The next contest in Saskatchewan will be in Weyburn, SK on February 12, 2012 at the Weyburn Junior Highschool Gymnasium. This competition is open to all CPU members, both new and old! This is a great opportunity to try and qualify for Nationals, being held in Calgary April 9-14, 2012.
The entry form is available below. Please contact Ryan Fowler with any questions or concerns about this contest.
Weyburn Open Entry Form
REMEMBER: If you are a new competitor who has never competed in a CPU contest before, your 2012 CPU card is on us! There are no excuses for not coming and trying it out!
The results from the Last Chance Invitational are now posted online. The meet was held at Unparalleled Performance Training Centre in Moose Jaw, and the turn out for it was excellent! It was a great way for the SPA to wrap up the year.
At Last Chance, Darryl Campbell wrote and passed his Provincial Referee Exam - Congratulations Darryl! It is great to have another referee in the province. Any one interested in writing their referee exam in the future should contact Ryan Stinn.
There were also many records set at Last Chance. Congratulations to the following Provincial Record setters:
Rhaea Fowler
Melanie Ziffle
Taunia Stevens
Angela Desjarlais
Sarah Wallace
Connor Lutz
Mathew Apesland
Randy Luzny
Josh Glines
Tyler Harnett
Lucas King
Travis Campbell
The records have been updated to reflect these records. As well, the Top 20 Combined and Top 10 Male and Female Powerlifters have been updated, and Top 20 Combined and Top 10 Male and Female Classic Powerlifters lists have been created (however, this list only dates back to October 29, 2011, as that was the first day that the SPA officially recognized classic lifting). Click on the records tab to the left to see these records and lists. Please contact Rhaea Fowler if you see any errors.
2011 was a great year of growth for the SPA, and we look forward to a successful 2012. At this point, we are planning to host a meet in February, likely in Weyburn (Remember - if it is your first CPU contest, your CPU membership fee is covered by the SPA, so why not give it a try!). More details will be available about this meet in the coming weeks. This will be the last opportunity for anyone wishing to qualify for Nationals 2012, which are being held in Calgary in April. We hope to send a large team this year as it is so close!
If you have already qualified for Nationals 2012 and require an entry form, please contact Ryan Fowler as you must get a signed entry form from him.
The 2012 CPU Membership Application form is now available on the 'Membership Application' tab to the left. If you plan on competing in a contest in the upcoming months, please send in your application form asap to allow for adequate processing time.
As of the 2011 AGM, the SPA is trying out a New Member Incentive. If
you are a new lifter competing in your first ever CPU contest in 2012,
your CPU membership is on us!
I would like to let everyone know of some changes that have happened recently on the SPA executive. If you were unaware, Ryan Stinn has been named the President of the CPU, taking over from long time President Jeff Butt. Stinn will do a great job in that role and I want to wish him all the best in his new role. Because of the responsibilities required in his new role, he decided to step down from his role as the Vice-President of the SPA. Stinn will remain on the SPA executive in his role as technical chairman.
With Stinn stepping down, it gives me great pleasure to announce that Chris Arnold from Saskatoon has come on board as the new interim Vice-President of the SPA. Chris will fill this role until we hold an election at the AGM next October. I am excited to have Chris join the executive in this role and look forward to working with him to continue to grow the sport in Saskatchewan.
-Ryan Fowler
SPA President
It's been a while since anything has been updated here. Sorry about that!
We had a successful representation at Westerns. Congratulations to the following people, who broke Provincial Records:
Rhaea Fowler
Aaron Ziffle
Steve Wiseman
Marc Morris
The records and Top 10 and 20 Lists have been updated, and can be found on the Provincial Records page.
It looks like it is going to be the biggest Last Chance Invitational yet! As of today, there are 22 people competing in powerlifting (and ten women - I think the most we've had in any Saskatchewan contest!), and 6 in bench only. If you or someone you know are wishing to compete on December 31 and do not have your entry form in yet, contact Ryan Stinn at stinndler@gmail.com as soon as possible. The list of lifters is being update on the CPU Forum.
Finally, if you have something you'd like to contribute to the website, email it to rhaea.fowler@gmail.com! We're always looking for more interesting things to keep the website up to date, and if you have some, feel free to share them!
Good luck to all Saskatchewan athletes competing at the 2011 Western Canadian Powerlifting Championships this Saturday in Edmonton. A live stream of the event can be viewed at http://www.powerlifting.ca/online_video.html on Saturday November 26. Lifting starts at 11am Saskatchewan time.
Saskatchewan Athletes Competing:
Marc Morris
Rhaea Fowler
Pamela Windrum
Aaron Ziffle
Chris Arnold
Steve Wiseman
Dan Suberlak
(Sorry if I missed any Saskatchewan athletes that are competing!)
Check the appropriate pages to the left for the updated Constiution, Minutes from the 2011 AGM, and President's Message.
