Phil's Bench Press in the pub Comp today!

[Rob Thomas]

Today's comp went really well, it was a good day out and we saw some great lifting from a whole load of people. I'm sure Phil will add a decent run down of what went on when he reads this as he knows everyone who took part.

From what I can remember...

Justin did an excellent 180 in a "partial open back" Titan Fury single ply - it must be one of those custom makes that you hear about LOL!!

I forgot my belt and only managed a 220 opener and then failed 230 twice. Without the belt, the suit just kept sliding up over my big gut and it felt like I was lifting raw!

Gareth Edwards (GOE1988 ) silenced all the doubters with a strong 180 raw lift at 17 years old.

Chris Davies (Archie) got his revenge on his training partner (Darran George) by beating him by the closest of margins to take silver overall (behind me!!) in the WPU category. Georgie beat Archie in their last outing.

There were other good lifts (come on Phil, help me out) but the highlight was watching Dean Bowring doing doubles with 260kgs - twice! He's got to be the favourite to bench 300 in a major comp first now as the BWLA British is only 5 weeks away and he's looking very strong right now.

I've got a DVD of the day and Justin has loads of vids so we'll try and get them posted soon.

I'd also like to thank Mike and Steve from the Whey Consortium (www.wheyconsortium.co.uk (http://www.wheyconsortium.co.uk)) for donating whey, shakers and t-shirts to the competition to use for prizes and raffles. This company is run by two guys - one's a strongman and the other's a grip champion and they put a lot of their hard earned money back into sports such as strongman and now powerlifting.
There's a link on www.welshpowerlifting.com (http://www.welshpowerlifting.com) under the "Merchandise" page where you can purchase their whey and other products, their prices are very competetive and they deliver to your door.

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[chinster]

Twas a great days lifting ! Couldnt believe it when Dean started a second rep at 260K !! Good atmosphere an nice to put a few more names to faces.
Well done to all who competed.
Goe will be pissed tonite if he drinks all his raffle prizes ! was gonna ask him to pick my next weeks lottery numbers ya got some luck bud ! an well dun on ur first comp Gareth.
All monies goin to a good cause an hope a good bit was raised. ;)

[Rob Thomas]

It was good to meet you again Chinster, are you going to the WSA Welsh Championships on March 5th?

[chinster]

I fly out to Singapore on the 4th March rob so gonna miss the WSA but good luck bud, is the comp equipped ? if so dont forget ur belt :)

[Rob Thomas]

Will that be for the commonwealth's mate? If so, good luck with that too!

[Rob Thomas]

Here's Dean Bowring's 260 for 2 reps:
http://www.rtcomputersystems.com/gym/videos/DeanBowring260x2Bench.wmv

[Phil R]

right her goes
the aim for the day was to get cash for the teams to go away...
well i tink it was a great turn out we got lots of cash and i tink all had fun
all the boys lifted well and i hope enjoeyd.. thanks to paul and chris who let us use the pub and to all who came. i will do full results tomorrow so all can see
thanks to paul allen(who owns my gym)
http://www.wheyconsortium.co.uk/ for their help
john from the beach n swansea
nice to meet you chinster

[Phil R]

well i am pissed

[AJ Roberts]

looks like an awesome day lads! Dean looks very strong and i think he will smash the 300 barrier in 5 weeks time!

[chinster]

Will that be for the commonwealth's mate? If so, good luck with that too!
That's when I fly out for Commonwealth Rob, will be leaving WIS at miday on 4th an flying from Heathrow to Singapore for a 2 day stop over then onto a training camp in Aus somewhere then into Melbourne for opennin of games.
Lift on the 24th March in melbourne exibition center an the tickets hav sold out already! Never lifted in front of more than 50 or 60 people (only dun 2 comps) watching there is gonna be a alot more at this comp !! Well off the pace regarding lifting poundage but will be a great experience for me an hopefully spur me training onto another level !! cant complain only been training for bench since last Feb !!
Cheers for words of support bud..;)

[Phil R]

well i am now sort off recovered from yesterday, i think it is fair to say everyone had a great time.
as you can see we got some great photos from the event and rob had his cam corder going so we may get some other clips on the site.
as some of you will know the comp was put on to try and raise some cash to help the welsh team when they go away to the next commonwealth..
we managed to raise £200 for the trip so i think it is a great start
so all of you that helped out, lifted i would like to say THANKS

[Rob Thomas]

I've got a DVD of the whole day and it's got EVERYBODY's lifts on it. Perhaps we could sell copies to raise some money too Phlilup???

[Justin Hurley]

I had a really good time.

Phil did a great job of putting the thing together, he is a true gem. Welsh powerlifting is lucky to have him.

[chris jenkins]

Well done to Phil and everyone that lifted, there was a very nice atmosphere with the boys and events like this are only good for powerlifting in Wales.

[chalky_bomber]

If your making Dvds rob put me down for a copy extra money will all help. It was a great day out and nice too see alot of new faces in the sport. Hats off too phill for sorting it all out. And good luck too all for the british bench

[Phil R]

I've got a DVD of the whole day and it's got EVERYBODY's lifts on it. Perhaps we could sell copies to raise some money too Phlilup???
sounds good to me
thanks for all your comments but i can't take all the credit. after all i think we are all helpin each other and i know we all deserve to get credit for all we did and do after all we each put a bit in hopeing to inprove our great sport.....

[Neil Deighton]

If you're selling the dvd ill buy one for sure. If so email me neil_deighton@yahoo.com

[Rob Thomas]

Ok then, we're thinking about knocking them out for £6 including post and packaging etc. If anyone's interested then either email me or PM me (you can email me from my profile).

[barry mcgalie]

looked like an excellent day guys, well organised. we'll have to get something like that organised in belfast.

[archie]

thanks for a great day phil ! great laugh and some good lifts as well ! nice to see everyone ! see you all at the british bench !archie!!

[archie]

rob mate ill get one of those dvd's as well mate ill sort it out at the british if you like ?

[Rob Thomas]

No probs Archie mate, I'll bring one along for you.

[archie]

cheers dude see you there !!