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Raw Nationals live streaming and scoreboard (30/03/12)

http://www.powerliftingaustralia.com/OnlineScoreBoard/livescoreboard.htm

Stream videos at Ustream

 

Raw Nationals and Pacific International Tickets (20/03/12)

The official t-shirt and tickets are now available to purchase online from the PA e-store.

The ticketing options for this super show are:

To secure your seats, purchase online now - click here

For further enquiries, contact Robert Wilks on 0418 366 416.

 

Raw Nationals news flash (13/02/12)

Just when you thought it couldn't get any bigger, Powerlifting Australia has secured another major league competitor from the USA - 4-time USAPL National Champ, Nick Tylutki. This momentus event will occur on April 1 in Melbourne, the 2012 Raw Pacific International, held in conjuction with the Australian Raw Powerlifting and Bench Press Championships. Nick, who has also lifted in 6 Open, 2 Junior IPF World Championships and two World Games has set his sights firmly on breaking the World Squat record and becoming a World Champion in the years coming. The key to achieving big numbers for this Minnesota police officer and father of two come through lifting support from sometimes training partner, the one and only Brad Gillingham, and moral support from his wife Penny.

Nick Tylutki aims to break World Records at the Pacific International

This will set up an amazing challenge of the Titans, with Blaine Sumner, who will be hot off from competing at the Arnold Sport Festival earlier in March where he too expects to break the World Squat and Total records. This kind of action just can't be missed. Online entries for competitors and spectator tickets will available from late February.

But wait, there's more... better than a set of steak knives...

Powerlifting Australia will pay the airfare to Sweden for the single Best Lifter based on points selected from Men and Women together at the Australian Raw Powerlifting and Bench Press Championships to compete at this year's World Classic Cup. To be eligible for this prize the lifter must have already nominated for selection in the Australian team and have paid the $1000 deposit.

And with all this talk of Raw World records being smashed, the World Record Standards for raw have finally been published by the IPF and can be found below.

Australian Raw Powerlifting and Bench Press Championships entry form - click here

World Raw Record Standards - click here

 

Titan Australia Lifter Profile 1: Florian Loock (05/02/12)

Name: Florian Loock Nickname: Bavarian Lifter Age: 29 Weightclass: 105kg (soon will move up) Current ranking: Raw bench number 1. 2nd in the 105kg class. 3rd overall lifter pound for pound in 2011. Greatest powerlifting achievement: Benching 205kg Raw easy after coming back from broken wrist injury. Greatest achievement off the platform: Holding my new born son for the first time in my arms. With a wonderfull wife and a beautiful baby boy that i have i am already a world champion. Who is your sporting hero? Naim Suleymanoglu, Piros Dimas, Ditmar Zint How many days/ hours per week to you train? 4-5 days 2 hours a session

Describe your typical training method (periodization/westside/sheiko etc): Strase Top secret Training methods :-)

What do you love about powerlifting? It s a great challenging strength sport. It requires speed, endurance and strength + mental focus. It also brings peolpe together from all sorts of backrounds, ages and weight classes. It really inspires me watching a smaller guy like Olech lifting more then 900kg total. If he is seen by the public they would never believe that he could lift such a weight.

What motivates you? My motivation comes from the drive to be the number 1 lifter in the world in the open class. And show the eastblock country's they not unbeatable.

Best lifts:
Squat: 295
Benchpress: 240
Deadlift 290
Total: 820 @ 105kg

Competition history: Started competing back in Germany. Came to Australia and started doing some bodybuilding comps and placed 3rd in the 90kg class in Australia. Started my Australian powerlifting career in 2009 in Toronto were I totalled 622.5 raw. 2010 was a good lifting year, getting close to 800kg total. Matti Tikka 790 @ 99.2kg. Toronto Open 2011 105kg class 205 raw bench best wilks in all Commonwealth. Matti Tikka 105kg class 2nd overall and 105kg class 2nd.

