Another sponsor has joined the list of fantastic companies that have come together to support the Battle on the Border for 2010.  Max Muscle Sports Nutrition will be on site for this year's competition and will be providing supplement samples to the lifters as well as setting up a table with products for purchase.  Please be sure to check out all of our sponsors that help make the USAPL Battle on the Border one of the most successful and competitive meets in the Southeast!

West Cary Barbell is the newest sponsor to join the effort in bringing the best of powerlifting to the Carolinas! Tom Simon has graciously offered to donate several pieces of equipment to be awarded to our best lifters at this year's Battle on the Border.  West Cary Barbell is an up and coming company specializing in distributing gym supplies, supplements and their own line of equipment designed specifically for powerlifters.  Check out their website at www.Westcarybarbell.com.

We are just over 8 weeks away!  March 20, 2010, we need powerlifters to step up and take the challenge to lift at the Battle on the Border!   The last three years were HUGE successes with the last year blowing up with over 100 lifters competing.  In addition to having an open powerlifting and bench championship, lifters will be representing their home States in competition for bragging rights and a Battle on the Border plaque that will be passed on from year to year to the State that wins.  North Carolina has beaten South Carolina and Virginia for three years in a row.    The Battle of the Border plaque with be determined by adding the top 2 powerlifting WILKS scores (1 lightweight and 1 heavyweight) along with the top bench press score.  We will do this for both the equipped and RAW categories for a total of 6 lifters to represent each State.

Registration is $45 for the Bench press competition and $50 for the full power meet.  This continues to be one of the best bargains going in powerlifting today!  Registration can be competed at the door, but for those who postmark their registration by March 1st, they will be given a free Battle on the Border T-shirt.  Due to the large number of lifters competing at last year's event, we had to increase the venue to a two platform meet.  With this being said, if we cannot find the appropriate help needed to run such a large meet, we may have to limit the number of lifters this year.  Get your entry in as early as you can to secure a spot in the meet.

The Battle on the Border will be awarding newly designed custom medals to all those who place 1st - 3rd at the meet and Best lifter trophies will be awarded to the best lifter of the bench press and full powerlifting divisions in both RAW and equipped categories.

As alluded to above, there will be a RAW division at the Battle on the Border and RAW records can now  be broken in both North and South Carolina.  

The Battle on the Border will once again be held at the Dowd YMCA in Charlotte, North Carolina on March 20th.  In the upcoming years, we hope to expand the meet across the border to Rock Hill, Greenville, or even Clemson, SC.  Sign up and experience a family friendly atmosphere and talk with and learn among some of the best lifters across the Carolinas.  Also, if anyone would be willing to help out with this event, please send me an email.  It would greatly be appreciated.

 

Let's get it on!!!  The USAPL Battle on the Border IV is the next big meet in the Carolinas.  The battle will once again be held at the Dowd YMCA in Charlotte, NC.  March 20, 2010 is the date of the contest and the first of the entry forms are already coming in!  This meet continues to grow larger and larger, and the quality of lifters continues to improve (check out the TOP 10 page).  Last year we welcomed over 100 lifters to represent their State and we look forward to having another large crowd this year!  North Carolina has taken the first three contests, however South Carolina has been closing the gap and there has been some noise coming from down south that this will be their year to take it.

 

Look for more updates as well as a roster as we continue to get closer to the date.  Train hard.

 

Look for the 2009 USAPL Battle on the Border results and the meet write-up in the August issue of Powerlifting USA magazine!  Click the images below to view...