WEIGHTLIFTING: Birinus produce national champs (From Oxford Mail)

WEIGHTLIFTING: Birinus produce national champs

3:39pm Friday 19th March 2010 in

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St Birinus School, Didcot, produced an astonishing six winners at the British Schools Championships in Birmingham.

Three of them were 14-year-olds George Ripley (50kg body weight class), Peter Blowfield (56kg) and Alex Johnson (62kg).

In the 13-year age group there were successes for Conor Hogan (40kg) and Dominic Miles (50kg), while Sam Aries was second in the 50kg category.

The other winner was 15-year-old Lewis Mittenberger (77kg), while James Bywater (56kg) was second in the same age group.

Josh Cox, 16, came second in his class, but his total of 183kg qualified him for the European Championships.