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Sweet 16 and Elite 8

Posted by Eric Todd, Secretary/Treasurer

Date: August 28, 2021

Where Clark’s Gym, 720 Grace Lane, Columbia, MO

Rules: The first 16 males and 8 females to enter will be the field.  A drawing will be held prior to the meet to set the brackets dividing the field into 8 male matches and 4 female matches.  Each match will be decided on who wins on bodyweight and age differential and the men’s field will be reduced to eight and four female matches.  The second round will then eliminate half of the field until the final round is reached.

 

The lifts used for each round are: (Men) 1st round- Jefferson Lift, Fulton bar; 2nd round-Clean and Press-Heels together ; 3rd round-Bench Press-Feet in air; final round-Hip Lift.  (Woman) same lifts except the clean and press-heels together will be eliminated since there will only be three rounds.

 

Weigh ins: 9:00 AM

Entry Fee: None

Awards: certificates

There is no entry form, but please let Bill know if you plan on competing by August 21, 2021.  You can reach him by email at yeoldclark@gmail.com; telephone at 573-474-4510; or by mail at 3906 Grace Ellen Drive, Columbia, MO 65202-1739

 

UPDATE: As meet director, Bill has decided to implement covid protocol for this meet, the Sweet 16/Elite 8.  All participants must be fully vaccinated and show proof of vaccine in order to compete.

World Postal

By Al Myers, IAWA President

MEET ANNOUNCEMENT

2021 IAWA WORLD POSTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

The IAWA World Postal Championships has been announced! It will still be the “Andy Goddard Memorial”.  Andy was a great friend and supporter of the IAWA and as long as I’m involved promoting the World Postal Championships it will be done in Andy’s memory. As it has been the past few years, the lifts for this World Postal will be the first day lifts of the upcoming Worlds. Read the the info sheet as it outlines the “rules of the competition”.  Send your results to me at amyers@usawa.com. Also, please send in the official entry form with your club results. If you have more club entries than on the entry form just include extra entry forms.

INFORMATION SHEET (PDF) – 2021 World Postal Information Sheet

ENTRY FORM (PDF) – 2021 World Postal Entry Form

World Championships

By Al Myers

 

MEET ANNOUNCEMENT

2021 IAWA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

The date has been set for the upcoming IAWA Worlds – October 2nd and 3rd.

This big meet will be promoted by Denny and Judy Habecker in Lebanon, PA. It’s exciting to see Worlds on the meet calendar again, especially considering that last year’s big IAWA meet had to be cancelled due to COVID.   It’s a great opportunity for USAWA members to get to participate in an IAWA Worlds with the Championships being held in the states.  That only happens every few years.

LIFTS:

DAY ONE

Clean and Press

One Hand Snatch

Bent Over Row

One Hand Deadlift

DAY TWO

Cheat Curl

Pullover and Push

Vertical Bar Deadlift – 2 Bars, 2″

There is an entry deadline of September 2nd.   Please make sure to get your entry in on time!!!

INFORMATION SHEET – 2021 iawa world’s INFO PAGE  (Word)

INFORMATION SHEET – 2021 iawa world’s INFO PAGE  (PDF)

ENTRY FORM – 2021 IAWA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS -ENTRY BLANK  (Word)

ENTRY FORM – 2021 IAWA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS -ENTRY BLANK (PDF)

Presidential Cup

By Al Myers

MEET ANNOUNCEMENT
THE 2021  USAWA PRESIDENTIAL CUP

The USAWA Presidential Cup is being hosted again by our USAWA President Denny Habecker.  This is one of the CHAMPIONSHIP events hosted in the USAWA, and is the Championships of Record Days.  It follows along “the lines” of the IAWA Gold Cup – a lifter picks their best lift and contests it for a USAWA record in this prestigious record day.  After all lifters have performed their record lifts, Denny will pick the effort that impresses him the most and award that lifter the PRESIDENTIAL CUP.  Only one lifter will receive this very important award.   If time allows, lifters will have the opportunity to perform other record day lifts.  So it is a good idea to come with the BIG LIFT in mind, but also be prepared to do other lifts for record if the time allows.

Now a little rehash on the Presidential Cup.  These are the guidelines:

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.

MEET DETAILS:

USAWA Presidential Cup

Saturday, August 14th, 2021

Meet Director:  Denny Habecker

Location: Habecker’s Gym, Lebanon, PA

Lifts:  Bring your best lift for record!

Start time:  10 AM,  with weigh-ins before this

Entry Form:  None, but advance notice is required.

National Championships

By Al Myers

MEET ANNOUNCEMENT

2021 USAWA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Good news for the USAWA is about here! After much discussion by the USAWA Executive Board, it has been decided that the USAWA is ready to get back to business.

I will be promoting the National Championship at the Dino Gym on June 19th.  It will be a one day meet with the Annual Meeting and meal to follow the day’s lifting. At the meeting we will as a group discuss the future plans for the USAWA – but I’m hoping that all will be in favor of just resuming normal operations.

The meet will be ran in the two-session format as normal for a Nationals.  The approved lifts for the Nationals are: Cheat Curl, 1 arm Snatch, Clean and Press with heels together, Deadlift with a Ciavattone Grip on the Fulton Bar, and the 1 arm deadlift.  This is a pretty straight forward selection of lifts that are pretty common all round lifts, so training preparations should be easier. I proposed these lifts with that in mind as I know this is “short notice” in regards to the Nationals announcement.

The Nationals will be limited to the first 15 lifters that register.  Space is limited in the Dino Gym and I don’t want a large crowd “packed around”. We still need to be cognizant of the COVID risk recommendations. If you are attending please don’t bring alot of people with you to watch.

 

ENTRY FORM (PDF) – 2021 National Championships Entry Form

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