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Please find below the entry list for the British Unequipped Bench Press Championships. If you have entered but are not listed below, please get in touch as soon as possible.

Regards,

Ian Kinghorn

British Bench Press Manager

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If you believe you have qualified for the unequipped British Bench Press but your name doesn’t show on the list of qualifiers, please download an entry form and complete it following the instructions it contains, but in addition please provide details of the competition, venue, date, weight class and what you lifted when you qualified for the event

Regards,

Ian Kinghorn

British Bench Press Manager

Qualifiers:

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Regards,

Ian Kinghorn

British Bench Press Manager

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IMPORTANT NOTICE
BRITISH MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008

DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL
THE DATE FOR THIS EVENT BEING STAGED AT THE BIRMINGHAM SPORTS CENTRE
HAS NOW CHANGED TO
5TH & 6TH APRIL 2008.
PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLOGIES FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE.

SINCERELY YOURS
ARTHUR HOEY
DIRECTOR OF POWERLIFTING

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EPF masters bench press 22nd to 24th November 2007

Team manager: Ian Kinghorn

Headline: 9 lifters get 7 medals as well as taking 3rd place in masters 3 competition.
[Detailed results at the end]

This was a good trip to Zlin, Czech Republic, the event being well run by the Czech Powerlifting Federation. The venue (and accommodation) were in the Hotel Mosckva which provided good facilities for the event.

Our team traveled by various routes to suit their convenience of departure point from the UK and their respective availability, but all members of the team had arrived on the 22nd November 2007, the day the competition got underway for the Masters 3 lifters (in our case as we had no women competitors on the team who would have also started on this day).

The masters 3 guys got off to a great start with 3 medals from 5 and sufficient points collectively to record 3rd place in the team competition. The Masters 3 team also had two competitors who are masters 4 (Bill MacFadyen and Norman Anderson) who placed 1st and 3rd respectively in the masters 4 overall competition for best lifter based on wilks points.

Day 2 saw the masters 2 men and the lighter masters 1 men lifting. We had two masters 2 lifters, both of whom finished 3rd in their respective classes, and overall they finished 6th in the team competition. Gary Prater won the 67.5kg class and is the European Masters Bench Press Champion for 2007.

This left Ian Kinghorn (me) to bring up the rear on the final day in the masters 1 100kg class. Suffering as you know from injury this was to be a further test of my recovery, which I must say went as well as I could have expected and I finished 3rd, which when combined with Gary’s win meant we finished 5th in the master 1 team competition.

Overall, as team manager, I was delighted with the trip and the results. I would like to thank all lifters for their participation and support throughout the event, and also thank those who traveled with the team who also provided support and help throughout.

Detailed results

Masters 3
Mike Edwards: 4th in 82.5kg class
Bill MacFadyen: 2nd in 90kg class, 3rd in m3 best lifter and 1st in m4 best lifter
Norman Anderson: 3rd in 90kg class and 3rd in m4 best lifter
Gavin Walker: 5th in 100kg class
Fred Smith: 2nd in 125kg class
Team finished 3rd in team competition

Masters 2
Steve DeMeis: 3rd in 110kg class
Julian Masey: 3rd in 125kg class
Team finished 6th in team competition

Masters 1
Gary Prater: 1st in 60kg class
Ian Kinghorn: 3rd in 100kg class
Team finished 5th in team competition
 

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2008 BRITISH JUNIOR POWERLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS

QUALIFYING TOTALS

NO QUALIFYING TOTALS FOR U/16 AND U/18 LIFTERS THEY ARE TO BE NOMINATED BY
THEIR DIVISIONAL SECRETARY, POWERLIFTING SECRETARY, OR CLUB LEADER.

CATEGORIES ALL CLASSES EQUIPPED OR UNEQUIPPED
A LEOTARD MUST BE WORN BY ALL U/18 LIFTERS NOT EQUIPPED

CHAMPIONSHIP DATE 26TH 27TH JANUARY 2008
ENTRIES CLOSE 14TH JANUARY 2008
NO LATE ENTRIES PLEASE

VENUE
ASTOR COLLEGE for the ARTS
ASTOR AVENUE
DOVER
KENT
CT17 0AS

PLEASE SEND ALL QUALIFYING RESULTS AND NOMINATIONS
TO
THE CHAMPIONSHIP SECRETARY
JOHN HALFACRE,126 CHURCH ROAD, WILLESBOROUGH, ASHFORD
KENT TN24 0JQ

Tel: 01233 336319 E- mail: john.halfacre@ntlworld.com

INVITATION

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Western European Championships 2007
21-22nd September. Eghezee, Belgium

Team Manager’s Report.

At some ungodly hour of the morning 10 lifters, 3 officials and 1 guest, met at Stansted airport, were presented with their Great Britain t-shirt (thanks to Arthur Hoey for those) and set off for Eghezee in Belgium. This town is so small it’s not on many maps, but after only a 45 minute flight, we were met at Charleroi airport by the organiser Jean-Claude Verdonk and his wife. Transfer was even shorter than the flight, and we were first to arrive at the hotel. An hour’s wait before we could access the rooms (well, we did arrive at about 9am) then everyone went to get some well deserved sleep before the competition proper the next day.
A few movers and shakers at the technical meeting, but nothing that affected us too much, we still predicted we could place 2nd in the Women’s Team Competition, and 3rd in the men’s, provided we didn’t mess up.

