Club Championships

By Dave Glasgow

MEET RESULTS AND REPORT –

2017 USAWA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

Group picture from the 2017 USAWA Club Championships.

Group picture from the 2017 USAWA Club Championships.

GRATITUDE.  THAT’S WHAT I WAS FEELING AS I SAW THE COMPETITORS FILING INTO THE SHOP FOR THIS YEARS VERSION OF THE USAWA’S CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS.

WHAT DID THIS GRATITUDE STEM FROM?  WELL, SIMPLY PUT, I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS MANY FOLKS SHOW UP FOR THE ‘CLUBS’ BEFORE.  NINE LIFTERS FROM THREE DIFFERENT CLUBS AND THREE DIFFERENT STATES!  SIMPLY OUTSTANDING!

LEADING THE CHARGE WAS DENNY HAYBECKER AND HIS GRANDSON, AIDEN.  COMING ALL THE WAY FROM PENNSYLVANIA, THEY SHOWED LOYALTY TO THE USAWA AND THE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS.  WE ESPECIALLY GOT A KICK OUT OF AIDEN’S LOOK OF AMAZEMENT WHEN HE COMPLETED A LIFT HE HAD SERIOUS DOUBTS ABOUT.  HIS PROUD GRAND DAD DID’NT DO SO BAD, HIMSELF.  DENNY ALWAYS PUTS UP SOLID, WELL THOUGHT OUT LIFTS.  FOR HIS REWARD, HE WAS GIVEN A BEER THAT HE IS FAMILIAR WITH BACK HOME.  HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT, DENNY!

MAKING THE TREK FROM THE BUSTLING METROPOLIS OF HOLLAND, KS., AL BROUGHT SOME DIFFERENT FOLKS TO REPRESENT HIS TEAM.  IT WAS GOOD TO SEE NEW BLOOD GET INVOLVED.  CALE DUNLOP AND BRANDON REIN PUT IN SOLID LIFTS AND I BELIEVE THEY BOTH LIFTED THE EXACT WEIGHTS!  HMMMMMMMMM  I WON’T COMMENT ON THAT.  REGARDLESS, I REALLY ENJOYED BANTERING WITH THEM.  THEY GAVE AS WELL AS THEY GOT!

ROUNDING OUT AL’S DINO CLUB WAS A LIGHTER VERSION OF DEAN ROSS.  I MADE THE COMMENT TO OUR TEAM THAT DEAN RARELY MISSED A LIFT HE CALLED FOR AND ALWAYS SEEMED TO LIFT WITHIN HIMSELF.

FINALLY, TEAM LEDAIG.  I ATTEMPTED TO STACK THE DECK IN THE FORM OF JERA KRESSLY(FORMER KANSAS’ STRONGEST WOMAN 2012/13) AMD NEW COMER TO USAWA, JAMIE CHANNEL, ONE OF MY HIGHLAND GAMES ATHLETES.

JERA, NO STRANGER TO USAWA, PUT UP FINE NUMBERS IN ALL LIFTS.  JAMIE, HOWEVER, CAME TO LIFT AND THE TWO THEM, ALREADY LONG SINCE FRIENDS, PUSHED EACH OTHER TO THE END.

THE PLEASANT SURPRISE, TO ME AT ANY RATE, WAS JOHN DOUGLAS, ANOTHER OF THE HIGHLAND GAME CREW.  JOHN ASKED ME TO BE ON TEAM LEDAIG.  I AM ALWAYS GAME FOR NEW MEMBERS SO I SAID, ‘SURE!’  AM I GLAD I DID!  JOHN POSTED TOP WEIGHTS IN ALL THE DISCIPLINES AND HELPED THE LEDAIG TEAM CARRY THE DAY.

THE MEET DIRECTOR AND SO CALLED LEADER OF TEAM LEDAIG DID HIS USUAL MEDIOCRE LIFTING AND POSTED SOME NON-AWE INSPIRING NUMBERS.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT WAS GREAT TO MEET NEW FRIENDS AND CATCH UP WITH OLD ONES.  I LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR.   THE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL BE HELD ON  14 JULY-2018.  BE THERE!!!   WHY!??

‘CAUSE I SAID SO!!

FINAL STANDINGS:
1ST……LEDAIG HEAVY ATHLETICS
2ND……DINO GYM
3RD…….HAYBECKER’S GYM

****SPECIAL THANKS TO AL FOR JUDGING , AS WELL AS THE BIRTHDAY SURPRISE!****

Meet Results:

USAWA Club Championships
Ledaig Heavy Athletics
Rainbow Bend, KS
July 15th, 2017

Meet Director: Dave Glasgow

Official (1 official system used): Al Myers

Scorekeeper: Al Myers

Lifts: Deadlift – No Thumb, One Arm; Curl – Strict; Snatch – Dumbbell, One Arm; Bentover Row

1. Ledaig HA – 1499.3 Total Adjusted Points

Lifter Age BWT DLNT1 Curl SNDB1 Row
Dave Glasgow 64 258 195R 100 85R 225
John Douglas 53 310 185R 110 100R 300
Jera Kressly 32 216 135R 65 65R 135
Jamie Channel 34 241 135R 60 70R 145

Dave Glasgow: Deadlift – NT, Left 185 pounds

2. Dino Gym – 1125.0 Total Adjusted Points

Lifter Age BWT DLNT1 Curl SNDB1 Row
Dean Ross 74 222 105L 35 45L 135
Cale Dunlap 22 164 110R 75 60R 130
Brandon Rein 22 159 110R 75 60R 130

3. Habeckers Gym – 906.9 Total Adjusted Points

Lifter Age BWT DLNT1 Curl SNDB1 Row
Denny Habecker 74 193 130R 70 50R 200
Aidan Habecker 14 149 100R 45 40R 90

Notes: Age is age in years. BWT is bodyweight in pounds. All lifts recorded in pounds. R and L designate right and left arms.