Powerlifting News
Welcome to the Melbourne University Weightlifting & Powerlifting Club (MUWPC) website. Here you will find the latest news and information about the Club and the sport of powerlifting.
Global One Challenge Report
June 13, 2009
Vegies, Vegies, Vegies everywhere! The beginners contest at new gym Global One saw the gathering of no less than four of the world’s rarest creatures – Vegetarian Powerlifters! – in one place. What’s more, head of the Patch Noah Hannibal won Best Lifter! Noah totalled an improved 600kg, including a big 170kg bench and a slightly dubious 230kg deadlift.
Joel Kirkilis squatting
The other three of the beltless (no leather) four included newcomer Joel Kirkilis. Near-crippled by a background in bodybuilding, Joel began his journey into the light with a promising 500kg total. Luke-spawn Andrew Clark was surprisingly together on seven successful attempts, whilst tardy trainee Patrick Virtue was unsurprisingly untogether in a battling 4-success 307½ kg. Read the rest of this entry »
Competition Results
April 8, 2009
Fifteen lifters, 14 Personal Best totals and one Disaster. That was the score for Melbourne University at the Australian Junior Championships and Intervarsity on April 4th.
Best lifters for us were, firstly, Con Barbakos, who improved an overdue 40kg with 790kg at 125 and set three club records (Squat 290kg, Bench 220kg and Total). Just behind him in that class was Luke Bainbridge, who broke the one record Con missed with Deadlift 293.5kg. To confuse things even more Luke broke Con’s old Australian Junior Records for Total and Deadlift! The other worldly Chung Wai mystified again, breaking the Australian Junior Total record with 553.5kg, not that Chung would know, and setting a 137.5kg Bench Press club record.
Chung Wai on the bench
Next top performances came from Chris Seville, 9 out of 9 attempts for another 40kg jump, with more to come at the Australian Championships. Also with a top performance former Club Bad Boy Neville Harris celebrated his return to the fold with a best of 670kg at 75kg, many years after he first breached those dizzy heights. Read the rest of this entry »
Welcome
March 25, 2009
Welcome to the new Melbourne University Weightlifting & Powerlifting Club website. Here you will find the latest news and information about the Club and the sport of powerlifting.