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A few words from Steve Gardner:

A great day at the Southern Cup. Well done to Paul Barette for putting on a great competition.

19 lifters competed on the three disciplines: kneeling Press, the 2 x 2 inch Vertical Bars, and the 2 inch bar Straddle Deadlift.

Lots of records were set and broken, everyone lifted really well.

The Overall Champion of Champions was presented with the ‘Southern Cup’ trophy:

First: Josh Davidson

Second: Sam Bonar

Third: Beata Banas

The best junior title: Lara Bennett

The best open female: Kayliegh Lamb

The best female Master: Beata Banas

The best open male: Joshua Davidson

The best male Master: Paul Barette

Here are the full results:

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Here are the revised lifts for the British Disability Championships – 6th Sept, Port Talbot.

Trap Bar Deadlift has been changed in favour of the Deadlift in the the Seated and Standing Classes.

Please see below or find the fixture list by clicking here.

Promoter: Mark Haydock

Report by Steve Gardner:

A great day at the British Grip Championship at Preston today. Big thanks to Mark Haydock for promoting the event, and to all those who helped make it a success.

Great to see a nice mix of juniors seniors and masters and men women boys and girls all taking part.

When the four lifts were completed, the overall best lifter award ( the Karen Gardner Memorial shield) went to Josh Davidson , with Jamie Oates second and Emily Haydock third.

Best junior female.. Emily Haydock

Best Open female … Kayliegh Lamb

Best Masters Female … Clare Dolan

Best Male Junior … Leo Moss

Best Male Open .. Josh Davidson

Best Male Master … Paul Hallam

Overall Champion of Champions…. Josh Davidson

Well done to all, was another great competition for IAWA (uk)

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Refs: Gary Ell Matt Jones Paul Hallam Mark Haydock Steve Gardner
MC Announcer: Steve Gardner Recorder: Mark Haydock
Overall Champion of Champions – Winner of the Karen Gardner Memorial Trophy: Josh Davidson (2nd Place = Jamie Oates – 3rd Place = Emily Haydock)

Promoter, Steve Gardner is pleased announce details of the 2025 IAWA Gold Cup.

This page will be updated with further information as it becomes available.

Click here for the entry form in word format

Click here for the entry form in pdf format

Click here for the information sheet (word)

Click here for the information sheet (pdf)

Promoters Stevie Shanks and Steve Gardner are please announce details of the 2025 IAWA World Championships.

This page will be updated with further information as it becomes available.

Click here for the entry form in word format

Click here for the entry form in pdf format

Click here for the information sheet (word)

Click here for the information sheet (pdf)

IAWA(UK) General Secretary Paul Barette announces:

“I’m pleased to announce that Chloe Brennan and Jamie Oates who lift with Steve Gardner’s Powerhouse Team. Have passed the IAWA Referee Written Exam.

Chloe and Jamie will now embark on their minimum 12 month probation period gaining practical experience.

Well done to you both!”

Here are the Leg 6 Results and Final Placings for the year of the Bob Smith All-Round Postal League 2024.

The top 3 team placings for leg 6 were Powerhouse Phoenix1, Club 3B & MetamorFIT1.

The top 3 individual lifters for leg 6 were Chloe Brennan, Glenn Branch & Thomas Meakin.

The final rankings put the teams leader board as follows:

1st Powerhouse Phoenix1
2nd Club 3B
3rd MetamorFIT1

The final individual rankings as follows:

1st Josh Davidson
2nd Glenn Branch
3rd Sam Bonar

Congratulations to all the lifters, a great year for the league so thank you to everyone that has supported it.
Lastly, let us extend our thanks to Christopher Bass for collating all the entries, calculating the scores and confirming the records achieved!

Please note: Leg One Lifts for 2025 are…
Clean & Press on Knees, 2×2″ Vertical Bars, 2″ Bar Straddle and the Strict Curl (not Cheat Curl as previously noted on the results)

Click here for the full results.

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At the IAWA(UK) AGM held on Saturday 7th December, the 2025 Domestic Fixtures and Postal League Lifts were confirmed.

The committee expresses their thanks to the fixture list coordinator, Steve Gardner for his work in compiling an exciting schedule of events..

The committee also would like to recognise the hard work of all our promoters, who without their hard work and commitment we would not have these events to look forward to.

The fixtures list is now live on the website and can be found by clicking this link.

Here are the latest results of Bob Smith All-Round Postal League – Leg 5.

The top 3 lifters for this leg were Glenn Branch, Joshua Charles Davidson and Chloe Brennan.
The top 3 teams for this leg were Club 3B, Powerhouse Phoenix1 & MetamorFIT1.

With one more leg to go the year to date standing for teams is:
1st Powerhouse Phoenix 1 – 4594.7 points
2nd Club 3B – 4587.9 points
3rd MetamorFIT 1 – 4348.3 points

The year to date standing for lifters:
1st Joshua Charles Davidson – 1633.9 points
2nd Glenn Branch – 1562.3 points
3rd Sam Bonar 1500.3 points
Well done to everyone.

Many thanks to Christopher Bass for compiling the results and confirming the achieved records.

Click here for the full results

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Following the approval at the IAWA World Council meeting on 5th October 2024. The Disability Lifts, Old Time Strongman Lifts and the newly approved Duck Walk have been added to the IAWA(UK) & IAWA (International) Rule Book.

The rule book will always be available in the downloads section of the website, but if you do have a paper copy please update to the latest version.

Click here for the October 2024 Updated Rule Book (Word)

Click here for the October 2024 Updated Rule Book (PDF)