MN Powerlifting News

New Venue for Powerlifting Events Program

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

MN STATE 2012 Featured on "The Patch"

Friday, February 17, 2012

Powerlifting Meeting

If you have competed in the past couple years, you have no doubt competed at an event run by Jim Cahill and myself. We along with great people whom come out help push to have the best events possible. Over the past few months Jim Cahill and I have been discussing some major changes on how we run our events. We have some options that have been presented to us that we feel would enhance the Powerlifting experience in the short and long term.

Most often when we consider new ideas for our events, we just run with them. Or we get some quick feedback from member and set things in motion. This time around we want to take extra time and present what we have in mind. We will present what we have for a vote of sorts, and decide from there if we want to move forward, or just scrap the idea all together.

During the meeting we would also love to hear from you on what you would like to see. Now to be clear we can’t do everything. But as the case is sometimes ideas that don’t work create others that do. So come and speak your mind and lets see what happens.

For those who can’t attend this meeting, we plan on putting the meeting on youtube and post the questions we vote on online for the public to weigh in. So if the Powerlifting meets that Jim Cahill and I run are something you are interested in, please pay us a visit on March 31st at the Maple Grove Library. Where we may put on the events, a Powerlifting contest is nothing without those whom compete at them.

Date: March 31st

Meeting Place: Maple Grove Library

Meeting room inside the library is called 'main street meeting room'

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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

MN STATE OPEN 2012 Report

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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

MN STATE OPEN UPDATES

If you are receiving this message, you are either competing in this upcoming weekends MN State Open powerlifting contest, or are part of the staff.

I want to thank all those whom have entered, we have quite a diverse lineup of great lifters of all ages both men and women. I also want to express my gratitude to those whom many have stepped up without being asked to help out at this event. This event happens because of people like you, I can't say thank you enough.

I have vital information to share with all of you. First we have flight information posted thank you to Jim Cahill.

Here we go: Flight 1: All Bench only lifters (12). Weigh-in 7-8:30AM, rules briefing 8:30-8:45AM. Lifting begins at 9:00AM. Flight 2: All women powerlifters and men's master lifters through 181 (13). Weigh-in 8:00-9:30AM, rules briefing 9:30-9:45AM. Lifting begins at 10:00AM. Flight 3: Men's master 198-SHW (13). Weigh-in 8:00-9:30AM, rules briefing 9:30AM-9:45AM. Lifting will follow Flight 2. After Flight 3, awards for the women and masters will be presented

Afternoon session: Flight 4: All men's teen, junior, and open lifters through 181 (13). Weigh-in from 12:30-2:00PM, rules briefing 2:00-2:15PM. Lifting ESTIMATED to begin at 2:30PM. Flight 5: Mens Open 198-SHW (16). Weigh-in from 12:30-2:00PM, rules briefing 2:00-2:15PM. Lifting will follow flight 4. After flight 5, the final awards will be presented.

Afternoon session: Flight 4: All men's teen, junior, and open lifters through 181 (13). Weigh-in from 12:30-2:00PM, rules briefing 2:00-2:15PM. Lifting ESTIMATED to begin at 2:30PM. Flight 5: Mens Open 198-SHW (16). Weigh-in from 12:30-2:00PM, rules briefing 2:00-2:15PM. Lifting will follow flight 4. After flight 5, the final awards will be presented.

Event Staff information

I am requesting all judges join us at 7 a.m on Feb 11th at the venue.

For those whom primary duties will be spotting and loading, Please join by 8:45 a.m so we can get your positions set up.

Given the size of this event, with the exception of the scoring table staff, you can expect to be asked to preform spotting and loading duties for some part of the day. Last year we were blessed with the help from Scott and Rachel Nutter and the gang from Elite Barbell whom spotted and loaded the entire day. They have stepped up again this year, and we owe it to them to give them breaks when ever possible.
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