IAWA Team Postal
Individual Results from the IAWA World Team Postal Competition
by Al Myers
Rick Meldon - Top Individual at the World Team Postal Competition
Along with figuring Team results, the meet organizer Steve Gardner, also figured individual results from the IAWA World Team Postal Competition. The individual winner of this postal competition was Rick Meldon, England, of the Sunbury Club. Congratulations Rick!!! Rick’s team also won the Team Title – making him a double winner. Rick Meldon has been winning championships in the IAWA since the IAWA origin, starting with his first overall best lifter victory in 1990. He was the Best Master Lifter , Best Open Lifter, and the Overall Best Lifter in the 2008 IAWA World Championships held in Burton, England on October 4th & 5th, 2008. At this meet, he was crowned “Champion of Champions”. The Meet Director, Steve Gardner, had invited all the previous Overall Best Lifters to this meet to compete against each other to decide who was the Champion of Championsl! Rick has won two other Overall Best Lifter titles at the IAWA World Meet, in 1992 and 2004. Rick has more Overall Best Lifter titles at the World Meet than anyone else in the history of the IAWA.
Top Individuals in the Postal Competition
1. Rick Meldon, England 432.5 pts
2. Al Myers, USA 379.5 pts
3. Steve Sherwood, England 369.5 pts
4. Nick Swain, England 349.4 pts
5. Steve Andrews, England 346.8 pts
6. Chad Ullom, USA 329.4 pts
7. Peter Phillips, Australia 324.1 pts
8. Graham Saxton, England 321.3 pts
9. Phillipe Crisp, England 312.5 pts
10. James Gardner, England 298.9 pts
These point totals were calculated using bodyweight adjustments, age adjustments, and applying the Blindt Formula. For those not familiar with the Blindt Formula, it involves multiplying each lift by a factor that is supposed to bring all lifts to the same weighted value. Every lift has a different factor. The intended purpose of using the Blindt Formula is to keep the heavier lifts from being a bigger part of a lifter’s total than the lighter lifts. The Blindt Formula has not been used recently in any USAWA competitions.
FULL MEET RESULTS:
A word from the Organiser:
This postal competition was organised as a ‘Fun’ team event, for teams of three, but also with the flexibility to allow individual lifters to join in to see where they rank amongst the other lifters. We had lifters from England, USA and Australia taking part, and from the ages divisions of Juniors 13 + Under through to the Masters 75+. Well done to all who took part, I will organise another competition for next year with four different lifts. Please see below that the results are figured first as teams and then as individuals. Best Wishes and Happy Lifting – Steve Gardner
(3 Teams comprised of only 2 members, but there were also 3 individual lifters, so the individuals were added to those teams as ‘guests’ to round things up into teams of 3.)
Pos. Team Team Members Amended Points
1 Hastings Warriors 1 (Eng) Nick Swain Phillipe Crisp Sam Hills 963.6
2 Sunbury1 (Eng) Rick Meldon Tom Meldon Tom Chantler 961.3
3 Dino Gym (USA) Al Myers Chad Ullom Darren Barnhart 931.8
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4 Haven Hotshots (Eng) Steve Sherwood Tom Allsop Stewart Brookes 920.8
5 Powerhouse Gym (Eng) James Gardner Jon Eccleshall Graham Saxton 890.9
6 Belmont WA (Australia) Peter Phillips Samuel Trew Nic Porter (Guest) 808.1
