Nationals 2008

We are working on getting national results from before we had a website recorded on the website in an effort to preserve a more complete history.  The first one that I am posting here is from 2008.  They are all transcribed from the “Strength Journal” by Bill Clark.  This was an idea of Frank Ciavattone’s and was presented at the national meeting.  Enjoy a little piece of history:

2008 USAWA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS By Bill Clark (From “US All-Round Weightlifting Association Strength Journal”, Vol. XIX, No. 4, August 18, 2008. Columbia MO. Print.)

2008 Nationals

 

Lance Foster-Sportsmanship award winner

by Eric Todd

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I was finally able to give out the last of the national awards last Saturday at the Old Time Strongman Championship.  Your first place winner in this category was KCSTRONGMAN club member, Lance Foster.  The Sportsmanship award reads as follows:

Sportsmanship Award – This goes to an individual who possesses and shows great sportsmanship within the USAWA. The act of sportsmanship may be by conduct at all events, or by a specific example of exceptional sportsmanship.

Lance is now a three-time Sportsmanship award winner, and they are consecutive wins.  Lance is the epitome of what a good sport looks like.  He competes regularly, and always gives his all, but never a terse word or demeanor regardless of the result.  I cannot think of a more deserving winner, and apparently the membership agrees.  Congratulation, Lance!  Well deserved!

 

World Postal Championships

By Al Myers, IAWA President

2022 IAWA World Postal Championships “The Andy Goddard Memorial” August 31st, 2022 Lifts: Clean and Press, Continental Snatch, Cheat Curl, 1H Deadlift MEET REPORT, BY PROMOTER AL MYERS Another great year for the IAWA World Postal Championships!! This year we had 44 lifters compete (up 2 from last year) from the United States, Australia, England, and Canada. This World Postal Championships is one of three (with the World Championships 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, and club rankings. I want to give special mention to the overall winners in each category. The Overall Best Men’s Lifter was ABE SMITH, and the Overall Best Women’s Lifter was BEATA BANAS. The Overall Best 3-person Team went to CLARK’S GYM (Abe Smith, Randy Smith, and Dave DeForest). The Overall Best Club went to METAMORFIT. The Overall Best Association went to the USAWA, with the IAWAUK in second, and the ARWF in third. The youngest lifter that entered Everett Todd at 9 years of age. The oldest lifter in the completion was Bill Clark at 90 years of age! The Clubs with the most lifters entered were KC Strongman and Metamorfit at 8 lifters each. I want to mention 5 lifters who competed as Exhibition Lifters (because of lack of an official to judge their lifts) just to show support to IAWA and the memory of Andy Goddard. These lifters were Gary Ell, Jason Farrugia, Chad Ullom and two lifters from Canada – Syvia Stockall and Sarah Douglas. If anyone notices any errors in these results please let me know as soon as possible so I can get things corrected. Sometimes I have difficulties reading the handwriting on the official scoresheets. Again, I want to thank everyone for entering this meet and making it an outstanding annual event in IAWA

MEET RESULTS (PDF): 2022 World Postal Results

 

Chris Todd-Sportsmanship award-runner up

By Eric Todd

Chris Todd receives the runner up-sportsmanship award

Chris Todd receives the runner up-sportsmanship award

The sportsmanship award reads as such: this goes to an individual who possesses and shows great sportsmanship within the USAWA. The act of sportsmanship may be by conduct at all events, or by an specific example of exceptional sportsmanship.

This award goes to my brother, Chris Todd.  He has spent his whole life being a better sport than me when it came to winning and losing.  He always gives it his all, but is cheerful in all weathers. I have always been a rather poor sport, so he is rather an inspiration to me.  Congratulations to Chris, and well deserved!

Old Time Strongman Championship

By Eric Todd

Fantastic group of lifters at this year's Old Time Strongman Championship

Fantastic group of lifters at this year’s Old Time Strongman Championship

Today, the USAWA saw the 11th installment of the Old Time Strongman Championship hosted by KCSTRONGMAN in the megalopolis of Turney, Missouri.  It was the perfect day for such a championship, and the lifting was top shelf.  We had a few competitors drop out for various reasons the week prior to the meet, but luckily, we had a good number of entries, so we had decent numbers even after they withdrew.  We also saw the largest group of lady lifters that this championship has seen.

