. Their results are on the RESULTS page.

The 2011 World Masters is being held at Limassol, Cyprus from October 29th to November 5th. All Details can be obtained from the IWF website .http://www.iwfmasters.net/  Any lifters wishing to compete please contact John McNiven at j.mcniven1@ntlworld.com

Scottish Masters Open will be held on Sunday 26th June at Palace of Arts, Glasgow. Guests are welcome. Weigh-in 9am to 10am. Start 11am. Entry forms to be in by 16th June, posted or handed to the Masters Secretary, Chairman or Treasurer. No late entries will be accepted. Guests will lift after the masters are finished. The entry form is on the ENTRY FORMS page. Please email if you have any questions.

The European Masters Games is being held on 20th September at Lignano in Italy. Please click this link to find out details about the games. http://www.lignano2011.it/?lingua_sito=2    If you are thinking of entering, please do it through that website.

A great well done to the six men and two women who competed at the British Masters in Lilleshall on the 19th-20th March. There were 6 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze. Their results can be seen on the results page. The whole competition results can be see by clicking this link to the British Masters web site.  http://www.britishmasterswl.com

13th February was the Scottish Masters competition at Palace of Arts in Glasgow. 16 Scottish masters entered and 14 competed. The event went very well and many thanks to all who helped with the set up, running and clear up of the competition. Results are on the RESULTS page. DVDs are available from Gary Swanney for a cost of £3. Please email scotmasters@hotmail.com if you want one.

Fantastic lifting from Peter Kirkbride at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi saw him win Silver. A 144kg snatch and 189kg clean and jerk had him in the lead right up to the last lift of his weight class. Well done Peter, and well done to Charlie Hamilton and Jim Holland who were with him every step of the way.

A very special congratulations to Jean McConville who broke three world records at the 2010 World Masters in Poland. She got the world record for Snatch, Clean and Jerk and Total.

The seven strong Scottish team of five men and two women that competed at the 2010 World Masters in Poland did very well. Four lifters came back with medals. Full results can be found by clicking on this link. http://www.iwfmasters.net/  The Scottish lifters results can be viewed on the RESULTS page.

The Records are now on this site. If you have proof that you are a record holder please let us know. Records are from 1995.