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2010 Australian Championships - A new era ... a new benchmark! (12/08/10) What a phenomenal Australian Powerlifting Championships! Held over the weekend of 24-25 July at Melbourne's Rydges Hotel, Powerlifting Australia put on our biggest and best show ever with full-house spectator crowds, world-class platform and weights, multiple large-screen setups around the venue, professional booth setups by Titan Australia and ASADA and the best lifting we've ever seen at a National Championships. Of the standout performers, Stephen Pritchard left the cheering audience in awe after all his attempts, converting the highest ever Aussie total at any bodyweight (and he did it down in the 125kg class!), totalling 940kg with a 375kg Squat, 270kg Bench Press and 295kg Deadlift. There was quality action in the 100kg class too. Richard Hozjan smashed the Total record, powering through to a 872.5kg (320kg Squat, 237.5kg Bench Press, 315kg Deadlift) while Dave Jame squatted an amazing, twisting 330kg Squat record. Anita Millington continued her consistent lifting over the last 2 years to defend her overall Best Lifter title in the Women, just beating out shoulder-injured Vicki O'Brien who put up a fighting performance to down multi-time champ Jeannette Gevers in the 67.5kg class. But the great story of the weekend was the rise and rise of blind lifter, Lepeka Nanai (Peks), who finished second behind Pritchard in the 125kg class, pressing out an amazing 220kg Bench Press IBSA World Record in his 712.5kg total. Finally, always an inspiration, 78 year-young Wim van Weenen reclaimed back his lost World Records in the over 70s class with a 225.5kg Squat, a 240kg Deadlift and a 585.5kg Total!! Powerlifting Australia wishes to thank its major sponsors Titan Australia and Bioflex Nutrition, our governing bodies the IPF, ASC and ASADA, the meet director Mr Robert Wilks and all the organisers and helpers of the competition, the spectators and of course, the main show ... the Powerlifters themselves. Well done all and we'll see you next year back in Melbourne for another huge Nationals! Click here to see full results.
Stephen Pritchard about to smoke a 375kg Squat
Richard Hozjan sets a massive 100kg Total record at 872.5kg!!
Anita Millington takes out her first overall honours for the women
Dave Jame gave the rapturous crowd a good view of his record 330kg Squat
Blind lifter Lepeka Nanai (Peks) was an inspiration to all
Don't forget that you can order a professional DVD of your lifting session from John Myers.
Big boys hoist big weights at World Bench Champs!! (06/06/10)
Aussie Bench Team - Stephen Pritchard, Nathan Baxter, Damien Ussia and Minh Nguyen (coach) A team of three Aussie lifters went over to Texas in late May to compete at the Open and Junior World Bench Press Championships ... and what a great job they did!! Junior Damien Ussia was first up in the Junior event and opened with 210kg and pressed it out easily. He then attempted a massive personal best of 225kg to move into a medal position but couldn't manage to press it out in his final 2 attempts. In the open events, Stephen Pritchard and Nathan Baxter both broke Aussie records in the 125kg and 125+kg classes respectively. Pritchard overtook Caltabiano's 2009 record lift to press out 280kg in his opening attempt. He just missed out on an enormous 292.5kg on his final attempt, but ended up in 6th position in a very tough competition. Super-heavyweight, Nathan Baxter, pressed out a phenomenal 290kg on his opening attempt and then went for 305kg and then 315kg in an attempt to chase down other competitors. They unfortunately didn't come off but the magical 300kg bench mark certainly is not far away for either of these two lifters. The upcoming Australian Powerlifting and Bench Press Championships may be the event things all come together for these big fellas. Stay tuned and well done to our big guys of Powerlifting! Click here for results.
Results for Juniors & Masters and ABSF Champs (17/05/10)
Vicki O'Brien squats 152.5kgs Mannum, South Australia, the home of riverboats on the Murray, a famous coke machine and our Ms Pamela Cutjar put on the show for the National Juniors and Masters, ABSF Championships and South Australian Open over the weekend of 8-9 May. Despite the close to 50 lifters in attendance, victory was sweet for all but a few as the enormity of weight and age divisions meant that most competed against themselves ... but for most powerlifters beating their personal best is what it's all about and these are the Championships that embody this spirit and demonstrate that Powerlifting is the strength sport for life. Of special mention from the weekend's lifting were the performances starting with Australia's number one ranked lifter, and still junior, Chris Caltabiano, who totalled a meet best 850kg at 110kg bodyweight. This however was below his expectations as he builds towards bigger events this year. On the woman's side, the biggest numbers, literally and figuratively, came from none other than Anita Millington who pushed out her best numbers to total a world class 562.5kg. Not to be outdone, overall best women's master lifter, Vicki O'Brien, continues her climb up the powerlifting ranks totalling another PB, bad shoulder and all, with a strong 422.5kg at 67.5. And speaking of the masters, no one could surpass the man who's given everything to powerlifting over 50 years of lifting competitions, Mr Maxwell Bristow, who claimed the best overall men's master lifter title on the fairer Age Wilks scale over another stalwart of our sport, John Myers. The big bench of the weekend went to Master 2 lifter, South Australia's own Steve Little hoisting anything but "little" with a sweet 240kg press. And finally, we cannot forget to mention that the blind or ABSF Championships were also held with a new star and potential world champ in the making, Lepeka Nanai, winning best overall lifter with a fast improving 672.5kg total and a very impressive and easy 212.5kg bench press! Don't forget that you can order a professional DVD of your lifting session from John Myers.
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