Irish competitions:

[irishfrank]

(1) IPO: link to results of irish senior held in limerick week ago with a few pics :

http://www.irishpowerliftingorganisation.com/nationals2006.html


(2) IPF Irish seniors on in waterford on june 3rd: Link to details:

http://www.irishpowerlifting.com/
(3) GPC:Results of Irish wales gpc results:
http://www.powerliftinguk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=472&d=1144955036
Maybe Cornelius could put up details of any of the GPC comps coming up in Ireland

(4) IDFPA: Results of IDFPA seniors held recently also:
http://www.idfpa.plus.com/2006%20Irish%20Nationals.htm

[cornelius parkin]

I dont think there are any more GPC comps in ireland this year(nationals were in march)but if there is i will post up info well in advance.

[irishfrank]

thanks cornilius , its hard to believe there are so many lifters in Ireland.

[irishfrank]

results of irish seniors (ipf) held in waterford on sat last: http://www.geocities.com/irishpowerlifting/Irish_PL_Championships_2006.xls

it was held in waterford city gym, very low turnout and no spectators, some good lifting by the young lifters most of them under 21. Big ritchie hit over 700kgs for the first time in a while and he had more in him. I went down with 350kgs but forgot to come back up. I had a shoulder (trap) injury going in to it, so decided to err on side of caution after failing the first squat and pulled out, Shoulder is still very sore.

Pity about the turnout, but hopefully there wil be more next year.

[cornelius parkin]

Yeah what happened there:confused: we all thought it would be held this weekend and then we learned on monday that it was last week end:(
ok that file dont work for because i dont have the relative software.
There are a lot of young decent lifters in Ireland thats for sure.

[irishfrank]

I dont know what happened about the dates , there was a post on the website about it, it was meant to be held in a gaa club but when i drove down that morning i went to the waterford gym to get directions to the venue and that was when I was told that it was been held in the gym. Dont want to slag it off too much to be honest, they did their best with limited resources, such is life i suppose.

[cornelius parkin]

Oh well i think those comps are still very good because they attract all the young guys which is the main thing(there is a definate lack of teenagers in the GPC)

[irishfrank]

your right there cornilius there has been a definite lack of young lifter (apart from in the IDFPA) and its good to see some coming through. Saying that none of them would be at the standard of lifting you are at but for teenagers they are doing great. I would be great to see people lifting between the different feds like in the uk. I know me and ritchie lifted in both IPF and IPO and I def want to give the GPC a go, once my lifting is a bit more respectable.
There could def be a alot of people lifting in the IPF and the IDFPA, which would be good for the people lifting in the IDFPA to compete without winning world titles and breaking records in their first comp, and this would def lead to more lifting in the gpc eventually as they got more into it (with equipment and so on)

[cornelius parkin]

I agree frank with your comment about the IDFPA and breaking world records i find this a bit ridiculas and to be fair in the long run could discourage young lifters because they believe they are better than they are and then when they go into the bigger feds and get destroyed it would be a massive ego let down(surely i know having had my younger brother breaking 3 euro records and a world record on his first meet:rolleyes: and never hearing the end of it:p )
Well i will lift with any fed that seems ok(i can do the same numbers in my single ply gear so i dont really care if there are equipment limitations,hell i will even compete raw its all the same to me,i just love the rush of competing:D )but for my self competing in the IDFPA would be stupid because there would be no challange as far as records go.
It would be great to have you competing in the GPC as well as there are not very many competitors in this fed in ireland but to be fair the competitors that are in the fed are all of top quality!

[irishfrank]

def all quality lifters in the gpc in Ireland. The interesting thing is would it be hard to make a transition between the diff federations givng the different equipment and rules etc.
I dont think it should be hard, I mean if someone is strong and powerful then they should be able to lift under whatever fed.
I think as you say that everyone needs to be beat in order to progress, If it comes too easy then wheres the incentive to get stronger.

I agree about the IDFPA bit pointless for you to compete there. You should give one of the single ply feds a go, just to see how it goes, I reckion could be good for your strength in the GPC

[cornelius parkin]

Oh i def will give the other feds a go,if there will be an IPF comp in sept(i heard it may not be done due to lack of numbers)i will go there just for the extra comp experience.
And you right it is hard to compete in what ever fed you wish due to IPF bannings if you do other world comps and stuff like that.

