BBro Powerhouse Open Results 2012

[nate225]

Havent seen that many lifters from Hastings / Hawkes Bay in ages!!

Angels gym bringing it! :grin:

[drizzt]

Big raps on a couple of em, can't wait to see what they bring :nod:

Also haven't seen that many heavy/superheavies since I started last year! Looking forward to seeing some big tin shifted :grin:

[Big john]

is that Nick "the hammer" Hansen i see in the SHW?!

[Wookie]

is that Nick "the hammer" Hansen i see in the SHW?!

Yessir, rejoined the NZPF a few weeks back to have a play at the BBRO and cause destruction in the raw 120kg class in 2013. Not lifting on Sunday at the Record breakers due to having to be on the doping list for 6 months.

[drizzt]

Just a bit of info for the live streaming we're running this weekend. The Live stream will kick off at 10am for the morning flight, and we'll likely run it through the day without pause until the lifting is done - probably late afternoon. The day will be split into two sections (morning and afternoon), with two flights in each section, all decided by weight.

Approx times are:

• 10am
  • Morning session 1 [All females + 74kg males + half 83kg males]
    
  • Morning session 2 [Rest of the 83kg males + half 93kg males]

• 2pm
  • Afternoon session 1 [Rest of the 93kg males + all 105kg males]
    
  • Afternoon session 2 [All 120kg males + all 120kg+ males]

Please check the lifters list if you are hoping to catch a specific lifter to see which flight they'll be in.

We're a little more organised with the stream this time, so we'll have audio, and hopefully a clearer picture with a smoother stream

The stream address is:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/powerhouse-gym

The stream address will be the same for the Record Breakers the following day (Sunday the 25th).

Let me know if you have any questions, and please comment on the channel if you have any observations about the stream for us to improve on (things like audio clarity, stream consistency etc).

Cheers! :cool:

[PeterDolan]

Dude, that's pretty impressive

[Phedder]

I must remember to put my make up on then :shifty:

[drizzt]

Dude, that's pretty impressive

Thanks bro, but don't jinx it :shifty: Did some testing on it last night and everything works, so we're interested to see how it turns out for people. I think I'm back spotting, so hopefully it doesn't fail because I won't be in a position to sort it :shock:

I must remember to put my make up on then :shifty:

See the aesthetic 93 guys bro, they are well stocked, no tees for deadlift and that sort of thing.

[Old Bull]

Just want to thank the guys from DNA Nutrition Jono Parsons Chris Prentice and James Price, for coming on board as a Major Sponsor for the Bledisbro at the last minute after a sponsorship FUBAR. Much appreciated Guys hopefully the start of a good Relationship between us both.

DNA

[drizzt]

Awesome work from the DNA boys, really looking forward to the comps \:D/

64-65 lifters across the two days I think? Pretty decent showing for a non-national comp :nod:

[teamfatboy]

Thanks for all your hard work D... live and nationwide

Good luck to everyone for tomorrow :nod: See you at the 'house.

[Old Bull]

All Set

[Old Bull]

one of the 4 new 25s delivered todaytotal 16 x 25s

[Old Bull]

[Best Bench]

Livestream is going well :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

Some good lifting Dolan brothers.

[Big john]

all the best to all the lifters...go hard lads n ladies

[drizzt]

Awesome, awesome day. Thankfully didn't need to catch too many as the back spotter, because the lifting was great :clap:

P Dolan grinding through that last squat, wow! Thought he had lost it, so I begun to move to grab him and he just kept inching his way up, awesome fight!

Kyle's last squat was great too. Actually great lifting all round from both of the bros.

Really difficult to single out lifters, but highlights for me were the 340kg dead from Nick Hansen, the 825 total from Costa "Boomer" Alexopolopopoplol... (PB'ing in every lift I think?). A whole bunch of new lifters with awesome power throughout the day, have never felt so tiny in my life, there were some massive units :shock:

I heard the stream slowed down towards the end of the day? Unfortunately, with it running for about 9 hours straight I think the browser began to get a bit tired. Something to note for next time - we'll restart things during the break between morning and afternoon sessions. We should be nice and smooth tomorrow after giving the stream laptop a kick in the guts.

Again, awesome lifting, awesome day.

