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Denny Habecker, promoter of the 2026 IAWA World Championships is pleased to provide the following information and invites entries to this years’ event.

Saturday & Sunday October 3rd & 4th– IAWA World Championships

CLOSING DATE 2nd September 2026

Promoter: Denny Habecker Email: liftingliar@comcast.net

Venue: Acernus Crossfit, 440 South 9th Street(rear), Lebanon, PA. 17042 USA (click here for Google Map of venue)

Lifts: Day 1 – Hang Snatch(B3), Pullover & Push(B43), Clean & Press Behind Neck(B2), Ciavattone Deadlift(C13)

Lifts: Day 2 – One Hand Deadlift(C7), Pullover at Arms Length(E11) , 2×1″ Vertical Bars(F32)

The entry fee is $75 which includes a meet t-shirt

Click here for the entry form in word

Click here for the entry form in Pdf

Click here for the information sheet

Gary Ell, our Drug Control Officer, is pleased to report that the recent test conducted at the British Powerlifting Championships at Bionic Branch Barbell Club – Club3B returned a negative result!

Thank you to Gary and his assistants Josh, Chloe & Sam for their work in maintaining our Drug Control Policy!

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Here are Leg 2 results of the IAWA(UK) Bob Smith All-Round Postal League (with revisions).

The Top 3 Lifters this Leg were:

• Chloe Brennan
• Matt Johnson
• Josh Davidson

The Top 3 Team this leg were:

• Powerhouse Phoenix1
• Bionic Branch Barbell Club – Club3B1
• Powerhouse Phoenix2

Top 3 in the Aston Set:

• Chloe Brennan
• Matt Johnson
• Josh Davidson

Thank you to Christopher Bass for compiling the results and confirming the records achieved!

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Our Drug Control Officer, Gary Ell, is pleased to report that the recent test conducted at the Midlands All-Round Championship has returned a negative result!

We express our thanks to Gary and his assistants, Josh, Chloe & Sam for their work in maintaining our Drug Control Program!

content coming soon…

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From Paul Barette – IAWA(UK) Vice-President

“I’m pleased to confirm our newest provisional referees to be Jude Meakin & Dolores McGuckin from Northern Ireland, who have both passed the IAWA Referee Exam!”

Under the supervision of Stevie Shanks, Jude & Dolores will now embark on their 12 month probation period, gaining as much practical experience as possible.

Thank you to Steve Gardner for organising and invigilating the exams.

Congratulations Jude & Dolores! – Here they are in action at the 2025 World Championships!

Report by Steve Gardner:

Today was another golden day for All Round Lifting. Sadly we lost a couple of people but still had ten lifters on the platform. Although we were small in number the standard of the lifting displayed by all was just amazing with records falling all the way through, and a couple of the records that went were 30 years old.

Well done again to Chris Bass for putting the event on, everyone had an enjoyable day.

So refreshing to see young Emily and Leo Moss doing so well representing the junior ranks.
Great to have Pandora Holladay back on the platform looking very good and representing the ladies division with Emily and Chloe. Josh Davidson was his usual classy self in the open division, and the evergreen Steve Sherwood was on fire in the masters division along with Gary Ell, Paul Hallam and Mark Haydock.

The top three Overall Best Lifter champions of champions
Chloe Brennan
Mark Haydock
Josh Davidson

Click here for the full results

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