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Postal Series Competitons

By Al Myers

The entire 2017 Postal Series Meets have been announced.  The USAWA has had a long history of promoting postal meets, and for the last several years have hosted a Postal Series, consisting of 4 quarterly Postal Meets with the last one being the Postal Championships.

The promotion of these meets are done by the USAWA, under the direction of the Postal Meet Director Denny Habecker.  All scoresheets are to be sent to Denny as he does the formula calculations for the final meet standings. There is no entry fee to enter the USAWA Postal Meets. The Postal series is sponsored by the USAWA.  However, you must be a current member of the USAWA to participate.

Postal Meets are a great way to get introduced to All Round Weightlifting. Denny picks a variety of different lifts for each meet.  Rules for the lifts are found in the USAWA Rule Book, which is available for free download from the website.

Now for the lifts of this years Postal Series!

1st Quarter Postal Meet – January 1st to March 31st
Clean and Push Press – 2 Dumbbells
Cheat Curl – 2 Dumbbells
Swing – 2 Dumbbells

2nd Quarter Postal Meet – April 1st to June 30th
Snatch – From Hang
Hack Lift – One Arm
Pullover and Press

3rd Quarter Postal Meet – July 1st to September 30th
Half Gardner
Press – From Racks
Deadlift – Ciavattone Grip, One Arm

Postal Championships – October 1st to December 31st
Vertical Bar Deadlift – 1 Bar, 2″, One Hand
Swing – Dumbbell, One Arm
Deadlift – Trap Bar

All entry forms for the USAWA Postal Meets are found in upcoming events in the right column of the website homepage.

Iceberg Open RD

By Mark Raymond

MEET ANNOUNCEMENT
ICEBERG OPEN “RECORD DAY”

MEET DETAILS:

Presented by Mark Raymond and Franks Barbell Club
781-801-0947 – owdmr@aol.com
Saturday, March 4, 2017  10:00am

LOCATION:

Frank’s Barbell Club
204 East Street
East Walpole, MA 02032

SANCTION:

USAWA Membership Required to participate

WEIGH-INS:

9:00am-10:00am the day of the meet

DIVISIONS:

Juniors, Women, Masters & Open

ENTRY FORM/FEE:

None but please notify Mark in advance if attending.

All Arounders and the Dinnie Stones

By Al Myers

The Dinnie Stones

The Dinnie Stones

After the other days stories on Stevie Shanks and James Gardner and the Dinnie Stones, it got me thinking about how the famous Dinnie Stones have intrigued a number of all around weightlifters.  As I look over the list of accomplished Dinnie Stone lifters I noticed a number of USAWA and IAWA(UK) lifters who have lifted them. Today I want to summarize these all around Dinnie Stone lifters and give them a bit of recognition for this amazing accomplishment. I’m only listing lifters who have them unassisted (without straps) which is the ultimate goal (next to carrying them!).  Also, I’m only including those that have also competed in USAWA or IAWA competitions.

Frank Ciavattone (USAWA) – September 24th, 1996

Nick McKinless (IAWA-UK) – April 4th, 1998

David Horne (IAWA-UK) – April 5th, 1998

Steve Angell (IAWA-UK) – October 8th, 2001

Kevin Fulton (USAWA) – October 8th, 2001

Roger Davis (IAWA-UK) – June 28th, 2009

Chad Ullom (USAWA) – November 4th, 2012

Mark Haydock (IAWA-UK) – November 4th, 2012

Al Myers (USAWA) – November 4th, 2012

Stevie Shanks (IAWA-IRELAND) – October 3rd, 2015

James Gardner (IAWA-UK)- August 6th, 2016

Complete bios and details of these Dinnie Stones lifting accomplishments may be found on the website thedinniestones.com    I consider this now the official website covering the Dinnie Stones.

If I have accidently left someone off this list who has competed in an USAWA/IAWA competition and has lifted the stones, please let me know so I can get them added!

Dino Challenge

By Al Myers

I always knew this would eventually happen – bad weather affecting my Dino Challenge!  And this year it did just that, with a predicted bad ice storm blowing in on meet day.  I had several lifters planning on attending but didn’t because they didn’t want to risk the travel.  I sure don’t blame them.  I’m actually surprised this hasn’t happened before in the over 10 year continuous run of the Dino Challenge in January. But the meet went on to keep the tradition alive.  My dad had only a quarter mile drive to make it, and I was able to walk to the gym!  So it was just the two of us.

Meet Results:

2017 Dino Gym Challenge
Dino Gym
Holland, KS
January 14th, 2017

Meet Director: Al Myers

Officials (1-official system used): Al Myers & LaVerne Myers

Lifts: Deadlift – 2 Inch Dumbbells, Vertical Bar Deadlift  2 bars 2″, Clean and Press 2 Dumbbells, Cheat Curl 2 Dumbbells, Reg Park Bench Press, Deadlift 2 Bars

LIFTER AGE BWT Inch VB C&P CC BP DL TOT PTS
Al Myers 50 225 260 380 100 162 200 452 1554 1445.2
LaVerne Myers 72 239 242 270 50 100 66 220 948 1023.8

Notes: BWT is bodyweight in pounds. All lifts recorded in pounds. TOT is total pounds lifted. PTS are overall adjusted points corrected for age and bodyweight.

RECORD DAY LIFTS

Al Myers – Finger Lift Left Little 75#
Al Myers – Finger Lift Right Little 75#
Al Myers – Finger Lift Right Thumb 75#
Al Myers – Finger Lift Left Thumb 75#
Al Myers – Rectangular Fix Fulton Bar 70#
LaVerne Myers – Finger Lift Right Thumb 75#
LaVerne Myers – Finger Lift Left Thumb 75#
LaVerne Myers – Finger Lift Left Middle 110#
LaVerne Myers – Rectangular Fix Fulton Bar 70#
LaVerne Myers – Miller Clean and Jerk 60#

James Gardner Lifts Dinnie Stones

By Al Myers

James Gardner lifting the Dinnie Stones unassisted in front of the watcher of the Stones, David Webster.

James Gardner lifting the Dinnie Stones unassisted in front of the watcher of the Stones, David Webster.

I can’t believe I haven’t done this blog yet.  In fact – it’s BIG NEWS to me when someone lifts the Dinnie Stones unassisted (meaning bare hands only – no straps). It even means more to me when it’s someone I know, and someone who I consider a good friend as well!  James Gardner, of Barton under Needwood in England, accomplished this great feat on August 6th, 2016 at the Aboyne Highland Games in Scotland.

At the Aboyne Games they held a competition with the Dinnie Stones. Many stone lifting dignitaries were in attendance, including David Webster, Dr. Terry Todd, Bill Crawford, and others. James performed two unassisted lifts with the Dinnie Stones, and then later won the competition for hold for time with the stones, with a lengthy 13 second hold. This secured James a spot in the Dinnie Stone legacy.

The history of the Dinnie Stones was on display at the games.

The history of the Dinnie Stones was on display at the games.

I have lifted with James many times, and he has one of the best hook grips I know of.  He’s been performing big single arm deadlifts for years and through his years of competing in tug of wars has developed an unbelievable grip so I’m not surprised one bit that he was able to lift the Dinnie Stones.

Congrats to James!!!!

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