At 56kg, Jenny Hunter weighed twice to make weight, but then produced three well fought squats to 140kg, surprisingly only her opening bench press of 82.5kg, but made two good deadlifts to 165kg running out of energy before the last one. Still, a 387.5kg total and our first champion.
Nicola Payne, lifting in the 60kg class, made two strong squats to 132.5kg and was unlucky to over balance at the top with her third. Three benches and deadlifts to equal PBs of 77.5kg and 172.5kg respectively, secured another gold medal for Great Britain.
Medals were presented at the end of the group, we all stood up for Jenny, only to find the organiser didn’t have our national anthem loaded on his computer! Not to be deterred the British Team gave an enthusiastic rendition of God Save the Queen, before a somewhat bemused audience. That obviously proved too much for everyone’s eardrums, as they miraculously ‘found’ the national anthem in time for Nicola’s presentation five minutes later.
Our first male lifter was newcomer Robert Palmer at 82.5kg. Squatting without a belt he made three good squats to a PB of 255kg, he was unlucky to have his first bench turned down, but made 185kg on his second and 187.5kg for a safe third. Two strong deadlifts to 250kg gave him a silver medal and a total of 692.5kg – up 7.5kg on his British total.
Then the fun started! We had two lifters at 90kg, John Porter and Joe Bullock.
John’s head was somewhere else and it just wasn’t going to happen for him today, not helped by different referees and a few interesting interpretations of the rules. Scraped in a 270kg squat, and a 165kg bench press, then woke up (with some encouragement from the coach) to pull three deadlifts to 270kg, a 705kg total and 5th place in the group.
Joe was firing on all cylinders, a bit over-enthusiastic with his first squat, powered it up, then over balanced at the top. Took 295kg for a good second and was unlucky to have what looked like a good 302.5kg, turned down 2 to 1 on his third. Joe made two bench presses to 180kg, before running out of steam on the deadlift. A strong 260kg opener, then pulled 270kg to the top and lost his grip, nothing left to give to the third. A 735kg total and 4th place. End of lifting for the day and we could all go back to the hotel, get fed and watered, and rest up ready for the next day.
The women started off Sunday with a select few in the audience to watch the squats. All three of our female lifters today were going to Ostrava ten days later to compete in the World Masters’ Championships, so we weren’t looking for any fancy numbers, just steady lifting and solid totals – and that was exactly what we got.
Jackie Blasbery, ever the professional, went 9 from 9 in the 75kg class; squat 160kg, BP 105kg, Deadlift 182.5, for a 447.5kg total and first place.
Jean Maton, lifting at 82.5kg, got herself out of line on her last squat, her only failure in an otherwise spotless display of powerlifting going 170kg squat, 110kg BP, 182.5kg deadlift for a 462.5kg total and another gold medal.
In the 90kg class, Sue Hollands was up against the mighty Ileja Strik from the Netherlands. Barring disaster for the Dutch competitor, Sue was always going after a Silver medal. Ileja didn’t have a great day but was in good enough form to take the 90kg title and the best lifter award.
Sue lifted consistently, making three easy squats to 175kg, then had her first bench of 82.5kg turned down 2 to 1 for not being on her chest!? – after giving her the press signal the chief referee then red lighted the lift!? Sue took it again and made it, followed by a comfortable third with 85kg. Three strong deadlifts to 165kg gave Sue a 422.5kg total, and a silver medal at a senior championships – all as a Masters II lifter.
The Dutch women’s team had expected to win the Team competition with ease. However, they only sent four lifters, and when Judith Meerding couldn’t get up with any of her squats, they lost her Wilkes total, which meant Great Britain women won a well deserved, if unexpected Team title.
Lots of controversy in the heavier mens' groups. Ultra strict refereeing, some ambitious poundage postings, three lifters bombing out, and some 50 out of a total of 126 attempts not passed by the referees! A few threats from a lifter towards our own Mick Hunnam in the referee’s chair saw one lifter asked to leave the building, and tempers getting very frayed!
In the midst of all this Great Britain had two newcomers lifting. Ian Hawkins lifted in the 110kg class after arriving somewhat over the 100kg he was selected at, eventually weighing in at 107kg, so Sam Harrison moved up to the 125kg class.
Neither lifter had a good day, and there was lots of adjusting poundages to make sure both got a total. Ian scraped a 270kg squat 2 to 1, before moving onto bench press. As Ian had brought a brand new bench shirt we couldn’t risk him wearing it to start so a 160kg opener was done in a t-shirt, risked the shirt for a comfortable 212.5kg second attempt, then posted 220kg for his third. Against the advice of the coach, he changed his shirt only to find the bar would only go to 4 inches above his chest and no further. Ian rallied on the deadlift, and carefully chosen poundages gave him 272.5kg, a 755kg total and, due to a number of bombers, a surprise bronze medal.
Sam made a 305kg squat at the third time of asking, not low enough on the first two. A 185kg bench press opener was passed but 190kg wouldn’t go twice. Not wanting to take any chances, Sam took a very easy 240kg opening deadlift, before pulling two more to deadlift 280kg, total 770kg and place 4th in his class.
The tussle for the men’s Team title was expected to be between Germany and Denmark. After three of the Danish team failed to total, the Germans claimed the prize with ease, and Great Britain were handed second place.
Best male lifter was the 100kg lifter from Luxembourg, Anibal Coimbra.

Overall, seasoned lifters performed as competently as we would expect, and newer lifters learned a lot about competing internationally and lifting as part of a team (I hope). Barrie did a super job coaching (and has a few more grey hairs into the bargain), Mick did his stint refereeing, lifters helped each other in the warm up room, Sue deputised ‘doing the numbers’ for me superbly when needed, and Robert’s girlfriend Katie became team photographer extraordinaire for the weekend.
At the end of all this we came away more successful than we had predicted in terms of individual medals and Team trophies, a fact that we celebrated at the Banquet on the Saturday night (thanks for the Champagne Barrie & Gaston).
After Team photos, we headed home the next day with a few very welcome additional pieces of hardware than when we came – we have the excess baggage receipts to prove it!
Next year Denmark – bring it on!!

