News Letter 1/29/07

Parts 3 & 4 of my '06 journal have been posted at the message board.

I've listed upcoming local, regional and national meets with this news letter. Upon completing the list, I wondered how redundant it was to list them here and on the calendar as well. Unless the readers would like to see them listed here too, in the future, I will only note when the calendar is updated.

100% RAW News:
The 2006 Men's and Women's final rankings have been released and posted.

2007 Teen/Junior Nationals - March 10, College Park, Md

Ironman and Deadlift Nationals & United States Open Bench Press -March 17, Stanardsville, VA

Virginia State Bench Press and Strict Curl Championships- April 28, Stanardsville, VA

AAU News:
AAU Spring Bench, Deadlift, Ironman, & Power Curl - April 14, Baltimore, MD

AAU Triple Crown Classic, East Coast Bench, VA State & Law/Fire - April 28, Richmond, VA

ADAU News:
Great Lakes Powerlifting Championships- March 31, Erie PA

Meet- April 7, Hagerstown, MD

Power Day Classic- April 28, Bigler, PA

APA News:
Karen Campbell and Jane Stork will be taking over the job of updating the World Records and the Strict Curl Records for the APA. They would like to have all records updated and ready to send to Scott for posting by February 24th. If you feel that you have a World Record in the bench, deadlift, squat or strict curl and it has not been posted please do the following: e-mail them with the date, name of the meet, where it was held, the meet director and record you believe you hold. E-mail the meet director of the meet you set the record in and ask him/her to send Karen or Jane a copy of the meet results. Copy your request to the meet director to Karen & Jane. World Records will only be changed if they have a copy of the meet results sent to them by the meet director. It is their goal - after February 24th - to update the records at the end of every month. MEET DIRECTORS: Please be sure to send them the results of your meet within two weeks of its completion. If there are any questions, pleas e-mail Karen or Jane. "We believe that every lifter should be recognized for their accomplishments . Please help us accomplish this."

APA Eastern States Rep Bench Press (Bodyweight), APA Eastern States Push-Pull, Bench Press, Deadlift, & Strict Curl& APA Eastern States Rep Deadlift (Bodyweight +100) - April 14, California, MD

APF News:
A message from Kieran Kidder (APF President - WPC Owner)

2007 Qualifying totals have been posted.

2007 Arnold Classic (Line-up Word doc)- March 2-3, Columbus, OH

APF Junior Open Nationals- April 14, Willowbrook, IL

AAPF Nationals- April 13-15, Monroe, LA

USAPL News:
Gina Stepleton (Women's Committee Chair) announced :

"We will be having our Women's Committee Meeting on Thursday, 2/15 at 7:00pm. Please plan on attending.

The new IPF rule changes will be discussed.

We will be voting on 3 EC and 7 AR reps and the 2009 Women's Nationals site. If you are interested in running or would like to nominate someone, please let me know. If you are interested in bidding on the 2009 site, please forward me your bid proposal.

Also, if you have any issues/proposals you'd like to see on the agenda, please get them to me by 2/1."

Todd Miller (Meet Director) has launched a web site in support of the 2007 Teen/Junior Nationals that will be held June 9 - 10, 2007 at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in Kalamazoo, MI. Various pieces of information, including entry forms, can be found at the site.

Robert Keller (Meet Director) has launched a web site for the Pennsylvania State Powerlifting Championships which are to be held March 24 & 25, 2007 in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Various pieces of information can be found at the site including entry forms.

Rick Fowler (MO State Chair) announced the passing of John Petroff. "John was 52. He played a big part in the early days of the ADFPA serving as Secretary/Treasure. Along with that, he co-directed several State and National Championships with Dr. Mike Cissell until 1994 when he stepped away from the sport. John was married to Kate and also leaves behind 2 teenagers, John Jr. who is 17 and Sarah who is 16."

Virginia Open PL/BP/DL/Ironman- February 3, Culpepper, VA

2007 Women's Nationals- February 16-18, Baton Rouge, LA

Glen Mills Invitational- February 24, Glen Mills, PA

US Naval Academy Open- February 24, Annapolis, MD

Delaware State BP & PL Championships- March 24-25, Aston, PA

Pennsylvania State PL Championships- March 24-25, Aston, PA

2007 Military Nationals- March 24, Tucson, AR

2007 High School Nationals- March 30-April 1, Alexandria, LA

NJ State High School BP Championships- March 31, Hillsborough, NJ

Richmond Open PL & BP Championships- April 7, Mechanicsville, VA

Coaching Certification Clinic- April 12-13, Killeen, TX

2007 Collegiate Nationals- April 13-15, Killeen, TX

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

Powerlifting legend Jim Williams died at the age of 65 last week. Powerlifting Watch covered the passing of Williams with two articles; the first which included historical documentation of Williams' career and included links to American Powerlifting Evolution and Dave Draper's site where documentation, pictures and stories of William's powerlifting career can be found, then a second post in which the Times-Tribune pays tribute to Williams.

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

Coming Events:
Mid Atlantic Strength Symposium- Saturday, February 24, Fairfax, VA (thanks to Joe Russo for providing this information and Jon at PW for helping with my links..., I really appreciate it).

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