Category Archives: 2018 Meet Results

World Postal Championships

By Al Myers

2018 IAWA World Postal Championships “The Andy Goddard Memorial” August 31st, 2018

Lifts: Front Squat, Clean and Press Behind Neck, 1H Barbell Snatch, 1H 2” Dumbbell Deadlift

MEET REPORT, BY PROMOTER AL MYERS

The 2018 IAWA World Postal Championships was a huge success, with 42 lifters entered from the United States, England, Scotland, Wales and Australia. This Postal Championships is one of three (with Worlds and the Gold Cup being the other two) promoted by IAWA.   I want to REALLY thank all those that participated. Your participation is what makes this a great event!  As per the tradition the past few years, the lifts of the first day Worlds were contested.  I’ve included all class winners and best lifters, individual overall rankings for men and women, 3 person team rankings for men and women, and club rankings.  I want to congratulate the OVERALL BEST INDIVIDUAL LIFTERS – Men’s Steve Sherwood and Women’s Kat Becker. Overall winners in the 3 – Person Team Championships are WOMEN – Western Australia (Kat Becker, Miriam Phillips, and Racheal Hin) and MEN – Granby Grippers (Mark Shaw, Steve Andrews, and Steve Sherwood).  The OVER CLUB CHAMPION is the Dino Gym (RJ Jackson, Crystal Diggs, John Douglas, Chad Ullom, Al Myers, LaVerne Myers, Dean Ross and Brandon Rein).  Again, I want to thank everyone for entering this meet and making it an outstanding annual event in IAWA.

RESULTS: 2018 World Postal Results

Presidential Cup

By Denny Habecker

2018 Presidential Cup

This year’s Presidential Cup only had 4 lifters, but it was a successful meet none the less. We had Dean Ross, who came in from Oklahoma, Scott Schmidt from Cleveland, Ohio, Barry Pensyl from Easton, Pa. and myself. Barry and Dean’s lifts were judged by Scott and myself, Scott judged my lifts and I was the judge for his.  Scott won this year’s Presidential Cup with his 297 LBS   2 – 2″ Vertical Bar Deadlift.

Meet Results:

2018 Presidential Cup
August 4, 2018
Haybecker’s Gym
Lebanon, Pa.

Meet Director: Denny Habecker

Scott Schmidt- Age 65- 225 Lbs. 105 Kg. Class [65-69]
Vertical Bar Deadlift- 2 Bars-2″  – 135 Kg. – 297 Lbs.
Vertical Bar Deadlift – 1 Bar -2″ -Right – 77.5 Kg. -170 Lbs.
Vertical Bar Deadlift – 1 Bar- 2″- Left   – 37.5 Kg. – 83 Lbs.
French Press – 40 Kg.   -88 Lbs.

Barry Pensyl  – Age 70  – 152 Lbs.  -70 Kg. Class [70-74]
Hackenschmidt Floor Press – 65 Kg.    – 143 Lbs.
Curl – Cheat  – 48 Kg.   –  106 Lbs.
Curl – Strict -27.5 Kg.    – 61  Lbs.
Snatch – Dumbbell – Left Hand –  23 Kg. -51 Lbs.
Abdominal Raise  – 17.5 Kg.  –  39 Lbs.

Dean Ross – Age 75 – 242 Lbs. 110 Kg. Class [ 75-79 ]
Jefferson  Lift  -110 Kg.  -243 Lbs.
Deadlift – Heels Together  – 105 Kg.  – 231 Lbs.
Deadlift – 12″ Base  – 105 Kg.  – 231 Lbs.
Zercher – 90  Kg.    -198 Lbs
Deadlift- Fingers, Middle – 65 Kg.    – 143 Lbs.

Denny Habecker – Age 75 – 193 Lbs. – 90 Kg. Class  [ 75-79]
Deadlift  – No Thumbs – Overhand Grip  –   110 Kg.  –   243 Lbs.
Continental To Belt  –    105 Kg.   –  231 Lbs.
Clean and Press – 12″ Base –    51 Kg.    – 112 Lbs.
Clean and Press  –    50 Kg.     -110 Lbs.
Snatch- From Hang – 37.5 Kg.  –   83 Lbs.

