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The combined Auckland Bench Press, and inaugural North Island Bench Press Championships will be held at the Auckland University Recreation Centre, Basketball Hall, Symonds Street, Auckland, this coming Saturday July 4th. Admission is free thanks to the generosity of the Auckland University Rec Centre and the Auckland Powerlifting Association.

The championships will be divided into a morning and an afternoon section, with two groups for each section, as follows:

MORNING SESSION

Weigh In - 8.00 am till 9.30 am

Group 1 - All female lifters, and male lifters weighing up to 67.5 kg.

Lifting Commences 10.00 am

Featuring:

Multiple New Zealand and World Record Holder and World Champion Trish "The Myth" Muldrock

The cream of the North Island's female Bench Press athletes, including eight members of New Zealand's largest competitive powerlifting team, The Auckland University Super Team

An extremely well known female model from TV's recent top rating show New Zealand's Next Top Model (and a recent powerlifting convert) Miss ???

Group 2- All male lifters weighing between 67.5+ kg and 82.5 kg.

Lifting Commences 10.45 am (approx - when Group 1 finishes lifting)

Featuring:

Multiple New Zealand Record Holders and World Championships Competitors:

Stephen "The Legend" King

"Big" George Anderson

Seven members of Team Super

AFTERNOON SESSION

Weigh In - 11.00 am till 12.30 pm

Group 1 - Male lifters weighing between 82.5+ kg and 110 kg.

Lifting Commences 1.00 pm

Featuring:

Multiple New Zealand Record Holder and World Championships Competitor Tony "The Dark Angel" Thomas - ready for another New Zealand record

Elite Team Super member Raveen "The Colossus" Nanayakkara - looking to break his 230 kg bench press record

Five elite members of Team Super

Group 2- All male lifters weighing over 110 kg.

Lifting Commences 2.00 pm (approx - when Group 1 finishes lifting)

Featuring:

Multiple World Championships competitors, medal winners and New Zealand Record holders...These are the really, really, REALLY BIG BOYS:

Reuben Simanu - "The Guvnor". New Zealand's Most Powerful Man and the only New Zealander to ever bench press 300+ kg http://www.pacificbarbenders.co.nz

Neil "The Chief of Chiefs" Lauaki - 250+ kg bench

Steve "George Koztanza" Lousich - 250+ kg bench

Bruce "Bear" Potter" 240+ kg bench

AND

Two super team members, including leading junior powerlifter and bodybuilding champion "The Great" Khalid Slaimankhel

Auckland Powerlifting Association (AK Power)

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Holly B, been seeing you at the gym chickie, BUT where is your entry? You have in the past agreed to enter a comp and now would be a good time... only about one other competitor in your category :) PM me :nod:

No excuses - you are not too small to enter :wink:

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NEWSFLASH NEWSFLASH NEWSFLASH

Two more members of the Slaimankhel clan will be lifting in the Bench Champs.

"King" Walid has decided to ignore the advice of his team of medical specialists and lift in spite of his many serious injuries. Expect something special. I'm picking a new record.

Sub-Junior lifter and Junior Warriors starlet Omar "The Magnificent" will also be lifting and no doubt completely destroying the opposition in the Sub-Junior class.

Lloyd Dean is flying home as I type, after his recent wonderful successes overseas and will show everyone how it is done in the 100 kg class.

It's going to be BIG!!!

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was an excellent comp it went very well

How did you two gangsters go?

Walid and Kalid performed magnificently as expected. Walid in particular showed tremendous courage in competing whilst carrying serious injuries and against medical advice (because he didn't want to disappoint the Uni Super team). The leading hands of NZ powerlifting were impressed chaps! Your potential is awesome.

Well done on all your work with these "boys" in the past musclenz!

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was an excellent comp it went very well

Ta good buddy! A fantastic comp!

BIG THANKS to:

All the Uni Rec Centre staff and management for their great support and assistance.

AND

All spotters/loaders and officials, especially the many who travelled to Auckland from other Provincial Associations, so that a contest of this big a scale could be run in a single day. Impossible without you folks.

AND

The crowd for turning out in such large number and being so vociferous with their support.

AND

All lifters and their support people, for their wonderful dedication to the World's Strongest Sport.

Some truly inspired lifting. National and World Records.

Fantastic atmosphere - great crowd!

The comp ran perfectly. Not a single error by loaders/spotters and main desk personnel (extremely rare for powerlifting comps).

Biggest ever Auckland or Provincial Bench comp by number of participants.

Experienced lifters and officials hailed it as easily the best Auckland/North Island Bench comp ever.

Absolutely Phenomenal performance by the Auckland University Powerlifting Super Team. Big, big "ups" to the Auckland Uni Gym Powerlifting Program. The team is barely 3 years old and it won Golds and Silvers galore. All this in spite of some of the main men and women being unable to lift due to injury. You are officially the most successful single powerlifting team in New Zealand provincial powerlifting history. A fantastic crop of female and male lifters to take Auckland Powerlifting into the future. Bring on the nationals girls and boys!

A report on lifting highlights and plenty of pics will follow...after I get some sleep - the gf and I have had a big night at a fantastic party, so sleep beckons... coming dear...

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Ailsa "Hottest Legs" Wilson and "The Great" Khalid aka "TheTeisana Killer", both double gold medalists AND Mistress Kat Tabakova our Russian Snow Princess and another double gold medalist. Three members of the University Super Team, officially the most successful team in New Zealand powerlifting history. Bring on the Nationals, August 8-9, Auckland Uni Rec Centre. Compete against them....IF YOU DARE!

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Lest we forget Big Sam Behzadi "The Professor"! The Prof was lifting some truly huge weights in training and was all set for a showstopping performance at the comp...BUT THEN a fracture in his lower back and 3 dislocations. Sam I told you not to squat 420 kg raw, but I know you will be back buddy! Here is Sam during the off season with Brian "Of Beef" Welsh.

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Apology to NZBB Members

Powerlifting was the loser on the day.

On behalf of the CDPA, (Central Districts Powerlifting Association), and all other Powerlifters and Associations in New Zealand, I would like to apologise for conduct of certain members on this topic. This thread started with good intentions, with some of the smack talk that happens in gyms between rival associations which we all at some stage do.

What eventuated from this thread has become an embarrassment to many lifters around the country and also overseas, as this thread was posted and debated hotly on a few Powerlifting forums, and on those forums these issues were taken in hand by senior members. These person's have been spoken to and as I understand apologise for their actions, which started with good intentions.

As stated I would like to apologise for the way Powerlifting has been portrayed in this thread. This is not how we conduct ourselves, our talking is done on the Platform with 3 Referees.

In Strength

Warren Trent

Secretary

CDPA

AKA Old Bull

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