Full Results

Carole Springett
Team Manager – Western European Championships

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World Junior & Sub Junior Powerlifting Championships 2007

3rd-8th September, Guy Mocquet 2 Gymnasium, La Garde ,Southern France.

Three hundred and forty one lifters from thirty nations gathered together in the lifters' village in Le Pradet near to the venue in La Ville La Garde on the South coast of France on Sunday, September 2nd. The British team arrived via nice in good time for the lifters to settle in and rest while team manager John Halfacre and coaches, Fred McKenzie and Paul Rees, attended the IPF technical meeting.

Chloe Lambeth 44kg Sub Junior was first to compete on Monday morning, reporting for the weigh in at 8.00 am sharp. Although the IPF organisational machine started a little slowly, with information on the lifting order only available after the competition had started, Chloe was able to take things in her stride and produce nine good lifts, setting British and Commonwealth records. Bronze medals in the squat and deadlift, and fourth overall was a fine achievement for a sixteen year old. Well done Chloe, personal bests in squat 95kg....bench press 40kg.....deadlift 112.5kg and total 247.5kg gave us all a good start.

Steven Tyers 56kg Sub Junior was next to lift in the afternoon session. The warm up area was large and well equipped with four full platforms with Pallini equipment, duplicating that being used on the main competition stage. The multi-national flavour of the athletes and coaches present was exciting and a tinge intimidating... The temperature in the building was stifling in the afternoons and made warming up quite challenging. Although Steve does not like the heat he got his act together and produced personal bests in squat 130kg and bench press 90kg but achieved a little less than he expected in the deadlift with 182.5kg. His total of 402.5kg was another best and his eighth place got Great Britain into the team points. Another excellent performance. Scott Peisley, Australia pulled a 221kg world record using a technique he could call his very own. This is four times bodyweight.

Next into action for us were the 75kg classes on Wednesday afternoon. The heat was very oppressive with some relief available outside in the shade and in the breeze. The main auditorium was well appointed and the whole area was almost saturated with large screens showing the lifting and profiling the lifters preparing for the lift. Results boards were also on view and a DVD is available for anyone interested. Scott Sales and Shaun Doble were first to compete. Over thirty lifters contested these classes and three groups followed each other through their squats then bench and so on. Conditions were tough and both lifters pulled out positive performances following one or two scares. Scott has another year in this age group and has time to get the the best out of his equipment. Shaun was 12th and Scott was 11th with totals of 482.5kg and 505kg respectively. Pieter de Waal , South Africa won the class with a 708.5kg total.

 
James White, Junior 75kg competed in group 3 and put together a fine total of 652.5kg , placing 7th. His deadlift of 267.5kg won the gold, a super performance in difficult conditions. James had pulled 290kg in Bournemouth two weeks before. You may be aware that James also won the gold in the European Junior Championships three months ago.

Another early call on Thursday when Jonathon Biggins weighed in at 8am. This Scottish lifter is very talented and has enormous potential. Using equipment for only a short period hardly gave him a chance to lift to his full capability, but he produced several new best performances and came close to a medal in the bench press. He went 230kg....150kg....240kg.....620kg and placed 8th , again in the team points. Sergey Vayigang, Kazakhstan, benched 217.5kg for a new World Record.

Mark Gregory and Andy Ly competed in the 90kg Junior class on Thursday evening. Mark gave all of us a scare when he started warming up for the squat. Sudden severe pain in his shin when squatting in his wraps nearly resulted in us having to withdraw him. However after emergency treatment and much analysis and decision making, he bravely got enough done to open at a modest lift for him and he gradually got better through the rounds
Finishing with 270kg....185kg....250kg.....705kg.a personal best total and a commonwealth record in the bench press. Mark has another two years as a junior and will hopefully challenge for medals in the future. Andy Ly has another year as a junior and lifted very well placing 7th with a strong performance of 280kg...160kg...270kg...710kg. I believe he is ready for a big breakthrough and maybe even a return to the 82.5kg class. Look out you seniors, he is on your case. Andy also achieved commonwealth records which we have claimed on his behalf.

 
On Friday we all witnessed Konstatin Pozdeev, 100kg Junior, go 370kg...200...340..910kg. All in good form with real depth in his squat. Refereeing was certainly tougher here than I see in the UK, similar in interpretation to that at the Commonwealth Championships. I am sure some of you will remember that.

Saturday came. The last day of lifting. Ben Banks 110kg class was set to weigh in at 8am but the shuttle bus had an accident on the way to pick us up. Much anxiety and waiting could not have helped the lifters, but Ben was patient and eventually all athletes were able to get started. Achieving the depth necessary here in the squat, Ben went 285kg. He followed this with a comfortable 230kg bronze medal winning Bench Press. In the deadlift we had two targets, an individual medal and a crack at the overall bronze. A positive 315kg pull gave us hope but the required 327.5kg was just too heavy on the day. Two bronze medals was a great achievement. Well done Ben. Look out seniors this man has a lot more in the bank (sorry).

Five medals was an excellent achievement for the team. Well done everybody. This was a team that worked for each other. The leadership of John Halfacre and the support of the senior management of our sport made this happen. Now is the time to focus all juniors out there on the British Junior championships in Dover at the end of January 2008. Then next year we will be able to send an even stronger team to the World Championships in South Africa.