[irishfrank]

Thats a good point we can only compete in national competitions, if you lift in gpc worlds then the IPf could ban you from international IPF comps, but you can still lift in Irish comps, (why dont they bring in the patriot act as well, bit to much of a bullying tactic imo).
The munsters are due to be held in sept in the IPF, There probably be a munsters in the IPO as well i would say (must check the website)

getting really confusing or what

[cornelius parkin]

Yeah that is irritating how we cant lift in international comps but to be fair its like shooting them selfs in the foot because they will thin out their own numbers!
I will def do at least one show before the GPC worlds because i need the practice,at first i was thinking of doing the british open but of course an old IPF comp close to home will prove much cheaper.
I dont know what the story is with the IPO because the english are using single ply only yet the irish are using multi-ply???!like what is going on what will be allowed in the worlds in Limerick.
I never qualified for those worlds but if i was given a place based on previous results in different feds:rolleyes: i would consider competing there just for shits and giggles:)
Are you doing the worlds in Limerick Frank?Its being held in the Kilmurray isnt that correct,talk about a shitty venue last time i went for a comp there i got in a fight with a couple of knackers(there is a fucking caravan park 10 meters down the road!)plus the venue is pretty small and surely far to small for a world comp!

[irishfrank]

lol about the fight with the knackers, hope you did us pride and won, Its supposed to be in the kilmurray alright, hadnt tought about it but it would be small for the worlds alright. I qualified lifting in Galway, couldnt do the ipo Irish cos the wife had a baby the week before and if I had gone down to lift I neednt hav bothered coming back up she would have killed me, which considering she is 5ft nothing and 9 stone and i'm 21 stone shows how hard i am.
I'm going to give it a go anyway. Never used a monolift, so must get onto someone who has one closer to the comp to have a go. Havent a clue about the single ply and double ply etc. But I think i'll splash out and buy a new centurian nxg, the one i have at the moment is 4 or 5 years old.

[cornelius parkin]

Well best of luck Frank,i would say you will do fine with the mono lift because when i went to the worlds i never had used a mono lift and i didnt use it in the warm ups so the first time i used it was up on stage and i managed fine:) )
oh yes i did win but the knackers were only about 13 so it wasnt the biggest challange,cheeky little cunts:mad: i fucked off after that because their bigger brothers showed up:icon_puz: i only fight people smaller than my self:p

[sam graham]

nice to hear your still about frank. any time you want to lift with us in GPC just give me a shout and i will sort it out. its a great fed with friendly and helpfull lifters from all over the world. i think you could do quite well. we are going to the british next week. what about the worlds in nov. speak soon Sam

[irishfrank]

Hi Sammy, I still alive and well, I'm hoping to get some decent training done the next few months and move my lifts up to something half decent. Got a bit of a shoulder (more like a trap injury at the moment) so thats holding me back a bit.

Hows the lifting going for you self, Congradulations on the recent success at the gpcs europeans

[sam graham]

thanks Frank. training going well bit of a back problem but comes with the age and length of time in powerlifting. getting ready for the worlds in nov.was not 100% at euros with back and could not pull for quite a few weeks before it. lifts all going well its just a matter now of putting them all together,but hasnt everyone that problem. need to hit well over 800 at worlds and i think i can do that. hope to see you come over and lift some big stuff with us. speak soon.

[gerthebear]

hey frank, Ger smith here, i Train in hercules gym in dublin, i think you know my pops DAVID SMITH? anyway heard you were hitting sum great numbers and are very strong, hope to see you in limerick??ill be travelling there with Bernie delaney to defend his -90k title. he did a massive 841 at the nationals which was great. You prolly remember all the greats from hercs? the beast, ben hartigan and so on?its great training their with all the lads.