This championship event started off with the Thor’s hammer.  This one can certainly be a fickle mistress.  You really have to hit the sweet spot to get it to stick at the top.  I cannot tell you how many times I was about to give the down command when the lifter lost control at the top.  Some were able to come back and hit it and some were not.  Dave Deforest had an attempt where he missed it what seemed to be around 400 times at the top, only to hit a good lift with about 3 seconds left.  The cream of the crop was Greg Cook, 2017s OTMS men’s champion, who nailed a lift of 52.5 pounds, which is a mere stone’s throw away from the best lift ever. Chris Todd came in at 40 pounds for a successful 4th attempt for a record.

We then moved on to the Lurich Lift.  This lift is named for Old Time Strongman George Lurich and has not been contested within the OTSM Championship before.  It was run as an exhibition lift in 2017 before being officially accepted as a USAWA lift at the 2018 national meeting.  This one can offer the same challenges for some lifters as the hack lift, which is the bar can get bound up on the hamstrings.  Our two younger ladies, Phoebe and Lilly Todd both went 200 and more on this discipline, while Stacy Todd hit the high mark of 360 for the women’s division.  In the men’s class it was all Chad Ullom, who broke his own all-time record mark with a 610 pound effort. Dave DeForest had what appeared to be his very top end pull at 430 before passing away briefly on the platform.  Everett Todd hit a personal best 190 at only nine years old.  Leroy Todd hit a successful 175 on a fourth attempt.

Chad Ullom breaks the all time Lurich Lift record with a pull of 610

Chad Ullom breaks the all-time Lurich Lift record with a pull of 610

We then broke for lunch where we dined on barbeque pork sandwiches, which were prepared by Stacy Todd, and potato chips.

After the lunch break, the lifting resumed with the Anderson Press, which is named after Paul Anderson.  In the Women’s division Lilly and Phoebe Todd hit an impressive 85 pounds apiece.  Stacy hit a record 4th attempt of 110.  Chris Todd edged Greg Cook for the top lift in the men’s division with a 220 pound effort before hitting 240 for a record fourth attempt.   Leroy Todd also hit a successful 70 pounds as a fourth attempt.

Our last lift of the day was the Dinnie Lift.  This lift is named after Donald Dinnie and the lifting stones he supposedly carried.  The top lift in the women’s division was 360 by stacy Todd.  She then went on to take a successful 4th attempt at 400.  Lilly Todd also had a successful fourth attempt with 225.  Chad was again the top lifter with a successful pull at 800 pounds, which is well above what the real Dinnie Stones weigh.  Side note-Chad has successfully lifted the Dinnie Stones on more than one occasion. Lance Foster came in lean and mean, having lost over 60 pounds, and hit a successful 475 on a fourth attempt.

The lifting was fantastic, and many records were broken.  The following lifters set records in all four disciplines:

Everett Todd

Leroy Todd

Phoebe Todd

Lilly Todd

Stacy Todd

Chris Todd

Dave DeForest

Greg Cook

Official results are as follow:

Old Time Strongman Championship
ET’s House of Iron and Stone
Turney, MO
September 10, 2022

Meet Director: Eric Todd

Meet Announcer: Eric Todd

Score Keeper: Chris Todd

Maker of barbeque: Stacey Todd

The One Official system was used for all lifts

Official: Eric Todd

Loaders: Eric Todd and all lifters

All lifts are recorded in pounds, as is the total. Adj is the adjusted score after Lynch and Age adjustment.  All records are denoted with an asterisk *

Lifts: Thor’s hammer, Lurich Lift, Anderson Press, and Dinnie Lift

Results are as follows:

Name age age division weight weight class Thor’s hammer Lurich Lift Anderson Press Dinnie Lift Total Adj Place
Women’s Division
Phoebe Todd 12 13 121 55 10* 225* 85* 245* 565 934 1
Stacy Todd 39 Open 179 85 20* 360* 105* 360* 825 786 2
Lillian Todd 13 13 134 65 10* 200* 85* 210* 505 727 3
Men’s Division
Chad Ullum 50 50 221 105 30 610* 95* 800* 1535 1441 1
Greg Cook 65 65 244 115 52.5* 495* 200* 550* 1297.5 1313 2
Dave DeForest 62 60 192 90 27.5* 430* 160* 400* 1017.5 1144 3
Everett Todd 9 13 82 40 7.5* 190* 60* 175* 432.5 1033 4
Leroy Todd 11 13 89 45 7.5* 165* 65* 200* 437.5 955 5
Chris Todd 43 40 273 125 35* 340* 220* 600* 1195 944 6
Lance Foster 56 55 275 125 30* 0 85* 400* 515 456 7

With her third overall win, Phoebe Todd ties Heather Gardner/Tully as the winningest female in these championships.  With his third win, Chad Ullom steps out all by himself as the winningest male in these championships.

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