USAWA

By Eric Todd

The 2022 edition of USAWA’s Old Time Strongman Championship is coming up!  This will be the 11th installment ever, and the 8th that we have hosted in the outskirts of glamourous Turney, MO.  There have been 8 separate male champions since its inception, with 2 lifters winning the championship twice (Chad Ullum and myself).  There have been 4 separate female champions.  Heather Tully/Gardner won on 3 separate occasions, with Phoebe Todd being the 2 time defending champion.

The lifts are different this year than last, but the atmosphere is always the same.  There is lots of iron for the capacity for big lifting. There is no heat or air conditioning.  The restroom facilities are in the form of an outhouse out back.

*this will be a drug tested event*

Location: ET’s House of Iron and Stone, Turney, MO

Date: September 10, 2022

Time 10:30 AM

weigh ins: 9:30 AM

Rules meeting: 10:00AM

Cost $25 (Make Checks out to Eric Todd)

Entries due (in hand) August 28. 2022

Lifts:

Thor’s Hammer

Lurich Lift

Anderson Press

Dinnie Lift

Awards: There will be awards at this event

Entry below:

OTSM-Entry2022

By Eric Todd

In the way of the old timers, Franks’ Barbell Club and Clark’s Championship Gym have challenged each other to a postal to determine supremacy between two of the most powerful, accomplished clubs in our organization.  This postal will be limited to members of these two clubs.

Date: Weekend of July 30-31

Lifts: Neck lift-Single center strap only (I will assume the lifters in Frank’s gym and Clark’s gym will know what that means, as I have never lifted in a neck harness that did not start with two straps)

Hip Lift

Deadlift, Ciavattone- 1 arm

Swing, dumbbell with the opposite hand of the deadlift

Vertical bar, 2 bars, 1″

The meet will conclude with a record day of up to 5 records for those lifters who are being judged by a certified official.  Good luck to all the lifters in this throwback meet to when the best challenged the best for dominance in the strength scene.

By Eric Todd

Our president, Denny Habecker, is sanctioning the 10th installment of the Presidential Cup.  The Presidential Cup is the granddaddy of all record days.  It is to the USAWA what the Gold Cup is to the IAWA.  In the nine years that it has been contested, there have been nine different Presidential Cup champions.  The most recent was Beth Skwarecki with a 55 pound full-gardner in 2021. You will pick one lift to set or break a record in.  If time allows, you can go for a record in a second lift, but only your first lift will be eligible for consideration for the Presidential Cup Championship.

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.

Date: August 6, 2022

Location: Habecker’s Gym-Lebanon, PA

Entry: None, but please let Denny know if you are coming.