Thom Van Vleck will be hosting a record day at Jackson Weightlifting Club. He writes:
I am hosting a record day at the Jackson Weightlifting Club Training Hall (my basement gym) on Oct 19. This will be after my Highland Games so I’m looking to start around 4pm and we’ll go until no one is left!
Please let me know if you plan to attend and what lifts you will attempt. My email is thomvanvleck1@gmail.com if you want to ask if I have the equipment you need. If not you are welcome to bring your own. I do have a lot!
There is no entry for this. Memberships will be taken if you aren’t up to date.
I will have awards. A wooden mallet (Thor’s Hammer) for all entrants that set a record in Thor’s hammer and a small anvil for other entrants that break a record. A hail and hardy handshake for those that try and fail.
If weather permits I’ll have a bonfire/campfire after dark so bring a lawn chair.
Date: October 19, 2024
Time: 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Location: JWC Training Hall, 23958 Morgan Road, Green Top, MO, 63546
USAWA MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED: Memberships are required for all participants prior to the meet. Please go to USAWA.COM to purchase your memberships prior to the meet.
AWARDS: Best Lifter Awards to the overall male & female champion, Masters Best Lifter for male & female & medals for all lifters. Each lifter will receive a USAWA NATIONALS t-shirt. You must give your t-shirt size on the online entry form
FRIDAY – USAWA National Meeting at 5pm in Dale Hollow State Park Dining Room.
SATURDAY- 2025 USAWA NATIONALS in the Dale Hollow State Park Convention Center
HOTEL –Dale Hollow State Park Lodge phone # 270-433-7431
Group code is 2337
Group name is – National Weightlifting Association Event
Dale Hollow Lake State Park Lodge has a block of 32 rooms for the USAWA.
10 rooms are with a view of Dale Hollow Lake & 22 rooms are non-lake view, more rooms can be made available. They are first come first served. If the block fills up early, the lodge may add more rooms to our block. The group rate and block will be released 8 weeks prior to the event.
This is a destination location for travelers and I highly suggest booking early.
If you wait, you may not get a room at Dale Hollow State Park Lodge.
Lake view rates will be $147.96+ tax per night. (Thursday, Friday & Saturday)
Non Lake view room rates will be $128.96+ tax per night. (Thurs, Friday & Saturday)
There are other hotels within a short 15 to 30 minute drive
The Alpine Lodge 270-864-7100
Baymont by Wyndham 606-492-2258
LOCAL TOUR: We are scheduling a Bourbon tasting tour at SKD (Southern Kentucky Distillery) on Friday. If you are interested in going on a tour of the local Bourbon Distillery and doing some Kentucky Bourbon tasting, please let me know.
We at KCSTRONGMAN and the House of Iron and Stone will be hosting the thirteenth installment of the Old Time Strongman Championship. The address is Turney, Missouri, but the exact location is God’s Country USA. As usual it will be in early September. We have no running water, but do have an outhouse. We will try to knock down all the spider webs for you. We have no air-conditioning, but it the weather has typically been tolerable for this meet.
The meet does have a strong history. It started back in 2011, when Thom VanVleck held it at his house near Kirksville, MO. The next year it was held in the gym of an old school, and has been at my location ever since. There has been a bit of parity in the men’s division. Chad Ullom has been the most prolific with three titles under his belt. Greg Cook and myself follow with two titles apiece, with five other lifters having won a championship apiece. The women’s division has had only four ladies claim the championship. Phoebe Todd has won the past four times. Prior to that Heather Tully/Gardner won three, with two other female lifters winning a title apiece.
We have typically had a decent turnout for this meet; hopefully this year does the same. The following are the details:
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.
THE LIFTS: You can choose any USAWA lift to break but, please let me know your lifts to make sure I have the appropriate equipment for you to set the Record.
ENTRY FEE: NONE, just let me know you are attending, then have fun lifting & breaking records!
TO ENTER:The meet is open to any USAWA member. If you are lifting remotely (not at BUFFVILLE GYM) you must let me know in advance and file your results with the date and the name of the official (or three officials for IAWA records) in pounds via e-mail at clintpoore@hotmail.com by Tuesday following the meet. DO NOT send the results direct to the USAWA secretary or the USAWA record keeper. They will be processed by BUFFVILLE GYM and then sent in to the USAWA. Only lifts currently in the USAWA record book will be accepted. The weekend sanction allows for flexibiltiy in your personal schedule. Record Day Lifts can be done on Saturday or Sunday, but only five lifts total with a certified USAWA official.
MEET DIRECTOR – Clint Poore: contact by email clintpoore@hotmail.com or by phone at 606-688-2600.
USAWA MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED: You must be a member of the USAWA. Registration will be available at onsite if you need to join the USAWA.
RECORD SESSION – Each lifter can perform up to 5 record attempts. Please let me know what records you will be attempting so that I can be sure I have the appropriate equipment. USAWA National Records can be set at this meet, if we have 3 referees present IAWA World Records may be set.
