Barbell Club: Weightlifting Captain

Hi, my name is Raashi and I am running to be your weightlifting captain for 2024-2025!!

Being a member of UCL Barbell for the past 2 years has taught me so much about the discipline and perseverance it takes to reach my goals and pushing me past my own expectations. Through this, I’ve seen the club grow and expand with so many members that have become familiar faces - whether that be at training or at socials! The community of Barbell has always been welcoming and made me feel so comfortable when I was joining weightlifting for the first time - which shows what a supportive community it is.

As weightlifting captain I will make sure that our new members will also feel the same way, for example through our taster sessions and fresher social events in the new year. I hope to encourage more new members to take part, by integrating weightlifting and powerlifting events, which will also help to unite our Barbell community further.

On top of this, I aim to liase with other members of the committee for more social events in the coming year, for example more sports nights and more non alcoholic social events too - any excuse to get us out of our gym gear! 

I feel that I would be suited to this role as my experience in teaching and tutoring roles throughout my time at university has helped me develop core communication and organisational skills. Being part of a research team has also equipped me with leadership and teamwork skills which I will transfer to my role as captain.