The first thing I would love to tell about is Latvian Cup which happened in Daugavpils in Jan.30th.
It was only 50 participants (we usually have twice as much). But they managed to show good results and to break couple of Latvian records. The most exiting was to watch Santa Morozova breaking her own record and raising Latvian record for two reps (160 snatches with 16kg). Let me remind you that the girl is only 53kg and 21 y.o.
My team (Riga) did not participate, because we all are preparing for the next stage of Latvian Cup - long cycle. And it was a good idea not to participate, because the place did not have the central heating and some sportsmen got cold after the competition. It was the same situation last year. I did participate there and then spent three weeks in bed with flu. So this time I decided to leave my jacket on :) But I didn't just watch. I was working as the secretary again. But it is a usual thing for me to do :) It is always like that - there are people responsible for the organization of a competition in any given town, but in reality Riga's team comes to the place and organizes everything 2 hours before the event :) It was like that this time, too. People in Daugavpils provided the place, but then we came, set up score boards, managed the weighting and brought judges from Riga... But I like to know that we have a good team and can organize high level competitions quickly. Everyone knows his place and is doing the job without asking "what to do?", "where to go?" etc. I enjoy it!
Another thing I'd like to mention is Sport and Tourism Exhibition in Riga next weekend. We are going to perform power juggling and classical snatch and jerk exercises there. I think it is a very good way to popularize our sport. A lot of people are expected and we will have a chance to make the crowd to notice us.
We will have another exhibition like that in March. And it will be even bigger. So we are looking forward for these events. By the way, the second one will be on Sunday (March, 28th) and we will have 2nd stage of Latvian Cup on Saturday just before it (March, 27). So it will be Kettlbell Lifting weekend :) I promise to write another post about it later! :)
So, as you see, life is going on. We are having multiple GS events and are doing our best to popularize our sport. It is quite hard to do it during the economical crisis, but we are using any possibility we can get.
[My team]
