In Attendence:
Shawn O'Halloran, Greg Platsko, Hoi Leung, Dave Hoffman, William T. Jamison
New Topics for Discussion:
Topic: News Letter
Proposer: Marlene Moore
Second: Bill J.
Issue: Membership for next year
Discussion: News letter to contain big message about
being a card carrying member to compete and attend the AGM in 2010.
Decision: Accepted
Topic: Membership Card
Proposer: Marlene Moore
Second: Bill J
Issue: Membership to have club affiliation on it.
Decision: Accepted
Topic: Increase sanction fee to $25.00
Proposer: Marlene Moore
Second: Bill J
Decision: Accepted
Topic: Drug testing
Proposer: Mike K
Second: Bill J.
Issue: We need an action plan provided by the drug
committee on procedures and cost.
Results: Need to verify where the money being sent by the
province is being utilized, and will it help to provide testing based on the
province providing.
Decision: Mike K to contact Chris Robb on getting
documentation and provide at January 2010 AGM.
Topic: High School Lifter
Proposer: Dave H
Second: Mike K
Issue: Records from 2006 Provincials forward
Discussion: Records to be broken at Championships only.
Members to be added to OPA membership, name and high school.
Action: Marlene to add to membership, name and school
Decision: Accepted
Topic: AGM moved to January
Proposer: Glyn Moore
Second: Greg P.
Issue: Presently anything voted according to the
constitution is to take effect Jan. 1 of the following year. Needs to change
Results: Any issue voted to take effect the 1st day of
the first full month after the AGM, excluding financial issues, which remain
Jan. 1 of the following year.
Decision: Accepted
Topic: Dropping in Weight Class
Proposer: Barry Antoniow
Second: Hoi L.
Issue: Follow CPU guidelines to move between weight
class's at Provincial Championships.
Decision: Accepted
Topic: 2010 High School Championships
Proposer: Jerry M
Second: Dave H
Issue: Proposal for High School Championship for 2010
Action: Jerry will follow up with a High School in his
distrcit for the High School Provincials for 2010
Decision: Accepted
Amendments to Constitution:
Topic: Article XVIII - Provincial Championships
Proposer: Michael Knott
Second: Dave H.
Issue: Needs to be changed to reflect new time frame and
combination of Championships
Add: Cut off date for all Provincial Championships needs
to be at least 2 weeks before the meet. At that time the list of lifters is
to be sent to the President and the Referee Chairperson.
Decision: Accepted
Topic: Article XXII Paragraph 8 Sub-Paragraph VII Bench
Press Qualifying Totals.
Proposer: Michael Knott
Second: Dave H
Issue: This should be changed as per the National
Standards and add Sub-Juniors
Decision: Accepted
Topic: Article XXII Paragraph 9
Proposer: Michael Knott
Second: Jerry M.
Issue: As the Ontario Seniors, Juniors, Sub-Juniors and
Masters are now a combined meet, there should be one team trophy to be all
inclusive.
Decision: Accepted
Topic: Article XXX, Contest Sanctions
Proposer: Michael Knott
Second: Bill J.
Add: Confirmation of the meet with details of date, time,
location and referee provided by the club be sent to Referee Chairperson and
Drug testing Committee once all conditions are met. Sanctions will not be
granted if all criteria are not met.
Decision: Accepted
Topic: Article XXII - Levels of Competition
Proposer: Barry Antoniow
Second: Dave H
Add: High school division and records.
Add: Para-Powerlifters division and records.
Add: Raw division and records
Rational: In order to promote the sport to new athletes,
an official division of high school, para-powerlifters, and raw will
increase the ability for lifters to compete at there desired levels. There
is also political benefits to having these divisions included in the
official constitution.
Decision: Rejected
Topic: Article XXII - Levels of Competition
Proposer: Barry Antoniow
Second: Mike K.
Add: A lifter must lift at a Provincial championships in
order to qualify for the National Championships. This means the lifter must
actually lift in the competition OR be on a list of competition support
staff that is submitted by the meet director.
Rational: Running a contest of this caliber requires
numerous volunteers. Due to safety issues, experienced spotters are at a
premium. As meet director, it is difficult to run the meet and lift.
Amendment: remove spotters, loaders, head table,
referees.
Action: Only meet director for Provincials will have
exemption
Decision: Accepted.
July 2009
3rd
Annual
Ottawa Open &
Bench Freak
Written by:
Chris Yantha
On July 18 2009, the 3rd annual Ottawa Open
Powerlifting & Bench Freak competition was successfully held thanks to the
efforts of Barry Antoniow and a wide range of sponsors and volunteers. This
has become a popular meet over the past few years, so you better get your
entries in early as the spots fill up quick.
First was the Bench Only competition in conjunction with
the Paralympic Bench Press. A special thanks to Paul Vaillancourt (who
happens to be Ontario’s
Strongest Man 2009) for fabricating the bench used in the Paralympic event.