What is your profession? Manager at Bavarian beer Cafe. That's what sometimes holds me back to really show my best game on the Platform. Working in Hospitality can be sometimes a nightmare for my traning because I do shift work and also finish very late on most days like 3-4 in the morning. Not many people know then I sometimes I competed with only 2-3 hours sleep and still did ok weights like in Toronto 2010 in October I did 775kg with no sleep Daniel thought I am mad lol. But my family comes first and I need to pay the bills somehow so no excuses.

In 2011 I broke my right wrist doing some clean and jerks and was out for more than 6 months, I had to start benching from scratch and it was painful and very hard for me to come back up. Still managed to bench a 205 raw in Toronto 9 months later.

Other interests? Spending most of my free time with my little baby boy Nicholas and my wife Barbara.

Three words that describe you: confident, ambitious, very disciplined

Something about yourself that you would like to share with the readers: Just want to say thanks for all the support over the years from my family my wife for always believing in me and letting me following my passion lifting weights. Also would like to thank all people from PA to be a part of the lifting community. Special Thanks go to Max Bristow, Richard Hozjan, Lee Anne Dwarte, Robin, Robert Wilks, Daniel Anderson all memebrs of Total strength Sydney who always help me out and be there for me at comps.

Last but not least a very special thanks goes to Strase Stranovski who helped me so much in every way and was more than just a coach over the few years, with out him I could not done it so a lot of credit to Strase, in my eyes a Australian lifting legend.

 

Two year bans for two powerlifters (21/10/11)

The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) today acknowledged the decision by Powerlifting Australia to impose two-year bans on powerlifters Chris Daly and Alexander Follett for the presence of methylhexaneamine.

This prohibited substance was detected in samples ASADA collected in-competition from Mr Daly and Mr Follett at the Powerlifting Australia Queensland Open held in Jindalee, Queensland on 27 March 2011.

Mr Daly's and Mr Follett's bans, which were backdated to the commencement of their provisional suspensions, mean they are ineligible to participate, as athletes or support persons in any sport that has adopted a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) compliant anti-doping policy until 27 April 2013.

Methylhexaneamine, also referred to as dimethylamylamine and dimethylpentylamine, is classed as an S6 stimulant on WADA’s Prohibited List and is prohibited in-competition. Generally, stimulants act directly on the central nervous system to speed up parts of the brain and body. They can increase alertness and reduce fatigue in athletes.

Over the last year ASADA has issued warnings about methylhexaneamine and is continuing to work with the sporting community to educate athletes and support personnel about this substance and supplements.

Any athletes unaware of their responsibilities are encouraged to seek additional information online at ASADA’s website www.asada.gov.au

[ Official Media Release ]

 

Aussies grab medals and world records galore at the Masters World Championships in Canada (16/10/11)

2011 World Masters Team - biggest and best Aussie team yet

Its been an amazing lifting year for Mary Macken ... best female lifter at the Aussie open nationals but this one tops the list. Overall gold medallist in the M2 47kg division and overall best female lifter of the competition. Mary set a new World squat record with an amazing 150kg followed by bronze with a 65kg bench and also setting a new World deadlift record of 165kg and followed this with a World total record giving Mary a total of 380kg and gold overall and a wilks points of 514.

Pranee Pascoe squatted 115kg for bronze, benched 60kg for 4th, deadlifted 125kg for another bronze and her 300 total also earned Pranee 3rd overall.

Helen Allen was next on the platform and after dropping weight in the steam room had technical issues in the squat and did not get a squat in but Helen showed great determination by fighting on with a 65kg bench and a 152.5kg squat which gave Helen a silver medal in the 57kg M2 division.

Max Bristow and John Myers were next to the platform with Max as usual putting in an incredible display of lifting with a squat of 172.5kg and bench of 92.5kg both for silver medals and then Max did something special by pulling a World record deadlift of 235kg and a gold medal and silver overall in the 66kg M3 division.

