C O M M I T T E E S

COACHES Committee

Mandate: The AWA Coaching committee is a working group or singular person, designated to promote coaching development and certification, promote junior development and help develop the competition calendar.

Chairperson: Vacant; Jordan Browne filling in: genexec1@albertaweightlifting.com

Please contact Jordan if interested in this position!

Technical Officials Committee

Mandate: The AWA Officials committee is a working group or singular person designated to establish and implement policies and procedures for AWA/CWFHC sanctioned competitions, technical development and promotion of local, national and international levels of officials and be responsible for rules in Canada.

Chairperson: Lu Dong: technicaldirector@albertaweightlifting.com

rankings and records Committee

Mandate: The AWA Ranking and Records committee is a working group or singular person designated to help keep youth, junior, senior and master provincial rankings and records up to date.

Chairperson: Andrew Pretty: hpdirector@albertaweightlifting.com

NCCP Committee

Mandate: The Alberta Weightlifting Association’s (AWA) NCCP committee is an advisory working group designated to assist in the recruitment and development of NCCP coaches as well as provide input to AWA on NCCP weightlifting curriculum.

Chairperson: Alex Hague: ahague@ualberta.ca

Alberta Weightlifting Association acknowledges that we are on the traditional lands of the Indigenous Peoples who lived among and travelled through the land in the area currently known as Alberta. We honour the Peoples of Treaty 4, 6, 7, 8, and 10, Alberta’s Métis and Inuit people and their profound contributions to the health and well-being of this region and to our members, where we recognize that health and well-being through our sport of weightlifting is not only physical, but also spiritual, emotion and mental and is accessible to all, rooted in the principles of respect, equity, diversity and inclusivity.