Heavy lifter

Heavy lifter

South Surrey weightlifting competition brings out the heavy metal.

Semiahmoo Weightlifting Club’s Shiloh Richards competes at the BC Weightlifting Association’s 41st-annual Sea Festival Open at Semiahmoo Secondary on June 30.

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