Sat. Nov 23rd, 2024
Nicole Talbot

Gloucestershire pair Nicole Talbot and Jess Tea both claimed gold at the Central Weightlifting Championships in Warley on Saturday.

And there was a silver medal for Vicki Reeve, who is trained by Luke Etheridge at GC Weightlifting in Gloucester.

The Under-58kg lifter hoisted aloft 57kg in the snatch and 75kg in the clean and jerk.

Clean and jerk from Nicole Talbot

The 27-year-old had secured British qualification with lifts of 65kg (snatch) and 77kg (clean and jerk) a week earlier at the Nottingham Open.

Gym 66 competitor Talbot, who weighed in at 66.3kg, lifted a total of 162kg to take top spot in the Under 69kg class at Warley’s Harry Mitchell Leisure Centre.

The Cheltenham athlete and Olympic hopeful, trained by Sam Kennedy snatched 65kg and a competition personal best of 70kg before missing 75kg.

She then clean and jerked 85kg to secure qualification for the British Championships next year, going on to top that with a personal best equalling clean of 92kg. Talbot has added 10kg to her total over the past year.

Silver medalist Vicki Reeve performs a snatch

Gloucester-born Tea, competing in the Under-63kg category, successfully snatched 63kg, with a clean and jerk of 84kg, making a total of 147kg.

That was enough to secure her place at the British Championships in July.

The 26-year-old trains at Trimnasium in Cheltenham and also Oxford Powersports.

She first competed in November 2014 and has already added 15kg to her total.

Courtesy of: Gloucestershire Echo