SBD British Open Championships

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   Announced

   The competition is announced and the qualifying totals are published. Nothing to do yet — check whether you’ve hit the total.
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   Entries open

   28 Sep – 01 Nov 2026

   The application window is open. Register your interest and tell us the total you’ve hit — it takes about two minutes.
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   Under consideration

   From 01 Nov 2026

   Entries are closed. We verify every total and decide places — places are limited per weight class, so this is where the line-up is worked out.
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   Offers going out Now

   Places are offered in order of verified total, up to each class’s limit. If a place frees up, the next reserve is offered it.
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   Line-up confirmed

   04 Dec 2026

   The final line-up is set. Confirmed lifters appear on the nominations list, ready for competition day.

1. 28 Sep

   2026
   ✓ Entries open (done)

   Registration of interest opens. Hit the qualifying total and you can put your name forward.
2. 01 Nov

   2026
   ✓ Qualifying-total cut-off (done)

   The last day a qualifying total can be lifted and still count towards this championship.
3. 01 Nov

   2026
   ✓ Entries close (done)

   The last day to register your interest. Nothing can be submitted after this.
4. 02 Nov

   2026
   ✓ Offers emailed from (done)

   From this date, everyone inside their weight class's top 16 on verified qualifying total is emailed an offer of a place (once totals have been checked).
5. 12 Nov

   2026
   ✓ Payment deadline (done)

   Offered athletes accept and pay by this date. Your own deadline is on your offer email — this is the date it lands on for a first-round offer.
6. 13 Nov

   2026
   Spare places distributed from Next · today

   From this date, any place not taken up goes to the next athlete on the GoodLift list — the highest GL score outside the top 16 in that pool.
7. 27 Nov

   2026
   Final entries

   The line-up closes. No places are offered or filled after this date.
8. 04 Dec

   2026
   Competition

   NEC Birmingham.

Your own accept and payment deadlines are always on your offer email — they run from the moment your offer goes out, so they can differ from the dates above.

You pay the fee for the category you contest. If you're eligible for an age category but choose to lift up into Open, the Open fee applies. Nothing is payable until you're offered a place.

1. Hit the qualifying total at an IPF-sanctioned meet in the window.
2. Register your interest — two minutes; we verify your total. Registering doesn't guarantee a place.
3. Get your offer — if you earn a place, accept in one click and pay within 7 days.
4. You're on the platform — schedule and session by email.

Places are limited, so registering isn't a guaranteed entry. Once your total is verified, offers are made in order of total within each weight class, up to that class's places. If your class is already full you'll go on the reserve list and be offered a place if one opens up.

Questions about selection or your entry? Every decision has a query route: contact British Powerlifting. Prefer not to enter online? Contact the championships office and we can enter you.

If illness, injury, exams, an unavoidable work commitment or major travel disruption stopped you getting a qualifying total — or stopped you competing at the championship you needed to enter — you can ask for dispensation. Requests are decided by British Powerlifting's Dispensation Panel.

Have your evidence to hand — a medical certificate, or a letter from your exam board, line manager or travel company. A granted dispensation doesn't cover your fees.