by Al Myers
MEET ANNOUNCEMENT – DINO DAYS RECORD DAY
Meet Director: Al Myers and the Dino Gym
Meet Date: Sunday, August 18th, 2013 10:00 AM-4:00PM
Location: Dino Gym, Abilene, Kansas
Sanction: USAWA
Entry Form: None – just show up
Entry Fee: None
Lifts: Record Day – Pick any lifts you can set a USAWA record in!
Maximum of 5 lifts for record is set.
Contact me at amyers@usawa.com if you have any questions
by Al Myers
MEET ANNOUNCEMENT
2013 IAWA World Championships
Mark and I enjoying some "beach time" on Scarborough Beach near Perth, Western Australia, while there for the 2011 IAWA World Championships.
The entry form and meet details have been released for the 2013 IAWA World Championships. Mark Haydock, of Preston, England, will be this year’s meet director and host. Mark runs an all round club, the Houghton Barbell Club. Mark has been very involved in IAWA and has attended many World Championships. He was the Overall Best Lifter in the 2009 Championship in Lebanon, PA.
All it takes for a USAWA member to enter the IAWA World Championships is to be a USAWA current member. There are NO pre-meet qualifications to enter. Just fill out the entry form completely and send it to Mark, then book your flight to England. That’s it! The entry deadline is August 31st.
The meet is a two day meet (Saturday October 5th & Sunday October 6th). In the Info Sheet Mark has given several suggestions for places to stay. The lifts for the World Championships are:
DAY ONE
Clean and Press
Continental Snatch
Pullover – Straight Arm
Vertical Bar Deadlift – 1 Arm, 2″, One Hand
DAY TWO
Squat
Clean and Jerk – Dumbbell, One Arm
Deadlift – Trap Bar
ENTRY FORM (PDF) – 2013 IAWA World Championships Entry
INFO SHEET (PDF) – 2013 IAWA World Championships Info
by Al Myers
MEET ANNOUNCEMENT
2013 USAWA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
Dave and Gunner Glasgow
The Club Championships has been rescheduled! After the cancellation last March in Ambridge due to bad weather, the Club Championships was looking “not to happen” this year. However, I consider this meet as one of our “signature events” in the USAWA since it is a Championship Event, and these are the meets that really need to be contested every year. The Club Championships began in 2010 with the Ambridge Barbell Club hosting it since then. Dave Glasgow, the leader of the Ledaig Heavy Athletics, has agreed to promote it this summer so that this important competition will continue on an annual basis.
The Club Championships is much different than other competitions. It is NOT an individual competition, but rather, a club competition. The scores of three members of a club are “added together” to form a club score. This way clubs are pitted against each other, with each member making their own contribution to their club. Awards will be given out on a “club basis” – there will be no individual recognition at this event.
The rules for the Club Championships are pretty straightforward:
1. Each Club brings up to three lifters to compete. Clubs may enter with less than three members, but will be at a disadvantage when scores are added together.
2. Club members MUST be registered with their club of participation (as documented on the membership roster).
3. Adjusted Point scores are added together to form a club score.
4. Club with the highest Club Score is awarded the Club Champion.
The Ledaig HA’s has been a big club player in the USAWA over the past few years. Now since Dave has his new training facility built I expect even more involvement with promotions. I consider Ledaig as one of the TOP CLUBS in the USAWA. At the 2012 IAWA World Championships last fall in Salina, their club won the team title at the Championships (combined pt scores of all members participating). That’s a big club win – winning Worlds!!!! In 2011 Ledaig won the team title at the USAWA Nationals in Kirksville. Also, last year at Nationals in Las Vegas they were awarded the Runner Up Club of the Year in the USAWA!
I’m really excited about this year’s Club Championships. I truly believe the success of the USAWA lies with club involvement. Meets like this one foster that involvement. Year’s ago it was important to lifters to be “part of a club” when going to competitions. Club spirit was high – and lifters often competed in their club shirts showing their support to their club. I want to bring that feeling back, and this meet is a great way to do that. It should be an honor for a club member to get selected to represent their club at the Club Championships. Let’s make this a great meet!
MEET DETAILS:
2013 USAWA Club Championships
Sunday, July 14th, 2013
Ledaig Heavy Athletics Training Facility
Rainbow Bend, KS
Sanction – USAWA
Entry Fee – None
Weighins: 9:00 AM
Start time: 10:00 AM
LIFTS:
Bench Press – Fulton Bar
Zercher Lift
Peoples Deadlift
There will be a record breaker session after the competition if anyone is interested. Award certificates will be awarded to the winning clubs. There is no entry form, but please contact Dave prior to the event if you are entering a team at dglasgow@cox.net . The directions to the meet are:
GPS Coordinates are: Decimal coordinates (latitude, longitude):
37.16499343231285,-97.13128566741943
by Al Myers
MEET ANNOUNCEMENT
2013 IAWA GOLD CUP
This was the platform background with the flags at the 2012 IAWA Gold Cup in Glasgow, Scotland.
The USAWA President Denny Habecker will be hosting this year’s IAWA Gold Cup in Lebanon, PA. The Gold Cup is one of “the three” major IAWA events, and is rotated annually between the membership Nations in IAWA. Last year the Gold Cup was in Glasgow, Scotland and the year before that in Burton, England. So it’s a BIG DEAL when the Gold Cup is hosted in the United States! It gives the opportunity for USAWA lifters to compete in it without having to travel overseas.
This is the THIRD TIME Denny has hosted the Gold Cup (2006 & 2008 were the other times). The late John Vernacchio hosted the Gold Cup three times as well (1992, 1996, & 2003) and the LEGEND Howard Prechtel, who was the one to originate the concept of the Gold Cup, hosted it four times (1991, 1994, 1998, & 2001). This means Denny is achieving the status of Gold Cup fame as a meet director of the IAWA Gold Cup.
Let’s really show the Gold Cup some big support this year from the USAWA! Mark November 2nd on your calendar right now.
ENTRY FORM – 2013 GOLD CUP ENTRY
INFO SHEET – 2013 Gold Cup INFO PAGE
by Al Myers
MEET ANNOUNCEMENT
THE 2013 USAWA PRESIDENTIAL CUP
The BIG AWARD given out in 2012 for the winner of the Presidential Cup!
For the second 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.
Last year the late Dale Friesz won the Presidential Cup with his 154 pound Ring Fingers Deadlift. It was a very impressive lift considering the physical issues Dale was dealing with at the time. When Denny chose Dale as the winner of the Presidential Cup, I was very glad to see it. Now looking back, it was a “fitting end” to Dale’s long and distinguished USAWA career. He will forever be THE ONE who won the first ever Presidential Cup.
Now a little “rehash” on the Presidential Cup. This is a reprint of the guidelines laid out last year:
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:
MEET DETAILS:
USAWA Presidential Cup
Saturday, August 10th, 2013
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.
Denny may be reached by email – dhabecker@usawa.com