GBPF North West Powerlifting Championships 2009

It was a great occasion, really enjoyed it and it was a good atmosphere. The young lad (17 ish) was really impressive to watch... forgot his name (sorry) but he went well, cracking pulling at the end for him too !

Mark was really impressive, not just the strength but his strict form on all of the lifts... good stuff indeed !!

Don't think he's looking to pack the Strongman stuff in any time soon, I think it's a case of do them both for a spell and see what happens.

A super day's lifting, really enjoyed it, well done to all the lifters for a great day. Gutted for Paul bombing on bench but big kudos to him for carrying on and getting a deadlift pb, and well done to the other 4 of 'my' lads who all did themselves proud.

I think jake was 100kg moz

I was 96.9 kg, thats practically 90. Thanks moz, and thanks andy, you were a big help today with warm ups and straps and all the usual bits.

Thanks to NW (i.e Bryn and jim) nice friendly atmosphere and a nice turn out of spectators who were all very vocal in there support, it may be a small venue, but it was packed out.

felix deadlift best lift ive seen in a while smooth as f**k well done

The young man with the big bench is Liam Mc Guiness, not sure of the spelling to his second name , it was his first comp. so he is defo one for the future

Impressive bencher for sure, I couldn't believe he jumped the gun on his second bench after missing the referees command 1st attempt. Barrie Nelson would have given him a right old bollocking if he was still here.

congrats on running a great comp. Mr Evans

Goood Lifting Today and good food from the lady behind reception....not the best day for me but il be back next time!

hey that deadlift was SMOOTH! HOLY F!

Any other vids from the day?

Great, well put together competition. Well done to everyone involved - the refs, loaders, scoreboard, ladies behind the desk - faultless.

Too many good lifters to go through them all but Jake, Tom, Joe lookng really strong, and Moz doing a big bench.

Two British junior records from Chris and Liam and Mr Felix's big pull right at the end - all bodes well for North West GBPF.

Ste Turner spoke to me but I'll need a few more years up here to even begin to guess at what he was talking about.

It was probably about a leather jacket...

How did Pascal get on? I missed all the 90s and 100s coz I was warming up..

My understanding is that he's been a member of GBPF all year, so has been available for ooc testing, plus it's been known for some time that he was entering the NW in December.