 
Paul Rees
Team coach

Chloe in the News

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The Steering Group are pleased to announce that Mr Fred Sterry has agreed to be the Championship Secretary for all major events as from the beginning of September 2007.
Fred will now be in contact with all Divisional Secretary’s and also with Ian Kinghorn, Bench Press Manager, and Stan Macrow, Masters Manager, to arrange and agree procedures and venues for next years Championships.

The Steering Group would also like to make it known that Fred will also take charge of the English Sub-Committee for the 4 Nations Championships and also for the forthcoming Commonwealth Championships. The Sub-Committee will initially consist of 3 members, and applications to work with Fred will be gratefully received at the below address.
Every application will be judged on its merit and a decision reached by the Steering Group on the additional appointments.

It is necessary to remind everyone that the closing date for bids for Championships for 2008, is 31st October and to date no bids have been received for any event.

All of the National Championships are available for venues and the only exceptions are the Juniors which have already been set up due to the fact they are the first events of the year.

As the 4 Nations and the Commonwealth Championships are fast approaching, please give Fred as much help and support as possible, so that he can proceed as soon as possible.

Yours Sincerely

Arthur Hoey
4 Grant Road
Exhall, Coventry CV7 9DD
Tel: 44+ 02476 490960
07977 833208 mob.
Email: aj.hoey@btinternet.com

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World Junior & Sub Junior Powerlifting Championships, La Garde, France

Women's Sub Junior 44kg Class

Chloe Lambeth

Squat         95kg           Bronze

Deadlift     112.5kg      Bronze

Men's Junior 75kg Class

James White

Deadlift     267.5kg      Gold

Men's Junior 110kg Class

Ben Banks

Bench Press 230kg       Bronze

Deadlift         315kg      Bronze

Full Report to Follow...

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BRITISH CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2008

JAN 26/27TH                BRITISH JUNIORS E&UE                                 DOVER

FEB 16/17TH                BRITISH BENCH PRESS EQUIPPED             VENUE REQUIRED

MAR 8/9TH                    BRITISH BENCH PRESS UNEQUIPPED        VENUE REQUIRED
MAR 29/30TH               BRITSH MASTERS                                           VENUE REQUIRED

APR 19TH                       JUNIOR 4 NATIONS                                         ASHINGTON

JUNE 28/29TH              BRITISH SENIORS                                            VENUE REQUIRED

SEP 6/7TH                     BRITISH UNEQUIPPED 3 LIFTS                     VENUE REQUIRED

ALL THE DATES ABOVE ARE SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION

Bids are invited from all Divisions for all of the British Championships shown above.

Each bid will be considered on merit, but for all events a guarantee of standards must be met.
Events should be staged in as many different parts of the country as possible so that we are able to offer alternative venues for our events.

The closing date for bids is 31st October 2007, and all bids should be sent to:

Powerlifting Steering Group
C/O 4 Grant Road
Exhall
Coventry CV7 9DD

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Please see the Invite Letter for full details. Please print the form off and send it in, if you have qualified but are yet to receive an invite.

Director of Powerlifting

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TO ALL BWLA MEMBERS

ENGLISH POWERLIFTING ASSOCIATION AND COMMONWEALTH POWERLIFTING.

On behalf of the Powerlifting Steering Group, due to recent enquiries and questions regarding the “ formation” of the 2 above associations, I would like to clarify the present position .

In the past and under previous management, the selection of English Teams for the 4 Nations has always been made by BWLA, under the control of the Director of Powerlifting. In 2005 the same situation took place, with the addition of the English Commonwealth Powerlifting Team also being selected by BWLA, and again under the control of the Director of Powerlifting.
The formation of an English Association, or similar committee to look after the affairs of English Powerlifting has been identified, and the Steering Group have decided that any formation of associations or committee’s to look after these 2 events will be made after the forthcoming AGM on 28th July.

Further, it has been decided that any formations will be open and all positions will be Advertised and applications invited for these positions.
There will NOT be any pre-selected positions, and every member who wishes to offer his or her services will be considered along with all other applicants.

At this time there is no official English, or other association representing Powerlifting in England, and no credence should be given to any other document claiming to be from any association. Immediately following the AGM an announcement will be made regarding this subject.

On behalf of the Steering Group
Arthur Hoey
Powerlifting Manager.

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BWLA AGM 2007

Please be advised that the BWLA AGM will be held at Lilleshall National
Sports Centre on 28th July.

Your Divisional Secretary’s should very shortly receive details of the Agenda, which you should request a copy of if you wish to attend.

For your information you should be made aware that a motion has been put forward for inclusion at the AGM by Mark Dickerson ,South West, Dave Kirkland, North Midlands, and Kevin Jane, East Midlands indicating No Confidence in the Chief Executive Officer Steve Cannon and the Chairman Bill Barton.

Members in the three Divisions above will be aware of this Notice as it has been brought by those Divisions. However, for all others it is important that you attend this AGM to hear the motion and to decide on how you intend to place your vote.

Over recent months there have been many circumstances that have affected the running of the BWLA, and now is the right time for everyone who has an interest in the running of the Association to turn up and decide for themselves how they wish to see the future organisation of the Association .

I would strongly urge all members to attend so that you have the opportunity to have your opinions heard.

