Ontario Powerlifting Association

Thank you for the welcome to both Sandro and myself.  I'm sure I speak for both of us when I say we will do our best to keep the ship running smoothly.

The first priority is to get all entries for Nationals to Mike Armstrong.  Please get those to me as soon as possible.  The deadline is February 29th in Calgary so  get them in the mail as soon as you can.  We already have three that were submitted in Ottawa.  Make sure your payment is included unless you are paying by paypal.  Cheques or money orders only.  See the entry form for details.

At the AGM we were relieved to see all other executive positions remained in the same hands.  Everyone has been doing a stellar job and we know it will make things easier for Sandro and myself.  Remember at the end of the day, we are all volunteers.  Thanks to Glyn and Stan for their service over the past years. 

We have a number of meets coming up in May and June after Nationals.  The Toronto Super Show is the first weekend in June and will be an invitational.  Those who participated last year will be given priority.  To those people who did and would like to return, let me know as soon as possible.

My only other comment is with respect to accessibility.  I have an email address which is Dave©cdnag.com.  If you email me about an issue, you have to ensure you include your phone number as I will be calling you back.  I will not respond by email.  I would prefer a call at 519-894-5913.  Good luck with lifting and life and 2012.

Dave Hoffman

Take a look at our 2012 meet calendar.  The schedule is filling up.  Our first open meet is scheduled on Saturday May 12, hosted by the London Powerlifting Club.  It is followed by the Belle River Open on June 9 and the UTM Special Athlete and Open on June 16.  Following that is the Niagara Open on August 18.

Of special interest should be the Ontario Bench Press Championships and Ontario 3-Lift Classic Championships scheduled for November 24, 2012.

It's not too early to start planning and training for some of these meets.

Please note that Registrar Blake Giberson will be away from January 31 to February 9 inclusive.  Email will be checked while he is away.  Regular mail will be attended to upon his return.

The team winners of this years Provincial Championships were:

Iron Works for best female team and Niagara Powerlifing Club for best male team.  Congratulations to both teams!

Pictures were taken of the entire meet by sponsor Rescindx.  To see them all, visit rescindxathletics.com

Click here to see the full form for the 2012 National Championships.  Each entry has to be filled in and mailed to the new OPA President for approval and signature and then it is his responsibility to forward it as an Ontario package to the Meet Director.

Forms must be sent Dave Hoffman
278 Thaler Ave, Kitchener On. N2A 1R6

Please remember that this package must be sent by Dave to the nationals meet director by February 29 so please allow plenty of time for this information to reach him.

This year, our provincial championships were hosted in Ottawa by meet director Sandro D’Angelo.  Given the addition of Classic lifting the meet went well and was successful. 

In total we had 82 lifters.  Saturday was equipped lifting.  Best male lifter was Brandon Summers with a total of 817.5. Best female lifter was Sarah Leighton with a total of 517.5. We are very pleased to say that she has joined the 500 wilks club.  She is only the fifth woman in recorded CPU history to reach that mark.

Sunday was our first Provincial Classic Championships with 48 lifters.  Best female lifter went to Maggie Rafferty with a total of 365.  Maggie achieved her elite total lifting classic and has gotten the highest women’s classic wilks to date in the country. Best male lifter went to Michael Sinclair who reached a total of 892.5 and a wilks of 515.7 also achieving his elite total.  Michael continues to dominate Classic lifting amongst all Canadian men with the only wilks over 500 in the country.

The day was completed with awarding best female athlete of the year to Grace Bartel of the Niagara Powerlifting Club and the best Male Athlete of the year to Glyn Moore. Grace truly personifies ‘grace’ with her performance at nationals and Master Worlds.  Glyn, won his weight class and set world records both while  hosting the World Master Championships.  Congratulations to both Grace and Glyn. 

See here for detailed results

We would like to welcome Sandro D'Angelo as the new OPA Vice President and Dave Hoffman as the new President. We look forward to all the new ideas and initiatives that they will bring with them.

The 2012 Provincial Championships incorporating both equipped and classic lifting have been completed. It was an extremely well run meet put together by Sandro D'Angelo and his team of volunteers.

Photos and results in addition to announcements regarding best lifters and male and female athlete of the year are to follow. Suffice it to say that there were a number of exciting and outstanding perfomances.

To see the proposed agenda for the AGM on Saturday evening, click here.