[Event] Ireland's Most Powerful Man 2011

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IRELANDS MOST POWERFULL MAN 2011

Venue TBC we are just waiting to sign an agrement

Date Sunday 4th September
Juniors and female lifters weight in 9am start time 10am
Senior male lifters under 90kg, under 105kg and over 105kg weight in 11pm (9am if at the venue) start time 12pm

Event 1 – Squat
Rules – Using an Eleiko bar and mono lift, squat suites allowed (all types except denim), knee wraps and belts are allowed, 3 attempts only.

Event 2 – Log Press
Rules – Using a 12inch IFSA spec steel log for senior and master and an 8 inch IFSA spec log for junior and women. The log must be lifted from the ground and locked out at the top until the referee instructs the athlete it is a good lift. Wrist wraps, elbow support and belts only, no wrap type supports are allowed 3 attempts only.

Event 3 – Dead Lift
Rules – Using a deadlift bar from a standard powerlifting height. Deadlift suites (all types except denim) are allowed, this will be refereed like a powerlifting meet so no jerking will be accepted, 3 attempts only.

Event 4 – Bench Press
Rules – wrist wraps and belt only, no suites allowed, powerlifting rules apply, referee will instruct the lifter as in a powerlifting meet, 3 attempts.

Event 5 – Clean and Jerk
Rules – wrist wraps and belt only, 3 attempts for max.

Event 6 – Loading Medley
Rules – 8 objects will be loaded from the floor to a platform 5 meters away, objects will start at 50kg and will go up to 150kg, 90 second time limit, belts and wraps allowed, no tacky. 1 attempt only. All objects must be fully on the platform. The total weight of objects on the platform after 90 seconds will give the total for this event.

PLEASE NOTE: events have been set to be fair to all 3 strength sports strongman, powerlifting and olympic lifting. As powerlifters will have a clear disadvantage in 3 events it has been decided that all suits except denim suites will be allowed in the squat and deadlift. Lifters can lift raw if they wish.

TOTAL: An athletes total will be the maximum lifts from all 6 events, if an athlete fails to register a lift in one event they can not have a final total.

RULES
1. Events 1 – 5 will be refereed by 3 referees and there decision is final, a 3 light system will be used.
2. Events 1 – 5 athletes have 3 attempts to lift there maximum.
3. Chalk and belts can be used for all events.
4. All athletes will be weighed in on the morning of the competition from 9am
5. Athletes can opt out of there 2nd and 3rd attempt in any of the events but you must complete 1 lift in each event to register a final score.
6. All lifters have 60 seconds to make there lift once they have been called and when the bar is loaded after 60 seconds they will be given a no lift.
7. Lifting singlet’s can be worn in all events.
8. Weightlifting shoes can be worn in all events.
9. As this is a national competition this is open to all athletes in the North and South of Ireland.
10. All athletes who where not born in Ireland can compete if they have never represented there native country in strongman, powerlifting or olympic lifting before and they have lived in Ireland for at least 12 months.


Categories

Junior (under 23 yo), Senior Men and Women under 90kg, under105kg and over 105kg Male and Female


Overall champion will be decided by Wilkes formula

Trophies and prizes will be given to the winner of each category. Medals will go to 2nd and 3rd place in each category.

The overall champion will receive a trophy and €200 cash prize as well as protein, wraps ect


As places are limited to 60 lifters we are holding places on a first come first served basis and athletes can book there place by emailing there details name, address, tel no, email, age, weight and lifting experience to gkirwan@o2.ie and your place will be held.

In the case of there being a higher demand than 60 lifters we will consider more places being made available.

All entries must be received with the entry fee of €35 30 days prior to the competition.

If any companies are interested in sponsoring this event please feel free to contact us on the email address given.


For further details please contact gkirwan@o2.ie
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Hanley

Great idea in theory!!

What's a squat suite? Is it like a sofa you box squat onto? That's be awesome!

dantes87

Could someone explain how powerlifters have such a disadvantage?

They will have the advantage in their big 3, and shouldn't have a disadvantage in the log press.
Even if they struggle in the clean and jerk, the numbers will be lower in that event and therefore less influential on the total.

