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Female weightlifter Luisa Peters, pictured here at the Telecom Sports Arena gym earlier in the year putting in the hard yards while on holiday, has placed fourth in the global email tournament in her women's 75kg plus division. This bodes well for a podium fi nish for the talented islandborn- and-raised lifter. Peters is currently training at the Oceania Institute of Weightlifting under legendary coach Paul Coffa.
For the first time in her lifting career, Luisa Peters will have the moral support of another local female lifter in Phillipa Woonton.
For the first time in her lifting career, Luisa Peters will have the moral support of another local female lifter in Phillipa Woonton.
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