Category Archives: USAWA Events

BUFFVILLE’S ROAD to the CENTURY CLUB 6  RECORD DAY

DATES: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2024

BUFFVILLE GYM in ALBANY, KENTUCKY

ADDRESS: 205 SOUTH SPRING STREET ALBANY, KENTUCKY

WEIGH-INS:  1 PM 

RECORD BREAKING BEGINS AT  2 PM 

THE LIFTS:  You can choose any USAWA lift to break but, please let me know your lifts, to make sure I have the correct equipment for you to set the Record.

ENTRY FEE: NONE, just let me know you are attending, then have fun lifting & breaking records!

TO ENTER: The meet is open to any USAWA member. If you are lifting remotely (not at BUFFVILLE GYM) you must let me know in advance and file your results with the date and the name of the official (or three officials for IAWA records) in pounds via e-mail at clintpoore@hotmail.com by Tuesday following the meet. DO NOT send the results direct to the USAWA secretary or the USAWA record keeper. They will be processed by BUFFVILLE GYM and then sent in to the USAWA. Only lifts currently in the USAWA record book will be accepted. The sanction allows for flexibility in your personal schedule & only five Record Day lifts total with a certified USAWA official.

MEET DIRECTOR – Clint Poore: contact by email clintpoore@hotmail.comor by phone at 606-688-2600.

USAWA MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED: You must be a member of the USAWA. Registration will be available at onsite if you need to join the USAWA.

RECORD SESSION – Each lifter can perform up to 5 record attempts. Please let me know what records you will be attempting so that I can be sure I have the appropriate equipment. USAWA National Records can be set at this meet, if we have 3 referees present IAWA  World Records may be set.

HOTEL –  Baymont by Wyndham Albany

              Address: 79 Soma Lane, Albany, KY 42602

              Phone: (606) 387-7238

Jackson Weightlifting Club Record Day

Thom Van Vleck will be hosting a record day at Jackson Weightlifting Club. He writes:

I am hosting a record day at the Jackson Weightlifting Club Training Hall (my basement gym) on Oct 19. This will be after my Highland Games so I’m looking to start around 4pm and we’ll go until no one is left!

  • Please let me know if you plan to attend and what lifts you will attempt. My email is thomvanvleck1@gmail.com if you want to ask if I have the equipment you need. If not you are welcome to bring your own. I do have a lot!
  • There is no entry for this. Memberships will be taken if you aren’t up to date.
  • I will have awards. A wooden mallet (Thor’s Hammer) for all entrants that set a record in Thor’s hammer and a small anvil for other entrants that break a record. A hail and hardy handshake for those that try and fail.
  • If weather permits I’ll have a bonfire/campfire after dark so bring a lawn chair.

Date: October 19, 2024

Time: 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Location: JWC Training Hall, 23958 Morgan Road, Green Top, MO, 63546

2025 USAWA NATIONALS (Albany, KY)

NOTE CHANGE IN LOCATION – DALE HOLLOW IS UNABLE TO HOST US AS PLANNED. THE COMPETITION VENUE AND HOTEL HAVE BOTH BEEN CHANGED. (Updated 4/4/2025)

SATURDAY, JULY 19, 2025

LOCATION: BUFFVILLE COLOSSEUM

2608 North Highway 127 Business

Albany, KY 42602

WEIGH-INS:  SATURDAY, JULY 19TH @ 8 AM – 9:30 AM ,

NATIONALS LIFTING: 10:00 AM (CENTRAL STANDARD TIME)

THE LIFTS: 

  • HACKENSCHMIDT FLOOR PRESS
  • DINNIE LIFT
  • SAXON DEADLIFT
  • DUMBBELLL TO SHOULDER 

ENTRY DEADLINE – JULY 1, 2025 – Late entries will not be accepted. (NOTE CHANGE IN DEADLINE, NOW 7/1 NOT 7/5)

ENTRY FEE:  60 dollars and you must register online at the link provided: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/usawa-nationals-2025-tickets-946795770637

CONTACT INFORMATION:clintpoore@hotmail.com or by phone at 606-688-2600.

USAWA MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED: Memberships are required for all participants prior to the meet. Please go to USAWA.COM to purchase your memberships prior to the meet. 

AWARDS: Best Lifter Awards to the overall male & female champion, Masters Best Lifter for male & female & medals for all lifters. Each lifter will receive a USAWA NATIONALS t-shirt. You must give your t-shirt size on the online entry form

SCHEDULE:

FRIDAY – SKD (SOUTHERN KENTUCKY DISTILLERY) tour & Kentucky Bourbon tasting at 2 pm

FRIDAY – USAWA National Meeting at 5 pm at South Kentucky Distillery. 

SATURDAY – 2025 USAWA NATIONALS at Buffville Colosseum

HOTEL – BAYMONT INN  phone #(606) 387-7238. You must call the Baymont Inn to receive the group rate. You will not receive the group rate if you book online by a third party.

Group code is USAWA

The Baymont Inn has a block of 20 rooms for the USAWA for 139 dollars plus tax per night, more rooms can be added if necessary.

You must call to the Baymont Inn to make a reservation with the group code. This is peak season for Lake Cumberland and Dale Hollow Lake and the rooms will be held until June 8th. After June 8, the group code will no longer be available. Due to being the peak season for travelers, each reservation must be for two nights, Friday & Saturday night. This is a destination location for travelers and you must book before the deadline of June 8th. If you wait to the last minute you may not get a room.

LOCAL TOUR: We are scheduling a Bourbon tasting tour at SKD (Southern Kentucky Distillery) on Friday. If you are interested in going on a tour of the local Bourbon Distillery and doing some Kentucky Bourbon tasting, please let me know. 

Old Time Strongman Championship

By Eric Todd

Mike Lucht in the Apollon’s Lift

We at KCSTRONGMAN and the House of Iron and Stone will be hosting the thirteenth installment of the Old Time Strongman Championship. The address is Turney, Missouri, but the exact location is God’s Country USA. As usual it will be in early September. We have no running water, but do have an outhouse. We will try to knock down all the spider webs for you. We have no air-conditioning, but it the weather has typically been tolerable for this meet.

The meet does have a strong history. It started back in 2011, when Thom VanVleck held it at his house near Kirksville, MO. The next year it was held in the gym of an old school, and has been at my location ever since. There has been a bit of parity in the men’s division. Chad Ullom has been the most prolific with three titles under his belt. Greg Cook and myself follow with two titles apiece, with five other lifters having won a championship apiece. The women’s division has had only four ladies claim the championship. Phoebe Todd has won the past four times. Prior to that Heather Tully/Gardner won three, with two other female lifters winning a title apiece.

We have typically had a decent turnout for this meet; hopefully this year does the same. The following are the details:

Meet Director: Eric Todd

Location: 10978 SW Pueblo, Turney, MO 64493

Weigh Ins: 9:30

Rules: 10:15

Lifting starts: 10:30

Lifts: Apollon’s Lift, Habecker Lift, Saxon Snatch, Kennedy Lift

Awards: We will have awards for the lifters

Entry form follows:

OTSM-Entry-2024Download

IAWA World Postal Championships

By Al Myers, IAWA President

MEET ANNOUNCEMENT

2024 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) – 

2024-World-Postal-Information-SheetDownload

ENTRY FORM (PDF) – 

2024-World-Postal-Entry-FormDownload

PLEASE READ THE INFORMATION SHEET

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