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OTSM Championship

By Eric Todd

MEET ANNOUNCEMENT

2018 USAWA OLD TIME STRONGMAN CHAMPIONSHIP

Meet promoter Eric Todd showing his technique in performing a 313# Dumbbell to Shoulder.

Your humble promoter performing the Dumbbell to Shoulder in the 2017 championship

Where:  ET’s House of Iron and Stone

When: September 8, 2018

Weigh-ins: 9:30

Rules meeting: 10:00

Liftig begins: 10:30

Lifts Contested:

Saxon Snatch

Cyr Press

Dumbbell to Shoulder

Dinnie Lift

Awards: There will be awards given for this meet

Cost: $25 (Checks can be made out to Eric Todd)

THIS MEET IS A DRUG TESTED EVENT.  USAWA MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED OF ALL COMPETITORS.

KCSTRONGMAN once again has the priveledge of hosting the USAWA Old Time Strongman Chamionship. Though one of the newer championships in the organization, it has often been one of the better attended USAWA events.  It is my hope that this year does not disappoint. In the seven years that this championship has been held, there have been 6 different overall men’s champions.  I have won it twice, and am joined by Al Myers, Chad Ullum, Denny Habecker, Abe Smith, and Greg Cook.  In the women’s division, we have had champions in Whitney Piper, Jenna Lucht, and 2 time champion, Heather Tully.  We will see what 2018 bring in the way of champions.  Here is a great opportunity to add your name to that list!  Though the weather was quite nice last year, early September in Missouri has the distinct possibility of being hot.  The facility is not air conditioned.  Nor do we have running water, so the pot is an outhouse out back.  I will sweep out the wasp nests and spider webs prior to the meet, so hopefully it will meet your expectations.  If those two items have not disuaded you from competing, you will be pleased to know that we have lots of weight, and stout equipment.  There have been many good lifters train and compete here over the years; it is a fine atmosphere for lifting big.  So, put this one on your calendar.  My hopes are that we cam make this the biggest OTSM championship ever!

OTSM Entry

NE Strongman RD

By Mark Raymond

MEET ANNOUNCEMENT

NEW ENGLAND STRONGMAN “Record Day”

MEET DETAILS:

Presented by Mark Raymond and Franks Barbell Club
781-801-0947 – owdmr@aol.com

Saturday, July 21st, 2018  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.

Club Championships

by Dave Glasgow

MEET ANNOUNCEMENT

2018 USAWA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

Hosted by:

LEDAIG HEAVY ATHLETICS

Sunday, July 15th, 2018

Weigh In 9:00-10:00 AM

Lifting starts at 10:00 AM sharp

LIFTS TO BE CONTESTED

Turkish Get Up

Clean and Jerk – One Arm

Push Press – From Rack

Deadlift – Fulton Bar, One Arm

Questions or directions to the venue

dglasgow@cox.net

OTSM World Postal

By John Mahon

ANNOUNCEMENT: 2018 IAWA OLD TIME STRONGMAN WORLD POSTAL

Al Myers and myself are pleased to announce the IAWA Old Time Strongman (Otsm) World Postal. This will be held on the weekend of the 14-15th of July.

This is something Al and myself have been working on for a number of months and we have ensured that this will not have any impact on the other IAWA international events.

A bit of a background of how this has come about:

The Otsm is the brain child of Al Myers. It is designed to bring All-round weightlifting and strongman together. All the lifts Al has introduced to this format are all named after legendary old time strongman and the each lift is unique to these legends. The otsm has been apart of the USAWA for some years now and I introduced it to the Australian all-round weightlifting scene, soon after Al launched it, where it has taken off.

The Otsm has been become one of the most popular meets in both USAWA and Australian lifting calendars. I had received many requests from the Australian lifters to get the otsm on the international calendar so I decided to contact Al Myers early last year and we got the ball rolling.

How it will work:

This is not going to be like any other postal.
This Postal will be held annually on the 2nd weekend of July. (there is an exception to this but this will be explained in detail in the postal rules)
This postal will be held in only 1 venue in each participation country.
Each participation country must complete this postal on the allocated weekend.

Currently the USA and Australia already have venues and promoters locked in. We are keen to have other countries participate in this postal so if anyone wants to participate they just need to contact either Al or myself.

IAWA Old time strongman World Postal. Registration and information attached. There are currently 3 nations confirmed- Australia, England and the United States of America. We welcome participation from other countries but please not this postal can only be held at 1 set venue per country.

ENTRY FORM: IAWA Old Time Strongman World Postal 2018

 

Presidential Cup

By Al Myers

MEET ANNOUNCEMENT
THE 2018  USAWA PRESIDENTIAL CUP

For the seventh year in a row, the now “Annual” 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 4th, 2018

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.

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