The 2009
USAPL Battle on the Border III was again a tremendous
success with over 100 lifters competing at a high level
on two platforms. North Carolina has made it three
in a row by keeping the Battle plaque in NC. Much
thanks goes out to everyone who participated in this
event. Powerlifting in the Carolinas continues to
grow and the quality of our lifters is on the rise.
I cannot extend enough gratitude to the many people who
volunteered their time and ENERGY to helping me put this
meet on and make it a success. The spotters and
loaders worked tirelessly and were as close to
machine-like as I have ever seen. We were able
start the meet on time at 10:00 and completed our last
lift at 4:10 in the afternoon. That is AWESOME!!!
We also had zero injuries. ZERO. That
is what I am most thankful for. I want to thank
the score table staff for keeping the meet running well
and organized. Running computers and keeping the
lifters in the correct order is a very stressful task
and there were very few glitches. You can
tell they are doing a great job when you don't notice
they are there. The State and National
judges that we had were fair and consistent. We
were lucky enough to have judges to run a two platform
meet and allow for American records to be broken.
Needless to say, that is rare at a local meet.
THANKS. THANKS. THANKS.
Sherman
Ledford with Quest Nutrition was once again very
generous with providing gift certificates for some of
our best lifter awards. I would also like to thank
our other sponsors, APT and Inzer Advance Designs for
also providing equipment and gift certificates for our
best lifter awards. Tom Simon with West Cary
Barbell also provided a deadlift jack that we were able
to award to one of our best lifters. Thanks Tom.
The gallery
is up on the site and ready to view. Big time
thanks also goes out to Maureen Clary for coming in and spending her
day taking pictures for the website.
If there are
any pictures that were taken from the meet and you would like to
add them to the site, please email them to me at
mouzonchckhawk99@aol.com.
The results
will be posted soon. If anyone broke an American
Record at the meet and had the appropriate judges in
place, please send me an email so we can take care of
the associated paperwork that is required. This
must be done within 30 days!
Thanks for
coming and competing at this year's event. We
couldn't have asked for a better meet, and the
fellowship amongst lifters is alive and well in the
Carolinas. Look for the USAPL Battle on the Border
IV to come back to Charlotte in March, 2010.