National Championships 2023!

By Bill Clark and Eric Todd

USAWA nationals is announced!  It is going back to where it was held in 1995 and 1997: The American Legion Hall in Columbia, Missouri.  Its promoter is Bill Clark, who is the founder of the USAWA.  Clark has a very active membership at his gym, and hopes to make this event a huge success.  Let’s do our part in helping bring that to fruition.  The following are the particulars of the meet:

JUNE 24-25, 2023 – AMERICAN LEGION BUILDING, COLUMBIA, MO

(Site of the 1995 and 1997 USAWA Nationals)

HOST: CLARK’S GYM

ENTRY DEADLINE: June 12, 2023

ENTRY FEE: $40  (Does not include dinner)

DINNER: Saturday evening at D. Rowe’s, one of Columbia’s most popular dining establishments. Dinner will be a buffet of pulled pork, baked beans, scalloped potatoes and a huge salad bowl. Cost – $25.00 per person, includes gratuities.

Dinner is open to lifters, family, friends, but must be reserved and paid in advance.

One check for entry fee and dinner is accepted. Make checks payable to Clark’s Gym.

THE LIFTS

FIRST DAY

Two-hand clean and press with heels together.

Front Squat.

Hip Lift.

SECOND DAY

Steinborn Lift.

Two-hand one-inch vertical bar deadlift.

Two-hand Swing.

Record sessions will follow each day’s competition as needed. You may attempt five records during the weekend.

If  more than 12 entries are involved, this will be a two-platform meet.

ANNUAL MEETING

Will follow dinner on Saturday evening unless USAWA officials seek another time. Agenda to be announced later.

TO ENTER:

Please use the U.S. Postal Service, e-mail (yeoldclark@gmail.com), or telephone (573-474-4510) and pay by check made payable to Clark’s Gym, mailed to Bill Clark, 3906 Grace Ellen Ave, Columbia, Mo. 65202-1739.

Entry must include name, address, e-mail, phone number, age, and projected weight class – and  number of dinner attendees.

All entries and dinner reservations must be received not later than 5 p.m., June 12, 2023.

Nationals Entry 2023

 

PayPal

By Eric Todd

Starting today, we have a new method by which to send your fees for Individual Membership, meet sanction, Club Membership, and USAWA merchandise.  You can continue to do so by sending a check or cash (which is still legal tender for all debts, public and private) via the United states Postal Service OR you can do so by using the online payment method of PayPal.  The address for our PayPal account is linked on our “Forms and Applications” page, but I will also link it in this article.  You can click this link to access it. USAWA’s PayPal account

Hopefully this will make it easier for members (both current and prospective) who no longer use checks to access membership.  Please let me know if there are any questions regarding our PayPal account and its use.

DIAMOND JUBILEE DEADLIFT DOZEN PLUS ONE

By Bill Clark

MAY 14, 2023

CLARK’S GYM, COLUMBIA, MISSOURI

OPEN ONLY TO THOSE WHO HAVE CELEBRFATED THEIR DIAMOND JUBILEE – THEIR 75TH BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARRY – BY MAY 13, 2023. All others are not eligible.

USAWA MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED – Registration available on meet day.

ENTRY DEADLINE  – Monday, May 8, 2023. E-mail – yeoldclark@gmail.com or by phone – 573-474-4510.

WEIGH-INS – 8-9 a.m.

ENTRY FEE – None.

AWARDS – Unframed certificates.

THE LIFTS – With two-inch (Fulton) bar: deadlift – feet together; deadlift – Ciavattone grip; deadlift – thumbless grip; hack lift; straddle lift.

With one-inch bar – Peoples deadlift; Kennedy lift; Lurich lift; one-hand deadlift; one-hand deadlift with thumbless grip; one-hand Ciavattone deadlift; rim lift.

RECORD SESSION:  Will follow the Jubilee competition.

REMOTE: you may lift in the competition in your own gym and your lifts will be included in the final standings and eligible for certificates. However, no records may be set j unless you are lifting at Clark’s Gym. We assume you will be honest concerning your bodyweight and your correct lifts. Video is appreciated if you lift remotely., but not required.

BENCH PRESS DECATHLON

By Bill Clark

SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 2023

CLARK’S GYM, COLUMBIA, MISSOURI

WEIGH-INS: 8-9 A.M.

THE LIFTS:  Regular bench press; bench press feet in air; left-arm bench press; right arm bench press; Reg Park bench press; reverse grip bench press; alternate grip bench press; hands-together bench press; Roman Chair bench press; rampage.

ENTRY DEADLINE – April 17, 2023. E-mail – yeoldclark@gmail.com or by phone at 573-474-4510.

ENTRY FEE:  None.

USAWA MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED: Registration available at meet site.

AWARDS:  Unframed certificates.

RECORD SESSION – Will follow the decathlon competition.

REMOTE: you may lift in the competition in your own gym and your lifts will be included in the final stanings and eligible for certificates. However, no records may be set  unless you are lifting at Clark’s Gym. We assume you will be honest concerning your bodyweight and your correct lifts. Video is appreciated if you lift remotely, but not required.

Year in Review

By Al Myers

I have just finished the 2022 USAWA Year in Review.  It’s a summary of all the news, blogs and meet results that have been put on the USAWA webpage over the past year.   The document is available on this website (under About Us then hit on the Year in Review page) for free download.  If you are like me you may want to print it off to keep a “written record”, or you may just want to keep it as a digital file for later reference.  Either way, I do this to help maintain an archive of  the history of our organization.

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