The Battle on the Border III was  once again professionally recorded and DVD's are available for purchase.  Philip Kirchhoff, with the company My Motion Picture, was at the meet video taping all of the lifting.  Philip can be reached at 910-367-9734 or check out his website http://www.my-motionpicture.com. Click on the picture to the right to see a sample of what is available on the DVD featuring the USAPL Battle on the Border III.

 

The results and the new Top 10 list are up and ready to view.  The influx of lifters from this year's contest is a testament on how impressive the lifters were this past Saturday.  Great lifting!  Now I'm spent....

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.