The PTC Perth team spent Saturday arranging the gym into it's competition layout and then on the Sunday welcomed 30 lifters along with at least 40 spectators at any one time watching the action. Also great to see The room was packed nicely and a fantastic vibe for the mostly first time lifters who had the crowd a metre from the platform. Of course coffee and a barbecue ran throughout the day to keep spectators and lifters well fueled!
The event was well staffed by the PTC Perth crew with Daz, big Mike, Yianni and Darwin spotting and loading at various times. Also Gary Bone dropped in to help lift off the benches and great to see guys from Muscle Pit pop down as well. Paul Rucci controlled the event as head judge with Dan and Aaron running things smoothly across the day. In fact it went so well we pushed through 30 lifters in 4.5 hours: that's how well the organisation was on the day!
Of course no powerlifting event is complete anymore without Australia's greatest ever lifter Adam Coe on the microphone. The legend of Australian lifting adds value to any event with his anecdotes and commentary. It was great for this newbie to spend a couple of minutes after the event picking his brain on powerlifting in general and he is always generous with his time giving back to the sport.
There were 2 flights of 15 lifters with some fantastic lifting from the men and women. Peter Parsons from Muscle Pit took out the mens honours while Inez Idriyani put up a fantastic total in the woman's (and could probably have one a bodybuilding call out on the day as well given she was in great shape!).
A couple of pics from the day follow, though I had intentions of taking many more but spent the day doing my bit locked into the scorers table with Dani.
Below is the great man on the mic with Daz and Mike from PTC Perth in the wings.
Bench well underway....
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Below is a shot from the presentations with the the top two in mens and women with the PTC Perth owners and Adam Coe. Reminder to self never to compare quads with Inez anytime soon as she looks to have most of the lads covered with some amazing quads! Her total was only 30kg's roughly from the winning totals at Nats so lets hope she continues in the sport given her obvious talent.
Check out the link for full results http://www.ptcperth.com.au/competition-results?id=8
Overall a great day and as I keep saying I am pretty fortunate to have taken this sport up in the last year at a time when GPC are putting on some great shows and powerlifting overall is moving forward. The challenge now is to continue to refine the great product and events such as this do wonders for exposing powerlifting to more regular gym users who might not have ever considered lifting!
Stay Strong
Thomo
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