Author Archives: Al Myers

Team Championships

by Al Myers

MEET ANNOUNCEMENT
2021 USAWA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

The date for the USAWA Team Championships has been set – September 12th (Sunday).  I started promoting the Team Championships in 2007, which features “team lifting”, a combination of 2 lifters on a bar lifting the weight together. This makes for a very exciting event as the 2 lifters must be in coordination with each other to make a successful lift!

MEET DETAILS:

Meet Director: Al Myers

Meet Date: Sunday Afternoon, September 12th

Meet Time: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Location: Dino Gym, 1126 Eden Road, Abilene, KS 67410

Sanction: USAWA Membership required

Weigh-Ins: Noon the day of the meet

Divisions: 2-Man, 2-Person (man & woman), and 2-Women

Entry Fee: None

Lifts:

Rectangular Fix

Deadlift – No Thumbs, One Arm

Deadlift – Ciavattone Grip, Fulton Bar

Registration:  There is no entry form or entry deadline, but please let me know ahead of time if you plan to attend so I can make the proper preparations. I can be reached at amyers@usawa.com

Noi Hall of Fame Bio

By Al Myers

Noi Phumchaona performing in the 1999 IAWA World Championships in Australia.

Noi Phumchaona performing in the 1999 IAWA World Championships in Australia.

I just recently uploaded Noi Phumchaona’s Hall of Fame bio to the Hall of Fame section, under “History”.  Getting all the biographies done for HOF members has been a project I’ve been working on for over 10 years.  Hopefully eventually I’ll get it done!

Noi was, without a doubt, the dominant women’s lifter in the USAWA thru the 90’s.  She won numerous National titles and always performed at the top in the IAWA World Championships.  She was one of the inaugural members of the USAWA.  She also competed in weightlifting and won numerous titles.

Please take a moment and check out her biography.  Special thanks to RJ for providing all this information.

2021 Yearly Awards

By Al Myers

Phoebe Todd was awarded the 2021 Newcomer Award at Nationals. She was presented the award by Chad Ullom.

Phoebe Todd was awarded the 2021 Newcomer Award at Nationals. She was presented the award by Chad Ullom.

Every year since I’ve been the USAWA Awards Director (2009) the USAWA has given out special awards recognizing individuals who the membership feels should receive “extra attention” for their contributions and efforts.   These awards are entirely selected by the membership, with the nominations and voting done by the USAWA members.  All I do is tally the votes and organize the ordering of the plaques.  However, I also get to have the honor of presenting the awards, which is something that I really enjoy doing and makes the work I do all worthwhile. This year Chad Ullom helped me with the presentation.

Every year the Awards Presentation coincides with our banquet at the National Championships. This year it was done in the Dino Gym right after the meet awards were awarded. It was exciting to see some new lifters receive awards for their accomplishments.   Everyone was so deserving of this recognition.

Listed below is this year’s winners.  This information is stored on the website in the history archives. Again, congrats to all of the winners!!

2021 Award Winners

WINNER RUNNERUP
Athlete of the Year Johnny Strangeway Elizabeth Zkwarecki
Leadership Award Eric Todd Denny Habecker
Sportsmanship Award Lance Foster Christopher Lestan
Courage Award Frank Ciavattone Bill Clark
Newcomer Award Phoebe Todd Leroy Todd
Club of the Year Dino Gym Franks Barbell Club

 

World Postal

By Al Myers, IAWA President

MEET ANNOUNCEMENT

2021 IAWA WORLD POSTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

The IAWA World Postal Championships has been announced! It will still be the “Andy Goddard Memorial”.  Andy was a great friend and supporter of the IAWA and as long as I’m involved promoting the World Postal Championships it will be done in Andy’s memory. As it has been the past few years, the lifts for this World Postal will be the first day lifts of the upcoming Worlds. Read the the info sheet as it outlines the “rules of the competition”.  Send your results to me at amyers@usawa.com. Also, please send in the official entry form with your club results. If you have more club entries than on the entry form just include extra entry forms.

INFORMATION SHEET (PDF) – 2021 World Postal Information Sheet

ENTRY FORM (PDF) – 2021 World Postal Entry Form

World Championships

By Al Myers

 

MEET ANNOUNCEMENT

2021 IAWA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

The date has been set for the upcoming IAWA Worlds – October 2nd and 3rd.

This big meet will be promoted by Denny and Judy Habecker in Lebanon, PA. It’s exciting to see Worlds on the meet calendar again, especially considering that last year’s big IAWA meet had to be cancelled due to COVID.   It’s a great opportunity for USAWA members to get to participate in an IAWA Worlds with the Championships being held in the states.  That only happens every few years.

LIFTS:

DAY ONE

Clean and Press

One Hand Snatch

Bent Over Row

One Hand Deadlift

DAY TWO

Cheat Curl

Pullover and Push

Vertical Bar Deadlift – 2 Bars, 2″

There is an entry deadline of September 2nd.   Please make sure to get your entry in on time!!!

INFORMATION SHEET – 2021 iawa world’s INFO PAGE  (Word)

INFORMATION SHEET – 2021 iawa world’s INFO PAGE  (PDF)

ENTRY FORM – 2021 IAWA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS -ENTRY BLANK  (Word)

ENTRY FORM – 2021 IAWA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS -ENTRY BLANK (PDF)

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