Yours Sincerely

Arthur Hoey
Manager Powerlifting.
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British Unequipped Bench Press Championships, Hamiltons Fitness, Colchester, July 28th-29th 2007

Name			M/F	Division		Class	Age class		Open	Lifted
Bailey, Claire		f	em		56	m1		n	45
Brown, Beth		f	sm		82.5	Senior		y	85
Bullus, Yolanda		f	sw		56	Senior		y	57.5
Cameron, Claire		f	scotland		90+	m1		y	80
Cork, Rachel		f	wales		75	u23		y	60
Dixon, Enid			f	yne		48	m3		n	32.5
Elding, Nicola		f	nm		56	senior		y	55
Fitzsimmonds, Geraldine	f	scotland		90+	m1		n	65
Hawker, Debbie		f	wales		48	Senior		y	50
Hegley, Alison		f	sm		82.5	senior		y	82.5
Hobbs, Jan			f	sm		48	m1		y	55
Hollis, Toni			f	sm		60	m2		y	60
Holz, Erica			f	nm		75	u23		y	82.5
Lambeth, Chloe		f	sw		44	u18		n	35
Last, Sue			f	gl		90+	senior		y	120
Murphy, Janine		f	sw		75	Senior		y	82.5
Salmon, Roxanne		f	gl		90+	m1		y	82.5
Stammas, Hannah		f	sw		56	u18		n	40
Wrobel, Agata		f	se		90+	Senior		y	75
Zafar, Kizzy			f	sm		56	junior		n	45
Akowuah, De		m	se		110	Senior		y	145
Alexander, Mark		m	em		82.5	u23		n	102.5
Allum, Craig		m	nw		75	Senior		y	105
Amey, Mick			m	em		82.5	m2		n	105
Anderson, Chris		m	em		82.5	m1		y	137.5
Anderson, Norman		m	yne		90	m4		y	130
Anderson, Robert		m	wales		82.5			y	142.5
Bagwell, Mark		m	sw		100	Senior		y	180
Bain, John			m	scotland		110	Senior		y	200
Baptiste, Terry		m	scotland		125	m1		n	130
Barnes, Danny		m	nw		82.5	m1		y	125
Barnes, Steven		m	yne		100	Senior		y	140
Baxter, Bob			m	sm		100	m2		y	132.5
Beaglehole, Sam		m	sw		60	u20		y	82.5
Bell, Darren		m	scotland		67.5	u20			82.5
Bethell, Geoff		m	em		110			y	165
Biggin, Jonathan		m	scotland		82.5	u20		y	130
Bird, Jamie			m	nm		110	u23		n	135
Blacklock, Glen		m	yne		82.5	Senior		y	127.5
Blackwell, Dave		m	em		82.5			y	135
Blackwell, Dave		m	se		82.5	Senior		y	145
Blackwell, Steve		m	se		100	m1		y	155
Bolton, Sam		m	sw		75	u18		y	100
Bond, Paul			m	sm		82.5	M2		n	77.5
Boulton, John		m	se		90	m3		n	110
Bowman, Gary		m	yne		82.5	Senior		y	150
Boxer, Scott		m	em		82.5	u23		n	100
Brown, Andy		m	se		75	Senior		y	115
Brown, Ted			m	sm		60	m4		y	70
Brown, Tony		m	em		100	m1		y	150
Cain, Anthony		m	nw		82.5	Senior		y	120
Cannings, Alistair		m	wales		60	u16		y	70
Carridine, Mick		m	em		90	m1		y	140
Chappell, Sam		m	wales		75	u18		n	75
Christie, Simon		m	scotland		125	Senior		y	162.5
Clarke, Keith		m	em		90	m3		n	117.5
Coke, Paul			m	sw		90	m1		n	110
Colins, Dan			m	em		90			y	135
Conway, Gary		m	wm		82.5	Senior		y	140
Cooper, Chris		m	yne		82.5	m1		y	132.5
Crickmore, Ken		m	gl		110	m2		n	105
Cridland, Andy		m	se		125	junior		n	110
Crossman, Graham		m	em		90			y	125
Cruickshank, Callum		m	scotland		67.5	u20			80
Cutler, Craig		m	sw		75	junior		n	92.5
Davidson, Hamish		m	scotland		125	m2		n	142.5
Davies, Mike		m	nm		90	m3		n	80
De'Meis, Steve		m	sm		110	m2		y	177.5
DePledge, Matt		m	em		67.5			y	110
Depledge, Matt		m	nm		100	u23		n	100
D'Gama, Doug		m	em		90	m1		y	145
Dixon, Andrew		m	se		56	junior		n	52.5
Dixon, Chris		m	se		56	u20		n	55
Djedje, Guy			m	gl		110			y	170
Doble, Sam		m	se		90	junior		y	137.5
Doble, Shaun		m	se		75	u20		y	100
Dodd, Stephen		m	em		60			y	87.5
Donaldson, Benjamin		m	sm		82.5			y	120
Dowers, Chadd		m	sm		75	junior		n	95
Dowers, Graham		m	sm		60	m1		y	100
Duncombe, Sam		m	em		82.5	u20		n	95
Eade, Ethan		m	em		82.5			y	165
Edwards, Mike		m	wm		82.5	M2		y	110
Ell, Gary			m	sw		75	Senior		y	115
Elson, David		m	nw		90	m1		y	127.5
Fairburn, David		m	yne		67.5	Senior		y	110
Fender, Derek		m	yne		67.5	m2		y	117.5
Finlay, Tony			m	se		82.5	m4		n	72.5
Finlayson, Jeff		m	sm		100	m1		y	135
Fletcher, Anthony		m	se		90	u23		n	110
Fletcher, Mark		m	nm		90			y	150
Flett, Martin		m	nw		100	m2		n	
Friend, John		m	se		90	u23		n	105
Gawthorne, Paul		m	sm		82.5	Senior		y	120
Gilbert, Oliver		m	gl		82.5	Senior		y	145
