This year at the TX State Meet we will have a State meeting, similar to the the NGB meeting at the Open Men’s Nationals every year. A few of the things that we will discuss include, but is not limited to:
1. State Meet Bids- If you are interested in hosting the state meet for the coming year 2011, and 2012 and 2013. We would like for the state meet to grow, and be extremely successful and setting the date further in advance would help that.
2. Date of the State Meet – I would like to get people’s opinion on setting a better date for the state meet to optimize the majority of the membership.
3. Drug Testing- changes in policies, voice your concerns on current policies, a breakdown of #’s of drug tests in Texas.
4. Referee training- Renewing referee status, becoming a new referee, refresher courses to update referee skills.
5. The year in review – I will present a PowerPoint presentation highlighting what we have accomplished in the state of Texas over the past year.
6. Question and Answer session- this will be your opportunity to ask me the State Chair any questions, voice any concerns, and make suggestions or recommendations
If you have anything that you would like to add to the agenda please submit them before April 1st.
Posted 3 weeks, 2 days ago at 4:28 pm. Add a comment
The Aggie Invitational at Texas A&M was a big success. 35 lifters came out to participate, and several of them broke state records and even a few American records. This meet was a fundraiser the Aggie’s put on every year to raise funds for their trip to collegiate nationals, which is April 16-18th in beautiful Orlando, FL. The team qualified a few members for the championships at the Aggie Invite, as well as did other collegiate teams such as Sam Houston and UT. Overall it was a great meet and I look forward to the next one. Please see the Competition results page for all the details.
Christy Newman
Posted 3 weeks, 6 days ago at 5:16 pm. 3 comments
We will be offering the State Refree exam at the following meets. To qualify you must meet the minimum requirements.
1. Must be a minimum of 18 years of age.
2. Must be a current member of USAPL.
3. Must have the approval of the State Chair to take the test
4. Must have been actively involved for a minimum of one year in the sport of Powerlifting in any of the following categories: athlete, coach/trainer, scoring/announcing, table worker, or meet director.
The test is open book ( I will provide the book) and is given the night before. I start the test around 4:00-4:30. Please allow several hours to take the test. I will give a Drug Testing Presentation before the test, about 30 minutes. The practical is the next day during the meet, you will sit either with myself or another National level judge and call 34 squats, 34 bench presses, and 33 deadlifts. For this reason there must be enough people entered in the meet to get in the appropriate number of calls. Call and let me know if you would be intrested.
Judging is a great way to give back to the sport.
Febuary 6, 2010- 4 weeks, 5 days, 2 hours ago
Aggie Invitational - College Station, TX
Dustin Witte – (830) 534-8441
March 20, 2010 – in 1 week, 2 days, 7 hours
USAPL Military National Powerlifting & Bench Press Championships – San Antonio, TX
Willie Mastin
April 17, 2010 – in 5 weeks, 2 days, 7 hours
USAPL 2010 Texas State Powerlifting Championships - Arlington, Texas
Jim Yakubovsky – (817) 966-1906 - jimyak@mac.com
July 10, 2010 – in 17 weeks, 2 days, 7 hours
USAPL Summer Power Fest 2010 – Conroe, TX
Tony Cardella – (832) 326-6179 – powerlifter@goheavy.com
Check out the
USA Powerlifting website for more information on coming events outside the state of Texas.
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago at 3:37 pm. 1 comment
Do you have a talent for writing? Organizing Advertising? Fund Raising? Movie making? Web-page design? Graphic Design?
Do you have a few hours a week to donate your time and skills to USAPL Texas?
I’m looking to enhance our website through you.
Projects that I would love to get started.
Military Dedication page: We have probably the largest military component in the USAPL with Johny Graham and the Phantom warriors leading the way. I would love to have a page dedicated to our men and women that serve and lift iron here in Texas. I’m looking for someone to keep this page updated with pictures and article about our troops here locally and abroad. Writing skills and computer skills would be a plus.
I would like to start a “meet directors box” group. This group of people would be available to help meet directors with free logo design help, free web page design help, and able to help a meet director with the artistic portion of a powerlifting meet. The key word here is free help. I would like to encourage new meet directors in the state, and give them all the help they need to be a success.
Well those are a few off the top, look for many more projects to volunteer for here in the near future. Thank you to all the people that do volunteer and support this organization we couldn’t do it without you.
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago at 5:33 pm. Add a comment
Recently the USAPL Texas website was experiencing technical difficulties. We exceeded our bandwidth. Our CTO (Chief Technical Officer) Tony Cardella has had our bandwidth doubled so that hopefully this problem will not happen again. A combination of more foot traffic and the new pages being larger is what contributed to the problem. I hope that it is because we are getting more viewers. If the problem persists we may need to move to another server, but hopefully the site is now able to handle things. Thank you for patience.
Christy Newman
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago at 10:09 am. Add a comment
All here is the official entry form for the State Meet.
USAPL 2010 Texas State Powerlifting Championships Entry Form
Posted 3 months, 4 weeks ago at 12:00 am. 3 comments
USAPL Texas is proud to say that we sent 8 women, and 5 men to the 2009 IPF JR. and Sub-JR. Worlds in Brazil. They all did great and you can check out the results at http://www.powerlifting-ipf.com/World-Sub-Juniors-Juniors-Powe.253.0.html We will have more reports from the coaches and kids to come. Be sure and check out Adriana DaCosta’s account of the 2009 IPF Jr. Worlds in Brazil. It is a great perspective from the lifters point of view.
Christy Newman
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago at 5:32 pm. Add a comment
The Texas State Chair, Christy Newman, will be administering the USAPL State Referee Test at the 2009 USAPL Longhorn Open. The written exam will be given on Friday, November 13th with the practical following on Saturday, November 14th during the competition.
If you are interested in becoming a USAPL Referee, please contact Christy Newman.
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago at 11:28 am. Add a comment
The Longhorn Powerlifting Team will be hosting the 2009 USAPL Longhorn Open will be held November 14, 2009. The competition will be held at the University of Texas Recreation Sports Center in Austin, Texas. The meet is limited to the first 120 lifters. Make sure to get your entry in early if you would like compete!
2009 USAPL Longhorn Open Entry Form
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago at 11:22 am. 1 comment
Tony and I are working hard to come up with a new more user friendly web-page. I’m not the techy type but I have a lot of ideas and things I would like to accomplish. I have added pages and on the pages a hint of what I will be trying to bring to our new look. Even though its not quiet finished the look and feel is coming along keep those ideas and suggestions coming. There is much much more to come.
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago at 10:28 pm. Add a comment