SA Team Selection Information
Commonwealth youth, junior & senior Championships 2024
17-21 September 2024, Suva, Fiji
Preliminary Entries close 17 June 2024
Final Entries close 17 August 2024
Selection criteria: SAWF standard: youth, junior, senior Commonwealth Championships
Selection Committee meetings: 3 June (preliminary) / 3 August (final)
Only the top 20 Male and 20 Female Lifters who have made the standard will be selected for prliminary entries and the top 10 of these will be selected for final entries.
Athlete must be on Adams and whereabouts updated.
Relevant ADEL Courses must also be completed.
Athletes must be able to afford the trip without support from the Federation at this stage .
Results from these Competitions will be taken into consideration
All Level 5 and higher International Competitions in the past 12 Months
For preliminary entries:
Provincial Championships 2024 (Senior, Youth, Junior)
SA Championships 2023 (Senior, Youth and Junior)
Provincial Championships 2023 (Senior, Youth and Junior)
For Final Entries:
All above, including SA Championships 2024 (Senior, Youth and Junior)
IWF World Junior Championships
19-27 September 2024, Leon, Spain
Preliminary Entries close 19 June 2024
Final Entries close 19 July 2024 (estimated)
Selection criteria: SAWF standard: Junior World Championships
Selection Committee meetings: 5 June (preliminary) / 8 July (final)
Only the top 20 Male and 20 Female Lifters who have made the standard will be selected for prliminary entries and the top 10 of these will be selected for final entries.
Athlete must be on Adams and whereabouts updated.
Relevant ADEL Courses must also be completed.
Athletes must be able to afford the trip without support from the Federation at this stage .
Results from these Competitions will be taken into consideration
All Level 5 and higher International Competitions in the past 12 Months
For preliminary entries:
Provincial Championships 2024 (Senior, Youth, Junior)
SA Championships 2023 (Senior, Youth and Junior)
Provincial Championships 2023 (Senior, Youth and Junior)
For Final Entries:
All above, including SA Championships 2024 (Senior, Youth and Junior)
African Youth and Junior Championships
16-23 November 2024, Nairobi, Kenya
Preliminary Entries close 18 September 2024
Final Entries close 18 October 2024
Selection criteria: SAWF standard: Youth and Junior Africa and Commonwealth Champs
Selection Committee meetings: 2-7 September (preliminary) / 30 Sept-5 Oct (final)
Only the top 20 Male and 20 Female Lifters who have made the standard will be selected for prliminary entries and the top 10 of these will be selected for final entries.
Athlete must be on ADAMS and whereabouts updated by 18 August.
Relevant ADEL Courses must also be completed.
Athletes must be able to afford the trip without support from the Federation at this stage.
Results from these Competitions will be taken into consideration
All Level 5 and higher International Competitions in the past 12 Months
SA Championships 2024
Provincial Championships 2024 (Senior, Youth, Junior)
SA Championships 2023 (Senior, Youth and Junior)
IWF World Senior Championships
4-14 December 2024, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
Preliminary Entries close 4 September 2024
Final Entries close 4 October 2024
Selection criteria: SAWF standard: Senior World Championships
Selection Committee meetings: 21 August (preliminary) / 20 September (final)
Only the top 20 Male and 20 Female Lifters who have made the standard will be selected for prliminary entries and the top 10 of these will be selected for final entries.
Athlete must be on Adams and whereabouts updated.
Relevant ADEL Courses must also be completed.
Athletes must be able to afford the trip without support from the Federation at this stage .
Results from these Competitions will be taken into consideration
All Level 5 and higher International Competitions in the past 12 Months
For preliminary entries:
Provincial Championships 2024 (Senior, Youth, Junior)
SA Championships 2024 (Senior, Youth and Junior)
SA Championships 2023 (Senior, Youth and Junior)
Other Information
Coaches of the athlete will be eligible to take their athlete to the competition, but at their own cost or the cost of the Athlete Safeguarding policies will be enforced.
Please note that the Selection Committee will approve and have the final decision over preliminary and final entries. Teams will be published prior to the preliminary and final entry deadlines. If an athlete feels he/she has been wrongfully overlooked for team selection, an appeal can be sent in to the Secretary General who will then pass it on to the SAWF Executive Board for consideration.