2026 Gold Cup – Eastbourne, UK
[Taken from IAWA (UK) Facebook Page]
Congratulations to David Angove for winning the Howard Prechtel Memorial Award for his outstanding 250 KG Lurich Lift which combined with Age, Weight, Gender and Blindt correction resulted in 174.77 amended points. He shared the podium with Matt Jones 90 KG Domaal Squat and Gary Ell 225 KG Lurich Lift.
Congratulations to Natalie Voce for winning the Karen Gardner Memorial Award for outstanding achievement of a female lifter. Natalie performed a 27.5 KG Roman Chair Extension.
Overall, (27) athletes participated in the 2026 Gold Cup with a tremendous range of lifts including Arthur Lift, Domaal, Squat, OTSM lifts, Vertical Bar Lifts, Presses and Turkish Get Up.
The Gold Cup dinner also hosted the induction of Josh Davidson and Chloe Brennan into the IAWA (UK) Hall of Fame. Congratulations to two well deserving athletes.