OTSM World Championship

By Al Myers

MEET RESULTS –

2018 IAWA OLDTIME STRONGMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

The results for the FIRST EVER OTSM World Championship have finally been compiled.  I was so impressed with the participation in this Championship, with 5 women and 19 men competing. Also, lifters from Australia (8 lifters), the USA (11 lifters), England (4 lifters), and Wales (1 lifter) were part of this Championships. That indeed makes it a World event! I sure hope this continues as an annual IAWA Championship – and for those that entered this year will always go down in history as part of the inaugural class of OTSM IAWA lifters.  That’s something to be proud of!

Now for the BEST LIFTERS of the OTSM IAWA World Championship –

OVERALL BEST MENS LIFTER – Philippe Crisp, England
OVERALL BEST WOMENS LIFTER – Kat Becker, Australia
BEST WOMENS MASTER 45-49 LIFTER – Racheal Hin, Australia
BEST WOMENS MASTER 50-54 LIFTER – Monica Cook, Australia
BEST WOMENS MASTER 55-59 LIFTER – Sonya Becker, Australia
BEST MENS MASTER 40-44 LIFTER – Eric Todd, USA
BEST MENS MASTER 45-49 LIFTER – Philippe Crisp, England
BEST MENS MASTER 50-54 LIFTER – Nick Swain, England
BEST MENS MASTER 60-64 LIFTER – Peter Phillips, Australia
BEST MENS MASTER 70-74 LIFTER – LaVerne Myers, USA
BEST MENS MASTER 75-79 LIFTER – Martin Doolan, England
BEST MENS JUNIOR LIFTER – Calvin Heit, USA
BEST MENS SENIOR 20-39 LIFTER – Braden Reddenbagh, USA
BEST WOMENS SENIOR 20-39 LIFTER – Kat Becker, Australia

I want to thank the host club/promoters  in each country that helped promote this year’s OTSM Worlds. This includes:

Australia – Lambda Academy with promoter John Mahon
England – promoters Nick Swain and Phil Crisp
USA – Dino Gym with promoter Al Myers
Wales – promoter Neil Keddy

Lastly, I want to thank my co-promoter for this event, John Mahon for all his help. John did alot of work to make this happen – organized the entry forms, collected the entries, and tabulated the results/scoresheets.

I’m very much looking forward to next year and the future of Oldtime Strongman in IAWA.

Meet Results:

2018 IAWA OTSM World Championship
Postal World Championship
July 14-15th, 2018

Meet Directors: Al Myers & John Mahon

Meet Scorekeepers: Al Myers & John Mahon

OTSM Lifts: Anderson Squat, Cyr Press, Peoples Deadlift

WOMENS DIVISION

LIFTER CO AGE BWT SQ Cyr DL TOT PTS
Kat Becker Aus 34 82.3 220 40 240 500 628.5
Monica Cook Aus 54 66.4 120 22.5 150 292.5 484.2
Racheal Hin Aus 49 59.5 90 16 110 216 369.5
Claire McLaren Aus 46 85.1 105 21 110 236 311.2
Sonya Becker Aus 56 106.2 90 17.5 100 207.5 264.9

MENS DIVISION

LIFTER CO AGE BWT SQ Cyr DL TOT PTS
Philippe Crisp Eng 48 97.5 385 60 282.5 727.5 680.9
Gary Ell Eng 47 97.5 285 47.5 220 552.5 512.4
Eric Todd USA 43 116.5 320 77.2 220 617.2 502.3
Braden Reddenbagh USA 22 133.3 300 63.6 285 648.6 475.3
Nick Swain Eng 53 80.2 161.5 60 212.5 434 474.8
Zach Lucas USA 32 121.5 250 59 270 579 443.7
John Douglas USA 54 144.2 230 43.1 270 543.1 441.1
Neil Keddy Wal 40 90.5 225 37.5 220 482.5 436.0
Calvin Heit USA 16 68.9 182.5 36.3 180 398.8 420.9
Scott Tully USA 42 155.1 240 56.8 300 596.8 420.0
Martin Doolan Eng 77 75.8 140.5 20 120.5 281 385.2
Lance Foster USA 52 145.6 145 31.8 185 361.8 382.4
Steven Charles Aus 37 91.7 180 40 210 430 381.9
Brandon Rein USA 23 68.0 160 31.8 160 351.8 374.6
Peter Phillips Aus 64 104.8 90 32.5 230 352.5 364.1
Chris Todd USA 39 126.5 210 50 200 460 345.7
Tom Davis Aus 75 78.0 100 20 130 250 331.8
Dean Ross USA 75 111.5 130 22.7 150 302.7 329.3
LaVerne Myers USA 74 107.5 110 22.7 150 282.7 311.2