It has been announced that the 2011 Last Chance Invitational will be held in Moose Jaw, SK on December 31, 2011. Any questions can be sent to meet director Ryan Stinn (stinndler@gmail.com). An event cannot run without volunteers - if you're interested in volunteering in any way, contact Ryan.
The entry form can be found here. Hope to see lots of SPA members at this event!
SPA members Rhaea Fowler, Ryan Stinn, Heidi Fowler and Ryan Fowler returned on Monday from Open Worlds, which were held in Pilsen, Czech Republic. Rhaea, Ryan, and Ryan all competed, and Heidi was there for support. All athletes did the province and country proud! Rhaea finished 6th in the 84kg female class, Ryan Stinn finished 13th in the 120+kg men class, and Ryan Fowler finished 14th in the same class. Congratulations!
Below is a write up of the event by Ryan Fowler:
Well, back on Canadian soil and at work, feeling tired and sore but that’s ok. Thought I would give everyone an update in case you were curious.
The flight was really long, but we arrived in Prague and even had all our luggage, which was a great thing! Did some touring of the Prague Old Town, went on an underground tour of the Old Town which was pretty interesting. Saturday, went to Kjarlestein Castle by train, about 40 minutes from Prague. Very interesting to see the history and was built as King Charles IV summer home and as a place to house the crown jewels. We also walked across Charles Bridge, and did some shopping in the square. On Monday, we went by train to Pilsen (or Plzen), which allowed us to see some country side and was approximately a 2 hour ride. Arrived in Pilsen and headed to the meet hotel. We also toured around Pilsen, going to the market and doing a tour of one of the first breweries in the country that brought the rest of the world Pilsner beer. We left Pilsen Monday about 11am, took the bus to Prague and then flew home. We arrived in Regina around 12:30am Tuesday morning and then drove home. The roads were not all that good, but we arrived home about 2:40am.
Now to highlight the important stuff! Tuesday morning, lifting started and I began my coaching duties. I coached everyone with the exception of Ryan Stinn as him and I were lifting in the same weight class, so my sister coached him. Briefly, the results for the rest of Team Canada are as follows:
Jean-Sebastian Rheaume (Quebec) 66kg men – 5th place finish overall with a Total of 642.5kg - Squat-242.5kg (535lbs), Bench-175kg(386lbs), Deadlift 225kg (495 llbs)
Trisha Boyle (Ontario) 52kg women – 12th place finish overall with a Total of 357.5kg – Squat-142.5kg (314lbs), Bench-80kg (176lbs), Deadlift 135kg (298lbs)
Mary Ann Kaczor (Ontario) 63kg women – 16th place finish overall with a Total of 412.5kg – Squat-152.5kg (336lbs), Bench-100kg (220lbs), Deadlift 160kg (353lbs)
Sarah Leighton (Ontario) 72kg women – no placing as she didn’t get a squat passed therefore did not achieve a total – Squat-n/a, Bench-120kg (265lbs), Deadlift-170kg (375lbs)
Rhaea Fowler (Saskatchewan) 84kg women – 6th place finish overall with a Total of 577.5kg – Squat 235kg (518lbs), Bench 152.5kg (336lbs), Deadlift 190kg (419lbs). On a side note, on her third bench, Rhaea attempted 165kg (364lbs), which was an attempt to break the Junior World Record Bench Press in her weight category. This is her last year as a Junior, and this was her last chance to try and break that record. It was a big jump from her second attempt, but she came out, set up and took the weight, brought it down to her chest, the referee said Press, and she drove it off her chest. It flew up, I think surprising her how fast she drove it off her chest and caught her a little by surprise. She got to within about 3 inches of locking the weight out to arms length, and it stopped. She continued to push but to no avail, coming oh so close to breaking the World Record, but just not quite there. It was a great attempt, unfortunately just a little bit too heavy that day.
Brandon Ward (Ontario) 93kg men – 16th place finish overall with a Total of 710kg – Squat 250kg (551lbs), Bench 180kg (397lbs), Deadlift 280kg (617lbs)
Steve Magistrale (Ontario) 120kg men – 16th place finish overall with a Total of 865kg – Squat 325kg (716lbs), Bench 230kg (507lbs), Deadlift 310kg (683lbs)
Ryan Stinn (Saskatchewan) 120+kg men – 13th place finish overall with a Total of 857.5kg – Squat 310kg (683lbs), Bench 252.5kg (557lbs), Deadlift 295kg (650lbs)
Now for my lifting. I was quite happy with my lifting for the most part. I opened at 320kg (705lbs) and it felt pretty good, got the nerves out which was the biggest thing I needed, although it wasn’t quite as fast and easy as I had wanted it to be. On my second, I only jumped 7.5kg to 327.5kg (722lbs), a little lower than I wanted to jump but this was going to be a PB for me so a smart move since my opener wasn’t quite as easy as I had wanted it to be. My second felt good, not much harder than my first which was nice and allowed me to move up on my third. I left the decision about how much to attempt on my third squat up to the Team Canada Assistant Coach, Glyn Moore (Ontario) and my sister. I basically told them the National Record squat is 330kg, and I wanted to beat that, so put in what you think I can squat as long as I beat the National Record. To play it safe and give me the best chance at getting the record, they put in 332.5kg as my third attempt (a side note, in powerlifting, the weight you put in for your attempt has to be in increments of 2.5kg). The third attempt felt, in my mind, to be almost as easy as my first which was a good feeling, although I think I left between 5-10kg on the platform in the squat, which is a little disappointing, but that’s life. One of my goals at this Worlds, to not only hit a PB but also break the National Squat record, so that was a nice way to cap off squats.
