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COVID-19 Update

ontario
March 31, 2020

“Since our previous announcement regarding the COVID-19 pandemic response, our circumstances have escalated rapidly. Health Canada has now raised the health risk to Canadians as High. The Ontario government has also taken several unprecedented measures, including mandatory closures of all non-essential businesses and restrictions on gatherings of 5 or more people. The CPU has strongly recommended that all provinces postpone all meets scheduled up to May 1st. 

The OPA has worked with meet directors to postpone all meets scheduled to June 1, 2020 indefinitely until further notice. At this time, we are strongly recommending that all meet directors for competitions scheduled until July 1, 2020 postpone their meets immediately.  

The safety and well-being of our competitors and volunteers is our top priority. We want to ensure that we avoid the possibility of additional stress being imposed on those trying to prepare for an upcoming competition in these times of uncertainty. We will continue to closely monitor the response measures taken by government agencies and will continue follow the recommendations of our public health experts. On or before April 15th, we will assess our circumstances and will determine whether to impose a mandatory postponement of all meets scheduled through June 2020 and beyond.”  

Due to COVID-19 issues the OPA has had to look at how meets are to be handled for Postponement and Cancellation. We have posted this on the Meet Directors Page on this website, and this will be updated in the Meet Directors Handbook. The link on the page is under, “Update to Handbook – Meet Postponement/Cancelation“

  • March 28 – Waterloo Region HS – CANCELLED
  • April 8 – Hamilton Region HS – CANCELLED
  • April 18 – Vault Spring Open – CANCELLED
  • April 23 – Peel Region HS – CANCELLED
  • May 8 – Belle River HS – CANCELLED
  • May 9 – Power Pit  – CANCELLED
  • June 13 – 2020 Niagara Open – CANCELLED
  • June 14 – Toronto Pro Show – CANCELLED
  • June 20 – Ottawa Summer Showcase– CANCELLED
  • June 27 – London Open – CANCELLED
  • June 27 – Ottawa Open – CANCELLED
  • July 11 – Toronto Summer Cup – CANCELLED
  • August 9 – Ultimate Fitness Open – CANCELLED
  • Sept 11-13 – Centrals – CANCELLED
  • Oct 30 – Nov 1 – Jr/SJr Championships – CANCELLED

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Team Ontario Coaches Update

ontario
January 20, 2020
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ATTENTION ALL ONTARIO POWERLITERS ATTENDING 2020 NATIONALS

The OPA is pleased to offer team coaches to assist you at this years Nationals. Please welcome

  • Luke Homer – Head Coach
  • Ty Scratch – Assistant Coach
  • Sean Vandenburg – Assistant Coach
  • Luke Tremblay – Assistant Intern Coach

The coaches will be on hand IF any athletes would like to use this service at no charge. If you would like to use them please fill out the athlete information form in the link below.

https://forms.gle/kRAmKgnvKJZeUts47

The cut off date to register to use the coaches is Feb 18, 2020

The OPA Board of Directors have been working diligently on multiple projects but are very excited to offer our members coaches for this years CPU Nationals. Team Ontario will have designate coaches to assist all of our athletes. Once the nationals schedule is posted we will communicate how to get in contact and use this service.

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OPA Meets Cancelled for the year

ontario
June 26, 2020

Ontario Powerlifting Association

OPA Executive and Board of Directors Update

Hello OPA Members:

I hope everyone is doing well. As we all know, no public gyms or fitness facilities have reopened, and it makes it difficult to plan ahead for competitions and the Provincial Championships.  The OPA Executive and Board of Directors have been discussing a direction and had proposed several options, but always came back to “risk vs reward”.

At this time, the OPA will be cancelling all competitions for 2020, including the Provincial Championships. 

Meet directors will be emailing all registered lifters; however, if you did not receive an email please check your junk folder, or if you have questions please contact the meet director directly.  The OPA does have a “meet postpone and cancellation” Policy.

You should receive your refund of your entrance fee, within 30 days, please contact the meet director and cc the OPA Registration Officer. This will assure your name can be removed from the list of lifters.

With the suspension of the Provincial Championships. The OPA’s Provincial requirements to attend the CPU Nationals will follow the CPU’s lead and will require the following:

  1. You must be a CPU/OPA member in good standing and compete a current CCES Online Education, True Sport Clean.
  2. To compete at Nationals, you will need to have the “Regional Total” registered within 30 months of 2021 Nationals.

The OPA Board of Director weighed several options, before making any decisions. We know they are not ideal, but in these times of uncertainty, our main focus is to keep our members safe and maintain transparent and fair process.   I want to thank everyone for being flexible and supportive while we continue through this year.