Notes: BWT is bodyweight in kilograms. All lifts recorded in kilograms. TOT is total kilograms lifted. PTS are overall adjusted points corrected for bodyweight and age.

Club Championships

By Al Myers

2018 USAWA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Ledaig Heavy Athletics Club once again hosted the 2018 USAWA Club Championships in the impressive hard core gym owned by Dave Glasgow. Dave’s place is the true “all round” training facility, with as many weights and bars anyone would want to lift as well as a full Highland Game field setup.  Dave likes to host this event on his birthday weekend to celebrate his many years of lifting and throwing.  As many of us pushed the iron in the gym others spent the day training the Highland Games.  It was a hot day, but no one complained as fun was being had by all. Of course in Dave’s style, he catered in the Naughty Nurses BBQ for an outstanding meal afterwards. We stuffed ourselves full of great BBQ!  I can’t thank Dave enough for all the hard work he puts into this event each year.

The Club Championships this year was different than most years, with only the Dino Gym and the Ledaig HA bringing club members.  However, both the Dino Gym and the Ledaig Club brought in fully loaded teams!  Seven members from the Dino Gym competed alongside 5 members from the Ledaig Club. There were many great individual lifts by many lifters, but since this is the Club Championships and only club scores matter I will not mention the outstanding individual lifters as you can look at the meet results to see who lifted what.  However, I will say that all lifters on each club contributed to their clubs scores in some way.

In the end the Dino Gym edged out the Ledaig Club for the overall club win this year. Now this is the interesting tidbit in all this – since Dave has started hosting the Club Champs six years ago this now brings the total wins for the Dino Gym to 3 (with 3 Runner ups) which MATCHES the Ledaig HA Club of 3 overall wins and 3 Runner Ups.  So it looks like next year will be the GRUDGE MATCH!!!

Meet Results:

2018 USAWA Club Championships
Ledaig Heavy Athletics Club
Rainbow Bend, Kansas
Sunday, July 15th, 2018

Meet Director: Dave Glasgow

Official (1-official System used): Dave Glasgow

Meet Scorekeeper: Al Myers

Meet Caterer: Naughty Nurses BBQ

Lifts: Deadlift-Fulton Bar One Arm, Clean and Jerk One Arm, Turkish Get Up, Push Press From Rack

1. Dino Gym – 1485.2 Adjusted Points

LIFTER AGE BWT DL1 CJ1 TGU PP
Calvin Heit 16 154 122R 75R 80R 170
Brandon Rein 23 152 —- 80R 65R 125
Zach Lucas 32 264 167R 115R 92.5R 215
Chad Ullom 46 247 162R 120L 80L —-
Al Myers 51 233 162R 110R —- —-
LaVerne Myers 74 241 162R —- —- —-
Dean Ross 75 247 92L 32L 20L  85

2. Ledaig Heavy Athletics – 1210.5 Adjusted Points

LIFTER AGE BWT DL1 CJ1 TGU PP
Emily Burchett (F) 26 145 92R 75R 70R 135
Jamie Channel (F) 35 245 92R 65R 25R 135
Marsha Clasen (F) 37 190 102R 85R 70R 160
Joey Grieshaber 45 265 147R 75R 70R 175
John Douglas 54 321 142R 75R 60R 200

EXTRA ATTEMPTS FOR RECORDS

Emily Burchett: Turkish Get Up 80 lbs, Right
Zach Lucas: Turkish Get Up 102 lbs, Right

Notes: BWT is bodyweight in pounds.  All lifts recorded in pounds. R and L designate right and left arms. Adjusted Points were calculated using age and bodyweight corrections.