Would suits not give powerlifters a massive advantage as they would be the only ones with suits?

What sport has biggest advantage here?

Not arguing just interested

Great idea by the way

squod

This was discussed last year in November? I think. PLers have the advantage here, suits are something you train to use, so PLer who can use a suit/shirt will have an advantage.
Having said that some folks don't mind the way its set up. I still thinks it's a great idea. Anyways there's gonna be a learning curve for everyone in the first year.

itsallaboutheL

dantes87 wrote: »

Could someone explain how powerlifters have such a disadvantage?

They will have the advantage in their big 3, and shouldn't have a disadvantage in the log press.
Even if they struggle in the clean and jerk, the numbers will be lower in that event and therefore less influential on the total.

Would suits not give powerlifters a massive advantage as they would be the only ones with suits?

What sport has biggest advantage here?

Not arguing just interested

Great idea by the way

This was all pointed out already.

It's basically an equipped Powerlifting Comp with a couple of token events.

dantes87

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

This was all pointed out already.

It's basically an equipped Powerlifting Comp with a couple of token events.

Grand, I thought it was some sort of battle of the strength sports.

itsallaboutheL

dantes87 wrote: »

Grand, I thought it was some sort of battle of the strength sports.

Sorry that was my opinion, not the am..official line.

token

What standard will the people be entering? Any regular joes?

itsallaboutheL

token wrote: »

What standard will the people be entering? Any regular joes?

i might. and i'm a regular joe.

token

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

i might. and i'm a regular joe.

It looks like a deadly event but I only weigh 75kg atm so I might look a bit silly :pac:

Hanley

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

This was all pointed out already.

It's basically an equipped Powerlifting Comp with a couple of token events.

This. The gains made from the squat suit is completely disproportional to the advantage the strongmen will have in "their" events.

And the poor weightlfters get f*cked 6 ways from Sunday.

I can't understand why it's not just being done in knee wraps, but we've been overall this before.

It'll be a great, and SERIOUSLY tiring event.

weeman2

I will regret saying this but i am the creator and organiser of this event.

The original concept is simple to have a good comp and try and get powerlifters, strongmen and weightlifters involved.

After much consultation this is the best formula and rules that we could come up with.

Suites are only allowed in 2 events and as alot of strongmen use suites it is not just the powerlifters who can benifit here.

I do apologise to anybody who feels they are at a disadvantage, everybody has there view and it is a work in progress. We will certainley look at making changes after the first year as we want this to be annual and we have had a very good response so far.

_JOE_

weeman2 wrote: »

I will regret saying this but i am the creator and organiser of this event.

The original concept is simple to have a good comp and try and get powerlifters, strongmen and weightlifters involved.

After much consultation this is the best formula and rules that we could come up with.

Suites are only allowed in 2 events and as alot of strongmen use suites it is not just the powerlifters who can benifit here.

I do apologise to anybody who feels they are at a disadvantage, everybody has there view and it is a work in progress. We will certainley look at making changes after the first year as we want this to be annual and we have had a very good response so far.

Is is just single ply suits?

dantes87

weeman2 wrote: »

I will regret saying this but i am the creator and organiser of this event.

The original concept is simple to have a good comp and try and get powerlifters, strongmen and weightlifters involved.

After much consultation this is the best formula and rules that we could come up with.

Suites are only allowed in 2 events and as alot of strongmen use suites it is not just the powerlifters who can benifit here.

I do apologise to anybody who feels they are at a disadvantage, everybody has there view and it is a work in progress. We will certainley look at making changes after the first year as we want this to be annual and we have had a very good response so far.

In my opinion you shouldn't be apologising at all.

Most people will appreciate the effort of organising something like this and realise how difficult it is. It's an impossible task to suit everyone.

Fair play to you

itsallaboutheL

dantes87 wrote: »

Most people will appreciate the effort of organising something like this and realise how difficult it is. It's an impossible task to suit everyone.

Fair play to you

I would echo this, and to be fair i think everyone does appreciate the effort, but criticism was asked for originally and that's where people are comming from.

Hanley

_JOE_ wrote: »

Is is just single ply suits?

Multi ply and monolift AFAIK.