Be Their Village - Powerlifting (& Fitness) Fundraiser

Dear Family & Friends,

If you know me, you know how much I love powerlifting. The week of December 6th, I will be entering my first 3-lift competition since June 2019! My last competition was the World Champs. A lot has changed since then - my training has been modified for when I had my left ankle reconstructed, and then during pregnancy and now at almost 8 months post partum.

I was very much looking forward to an end of year competition as it has been SO LONG haha, but due to covid all our competitions were cancelled...so my Team and I decided to organise our own online competition, with entries by video submission.

This comp is a bit of fun, to test ourselves, guide our training & celebrate the end of this year as a Team. The real mission of this competition however, is to raise money for Charity. Each member of our team has chosen an incredible charity to support. All entry fees will be donated to the winning team's choice of charity, plus we have personally set up Givealittle pages to further support our causes.

I have chosen to support a local NZ charity called Mummys in need.

This charity is so close to my heart - they provide material help to parents of young babies and children who are struggling.

Being a mum has been the absolute most magnificent blessing of my life. It breaks my heart to know there are families out there struggling to do what every parent wants - to provide their little one's with things they need. Every child deserves the best start in life, every family needs a village to support them.

To end this challenging year on a high - please help me in being a family's village! Please donate to Mummy's in Need who are doing incredible work, which I have heard first hand from organisations and people that have worked directly with them. Your donation WILL make a real difference.

I will be posting about my training leading up to this event. The only reason I am able to train as I have - is thanks to my village - thank you to all those who have helped support me over the last few months. Training is my hobby, my passion, my job, my mental & physical health, my safe place and so much more.

*Side note - this competition ALSO has 2x fitness divisions, including CrossFit style workouts which I will also be doing - so its not just lifting...

I will post more details about that soon, but for anyone who wants to see me truly "challenged" and more out of my comfort zone ie doing burpees - stay tuned.