Category Archives: USAWA Events

Ol’ Clark’s 94th Birthday Party

Date: August 18-25th, 2026
Location: Clark’s Gym, Columbia, MO and Remote
Weigh-In Time: 8:00 AM
Meet Director: Bill Clark

The Lifts

  • Deadlift – Dumbbell, One Arm – Left (E13)
  • Deadlift – Dumbbell, One Arm – Right (E13)
  • Deadlift – 2 Dumbbells (E12)
  • Vertical Bar Deadlift – 1 Bar, 1″, One Hand – Left (I26)
  • Vertical Bar Deadlift – 1 Bar, 1″, One Hand – Right (I26)

Open to the world with or without officials – Plus Record Day

Officials: Must accompany remote results to be eligible for records
Record Day: You can enter up to five record lifts
Remote Lifting: Yes
Entry Fee: $0
Awards: Certificates – And the chance to lift with the oldest ever person to lift in the USAWA.

Remote results are to be sent to the Bill Clark via email at yeoldclark@gmail.com by 7 PM, August 26th

Old time Strongman championship

By Eric Todd

Dave DeForest performs a Lurich Lift

Date: September 5, 2026

Where: ET’s House of Iron and Stone

Address: 10978 SW Pueblo, Turney, MO 64493

Weigh ins: 9:30

Rules/Warmup:10:00

Lifting starts:10:30

Lifts:

Saxon Snatch

Lurich Lift

Hackenschmidt Floor Press

Kennedy Lift

Entry Fee: $35 (pay by check, cash(legal tender for all debts public and private), or paypal. I would accept silver or gold, but no crypto currency, Schrute bucks, Stanley Nickels or fairy dust. If you do Paypal, it is SalGuimino@yahoo.com)

Awards: Yes

OTSM Entry 2026Download

Repetition Rampage Record Day

Date: Saturday, August 1, 2026
Address: High Country Vigour, Lakewood, Colorado
Weigh-Ins: 9 AM; Lifting Begins: 10 AM
Any USAWA lift may be performed for repetition records. Only repetition records will be accepted.
Entry Fee: None
To Enter: e-mail Jarrod Fobes at jarrod.fobes@gmail.com
Meet Director: Jarrod Fobes
USAWA Membership Required
Hybrid: Remote entries accepted. Results due by Tuesday, August 4th

Presidential Cup

By Denny Habecker

Where: Habecker’s Gym, Lebanon, PA
When: August  8, 2026
Weigh Ins: 10:00 AM
Lifting Starts: 11:00 AM
Entry Fee: None

The Presidential Cup will follow along some of the same guidelines as the Gold Cup, which is the IAWA meet which recognizes outstanding performances by lifters in the lift/lifts of their choosing.  The Gold Cup started in 1991 under the direction of then-IAWA President Howard Prechtel.  However there will be some differences in the guidelines of the USAWA Presidential Cup:

  • The Presidential Cup is hosted annually by the USAWA President only.
  • Must be a USAWA member to participate.
  • A lifter may choose any official USAWA  lift/lifts (up to a maximum of 5 lifts) to set a USAWA record/records in.
  • The lifter must open at a USAWA Record Poundage on first attempt.
  • The top performance record lift of the entire record day,  which will be chosen by the President, will be awarded the PRESIDENTIAL CUP.

USAWA President Joe Garcia is unable to host the Presidential Cup in 2026. Denny volunteered to host the event again and the the USAWA Executive Board approved his sanction request.

Just let Denny know if you plan on attending: liftingliar@comcast.net

2026 IAWA World Postal Championship – The Andy Goddard Memorial

By Paul Barette

There is a new process for entry submissions – see below…

Honouring our IAWA friend Andy Goddard:

As in previous years the contested lifts are those of Day 1 of the IAWA World Championships:

Entries to be submitted by 31st August 2026 using the online form

More information including the rules for the competition and the entry form can be found on the IAWA website here.

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