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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 […]

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

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

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

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

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’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

The biggest event of the 2019 World Powerlifting calendar now has entries open. The World Powerlifting Championships will be held in Canada from October 3 to 6 at the former Olympic venue Winsport Performance Centre in downtown Calgary. All information is available via the Championships information memorandum –View Championships Memorandum – PDF or at 2019wpworldchampionships.com

A packed crowd as always was there for the Pacific Challenge event at Fitness Show Sydney 2019 –and the lifters of six nations responded with Australian, Oceania and World Records galore. First off, Masters World Records came from lightweight Women lifters Ali Gascoigne from New Zealand and Ding Li from China. Then Jess Sewastenko raised

The hallowed surrounds of Brisbane Broncos Leagues Club saw Australia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Cook Islands, Samoa and Tonga fight out the Region’s Championships.  The late change of venue tempered especially Australian participation, but the host nation came out on top, over New Zealand and Nauru. In the Women’s lifting, All Time Great Liz Craven