We ask that you continue to follow the health guidelines of Ontario. I look forward to seeing you all back on the platform!

Executive Council and Board of Directors

Ontario Powerlifting Association

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OPA Meet Schedules (COVID-19)

ontario
March 14, 2020

The OPA is closely monitoring official information sources regarding COVID-19 and the implications for the health and well-being of our athletes and volunteers.
We are following the guidelines provided by Health Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Health and at this time, the Public Health Agency of Canada has assessed the public health risk associated with COVID-19 as low for the general population of Canada, but this could change very rapidly.
The OPA will continue to closely monitor this and will take proactive measures as necessary and consistent with the guidance provided by the public health agencies.
This may include postponement or cancellation of upcoming contests scheduled. Stay tuned for any further updates in this regard.

OPA Executive

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Records for Nationals

ontario
March 9, 2020
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Good day, strong lifters!

That was one heck of a great nationals and I’m seeing the National Records Applications rolling in in droves. A couple of quick points on this!

1. Records must be submitted before MIDNIGHT (11:59pm) MARCH 14

LINK: http://www.powerlifting.ca/cpu/index.php/competitors/records/record-application

            “Please also be aware that you should look into the application requirements for any applicable provincial records and apply for those separately via your provincial association.”

2. We have been having some trouble with the forms. While the vast majority of records are going through just fine, submission confirmations are not emailing as they should and sometimes the “your record has been received” page isn’t propagating as expected even when the record submission is successful. This is being addressed and will hopefully be rectified soon, but in the meanwhile we don’t want anyone’s records to fall between the cracks.

3. To be totally fair about point 2, I will be publishing a list of submissions received on the morning of March 14. If you are not on that list and should be, I would request that you email me asap at that point. And please do not panic. Given the technological issues we have been having, I am going to do my best to make sure I’ve received all the records that have been submitted in good faith and that ones that have not made it to me because of angered internet gods are given a chance to reach me. No panicking!

4. Below is the list of folks who have submitted thus far. If you have submitted records using the form and you are not on that list, EMAIL vickytaylorhood@gmail.com and include the following information:

  • Name
  • Age Group(s)
  • Weight Class
  • Classic or Equipped
  • Bench-Only or 3 Lift
  • Date you lifted
  • Lifts for which you are applying for records
  • CPU Number
  • Mailing Address
  • Any other relevant details that you feel I should know
Thanks and Great Lifting!
Vicky Taylor-Hood
Records Chair

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Winner of OPA Equipment Sale

ontario
February 4, 2020

The winner of the equipment bid is Steve Magistrale with a bid of $3,000.00

Congratulations Steve

The OPA Executive has decided to sell off what is remaining of the OPA Equipment.

It was decided to sell all equipment in a bundle via an online bid form on the OPA Website.

The Bidding will go for one week, and highest bid takes all. The highest bid will be posted at the end of the week.

  • Lowest acceptable bid will be $1500.00.
  • Bidding will be in increments of $50.00.

Bids must be only by valid/current OPA members in good standing.

The Bidding will start Sunday March 8th at 8:00 AM and go for one week till Sunday Marth 15th at 8:00 AM.

After that the highest bid will be posted on the Website.

If there are more than one high bid of the same amount the bid entered first will be considered the winning bid.

The winning bid will have one week to make payment and retrieve the equipment.

If the winner does not make payment and retrieve the next highest bid will then be offered the purchase and have the same time frame.

The equipment to be sold consist of:

Titex Plates

  • 25 KG X 10
  • 20 KG X 2
  • 15 KG X 2
  • 10 KG X 2
  • 5 KG X 2
  • 2.5 KG X 2
  • 1.25 KG X 2

ER Platform Rack, missing 2 pins, some bolts but is functional

2 Olympic style weight rack, low and long

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New Meet Directors Handbook

ontario
March 21, 2019
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The new Meet Directors Handbook is now available on the OPA Web Site. For all Meets being held in Ontario this is the list if requirements and information on what is needed and required to run a meet in Ontario.

Please go to the “MEET DIRECTORS RESOURCES” page to obtain a copy.

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Meet Sanction Fees starting 2019

ontario
February 14, 2019
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Please note that Meet Sanction Fees have changed as of 1 Jan 2019.

All meets are subject to theses new fees and deposits

Sanction Fees:

1 DAY $100.00
2 DAY $200.00
CHAMPIONSHIP    $500.00

Sanction Deposits:

Open Contest $200.00
Provincial Championship    $500.00
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