Category: News

The efforts of our Kettlebell community this year have been Amazing. Yet another Publication, this time about our members down in Bendigo. Well done Rockhard Training/Kettlebells for shining the light on our sport! Coach Don Grant takes everyday Central Victorians and builds them into world-beating athletes, whose feats raising heavy cast-iron balls rank right up with the best. Nine members of his Rock Hard Training gym represented Australia at the world kettlebell marathon championships in Denmark, bringing home nine medals, including seven gold, and four world records (Melanie Harris, Jen Fletcher, Hayley Lethlean and Maxine Smith). Read the full story here http://www.bendigomagazine.com.au/?p=55140  

9 News story - The Border North East Members spreading awareness on our next Comp Down in Bendigo and the Australian Nationals which will be hosted in Albury. Competitors will battle it out for glory in Bendigo this weekend for the last event of the kettlebell regional titles, before the Nationals in August. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORlSKR84s0I  

In this short radio interview, Shannon Pigdon from Lonedog Training and GSAA commitee in Albury talks to Joesph from the local ABC radio station about the the growth of Girevoy (Kettlebell) Sport in Australia and the up and coming Nationals in Albury this year in 2017. Listen to here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwDj3rc14bQ Find out more about 2017 GSAA National competition here

  AN ATTEMPT to gain a rare international qualification has ended in something even more impressive for Melanie Harris. The Bendigo kettlebell ace was striving to achieve the rank of master of sport international class (MSIC), when she competed in a Ketacademy sanctioned half-marathon event this month. Harris became only the third Australian athlete to obtain her MSIC, which is the highest international ranking in the sport. But what unfolded next for the Bendigo athlete made her success doubly sweet. Read the rest of the article here : http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/4756636/harris-smashes-world-kettlebell-record/