Now we moved on to the Bench Press. I opened at 230kg (507lbs) and it was a fairly easy bench so we moved to 237.5kg (524lbs) on my second, which was a faster, easier bench than my first attempt and set me up to attempt a personal best on my third. I put in 245kg (540lbs) for my third which was a 2.5kg PB. This bench was a little harder than my second, but very smooth and felt really good on the way up. Another Personal Best in the bench, how can you complain when you do that at a World Championship? I think I left 2.5-5 kg on my bench, which again was a little disappointing that I left some strength on the platform. (On a side note, Ryan Stinn, the other Canadian lifting in my weight class, benched 252.5kg, which broke the National Bench Press record).
Now to the Deadlift, which is my weakest of the three lifts. My last warm up felt a little heavy so we decided to lower my opener by 5kg from what I had put in, to 270kg (595lbs). I pulled it, and it felt ok, but I knew I wasn’t going to be close to a Personal Best so I just wanted to pull enough to get a PB total, which, assuming Ryan Stinn didn’t beat me, would be a National Record total. My second was 280kg (617lbs) and it was slow but steady. One last deadlift to go at the World Championship, and Ryan Stinn and I are tied on our total. I need to pull 287.5kg (634lbs) to hit a Personal Best total which would also break the National Total record (which I currently have so I wanted to beat my own record). As well, if I pulled 287.5kg, it would put me ahead of Ryan Stinn in the placings and force him to pull his third deadlift to beat me. Well, 287.5kg came off the ground slow, rose up my legs even slower, and at the top got stuck just before I was standing fully erect with my knees locked and shoulders back at the completion of the lift. I continued to pull and was able to lock my knees out and appear that I was finished the lift. I got the command from the head referee to put the weight back on the floor, looked at the lights (side note, there are 3 referees judging the lift and they give you either a white light for a good lift or a red light for a bad lift and you need at least 2 of the 3 lights white for the lift to be considered a good lift) and saw 2 red lights from each of the side referees with a white light in between from the head referee. I missed the lift… My shoulders just weren’t back enough in an erect posture for them to consider it to be a good lift… My first and only miss of the contest, placing me 14th in my weight class (side note, Ryan Stinn missed his third attempt too so we ended up tying on our total, but the first tie break is the lighter person gets the higher placing).
I totalled 857.5 kg (1890lbs), a respectable total at a World Championship with 2 PBs coming from my lifting. Am I happy with my lifting? For the most part, I wish I had got my third deadlift, but that’s what the sport is about, pushing yourself to get better and be the best you can be. Now, it’s back to the drawing board and build on my success and try to fix my deadlift!
Provincials 2011 were held in Saskatoon this past weekend with great results! Thanks to the crew from Iron Works for putting on a great event! There were lots of new lifters competing, alongside some vetrans, and many provincial records were broken! As decided at the AGM on Friday night, the SPA will begin to keep Classic records, in addition to the equipped records (a classic lifter can still break equipped records, but an equipped lifter cannot break classic records). Updated records and top 10 and 20 lists can be found here.
If you find any errors in the records, please email rhaea.fowler@gmail.com with specific details.
Congratulations to the following people who set records at the 2011 Provincial Championships:
Equipped Records Breakers:
Alex Philibert
Darcy Mackie
Carla Loney-Tindall
Jordyn Mackie
Thomas Johnson
Jeremy Lundgren
Kolton Huget
Garry MacDonald
Lucas Tetreault
Travis Campbell
Brett MacDonald
John Murphy
Blaine Mackie
Rob Morao
Classic Record Breakers:
Alex Philibert
Josh Gilnes
Kolton Huget
Matthew Apesland
Garry MacDonald
Thomas Johnson
Todd Butler
Brett MacDonald
Blaine Mackie
Tyler Harnett
An additional note to all SPA members: if you're interested in writing a meet summary, send it to rhaea.fowler@gmail.com to have it posted on the website. We'd love to have more people contributing to the site!