Just one point on the IDFPA. i realised that yer bro cornelius, did very well as far as WR's go.fair play to him.a strong lil fella with a good coach. i agree with the constant breaking of wr's and such. the WDFPF and IDFPA in particular are EXTREMELY young compared to IPF and others. of course the records are guna be broken by joe bloggs who trains hard enuf. the standards are currently being set NOW. a few years time these wont be broken as easily. i compete raw and claimed 4 national records in my first meet. i wudn touch my bench WR just yet.it was set in 1993 and hasnt been broken since.its a big raw bench. 155 @67.5k @19 or there abouts.i think you are just overlooking those records. the association is getting off its feet so ofcourse it needs time for the standard to be raised.majority are raw but if you look at the WR in the open equipped, they are competitive records.likes of MARK HENRY (AKA worlds strongest man) has HUGE lifts in the 125 or 145+?

anyway ive been hearing alot of amazing things and have seen yer results.keep up the good work man, you seemed destined to be an even bigger lifter!cheers

[cornelius parkin]

Just one point on the IDFPA. i realised that yer bro cornelius, did very well as far as WR's go.fair play to him.a strong lil fella with a good coach. i agree with the constant breaking of wr's and such. the WDFPF and IDFPA in particular are EXTREMELY young compared to IPF and others. of course the records are guna be broken by joe bloggs who trains hard enuf. the standards are currently being set NOW. a few years time these wont be broken as easily. i compete raw and claimed 4 national records in my first meet. i wudn touch my bench WR just yet.it was set in 1993 and hasnt been broken since.its a big raw bench. 155 @67.5k @19 or there abouts.i think you are just overlooking those records. the association is getting off its feet so ofcourse it needs time for the standard to be raised.majority are raw but if you look at the WR in the open equipped, they are competitive records.likes of MARK HENRY (AKA worlds strongest man) has HUGE lifts in the 125 or 145+?

anyway ive been hearing alot of amazing things and have seen yer results.keep up the good work man, you seemed destined to be an even bigger lifter!cheers
Man hell i hope that fed gets more popular seeing that my bro will do the worlds in kinsale this year it is a great fed for teenagers i think because of allowing to lift raw which is great for beginers.

Thanks for the compliments man even if it is probably greatly exagerated :rolleyes: i am getting bigger dont know bout stronger though:p

[irishfrank]

hey ger only saw you post today, great to see you keeping up the tradition of your pops, he's a great lifter and one of the soundest guys i've ever trained with. Ask him about the time he gave big john gillis the lift in the merc and it nearly turned over.

I will update this with thread with details of the upcoming worlds to be held in ireland and i've added a link to the IDFPA and IPO bench press comps coming up:

Ipo: http://www.ipopowerlifting.com/upcomingevents.htm


IDFPA http://www.idfpa.plus.com/events.htm Irish Bench Press Champs
Date : 9th September
Venue : Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan

[bulldog]

ger ask your oldman if he knows a philip mcevoy hes 74 still lifts at my gym but used to train at hercules years ago

[realmank]

ger ask your oldman if he knows a philip mcevoy hes 74 still lifts at my gym but used to train at hercules years ago

Dunno about Ger's dad. But I asked John West the co-founder of the IDFPA and he said that Phil used to coach him in the hammer throw. John is a "youngster" (in comparison) and will probably total around 700k in the WDFPF worlds in the 100k class in the M5 class (60-65 yo)

[bulldog]

any one else know phil.thanks mark hows the legs

[gerthebear]

ger ask your oldman if he knows a philip mcevoy hes 74 still lifts at my gym but used to train at hercules years ago

will do man. ill ask him tommorow and fill you back in.

[realmank]

.thanks mark hows the legs

every single muscle in my legs is aching! it'll take a week to recover & then same again (or even heavier)....

[gerthebear]

ger ask your oldman if he knows a philip mcevoy hes 74 still lifts at my gym but used to train at hercules years ago

ive asked and he doesnt know..BUTT that doesnt mean he doesnt cause with all the old age getting too him i dunno if his memory cells are still intact hahaha..well his powerlifting muscles seem to be working above average so maybe all the energy is focused there!:p ...but ill ask some of the other oldies down in the club and see if they do.

[bulldog]

thanks gerth bench on mon mark 1630 youv a comp to win