For the first time ever, this year, Cambridge University Powerlifting Club (CUPLC) managed to send a full team of women (7) to the British University World Championships (BUCs).
Our efforts at BUCs ending up helping us place overall within the top 5 female university teams in the UK, meaning that we qualified for the University World Championships in South Africa which take place in July.
This is a huge step for the club, who before this year only had a couple of women competing regularly. For many of the women in the team, this was their first real powerlifting competition so it is hugely impressive that we've managed to make it this far!
Unfortunately powerlifting is not a very well funded sport in the UK and we are having to pay for our flights, accommodation and other expenses ourselves - which not all of us can afford. If you can help us raise some money to support us in South Africa, it will be much more likely that more members of the team can make it. We currently have 3 of our women nominated to be there and one coach.