7 Old and Done (USA) Jim Malloy Scott Schmidt Bill Crozier 745.3
8 Granby Grippers (Eng) Steve & Daniel Andrews Karl Birkinshaw (Guest) 735.1
9 Hastings Warriors 2 (Eng) Steve Shah Ed Shortle Gordon Fairey 703.4
10 Haven Heroes (Eng) John Kavanagh Dave Moreton Peter Lee (Guest) 674.4
11 Sunbury 2 (Eng) Jeff Luther Trevor Evans Nick Sayce 598.8
Individual Amended Totals – Ranking of all lifters
(After Bodyweight, Age and Blindt Formulas are applied)
1 Rick Meldon (Eng) 432.5
2 Al Myers (USA) 379.5
3 Steve Sherwood (Eng) 369.5
4 Nick Swain (Eng) 349.4
5 Steve Andrews (Eng) 346.8
6 Chad Ullom (USA) 329.4
7 Phillipe Crisp (Eng) 326.3
8 Peter Phillips (Australia) 324.1
9 Graham Saxton (Eng) 321.3
10 James Gardner (Eng) 298.9
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Individual Amended Totals – Rankings Continued
11 Scott Schmidt 294.7
12 Sam Hills 287.9
13 Tom Allsop 285.4
14 Tom Meldon 284.8
15 Steve Shah 281.5
16 Jonny Eccleshall 270.7
17 Stewart Brookes 265.9
18 John Kavanagh 262.0
19 Jim Malloy 260.9
20 Samuel Trew 250.8
21 Tom Chantler 244.1
22 Dave Morton 241.9
23 Ed Shortle 237.2
24 Nic Porter 233.4
25 Darren Barnhart 222.9
26 Jeff Luther 210.5
27 Karl Birkinshaw 210.1
28 Trevor Evans 210.0
29 Gordon Fairey 184.7
30 Nick Sayce 178.3
31 Daniel Andrews 178.2
32 Peter Lee 170.6
33 Bill Crozier 189.7
Individual Class Winners and Positions – World ‘Open’ Postal 2009
Juniors13+U
Daniel Andrews J13 +Under 55k Champion
OPEN
Stewart Brooks Open 70k Champion
Nic Porter Open 75k 4th
Nick Sayce Open 75k 6th
Jonny Eccleshall Open 80k 2nd
Karl Birkinshaw Open 85k 5th
John Kavanagh Open 90k 3rd
James Gardner Open 95k Champion
Phillipe Crisp Open 100k Champion
Gordon Fairey Open 100k 2nd
Chad Ullom Open 105k Champion
Samuel Trew Open 105k 2nd
Tom Chantler Open 125k Champion
Masters 40+
Nick Swain Open 90k Champion and 40+ 90k Champion
Al Myers Open 120k Champion and 40+ 120k Champion
Darren Barnhart Open 125+ Champion and 40+ 125k Champion
Masters 45+
Steve Andrews Open 75k Champion and 45+ 75k Champion
Rick Meldon Open 85k Champion and 45+ 85k Champion
Sam Hills Open 85k 2nd and 45+ 85k 2nd
Tom Allsop Open 90k 2nd and 45+ 90k Champion
Graham Saxton Open 110k Champion 45+ 110k Champion
Masters 50+
Dave Morton Open 75k 2nd and 50+ 75k Champion
Jeff Luther Open 75k 5th and 50+ 75k 3rd
Ed Shorttle Open 75k 3rd and 50+ 75k 2nd
Tom Meldon Open 85k 3rd and 50+ 85k Champion
Masters 55+
Steve Sherwood Open 80k Champion and 55+ 80k Champion
Peter Phillips Open 110k Champion and 55+ 110k Champion
Scott Schmidt Open 120k 2nd and 55+ 120k Champion
Masters 60+
Steve Shah Open 85k 4th and 60+ 85k Champion
Trevor Evans Open 85k 6th and 60+ 85k 2nd
Masters 65+
Jim Malloy Open 115k Champion and 65+ 115k Champion
Masters 70+
Bill Crozier Open 105k 2nd and 70+ 105k Champion
Masters 75+
Peter Lee Open 85k 7th and 75+ 85k Champion
Individual Lift Rankings
(After Bodyweight, Age and Blindt Formula is applied)
Squat Rankings
1 Rick Meldon 240.5 139.2
2 Al Myers 272.5 128.8
3 Phillipe Crisp 240.5 120.3
4 Peter Phillips 210 114.7
5 Nick Swain 200.5 113.4
6 Steve Sherwood 160 108.0
7 Tom Meldon 170.5 104.9
8 Chad Ullom 220 104.4
9 Steve Shah 155.5 101.6
10 Steve Andrews 145 97.8
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11 Scott Schmidt 182 96.4
12 Graham Saxton 190 96.3
13 Tom Chantler 210.5 94.4
14 Sam Hills 155.5 92.1
15 Darren Barnhart 210 90.1