Glasscock, russell		m	sw		90			y	135
Glasscock, Russell		m	sw		90	Senior		y	130
Grady, Tom			m	em		75			y	130
Guatella, Joey		m	nw		100	u23		n	
Hales, Adam		m	se		135	Senior		y	135
Hales, Callum		m	wales		82.5	u20		n	100
Halliday, Brian		m	yne		82.5	m1		y	152.5
Harding, David		m	sm		100	Senior		y	165
Hart, Mike			m	scotland		82.5	Senior		y	135
Hatch, Graham		m	em		82.5	m2		n	107.5
Hawkins, Sean		m	sw		82.5	Senior		y	110
Hayes, Randy		m	sw		100	u18		y	160
Haynes, Cliff		m	em		67.5	m1		y	125
Herd, Maxwell		m	se		82.5			y	140
Heys, Darren		m	nw		75	Senior		y	115
Hidafy, Pavol		m	se		110	Senior		y	180
Hinchley, Dave		m	nm		82.5	Senior		y	122.5
Hoey, Arthur		m	wm		90	M2		n	100
Hoey, Daniel		m	wm		67.5	Senior		y	102.5
Hooker, Paul		m	sw		100	m1		y	165
Hooker, William		m	sw		75	junior		n	100
Hough, Dan		m	wales		75	u18		n	75
Howard, Andy		m	em		90	Senior		y	145
Howard, Sean		m	em		60	u23		n	65
Hulme, Allan		m	yne		125	m2		y	175
Ives, Johnathan		m	sm		75			y	117.5
James, Mick		m	sm		67.5	m2		y	110
Johnston, Thomas		m	em		67.5	m4			70
Johnston, Thomas		m	em		67.5	m4		n	70
Jones, Hedley		m	em		60	junior		n	60
Kay, Gordon		m	em		82.5			y	115
Kehoe, Dean		m	em		75	Senior		y	125
Kendal, Adam		m	sw		67.5	junior		n	65
Kendrick, Iain		m	sm		90			y	130
Kirby, Russell		m	se		125	Senior		y	195
Kirkpatrick, Leslie		m	scotland		90	m1		n	122.5
Kuttner, Andy		m	sm		125	m2		n	150
Lambert, Clive		m	sw		110	m1		n	135
Lambeth, Dan		m	wales		67.5	u16		n	65
Lambeth, Rob		m	sw		67.5	u18		y	92.5
Lee, Alex			m	yne		75	m3		y	135
Lee, Brian			m	yne		125	m1		y	185
Lockett, Paul		m	sm		67.5	m1		y	95
Lyon, Gordon		m	scotland		75	Senior		y	135
Lyons, David		m	se		90			y	125
Macrow, Stan		m	wm		75	m2		y	100
Mahony, Max		m	se		75	junior		n	70
Majid, Kamran		m	wm		110	Senior		y	175
Maksymczuk, Jan		m	wales		82.5	Senior		y	145
Maorris, Paul		m	nw		90	Senior		y	147.5
Martin, Justin		m	wales		82.5	u20		n	105
Massey, Julian		m	gl		125	M2		n	150
Maynard, Steve		m	em		82.5			y	125
Mercer, Zia	m		wm	67.5		m2			y	115
Metcalfe, Tom		m	em		125+	u23		n	140
Mullane, Ged		m	nw		75	m4		n	85
Murray, Stephen		m	scotland		75	u23		y	117.5
Mustafa, Yeman		m	gl		82.5	Senior		y	135
Neale, Michael		m	em		67.5			y	110
Newman, Neil		m	sm		82.5			y	130
Norcup, Simon		m	nm		110	Senior		y	175
Palmer, Rob		m	se		82.5	Senior		y	157.5
Pearson, Alan		m	nm		125	Senior		y	195
Penny, Benjamin		m	em		100			y	135
Pepper, Dion		m	se		60	Senior		y	75
Pepper, Shane		m	se		67.5	Senior		y	95
Potticary, David		m	em		82.5			y	120
Prater, Gary		m	sw		75	m1		y	115
Rattenberry, Mark		m	sw		67.5	m1			85
Rees, Nick			m	wales		90	Senior		y	135
Riddell, Bryan		m	scotland		75	Senior		y	115
Robb, Connor		m	scotland		60	u20		n	60
Sheerin, Barry		m	sm		75			y	140
Shinton, Ian		m	?		67.5	u18		n	80
Sidney, Marc		m	gl		110			y	147.5
Simpson, Josh		m	em		90	u18		n	95
Singh, Pinda		m	em		110			y	190
Smith, Andrew		m	em		67.5			y	90
Stacey, Gavin		m	em		90			y	145
Swatton, Steven		m	sw		100	m2		n	125
Swiatek, Greg		m	yne		110	Senior		y	160
Swinton, Paul		m	scotland		125	Senior		y	195
Tapp, Michael		m	em		82.5	m3		y	135
Taylor, Stephen		m	nw		75	m2		y	130
Terry, Darrel		m	se		100	m1		n	110
Thomas, Rob		m	wales		125+	Senior		y	
Town, Simon		m	se		82.5	Senior		y	140
Tuffnell, Brian		m	wm		82.5	M4		n	100
Tyers, Steve		m	sw		56	u18		y	82.5
Voyce, James		m	wm		82.5	u18		n	80
Walker, John		m	nw		110	m1		y	150
Walker, John		m	nw		110	m1		n	150
Warwick, Joe		m	se		90	Senior		y	152.5
Webster, Jamie		m	wm		82.5			y	110
West, Barrie		m	em		75			y	120
Whatson, Paul		m	se		100	u20		n	117.5
Williams, David		m	sw		82.5	m2		y	120
Williams, Steve		m	sm		110	Senior		y	155
Wright, Andrew		m	yne		82.5	Senior		y	120
Zachwatajlo, Devon		m	em		82.5	u20		n	85

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2007 Men & Women European Powerlifting Championships 8 – 13 May, Koscian, Poland.

