1000 BLOGS!
by Al Myers
It’s hard to believe – but this is the 1000th blog of the USAWA Daily News. That’s alot of All Round Weightlifting news over the past 3-4 years. The first blog was a meet report of the 2009 Dino Gym Challenge – whereas the big news was Steve Schmidt hitting over a 3000 pound Back Lift and Chad Ullom performing a 200# Zeigler Clean. The first few months were pretty slow on news, but since then the pace has been picked up. We have had months over 30 stories, and most months have been over 20 stories.
I have greatly appreciated the support that others have given me in this website endeavor. The format of this website allows for member participation, which includes articles for publishing as the front page news of the USAWA Daily News. Guys like Thom Van Vleck, Roger LaPointe, Dave Glasgow, Dennis Mitchell, John McKean, and Steve Gardner have submitted several stories apiece over the years which I appreciate. I don’t mind writing the majority, but the “voice of the organization” should be more than just me, especially since there’s WAY BETTER journalists than myself!!! When I set this website up, I envisioned there being several writers, preferably at least one from each club, that would submit club news so everyone could keep up with what was going on throughout the entire organization.
Let’s start the countdown to 2000!!!