Enter the Oceania Championships
The 2022 Oceania Championships are all set and happening in Melbourne, Australia on November 26-27. Lifters from Australia, New Zealand, Nauru and more Oceania nations will be there + all other nations are able to enter. All age groups, Youth, Junior, Open, Masters will be fought out, in Powerlifting and Bench Press. Information on the …
Oceania Championships Come Through
The much delayed 2021 Oceania Championships came to be on February 19-27, spread across Australian, New Zealand and Nauru venues, with 92 lifters producing record-setting results. Top Women’s lifter was Isabella Thomson, a 488kg at 72kg getting her close to the 600 points mark. Best Men’s lifter was Dyke Daoe of Nauru, 680kg in the …
2021 Oceania Championships Happening
The 2021 Oceania Championships have been rescheduled and will now take place in Christchurch, New Zealand on February 18 –20 next. This will be three days of lifting at Canterbury Sports Performance Centre, with your Meet Director being WPNZ stalwart Colin Wright. In light of the move from November to February, age groups will stand …
At Last – The Oceania Championships
It took five venues and a move into the New Year but the 2020 Oceania Championships went off without a hitch in all of Auckland, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Nauru. Eight nations — Australia, Fiji, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tonga, plus a guest from Pakistan – and 130 lifters went to …
Oceania Championships and Beyond
UPDATE 26/12/2020: Read News Update – Oceania Championships All Happening After the succcess of the multi-venue Pacific invitational run simultaneously across seven locations in July, World Powerlifting is moving on with more major events for 2020 to 2021. We all remain subject to travel and health regulations, so there has been some re-scheduling. Firstly, the …
PACIFIC INVITATIONAL COMES TOGETHER
Eight cities stretching around Australia and the Pacific worked together to create a successful 2020 Pacific Invitational. Nauru, Auckland, Christchurch, Perth, Hobart, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane each staged a division of the big event and final results were compiled centrally, as athletes from five nations overcame the challenges of lockdown to achieve stellar performances. New …
Asia Pacific Championships Unfold in Hong Kong
All was peaceful at the Ibis Sheung Wan for the 2019 Asia Pacific Championships, with 130 lifters taking the stage in Powerlifting and Bench Press. The new Hong Kong Powerlifting Federation, already the dominant force in the SAR, presented the Regions best over three days of action in front of a full house. In the …
Pacific Invitational, Fitness Show Melbourne
Once again, big crowds at FIBO for Powerlifting’s stars, this time in Melbourne, Australia. Two feature sessions saw age group World Records fall at both ends of the spectrum. 57 years has not aged Femmy Ayegun, with great records in the Womens 53kg 55-59 years class, being 113/73/162/348. More of the same came from Masters …
WORLD POWERLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS, CALGARY, CANADA
World Powerlifting’s 2019 World Championships weathered the storm of visa rejections blocking out nearly half the field to come through with a quality meet in the upscale venue of Calgary’s Winsport Olympic Centre. Australia took out the team title over home nation Canada and provided the two Best Lifters, Elizabeth Craven and Tony Reinmuth. In …
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