Manager Report

The GB party meet at Luton Airport for our 7.50am flight to Poznan, Poland. Arriving at 10.50am, we had to wait one hour for the Norwegian team to arrive, after a 45 minutes journey to our hotel, the team check-in, something to eat and couple of hours rest, it was time for the congress this year being election year all officials were up for re-elections. There was no major change to the committee. The only changes are Myriam Busselet for Vice President, S Rosi for Law & Leg Com Chairman and Joachim Chmann for Technical chairman.

Proposals
(1) EPF membership’s fee paid at EPF account by 31st January is 250 Euro. If paid later the fee will be 300 Euro and if not paid by 31st March, will not have a vote at congress.

(2) At all European Championships the accommodation fee must be paid by bank transfer to the Accommodation hotel prior to the Championships, the Organiser championships account or payable by credit card at the hotel.

(3) The sanction fee for Organising European Championships is 500 Euro. Sanction fee for other Championships and Cups is (WEC is 200 Euro and Danube Cup 100 Euro).

(4) The EPF establish a women committee to promote female Powerlifting and to recruit Women into governing bodies of Powerlifting. GBR has been asked to elect one female for the committee.

(5) EPF to elect a Media officer.

Venue
The host city for the Championships was Koscian a town in the heart of Wielkopolska region about 50 km from Poznan. A brief history about Koscian dated back to the 12th century, in the 13th century Kiscian was mainly a market town, during world war 11, they suffered huge losses, after the war Kiscian rebuild the town and develop its industry mostly in the field of tobacco and sugar beet.

The venue was Zespol Szkol sport centre near the town centre, the venue was well laid out. The warm up room had 4 stations each with a full set of weights and plenty of space for lifters and coaches to move about freely. The only problem was that there was no scoreboard: this is an issue the EPF must address for future championships. In the President's report he stated that Powerlifting must gain popularity with the man in the street: how can we archive that, when they do turn up and we make no effort to help them understand what is going on? This Championship was a perfect example, we had very large crowd every day over the 5 days of lifting with some great competition but sadly no one could follow it.

Day one
The whole town plus the local schools turn out for the opening ceremony, me and Sue Hollands were elected to carry the GB flag after all the speeches it was down to the lifting.

Unfortunately due to a death in the family Patrick Constantine had to withdraw from the championships, so Teresa Sawyer at 52Kg was our only lifter on day one, she started with a comfortable 140Kg but missed 147.5Kg twice, three good bench finishing on 97.5Kg, D/lift 140Kg, 147.5Kg missed 155Kg to finish on 385Kg total and 5th place, a below par performance for Teresa her big problem is having no one to train with, Marie Thornton has agreed to go down and train with her once per week, I told her I’m looking for a 400Kg total at the worlds.

Day two
Started with Phil Richard at 67.5Kg; with Olech moving up to 75Kg this was Phil big chance to become European champion, open on Squat with 272.5Kg but missed 282.5Kg twice, three good bench to finish on 187.5Kg, missed his opener of 230Kg on the D/lift come back well to finish with 242.5Kg and 702.5Kg total, unfortunately he run into Belghitti of France in tremendous form who D/lift a brilliant 305Kg to finish on 722.5Kg total to denied Pill the title, maybe if Phil had got his 282.5Kg squat the result could have been different. Next was Gillian Wright in the 67.5Kg this been her first major International was a little nervous missed her opening squat 172.5Kg but finished with a solid 180Kg on her third. Three good Bench finished with 112.5Kg, D/lift 202.5Kg on her second attempt missed her third to total 495Kg and second place; I think Gillian have a lot more in her, she just need to brush up on her technique.

Day three
Jean Maton at 82.5Kg back in the senior team like a true campaigner turns in a solid performance squat 170Kg on her third, 3 bench finishes on 110Kg, 3 good D/lift to finish on a PB187.5Kg 8 from 9 and total 467.5Kg for third place. Jaswinder Singh at 82.5Kg was next, lifting for his place in the team start with three solid squat to finish on 287.5Kg, three bench finished on 195Kg, two out of three D/lift to finish with 8 from 9 and 765Kg total and forth place, he would not let us forget he did 8 from 9.

Day four
Was Mother and Daughter day, at 90Kg Sue Hollands a bite surprised of being selected but was determine to make the most of it, squat 172.5Kg, Bench 90Kg and D/lift 170Kg for a little below par total 432.5Kg and 5th place; Sue you thoroughly deserve your place in the team. 90+ Marie Thornton only managed 225Kg squat on her second attempt, a PB 125Kg Bench, 3 solid D/Lift to finish on 200Kg for a 550Kg total and third place, Marie is a very strong young lady and I predict she will break the 600Kg barrier before the end of the year, maybe at the world. (no pressure).

Day five
Final day of lifting saw our 3 remaining lifters, Clive Henry and Dean Bowring at 125Kg, and Jim Blanchflower at125+Kg. All hands were needed in the warm up room to help the coaches with the warm-up; I was very impressed how every member of the team was willing to give their all for the team.

