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2008 rankings released (04/05/08)

After the first lot of competitons around Australia including the National Juniors and Masters, Powerlifting Australia has released the initial lifter rankings for the 2008 calendar year. It looks like a very strong year with the average Wilks points numbers already higher than most years. Well done all!

Check the rankings. Click here.

National Juniors and Masters Championships - Results (27/04/08)

What a great weekend of lifting!

Powerlifting Australia hosted our best young and "old" talent at the National Juniors and Masters Championships on April 19-20 at Melbourne University. Combined with this event, the National ABSF Championships, Intervarsity and Victorian Open were also held. Run by super-efficient meet director and top lifter, David Jame, this event had the largest participation for any single PA event for quite a while.

The lifting was of particularly high standard also with Wim Van Weenen breaking his over 70 years World Deadlift record ripping up 237.5kg. Anne Mort had a great comp, breaking National and International masters records and the younger lifters like Amy-Lea Mills pulled up an enormous 190kg Deadlift and Anita Millington benched 122.5kg. In the open event, the big mover, both figuratively and literally was super-heavyweight Nathan "The Preacher" Baxter who finally puts the numbers on the board which included the biggest bench in PA history at 262.5kg!

Click here to check out the full results.

Nathan Baxter breaks the Australian SHW Bench Press record with 262.5kg!

"Golden Oldies" feature on Ten news (25/04/08)

"My hair's going grey, my eyes are going, my ears are going, my teeth are falling out ..... and I grew a muscle!" That is the cry of 71 year old PA lifter, Sonja Rutherford.

Ten News recently ran a story shortly before the Masters and Juniors National Championships, which covered the benefits of Powerlifting for older lifters. It features John and Sonja Rutherford, as well as our World Record deadlifter Wim Van Weenen.

Check it out on YouTube. Click here.

John Myers moves into second after opponent's doping positive (21/03/08)

Not for the first time our John "Hollywood" Myers has moved up a position in the Masters World Championships due to a higher finishing opponent producing a positive doping test.

Initially, John finished in third place at the 2007 Masters World Championships in the over 50, 67.5kg class. The Polish lifter and initial winner, Adam Jasinski, returned a positive test from that competition. This resultant disqualification of Jasinski means Myers takes the silver position overall.

Powerlifting Australia, through the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) is fully committed to fair play in Powerlifting and congratulates John's move to second in the world.

Media Release - Diuretic case continues the war on drugs in sport

Powerlifting Australia applauds the action of the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) in detecting and enforcing a case of diuretic use in Powerlifting. Powerlifter Peter Costigan has returned a positive sample for Furosemide, a drug on the banned list, which can give competitive advantage in a bodyweight class such as Powerlifting.

Click here to view media release

Hozjan, Gevers and Bar are top ranked for 2007. Click here.

Powerlifting Australia rankings for 2007 are complete and the plaudits go to the unstoppable Richard Hozjan who is the top male powerlifter for the third year running. Jeannette Gevers took out the double, being ranked number 1 in both the 3-lift event as well as the Bench Press. Whilst Yuval Bar breaks all records again with 235kg at 82.5 to end the year top in the men's Bench Press.

Australia's top powerlifters - Jeannette Gevers and Richard Hozjan

Powerlifting Australia on YouTube!

Powerlifting Australia has set up a video site on the popular YouTube video hosting website. Here you will see what Powerlifting Australia is all about - from record powerlifts to some funny and enjoyable moments on and off the platform. Stay tuned as this site builds.

2008 Powerlifting Australia Memberships now available! Click here!

Powerlifting Australia relies on the generosity of it’s volunteers to run and manage competitions and perform various roles such as coaching, officiating, managing finances, maintaining the website, liaising with ASADA, managing memberships, and organising travel and registration for international competitions, just to name a few. This year membership fees have been increased by around $3 to cover the costs associated with running PA such as auditing, insurance and purchases of additional competition equipment.

In 2007, Powerlifting Australia purchased a set of competition weights for South Australia, a number of ER Equipment bench press safety fittings from Denmark (which are now mandatory in all competitions) and carpet for platforms. Further equipment purchases are planned for 2008.

Thanks again to everyone who has contributed to Powerlifting Australia during 2007 and we look forward to your continued involvement during 2008. For all new members we greatly appreciate your support and intend to serve all your powerlifting pursuits to the best of our abilities.

If you have any further questions about PA memberships please contact Steve How Lum on 0418 153 550 or email at membership@powerlifting.org.au.

2008 Powerlifting Australia Calendar now available!

2008's PA Calendar is jam packed with competitions suitable for novice to the experienced nationwide and all year round. Based on increased lifting numbers over 2007, 4 more Australian events have been added for 2008. Click here to see the 2008 Calendar.

Commonwealth Powerlifting Champs - Video

FOR A LIFETIME MEMORY OF YOUR LIFTING! ORDER A DVD OF YOUR DIVISION AT THE COMMONWEALTH POWERLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS $45 PER SESSION INCLUDING POSTAGE CONTACT: JOHN MYERS Email: john.myers@det.nsw.edu.au Home: (02) 6562 7628 Mobile: 0429 627 628

Commonwealth Powerlifting Championships - Results

Around 190 lifters from 12 countries have gathered in Christchurch for the biggest powerlifting event ever held on New Zealand shores. The 4-day competition was held from December 6 to 9. The Canterbury Powerlifting Association hosted the event and hoped that all competitors and guests enjoyed the event in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Australia had numerous class winners but the big winners at the competition was the Men's open team which come away with the overall team gold medal!

The following results are available for download [PDF format]:

Photos of the competition to purchase and view are available at http://www.findapic.co.nz/gallery2/v/Brian/powerlifting/

 

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