John Myers also lifted in the same group and after dropping 8kg in 8 weeks was down a little in strength but still did a 210kg squat for a silver medal, benched 112.5kg and deadlifted 210kg also for silver and finished with a 532.5kg total for a bronze medal in the 66kg M2 division.

Jeannette Gevers and Vicki O'Brien were next to compete in the 63kg M1 division and as expected the result came down to the last deadlift.

Jeannette set up a lead over the other lifters with a squat of 170kg taking gold with Vicki taking bronze with a 150kg squat. Jeannette again took the gold with a 102.5kg bench with Vicki gaining silver with an 85kg bench, this gave Jeannette a good lead but Vicki's great deadlifting ability would make it a tight finish. There was great anticipation to see which of the Australians would come out with the World title. Jeannette and Vicki both failed on their second deadlift attempts and Jeannette then took the same weight again at 162.5kg which she was successful with and this left Vicki with a decision on whether to retake her 190kg deadlift or as Jeannette was a little out of touch to attempt a World record of 195.5kg. After consulting with coaches it was decided to go for the World record and with all the Australians cheering Vicki on she did an amazing lift of 195.5kg for a new World record and gold in the deadlift and silver overall with Jeannette winning by a narrow 4.5kg over Vicki for her 6th consecutive World Masters title a truly remarkable achievement.

Dominic Cadden competed next for Australia in the 66kg M1 division and squatted 205kg, benched a massive 162.5kg for gold and followed this with a deadlift of 230kg for silver and ended with a 597.5kg for 4th overall in a very close contest with the top place getters on 605kg, 602.5kg and 600kg with Dominic going for gold overall on his last deadlift with a 237.5kg attempt but it was to much on the day.

Vince Thomas and Gavin Turrell were the last lifters for Australia with this being Vince's first World masters and finished with a credible 6th place after squatting 240kg, benching 177.5kg and deadlifting 242.5kg for a 660kg total.

Gavin showed great determination to compete after suffering a serious glute injury 4 weeks before leaving, despite this he performed well squatting 160kg raw protecting his injury then benching 150kg raw and then put a shirt on for a 190kg attempt but it was not there on the day. This was then followed with a deadlift of 265kg and then Gavin pulled 285kg but with a controversial decision was given 2 red lights and this put Gavin in 7th place a good result considering the injury.

All the Aussie lifters were supported by a wonderful team of coaches which consisted of Jim O'Donovan, Sebastian Oreb and Robert Wilks with lifters also helping out as needed. Australia also had a dedicated support crew with Tom Evill, Bessie Bristow, Jack Newell and Sue Myers who cheered loudly and set up front row seats with the Australian flag displayed proudly and provided vocal support, with other countries commenting on our team spirit.

 

2012 Prohibited List released (16/10/11)

Please be advised that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has released the 2012 Prohibited List, which will come into effect on 1 January 2012.

To give you a chance to familiarise yourself with the List, WADA has published it on their website along with a summary of major modifications and details on the 2012 monitoring program.

The major change to the 2012 List which will affect Australian athletes and support personnel is to inhaled formoterol.

In its announcement of the 2012 List WADA advised that, "The List prohibits the administration of all beta-2 agonists except salbutamol (maximum 1600 micrograms over 24 hours), salmeterol when taken by inhalation, and now formoterol (maximum 36 micrograms taken over 24 hours)."

WADA also has a monitoring program that focuses on substances which are not on the Prohibited List, but which it wishes to monitor in order to detect patterns of misuse in sport. WADA has confirmed that in 2012 it will be monitoring the effects nicotine can have on performance when taken in oral tobacco products such as snus. WADA stressed that it was not the Agency’s intention to target smokers.

We encourage you to be aware of the new List, and also remind you that it is your responsibility to check the status of any medication prior to use.

You can re-check the status of any medications at any time by referring to the Check Your Substances tool on the ASADA website. The Check Your Substances tool will be updated to reflect the 2012 changes on 23 December 2011.
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