by Al Myers
MEET ANNOUNCEMENT
NEW ENGLAND ALL-ROUND RECORD DAY
Frank Ciavattone "setting up" to pull a big Jefferson Lift at the 2012 IAWA World Championships.
Date: December 1st
Meet Promoter: Frank Ciavattone
Location: Frank’s Barbell Club, Walpole, Massachusetts
by Jarrod Fobes
MEET ANNOUNCEMENT
Gracie Judo Club Record Day
Location:
Gracie Judo Club
8250 Unit 9 Coal Mine Ave.
Littleton, Co 80128
Date: December 1, 2012
Meet Director: Jarrod Fobes
Email: jfwaveman@yahoo.com
Phone Number: 720-202-7857
Entry: No entry fee
Start Time: Weigh-ins at 9:30, lifting starts at 10:00.
Gracie Judo Club is a dojo first and a weight club second, so our equipment is very minimalist. We have an Olympic barbell, two Olympic-style adjustable dumbbells, a dumbbell walk handle, a pull-up bar, and about 300lbs of weights (no fractional weights). So you may set any number of records you would like, as long as we have the equipment!
by Tim Piper
MEET ANOUNCEMENT – MACOMB FALL RECORD BREAKER
Tim Piper "in action" at the 2012 USAWA National Championships in Las Vegas. Tim did outstanding - placing 6th overall!!!
November 10th, 2012 the Macomb Salvation Army will host its second USAWA record breaker meet of the year. This meet will actually follow directly after another meet, the American Drug Free Powerlifting Federation Macomb Push/Pull meet set for the morning. We thought it might be nice for both federation lifters to mix together a bit and share in this day of strength. Both organizations are aligned on their stance against drug use so we thought it could be a win-win. Come out in the morning to watch, or compete, in the bench press and deadlift and stick around for some record attempts in the all-rounds. We already have some lifters who are planning on both events that day!
Hope to see some out-of-towners at the meet but even if you can’t make it we will do our best to set as many records as we can and make the USAWA proud.
ENTRY FORM (PDF) – Macomb Fall Record Breaker
by Al Myers
MEET ANNOUNCEMENT – 2012 GOLD CUP
Members of the Castlemilk Gym Club at the 2010 IAWA World Championships, which they hosted.
I’m very excited to finally announce the plans for this year’s IAWA Gold Cup, to be held at the Castlemilk Community Centre in Glasgow, Scotland. I have been to the Castlemilk Gym a few times now, and each experience has been a very enjoyable time! They have a very active all-round lifting club, with members that are very enthused about All Round Weightlifting. The promoters of this year’s Gold Cup are Andy Tomlin and Matthew Finkle (as listed on the entry form), but I know the promotion of this will be an entire club affair, so no details will be left unattended. This is the FOURTH time that the Castlemilk Gym Club has hosted the Gold Cup ( also in 2009, 2004, & 1999). David McFadzean was the promoter in 2009 and Willie Wright was the promoter in 2004.
One “special addition” to this year’s Gold Cup will be a CHALLENGE EVENT. This idea was the “brainchild” of Andy Tomlin and myself after last year’s Gold Cup in England at the awards banquet (after a few too many if I may say…). A debate ensued involving which country had the best One-Arm Deadlifters, one thing lead to another, and a challenge was made. We decided it could only be decided on the platform – thus this year’s Gold Cup Challenge of the TEAM TWO MAN ONE HAND DEADLIFT CHALLENGE.
Another very nice addition to this year’s Gold Cup is the day trip to the see the Dinnie Stones the day following. The Castlemilk Gym Club is making all the travel arrangements for this trip. The cost is 15 pounds, which is to defray the expenses of renting a van and fuel. So if you also want to get your chance at lifting the Dinnie Stones – this is your opportunity!!
MEET DETAILS
Event: 2012 IAWA Gold Cup
Venue: Castlemilk Community Centre, Glasgow, Scotland
Meet Promoters: Matthew Finkle and Andy Tomlin
Date: November 3rd, 2012
ENTRY FORM (word document): 2012 Gold Cup Entry Form
ENTRY FORM (pdf): 2012 Gold Cup Entry Form
by Al Myers
The USAWA President has just announced a new exciting meet within the USAWA – THE PRESIDENTIAL CUP. This Record Day will be promoted by our USAWA President, Denny Habecker, and will be the prestige record day promoted by the USAWA. Hopefully this will develop into an annual event that recognizes outstanding achievement in record days, which allow lifters to perform their favorite (or best) lifts for USAWA record.
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:
So you can see, this is quite different than most record days. This meet is NOT about setting a large number of USAWA records, but rather a record lift that is WORTHY of consideration to win the Presidential Cup. You would be best set to save your energy for the lift you most excel in, and put it into THAT lift alone. Also, the choice of the winner will be left up to Denny as to what lift IMPRESSES him the most – so factors like bodyweight and age will be factored into his decision. Denny is an honest, trustworthy person who I KNOW will make an impartial decision in choosing the winner. Also, the winner of the Presidential Cup is not open to debate – because the President’s choice is the FINAL DECISION – and it’s all about impressing the President. However, I’m still going to play it safe and bring a gift.
MEET DETAILS:
USAWA Presidential Cup
Saturday, August 25th
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