WEIGHT-LIFTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 239, 8 October 1940, Page 10

WEIGHT-LIFTING.

RECORDS IN CHAMPIONSHIPS,

I At the Auckland provincial weight-lifting championships at the Central Gymnasium, the British Empire heavy-weight champion. Harold Cleghom. broke all his existing Australian and New Zealand records on the Olympic set of lilts His efforts were (new records in parentheses): Two hands military press. 270< 2 lb (273', 5 1b); two hands snatch. 266'ilb (2681b); two hands dean and Jerk. 342>ilb (349>'«lb); total. eWilb. K. Banks, New Zealand bantam-weight champion, broke his own record ot 1751b on the two hands clean and jerk with n»',ilb. C. Tucker, light-heavy-weight, broke his own right hand bent press record of 1801b. with a fine lilt of 2001b, being the first man in New Zealand to lift 2001b overhead with one hand. This lift constitutes a record (or light-heavy and heavyweight. L. Trlnder established a New Zealand light-weight record on the right hand -swing straight arm with OS'ilb. The referee was Mr. J. Elliott, who was assisted by Messrs. L. Wilson (Auckland) and S. Wilder (Chrlstchurch) as Judges.

The Auckland provincial amateur champions for 1940 are:— Bantam. K. Banks; feather, C. McDonald; light, A. Sykes: middle. 1.. McDonald* light-heavy. H. K. Young; heavy. H. Clefhorn. All the champions and place-getters qualified for inclusion In the Auckland team, which Is to compete in the fifth New Zealand championship tournament at Wanganul during Labour week-end.