Club Championships
By Al Myers
2018 USAWA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Ledaig Heavy Athletics Club once again hosted the 2018 USAWA Club Championships in the impressive hard core gym owned by Dave Glasgow. Dave’s place is the true “all round” training facility, with as many weights and bars anyone would want to lift as well as a full Highland Game field setup. Dave likes to host this event on his birthday weekend to celebrate his many years of lifting and throwing. As many of us pushed the iron in the gym others spent the day training the Highland Games. It was a hot day, but no one complained as fun was being had by all. Of course in Dave’s style, he catered in the Naughty Nurses BBQ for an outstanding meal afterwards. We stuffed ourselves full of great BBQ! I can’t thank Dave enough for all the hard work he puts into this event each year.
The Club Championships this year was different than most years, with only the Dino Gym and the Ledaig HA bringing club members. However, both the Dino Gym and the Ledaig Club brought in fully loaded teams! Seven members from the Dino Gym competed alongside 5 members from the Ledaig Club. There were many great individual lifts by many lifters, but since this is the Club Championships and only club scores matter I will not mention the outstanding individual lifters as you can look at the meet results to see who lifted what. However, I will say that all lifters on each club contributed to their clubs scores in some way.
In the end the Dino Gym edged out the Ledaig Club for the overall club win this year. Now this is the interesting tidbit in all this – since Dave has started hosting the Club Champs six years ago this now brings the total wins for the Dino Gym to 3 (with 3 Runner ups) which MATCHES the Ledaig HA Club of 3 overall wins and 3 Runner Ups. So it looks like next year will be the GRUDGE MATCH!!!
Meet Results:
2018 USAWA Club Championships
Ledaig Heavy Athletics Club
Rainbow Bend, Kansas
Sunday, July 15th, 2018
Meet Director: Dave Glasgow
Official (1-official System used): Dave Glasgow
Meet Scorekeeper: Al Myers
Meet Caterer: Naughty Nurses BBQ
Lifts: Deadlift-Fulton Bar One Arm, Clean and Jerk One Arm, Turkish Get Up, Push Press From Rack
1. Dino Gym – 1485.2 Adjusted Points
| LIFTER | AGE | BWT | DL1 | CJ1 | TGU | PP |
| Calvin Heit | 16 | 154 | 122R | 75R | 80R | 170 |
| Brandon Rein | 23 | 152 | —- | 80R | 65R | 125 |
| Zach Lucas | 32 | 264 | 167R | 115R | 92.5R | 215 |
| Chad Ullom | 46 | 247 | 162R | 120L | 80L | —- |
| Al Myers | 51 | 233 | 162R | 110R | —- | —- |
| LaVerne Myers | 74 | 241 | 162R | —- | —- | —- |
| Dean Ross | 75 | 247 | 92L | 32L | 20L | 85 |
2. Ledaig Heavy Athletics – 1210.5 Adjusted Points
| LIFTER | AGE | BWT | DL1 | CJ1 | TGU | PP |
| Emily Burchett (F) | 26 | 145 | 92R | 75R | 70R | 135 |
| Jamie Channel (F) | 35 | 245 | 92R | 65R | 25R | 135 |
| Marsha Clasen (F) | 37 | 190 | 102R | 85R | 70R | 160 |
| Joey Grieshaber | 45 | 265 | 147R | 75R | 70R | 175 |
| John Douglas | 54 | 321 | 142R | 75R | 60R | 200 |
EXTRA ATTEMPTS FOR RECORDS
Emily Burchett: Turkish Get Up 80 lbs, Right
Zach Lucas: Turkish Get Up 102 lbs, Right
Notes: BWT is bodyweight in pounds. All lifts recorded in pounds. R and L designate right and left arms. Adjusted Points were calculated using age and bodyweight corrections.