16 Tom Allsop 150 85.1
17 Jim Malloy 137.5 83.7
18 Samuel Trew 170 79.3
19 James Gardner 150 75.8
20 Ed Shortle 105.5 70.1
21 Nic Porter 115 67.6
22 Jonny Eccleshall 120 66.3
23 Trevor Evans 95 65.3
24 John Kavanagh 127.5 64.5
25 Dave Morton 95 63.3
26 Bill Crozier 92.5 62.7
27 Gordon Fairey 125.5 61.8
28 Daniel Andrews 62.5 60.8
29 Stewart Brookes 95 58.4
30 Karl Birkinshaw 100 53.6
31 Nick Sayce 85 49.4
32 Peter Lee 60 49.1
33 Jeff Luther 70 48.2
Pullover and Push Rankings
1 Rick Meldon 180.5 117.8
2 Nick Swain 153 97.6
3 Steve Andrews 127.5 97.0
4 Al Myers 170 90.6
5 Chad Ullom 160 85.6
6 Steve Sherwood 110 83.8
7 Phillipe Crisp 140.5 80.1
8 Graham Saxton 135 77.5
9 Tom Meldon 110.5 76.7
10 Jim Malloy 105 72.1
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Pullover and Push Rankings Continued
11 James Gardner 120 68.4
12 Sam Hills 100.5 67.1
13 Stewart Brooks 95 65.8
14 Tom Allsop 100 64.0
15 Scott Schmidt 105 62.7
16 Jeff Luther 77.5 60.1
16 Dave Morton 80 60.1
18 John Kavanagh 100 57.0
19 Peter Phillips 85 52.3
20 Jonny Eccleshall 90 56.0
21 Steve Shah 70.5 51.9
22 Trevor Evans 65 50.4
23 Samuel Trew 90 47.3
24 Ed Shortle 60.5 45.3
25 Karl Birkinshaw 70 42.3
26 Tom Chantler 80.5 40.7
27 Nick Sayce 60 39.3
28 Nic Porter 55 36.4
29 Gordon Fairey 65.5 36.3
30 Peter Lee 39.1 36.0
31 Daniel Andrews 31.7 34.8
32 Bill Crozier 42.5 32.5
33 Darren Barnhart 65 31.4
Straddle Deadlift Rankings
1 Steve Sherwood 200 96.5
2 Rick Meldon 230.5 95.3
3 Al Myers 250 84.4
4 Peter Phillips 210 82.0
5 Sam Hills 190.5 80.6
6 Chad Ullom 235 79.7
7 James Gardner 220 79.5
8 Jonny Eccleshall 200 78.9
9 Graham Saxton 200 78.4
10 Phillipe Crisp 210.5 76.1
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11 Nic Porter 180 75.6
12 Tom Meldon 170.5 75.0
13 Steve Shah 160.5 74.9
14 Steve Andrews 155 74.7
14 Stewart Brooks 170 74.7
16 Samuel Trew 220 73.4
17 Nick Swain 180.5 73.0
18 Darren Barnhart 235 72.0
19 Ed Shortle 150.5 71.5
20 Scott Schmidt 182 68.9
Straddle Deadlift Rankings Continued
21 Tom Chantler 210.5 67.4
22 John Kavanagh 180 65.1
22 Karl Birkinshaw 170 65.1
24 Tom Allsop 160 64.9
25 Jim Malloy 137.5 59.8
26 Dave Morton 125 59.5
27 Bill Crozier 100 55.7
28 Peter Lee 90 52.6
29 Gordon Fairey 140.5 49.4
30 Jeff Luther 100 49.2
31 Trevor Evans 100 49.1
32 Daniel Andrews 62.5 43.5
33 Nick Sayce 100 41.5
One Hand Clean And Jerk Rankings (L or R)
1 Steve Sherwood (R ) 52.5 81.2
2 Rick Meldon (R ) 60.5 80.2
3 Steve Andrews (R ) 50 77.2
4 Al Myers (R ) 70 75.7
5 John Kavanagh (R ) 65 75.3
6 James Gardner (R ) 65 75.2
7 Peter Phillips (R ) 60 75.1
8 Tom Allsop (R ) 55 71.5
9 Jonny Eccleshall (R ) 55 69.5
10 Graham Saxton (R ) 55 69.1
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11 Stewart Brooks (L ) 47.6 67.0
12 Scott Schmidt (R ) 55 66.7
13 Nick Swain (R ) 50.5 65.4
14 Chad Ullom (R ) 55 59.7
15 Dave Morton (R) 38.6 58.9
16 Nic Porter (R ) 40 53.8
17 Jeff Luther (R ) 33.7 53.1
18 Steve Shah (L ) 35.5 53.1
19 Samuel Trew (L ) 47.5 50.8
20 Ed Shortle (L ) 33.0 50.2
21 Phillipe Crisp (R ) 43.0 49.8
22 Karl Birkinshaw (L ) 40 49.1
23 Nick Sayce (R ) 36.2 48.1
23 Sam Hills (L ) 35.5 48.1
25 Jim Malloy (R ) 32.5 45.3
26 Trevor Evans (R ) 28.7 45.2
27 Tom Chantler (R ) 40.5 41.6
28 Daniel Andrews (R ) 17.6 39.2
29 Bill Crozier (R ) 25 38.8
30 Gordon Fairey (R ) 33.0 37.2
31 Peter Lee (R ) 17.6 33.0
32 Darren Barnhart (R ) 30 29.4
33 Tom Meldon (R ) 20 28.2