Clive's training leading up the championships did not go well and it shows only managed a hard 415Kg squat on his second attempt and did not take a third, carrying a should injury since the world just managed 260Kg opener on the third attempt on his bench, at sub-total Clive was 5Kg behind Asbjorn Randen the Norwegian but was the lighter man so it was all down to the D/lift, Clive went 315Kg, 325Kg and what look like good 335Kg got it 2 to 1 to the take the title only for the jury to overrule it saying he did not finish, a strong protest fell on deaf ears so he had to settle for second place with a 1000Kg total, I told Clive that he must get his shoulder sorted out because I believe the injury cost him the European title.

Dean opened with 360Kg then went 375Kg but miss it twice in hindsight 370Kg would have been a better call, on the bench he open with 285Kg then 295Kg just missing 302.5Kg I think Dean will break the 300Kg barrier in a major this year, started with a strong 330Kg on the D/lift going for the title had to take 355Kg go it to his knees and had to settle for third place.

Jim Blanchflower our last lifter, we all had major concern whether he would get his squat and bench pass, what a star Squat 357.5Kg, 375Kg, 382.5Kg bench 260Kg, 270Kg, 285Kg for a new M1 European record, narrowly missed his second D/lift on technicality to finish with 300Kg on his third, 967.5Kg total, 8 from 9 for 6th place, well done Jim you prove us all wrong your next target must be to break the 1000Kg barrier.

This was a tremendous team performance lifters, coaches and management all working together the results prove it, 2 gold and 4 bronze on the Squat, 2 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze on Bench, 3 silver and 1 bronze on the D/lift, Overall 3 silver and 3 bronze a total of 22 Medals. As usual my thanks to Arun and Tony for 5 days of very hard work I’m sure all the lifters appreciate it. Also a special thanks to both Barrie Nelson and Andy Wright for their support.

Ralph Farquharson
GB team manager

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THE 4 NATIONS DEVELOPMENT CUP FOR JUNIOR POWERLIFTING COMPETITION 2007
SATURDAY 21ST APRIL 2007
AT PARKHEAD & WANSBECK POWER SPORTS CLUB, ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND, ENGLAND
SUPPORTED BY THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TYNE & WEAR
ORGANISED BY FRED MACKENZIE, STEWART McKAY, JOHN HALFACRE.
ORGANISED & RUN FOR JUNIOR POWERLIFTING AND THE SPORT


Friday 20th - after a six hour trip up from sunny Kent the weather had turned cold and windy, so we were glad of a nice relaxing lounge at the Sandy Bay Holiday Centre, Newbiggin by the Sea as this was to be our base for the next few days. The Teams started to arrive mid-afternoon, and were allocated their accommodation in six berth caravans with all the mod cons. At 19.00 hrs the technical meeting was held, the referees were appointed their duties for the next day, as there were forty seven lifters it was decided to bring the weigh-in forward to 08.30 hrs. The rules for the competition were sorted out and agreed to by all the Team Managers, it was decided that the top five lifters in each team were to score points. After the meeting we had a good meal and a few pints!! Some catching up with old friends and it was time to call it a night.

Saturday – After a hearty breakfast, the teams made their way to Parkhead & Wansbeck Power Sports Club for the weigh-in. With experienced referees the weigh-in was completed, forty seven lifters in one hour!!! The start was brought forward to 10.15. The competition started on time and with Gavin Walker on the mic the competition flowed along nicely, at the right time when lifters were attempting personal bests or British record attempts, Gavin got the audience participating and the noise was electrifying. The lifting was of good standard and some lifters showed real promise for the future. The competition finished with a buzz, and many lifters still on a high. Then it was back to Sandy Bay for the banquet which was set for 20.00. After everyone had been fed and watered and a few short speeches thanking everyone for their help and attendance which made this first Junior 4 Nations such a great success. The trophy was presented to me for the winning Team, England as Manager/Coach. Fred presented all lifters with a beanie hat, which went down really well with the youngsters! (What’s a beanie hat?). During the day all the lifters and referees had a hot meal and a buffet provided by the Hirst Welfare Centre which was very much appreciated. While standing, watching a young man under sixteen years of age trying to break a personal best record it struck me that with three IPF Referees, three IPF Jury men, and IPF Referee on the mic and an IPF referee coaching this lad, he had over 200 years of experience willing him to succeed with this attempt, and when he did, the enthusiasm by EVERYONE was something to be experienced. In what other sport do you get so much backing by the older generation???
Sunday – After another good breakfast we said our goodbyes and most of us made our way home, some stayed on as the accommodation was until Monday morning.

I would personally like to thank Fred McKenzie for getting the funding for this event and all at Sandy Bay for looking after us and making us feel welcome. Stuart McKay works very hard and does an excellent job. I would also like to thank all the Lifters, Coaches, Managers, Loaders, Scorers and Referees.
I am looking for a venue for next years Junior 4 Nations but as Fred has done such a good job this one will be hard to follow but am open to offers. The next competition for Juniors that I’m trying to arrange will be an inter-divisional competition again I need a venue, any offers???
After this weekend I have finally realised why I do this job, as to see so many enthusiastic young lifters giving their all for the sport, WE MUST HELP AND ENCOURAGE THEM.

John Halfacre
Great Britain
Junior Manager

Full Results

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British Bench Press Championships 2007 - Entrants

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Ian Kinghorn

Contact Details

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New Venue for the British Juniors

Parkhead and Wansbeck Power Sports Club, Ashington, Northumberland.
For accommodation contact the organizer-
Fred MacKenzie, 233 Hawthorn Road, Ashington, Northumberland,NE63 0QU.
Tel: 01670 819559
 

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