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IAWA World Postal Championships results – updated

by Al Myers

These results were first posted on 9/11/2024, but Al later wrote to me: “There was an error by the US Postal Service in which one club’s entries did not make it to my address.  I felt it was the right thing to do to have these entries added to the World Postal Championships.” The updated results are below.

Another great year for the IAWA World Postal Championships!! 

This year we had 55 lifters compete from the United States, Australia, and England. 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 best lifters, individual overall rankings, 3 person team rankings, and club  rankings. 

The Overall Best Lifter was ABE SMITH, followed by CHLOE BRENNAN and RJ JACKSON. The Overall Best 3-person Team went  to BURTON’S POWERHOUSE (Chloe Brennan, Josh Davidson, Matt Jones). The Overall Best Club went to CLARK’S GYM, which  had 14 members participate. The Overall Best Association went to the USAWA, with the IAWAUK in second, and the ARWF in  third.  

The youngest lifter that entered was LOGAN WENZEL at 9 years of age. The oldest lifter was BILL CLARK at 92 years of age!  The highest total weight lifted was by MATT JONES with 465 kilos.  

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.

Full results are attached below.

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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

 

World Postal Championships

By Al Myers, IAWA President

WORLD POSTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Another great year for the IAWA World Postal Championships!!

This year we had 42 lifters compete 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 JEFF CIAVATTONE, and the Overall Best Women’s Lifter was BEATA BANAS.  The Overall Best 3-person Team went to FRANK’S BARBELL CLUB (Jeff Ciavattone, Frank Ciavattone, and Wade Marchand).  The Overall Best Club went also to FRANK’S BARBELL CLUB.   The Overall Best Association went to the USAWA, with the IAWAUK in second, and the ARWF in third.

It’s always exciting to see new clubs participate.  This year CLARK’S CHAMPIONSHIP joined in and 3 lifters from their club (Nick Frieders, Tony Hose, and Dave DeForest) competed in their first World Postal.

There were several Junior Lifters competing this year with the youngest, Everett Todd, at eight years of age. The oldest lifter in the completion was Denny Habecker at 78 years of age. I also want to mention 3 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, and Sylvia Stockall of Canada.

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 (WORD) – 2021 World Postal Results

World Postal Championships

2019 IAWA World Postal Championships

“The Andy Goddard Memorial” August 31st, 2019

Lifts: Reverse Curl, 2H Snatch from Hang, 1H Clean & Jerk, 2H Thumbless Deadlift

 MEET REPORT, BY PROMOTER AL MYERS

Another great year for the IAWA World Postal Championships!!

This year we had 44 lifters compete from the United States, Australia, England, Scotland 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 GARY ELL, and the Overall Best Women’s Lifter was MADDY ELL.  The Overall Best 3-person Team went to the DINO GYM VARSITY (Al Myers, LaVerne Myers, and John Douglas).  The Overall Best Club went to BURTON POWERHOUSE (Karen Gardner, Paul Hallam, Dominic Gardner, Mollie Redfern-Smith, Graham Saxton, Gary Redfern-Smith, Steve Gardner, Selina Dorn, Nicola Thornhill). I scored a new category this year – the best overall association.  The Overall Best Association went to the IAWAUK, with the USAWA in second, and the newly formed Australian Association the ARWFA was in third.

It was exciting to see 3 clubs participating from Australia this year (Ballina, The Shed, and the Lambda Lifters). For the lifters of the Ballina Club this was their first time participating in the World Postal.  There were several Junior Lifters competing this year with the youngest, Phoebe Todd, at nine years of age. The oldest lifters in the meet where Dean Ross and Denny Habecker at 76 years of age. The best club name goes to the MacBaldie Brothers consisting of Gary Ell and Andy Tomlin. I also want to mention Sylvia Stockall of Canada.  She competed as an exhibition lifter since her club does not have a certified IAWA official yet, but turned in great lifts and becomes the first lifter from Canada to compete in the IAWA World Postal Championships.

Again, I want to thank everyone for entering this meet and making it an outstanding annual event in IAWA.

MEET RESULTS: 2019 World Postal Results (word) 2019 World Postal Results (pdf)

World Postal Reminder

By Al Myers

The time is coming for the closing of the IAWA World Postal Championships.

I would like to see a great turnout for this Championships.   The lifts for it are the same as the opening day World Championship lifts so everyone should be training them already, so entering this postal could just be another training day.  Below is the information sheet for this competition.

2019 IAWA WORLD POSTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS INFORMATION SHEET

RULES OF THE COMPETITION

  1. The due date for entry is AUGUST 31st. Make sure your lifts are completed and sent to me by that time. My email is: amyers@usawa.com
  2. The lifts chosen for this event are Reverse Curl (Curl – Strict, Reverse Grip), 2H Snatch from the Hang (Snatch – From Hang), One Hand Clean and Jerk (Clean and Jerk – One Arm), and the 2H Thumbless Deadlift (Deadlift – No Thumbs, Overhand Grip).   The rules for these lifts are outlined in the USAWA and IAWA(UK) Rulebooks, which are available on the website. Make sure to list the hand used in the one handed lifts on the entry form. The chosen lifts represent the lifts performed on the first day of the 2019 IAWA World Championships!
  3. If you live in a country that has an organized All Round Weightlifting organization that is affiliated with the IAWA you must be a current member of that organization to enter. Make sure to join before you lift in this World Postal Championships.
  4. All lifts by a lifter must be performed on the same day. Record this date on the ENTRY FORM.
  5. Please enter your results in kilograms on the scoresheet. List only your best legal lift performed. Do not record misses. Also list your age in years and your BWT (bodyweight) in kilograms. Your bodyweight must be weighed on the day your lifts are performed.
  6. Make sure you PRINT the names of the one to three officials used for each lifter as well as having the officials sign the scoresheet. Officials must be current certified officials in their All Round Weightlifting organization. Three officials are required for IAWA records. At least one official is required for entering.
  7. As per any meet and as OUTLINED in the rulebooks, you get three attempts. These must be declared and adhered to. If a 4th attempt for record is done this must be made clear on the ENTRY FORM.
  8. The Scoresheet accommodates up to 6 lifters, but if more than that participate from a club simply add another scoresheet. You do not need to be part of a club to enter the World Postal Championships but Club recognition will be given to the top scoring clubs. Scoring rankings will be done for both individuals and for clubs.
  9. Please write CLEARLY on the scoresheet, and fill out the scoresheet completely!
  10. Remember this postal championship is ran on the HONOR SYSTEM. Be truthful in your efforts, and feel good about giving your best performance in an honorable manner. If everyone does that – the future of this meet is strong! Thank you for your participation and support of the IAWA!!
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