New England Strongman RD

By Mark Raymond

2018 NEW ENGLAND STRONGMAN RECORD DAY

Group Picture from the meet.

Group Picture from the meet.

The meet turned out to be a great success. We had 8 lifters from three states. It was held at Frank’s Barbell Club in East Walpole, Massachusetts.

One of the highlights of the meet was newcomer Christopher Lestan. He put some impressive numbers on the board!

Michael Rabich, who drove up from Queens, New York, did a Pull over and Press with a Wrestler’s Bridge that made my neck hurt watching him do it!

Jeff Ciavattone was there to set some records too, even after driving all the way up from South Carolina. Then he was off to Fenway Park in Boston for a concert.

Newcomer Dan Rowe and Mike Vuono didn’t disappoint with their lifts either.

Afterwards Frank treated us all to Pizza for lunch. Thanks to Frank, Rocky, and Jeff who officiated the meet. And a special thank you to Peter Vuono for keeping things upbeat and making us all smile!

Results are as follows:

New England Strongman Record Day
Frank’s Barbell Club, East Walpole, Massachusetts
July 21st2018

Meet Director: Mark Raymond

Host: Frank Ciavattone

Meet Announcer/Scorekeeper: Frank Ciavattone

Officials (3 official system used): Frank Ciavattone, Rocky Morrisson, Jeff Ciavattone

Christopher Lestan  Age: 22   Weight: 275 Lbs   125K   Class – Open

Deadlift, Ciavattone Grip    508 Lbs
Bench Press, Feet on Floor   385 Lbs
Clean and Seated Press      221 Lbs
Clean and Seated Press, Behind Neck  198 Lbs
Bent Over Row   326 Lbs

Michael Rabich         Age:38        Weight: 190 Lbs     90K Class – Open

Hack Lift, Fulton Bar   427 Lbs
Press, Dumbbell, One Arm, Left  77 Lbs
Pullover and Press, With Wrestler’s Bridge 177 Lbs
Deadlift , No Thumbs, Overhand Grip  336 Lbs
Scott Lift   237 Lbs

Michael Vuono     Age: 29       Weight: 208 Lbs        95K Class – Open

Lateral Raise, Standing                                                                35 Lbs
Abdominal Raise                                                                           57 Lbs
Curl, Dumbbell, Cheat, One Arm, Left                                      91 Lbs
Curl, Dumbbell, Cheat, One Arm, Right                                   70 Lbs
Bench Press, One Arm, Right                                                     96 Lbs

Mark Raymond     Age: 55  Weight: 247 Lbs   115K Class  55+ Masters

Deadlift , No Thumbs, Overhand Grip   286 Lbs
Rectangular Fix  95 Lbs
Vertical Bar Deadlift, 1 Bar, 2”, One Hand, Left   175 Lbs
Deadlift, Dumbbell, One Arm, Left   200 Lbs
Deadlift, Dumbbell, One Arm, Right 200 Lbs

Dan Rowe       Age: 27       Weight: 202 Lbs            95K Class – Open

Press, Dumbbell, One Arm, Right   91 Lbs
Good Morning   140 Lbs
Curl, Wrist, One Hand, Left  75 Lbs
Curl, Wrist, One Hand, Right   86 Lbs

Jeff Ciavattone    Age: 38      Weight: 238 Lbs     110K Class – Open

Bench Press, One Arm, Left  90 Lbs
Bench Press, One Arm, Right  105 Lbs
Deadlift, Ciavattone Grip, One Arm, Left  240 Lbs
Deadlift, Ciavattone Grip, One Arm, Right  245 Lbs
Deadlift, No Thumb, One Arm, Left 205 Lbs

Frank Ciavattone Jr.  Age: 63 Weight: 293 Lbs 125K+ Class 60+ Masters

Curl, Wrist, One Hand, Left  100 Lbs
Curl, Wrist, One Hand, Right  100 Lbs
Finger Lift, Right Index  65 Lbs
Finger Lift, Right Ring  65 Lbs
Finger Lift, Right Little  65 Lbs

Peter Vuono    Age: 65  Weight: 196 Lbs     90K Class   65+ Masters

Press, Dumbbell, One Arm, Right   71 Lbs

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