Unintentional fast all day from me, so I'm going to sack some pizza, cheesecake, cake, and a beer or two. Seeyou all tomorrow for the Record Breakers :clap:

[PeterDolan]

The spotting/loading team did an awesome job. Of course, I don't have anything to measure this by but there weren't any hiccups. I loved the atmosphere there too, people you don't know from a bar of soap cheering for you and all that sorta carry on really helps you. My back is pissed at me today

[Old Bull]

Livestream is going well :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

some good lifting Dolan brothers.

Good to hear it went well BB :clap:

all the best to all the lifters...go hard lads n ladies

The gave it heaps Big Guy

The spotting/loading team did an awesome job. Of course, I don't have anything to measure this by but there weren't any hiccups. I loved the atmosphere there too, people you don't know from a bar of soap cheering for you and all that sorta carry on really helps you. My back is pissed at me today

Pretty Slick lot our Spotter Loaders, The House prides itself on having some of the fastest Spotter Loaders and support crew, this is how we can punch through 52 lifters in just over 8 hours, with a half hour break in between to feed them.

[Old Bull]

Results from the Bledisbro Powerhouse Open 2012

I have categorised the lifters in to 3 Groups

EQUIPPED

Squat Suit, Bench Shirt, Deadlift Suit, some may only wear one.

CLASSIC

Wrist Wraps, Belt only

NOVICE

First time lifters Writs Wraps Belt

Had a pretty big turnout 52 lifters registered.

We started at 8.00am and were finished by 6.30 pm with a half an hour break for lunch. This was due to the SPEED TEAM our spotters, big ups to these guys. Our Spotter loaders are some of the fastest around, and we had 2 new members so we had a test run the night before. The times got quicker and quicker as we worked hard on being efficient. This is the key to a good comp the Spotter Loaders, the comp can drag on or be a great success which it was.

A big field for the ladies even with the Power Angles out.

Quite a few Junior and Open novice lifters competed and we will be getting some sign ups, as they all enjoyed themselves. The were good battles in the 93s 105s and especially in the 120s. This was a good comp for Bombs with only one.

Highlights:

Maria back up to speed in her Comp Total.

Pere Rodgers having a bigger Bench than his Squat and Dead

The Dog back on in the Classic 527.5kg Total.

Jack Grech 282.5kg Deadlift

Peter Dolan Open Novice 80kg 572.5kgs

Joshua Tukua 81kgs 550kgs

Ethan Foote Junior 280kg Deadlift

Dimi Hanara 605kgs First Comp

Davis Ataera 620kg First Comp

Costa 302 Squat 300 Deadlift Boom!!!

The Hammer Nickoli 342.5kg Deadlift new House Record

and a lot more other things happening that I will remember as the week goes on.

The BBQ never Powerlifters so full and happy, the meat selection was spot on 100 thick Slices of Beef, 100 Ham Steaks, 100 Sausages, 100 Chicken Patties, 100 Chicken Wings. Potato Kumura Salad from Tina and PT, 8 kilos of Coleslaw, Tray of bread. Cakes were awesome and the cream well, have to thank The Docs wife Jackie, NFs Mum Karen, Maria, Rivers wife Karen and His daughter Tania for the pretty awesome cakes and puddings life savers. The Triffle was a big hit, so was the Apple Crumble with cream and the Ambrosia, Mud Cakes and Maria's famous Pavs.

Just want to thank our Sponsors

DNA Nutrition

Nordic Naturals

Red 8

And of Course The

Red Bull Girls

Campbell Moore: PA

AVI: Projector

Drizzt: Big Screen, Live Feed Camer and Lap Top

Quigs Cabling and Laptop.

A special thanks goes out to Ken and Maria, taking a fair amount of the load off of the wife and myself, with helping to setup, lifter pack preparation, cleaning, sponsorship, picking up the Refs and lifters from the airport. Many Thanks made our job just that much easier.

Thanks also goes to

The Refs

Craig, PT, Julian, Matt Jonson and Serena

Spotter Loaders

Drizzt, Zane, Will, Jacob and Tom

Table

Martin, Matt I, Tasha

Live Feed

Quigley

Special Mention

Battle Ship for intermittent Spotter Loading, all round Bench Shirt manager, Loader of Plates for lifters in the warm, Fun Facilitator general go to guy, and amp manager.

Bledisbro Powerhouse Open 2012 Morning.doc

Bledisbro Powerhouse Open 2012 Afternoon.doc