There is a lot of interest in the Otsm here in Australia. Since I have been running Otsm meets I have noticed that they are our most popular meet. I get a lot of interest from people about the Otsm and all of the new lifters that have come into the sport have done so because they want to compete in the Otsm. The biggest surprise I found was how the ” old crew” have taken to the concept. Guy like John Patterson have really taken to it.
I am not opposed to the suggested dates or a postal. The thing is that we would take on the Otsm Worlds over the Gold Cup due to the fact that we do not get a lot of interest in the Gold Cup over here and it is also a long way to travel to do 1 lift. I would most likely do what I did in 2015 but take out the highlander meet and just have the GC and Otsm worlds. But that is unique to Australia’s situation and I wouldn’t expect other GC promotors to take on the Otsm.