News Letter 1/1/07

Happy New Year to all!

With the New Year comes new rules for the IPF. It is hoped that everyone is ready!

It was planned to have the journal of my '06 travels ready to publish. I'm still working on it!!!

Mark Your 2007 Calendars:
January 13th 2007 USPF VA Pl Championships & BP Record Setters
January 27th 2007 100% RAW Old Dominion BP Classic
January 27th 2007 APF NC State Championships
January 27th 2007 2007 IBP Regional Push Pull Championship
January 27-28 2007 USAPL New Jersey State PL Championships
January 28th 2007 2nd Annual USPF Powerbowl-BP/DL Championships
February 3rd 2007 USAPL VA Open
February 10th 2007 APA Delaware Open
February 16-18 2007 USAPL Women's Nationals
February 24th 2007 USAPL US Naval Academy Open
February 24th 2007 2nd Annual Power Works Invitational
March 10th 2007 100% RAW Teen/Jr Nationals
March 17th 2007 100% RAW Ironman & DL Nat's/US Open Bench Press
March 24th 2007 USAPL Military Nationals
March 24th 2007 Binion's World Series of Powerlifting (USPF)
March 24-25 2007 USAPL Delaware/Pennsylvania State Championships
March 30-April 1 2007 USAPL High School Nationals
March 31st 2007 ADAU Great Lakes Powerlifting Championships
March 31st 2007 USAPL NJ High School BP Championships
April AAPF Nationals (all divisions)-Louisiana
April 100% RAW 9th Annual Battle on the Boarder BP Championships
April 7th 2007 ADAU Powerlifting & Bench Press
April 7th 2007 USAPL Richmond Open
April 13-15 2007 USAPL Collegiate Nationals
April 14th 2007 APF Junior Open National Championships
April 14th 2007 USPF 1st Annual Pro Performance BP/DL Championships
April 28th 2007 ADAU Power Day Classic BP/DL
April 28th 2007 100% RAW VA State BP & Strict Curl Champ's
May ADAU New Jersey Bench Press Meet
May 4-6th 2007 USAPL Master's Nationals
May 4-6 2007 APF Masters, SubMasters, Teen & Junior Nat's
May 30-June 2 2007 IPF World BP Championships
June 100% RAW NC Teenage State Powerlifting Championships
June 100% RAW Currituck Open BP and Pl Championships
June APF Senior Nationals (qualifying total required) tbd
June 2-3 2007 2007 ADAU Powerlifting Nationals
June 9th 2007 USAPL NJ State High School PL Championships
June 9th 2007 USAPL Teen/JR National Powerlifting Championships
June 10th 2007 USAPL Teen/JR National Powerlifting Championships
June 16th 2007 AAPF Police & Fire Nationals
June 21-24 2007 5th NAPF N. American Regional Pl Champ's
June 24th 2007 ADAU BP & Rep's-BP/DL & DL Rep's
June 30th 2007 100% RAW Freedom USA Cup BP
June 30th 2007 ADAU 12th Catasauqua Meet (Sq-BP-DL)
July 100% RAW 5 Lift Rep Challenge
July 100% RAW National Powerlifting, Bench Press & BP Rep Championships
July/August AWPC Worlds (invites by qualification only) Illinois
July 7th 2007 AAU National Pl Championships
July 12-15 2007 USAPL Men's National Powerlifting Championships
August Canada/America Pl/BP Championships Lake George, NY
August USAPL Deadlift Nationals & Push-Pull-Lincoln, NE
August 4th 2007 2007 ADAU Squat & Deadlift Nationals
September ADAU Powerlifting & Bench Press- Stauton, VA
September 100% RAW Jacksonville Open
September 12-15 2007 IPF World Master's BP Championships
September 4-8 2007 IPF World Sub-Jr's and Jrs Championships
September 8-11 2007 11th Pan-American Pl Championships
October 100% RAW Southern Open Bench Press & Arm Wrestling Championships
October 100% RAW Wilmington Bench Press Classic
October 3-6 2007 IPF World Master's
October 19-20 2007 2nd NAPF Regional BP Championships
October 20th 2007 ADAU Central PA Open-Powerlifting
November 100% RAW World Bench Press Championships
November USAPL Southeastern Regional BP & Pl Championships- Miami, FL
November USAPL Police & Firefighter National BP & Pl Championships- Miami, FL
*November 4-10 2007 IPF Women & Men Powerlifting Championships*
note: IPF World Powerlifting Championships is now scheduled for October 14-20
November 17-18 2007 USAPL National BP Championships
December 100% RAW World Powerlifting Championships
December 1st 2007 100% RAW Christmas Classic BP
December 1-2 2007 USAPL American Open PL & BP Championships
December 9th 2007 ADAU Coal Country Classic SQ/BP/DL

Noted scheduled meets are those that can be found in the mid Atlantic (MD, VA, PA, DE, NJ, NC &WV) region or have National/Regional prominence. More information on these and other contests can be found on the calendar located at the message board or by clicking on any of the federation links on the left side of this page. It is expected that additional meets will be scheduled and this is not a complete list.

IPF News:
The IPF has released its Anti Doping Rules and Anti Doping Page which includes links to various pages which has information concerning the anti doping program. Of those links, it is important to review those for 2007 that include Prohibited list , WADA monitoring program , and Explanatory note .

The IPF has also released information concerning the Category Two exam.

USAPL News:
If your interested in officiating at the upcoming 2007 Women's Nationals scheduled to be held in Baton Rouge, LA in February and have not made those wishes known, contact Robert Keller or you may call him at 954-790-2249.

From Gina Stepleton, Record Keeper:
Meet Directors - Record Application forms MUST BE submitted to the National Office within 30 days of the meet. Applications not submitted in time will be denied. This is part of your responsibility as a meet director. Thanks for your cooperation.

News from the World Around Us:
Powerlifting Watch for news, comments and opinions.

note; opinions expressed in articles written by others and posted here on Maryland Powerlifting does not necessarily reflect those of Maryland Powerlifting.