Strong performances were put out by all of the Paralympic
benchers, Donavan Snell, Eric Flemming, Shane Risto, and Sally Thomas.
Paralympian Sally Thomas put out an especially impressive
performance finishing with a 65 KG bench at a bodyweight of 43 KG. Sally
took the overall female title with the highest Wilks of all female benchers.
In the Open Bench, both Marc Rioux (122.5 KG) and Ryan Silverson (134 KG)
each put up a huge 245 KG bench with Marc just edging out Ryan by 2.4 Wilks
points for the overall title.
Big Curd “Bench Freak” Hos just missed getting a whopping
272.5 KG bench on a technicality. Big Curd will no doubt smash this next
time.
In the Three Lift competition,
there were 3 flights of lifters, with a whole flight comprised of Women’s
lifters. There were also a large number of novice lifters at this meet as
well, which is a great sign for the sport of Powerlifting in
Canada. Sarah Leighton walked away
with the overall Women’s title. Sarah went an impressive seven for nine in
the 67.5-kilo class finishing with a 415 KG total. Not far behind for the
overall female title was Trisha Boyle of Team Barbarian. Sarah edged out
Trisha by 5.7 Wilks points. Odette Michaud of Quebec had an over
3-times bodyweight deadlift, pulling 130 KG weighing 39.7 KG. In the Men’s
Three Lift, Junior 82.5-kilo lifter Joel Boulianne walked away with the
overall title and a very impressive 500 Wilks. Joel was followed by Masters
1 lifter Claude Dallaire. Claude, one of the best deadlifters in the
country, pulled 312.5 KG at a bodyweight of 83.3 KG. Claude also just missed
a pull of 317.5 at lockout.
As always the OPA came together and loaned their skill
and expertise to the efficient running of this meet. The same can be said
for the QPF. Ottawa
powerlifting has always enjoyed a close relationship with the Quebec
Powerlifting Federation and this year was no exception. It is always a
pleasure to have so many volunteers and great lifters from our QPF friends.
Thanks to Mike Knott, Harnek Singh Rai, Terry
Stinchcombe, Louis Levesque, and Daniel Royer for their precision job in the
referee’s chair.
Glyn and Marlene
Moore did an excellent job of keeping the meet running smoothly at the head
table along with Courtney Watts, Sue Thompson, and Ricki-Lee Pitman.
Janet Warne was great on the microphone for the
announcing all day. Janet have you ever considered a job in television?
A special thanks to the spotters and loaders. They work
the hardest out of everyone, and are responsible for keeping the lifters
safe and confident even while putting themselves at risk of injury. Every
weight that is lifted on the bar is put there by a spotter and loader.
Russel Stocker,
Art Chan, Danny Kohli, Connor Sheehan, Ronnie Hall, Raphael Deschenes,
Stephan Mackie, Jean-marc Vernier, Scott MacDiarmid, Phil Gervais
June 2009
Congratulations to all of the High School students who
competed in the Provincial High School Championships on May 30th. The
results can be found
HERE. I hope to see you continue your
success in Powerlifting in the future.
May 2009
Karen Allison has resigned from her position of Newsletter
editor. We would like to thank Karen for her
extensive efforts and time spent on the OPA executive and, in particular,
the quarterly news letter. We would
like to wish her luck in all of her future endeavors.
At this time, on behalf of the OPA, we would like to
introduce Ulrike Kruger, our new OPA Newsletter Editor. Ulrike brings vast
experience to the OPA Executive Committee and we look forward to working
alongside her to continue the success of the Ontario Powerlifting
Association.
Although long over due, the minutes from the 2007
AGM can be viewed
HERE.
February 2009
** All Provincial records have been updated. Please email Connor
Sheehan at
connorsheehan@hotmail.com if your record(s)
(form / paid) have not been added. Also,
if you are still awaiting a record certificate and have paid for
it, please indicate this by email. Thank you for your patience during
this transition period.
- Connor Sheehan
2008 Membership Breakdown
(excel)
2008 Final
Registrars Report
Thank you to everyone for another
great year! We have increased
our membership from last year to a total of 237, including 75 new members!
FANTASTIC !!!!!! Keep up
the good work.
We also had a great year of
contests. Thank you to all the
clubs who stepped up and hosted competitions this year.
Our quality and efficiency of meets have continually improved for the
last couple years. Special
thanks to Glyn Moore who is always ready to lend a helping hand to any club
if they request his assistance.
A reminder to everyone when they
fill out the 2009 membership forms:
1. Fill out the appropriate waiver and send along with membership
2. Fees have increased this year by $5
3. NEW: Sub-Junior is $
45
I would like any club interested in
hosting a meet in 2009 to get in touch with me to pick a tentative date.
Having a calendar of meets can help you plan your training schedule.
I have meet director booklets if anyone is interested.
I will be putting my name in once
again for the position of registrar for the next term (2009-10) and I look
forward serving on the executive of the OPA.
-Marlene
Moore
submitted by Dave Hoffman
