World Powerlifting Championship Feb 11th Raleigh

[bossman]

This meet was a big success with tremendous competition and huge numbers for the 1 day meet. We have out grown the small gym facilities for our big meets as we found out at this meet. The only down fall was overcrowding where the spectators had difficulty watching. We have decided that from now on we will hold the National and World Championships at larger venues such as Civic Centers or Function rooms or Ball Rooms.

Our Federation made history with Big Nick Minetti hitting a 2100lb TOTAL RAW & DRUG FREE. He was pushed every step of the way with the 1 and only Beau Moore on his heals. This meet saw many records broken in all lifts and all weight classes. We had competitors from Massachusetts to Florida out to Chicago and every where in between.

The results will be ready to be posted by the weekend. I am just waiting to get the results back from the Drug Tests before I make any posts. We tested 20 lifters which is over 20% of the meet. The World Bench meet had 25 lifters tested and all were clean and we are hoping we had the same results with this meet. Over the past few years we always seemed to find a few lifters test positive for banned substances but I think the word has spread that we test and the druggies are staying home.

I wanted to say a big thank you to our Judges and spotters. The judges were Ed Brooks, William Hawkins, Donnie Kieffer, Dave Lhota, Mathew Wilson, Keith Payne, James Lopes. And the spotters were Keith Groves, Andrew Smith, Matt Wilson, Shawn Lyte and I know there were more but I need to find out the names from Will Lynch as he set up the loader spotter help. I will refresh this post tomorrow to include their names of the people I may have forgot.

Thank you to our wonderful platform managers Charlie Barley and Jeremy Wright for their 1st class job making this meet run very smooth.

Thank you to the wonderful table help of Sabrina Lhota, Dianne Perry, Cheri Grant and Shawn Lyte.

I would like to thank Gary Couch for his expertise as an EMT in helping with 2 of our lifters who were injured. The doctors at the hospital said Gary made a very good split that helped relieve any further injury or pain.

If you were there please make a post and let us know what you thought of the meet. I feel confident that we might have a front cover to powerlifting USA magazine with Nick's 2100lb total. I do not want to over shawdow anyone becaue there were so many quality lifters at this meet each winner deserved the title of a true World Champion.

Paul Bossi
President
100% RAW Powerlifitng Federation

[3speed]

I am glad to say that I was there. I was sick and had an off day but I got to witness history being made - awesome job Nick . Having said that, I don't want to forget the numerous other records and PR's set as well. I enjoy watching a 114 pounder set a new PR just as much as I enjoy watching a monster like Nick. That's what the meets are all about. Kudos as well to Bossman and all the judges, spotters, loaders, and miscellaneous facilitators. It was a smooth meet with consistent judging - quite an accomplishment with almost 100 lifters.
My heart goes out to our injured fellow warriors. You and your families are in my thoughts and prayers. We sometimes take what we do for granted because we do it so often. Those two injuries were a solemn reminder that the sport we love can be a very dangerous one. It also proves that the loaders/spotters are the true heroes of any meet.
To all the new friends I made, I look forward to seeing you again at the Nationals ;D.
NO EXCUSES

[Nick Minneti]

Wow! How I love to lift RAW!

I know Beau had a lot more in him that day and the numbers don't show how close it really was. Beau Moore is powerful man, a generous competitor and it was a pleasure to share the day with him.

Paul, thanks for a great meet. Under the circumstances (crimey, it was a tad crowded, eh?) the meet went quite well, considering the volume of lifters that stepped across those two platforms. I had a meet of a lifetime and hitting 2100 has only been a goal since I was able to break 2000 at the 100% Raw Nationals in Charlottesville less than two years ago. It's great to see how much the fed has grown since then. It's obvious why -- Powerlifting is so much more fun without the gear, not to mention more relative to the spectators!

With the 100% Raw Fed, we can always count on stern and consistent judging and some of the finest awards in the game. The weight class trophy was fantastic and the best lifter awards and best total belts were simply awesome.

Prayers to those two guys who were hurt and kudos to the spotters that helped make sure nothing else happened after the injury. With that weight flying around, it's easy to have an injury cause another. Those spotters made sure that didn't happen.

Great job all day to your staff. Sorry my last name was such a bugger for your announcer, too. The poor girl tripped all over it a couple times! I kept meaning to coach her on how to say it -- "It rhymes with spaghetti", but I was too busy with my lifting. Those ethnic names will get you every time!

Thanks again -- I'll see you all again soon!

[dopar66]

I know, I know, I already made a great big, long post about the meet. I still feel obligated to say what an honor and privelege it is to be a part of such a great fed. Nick, getting to see you and Beau go head to head was nothing less than awe inspiring! 3Speed, in spite of everything, you still put up some great numbers! Paul, Bud, all, I can only say that Nick and 3Speed worded the appreciation for what yall do so much better than what I could. The noise and crowd really helped hype me up, so bumping into folks was just a minor distraction.

I'm tickled to be a part of 100% RAW!

God Bless.
Doug P.

[Deleted]

Whar are the 220lb class lifting? I am a 22o lifter and do not want to embarass myself. I can squat 575, bench 315 and deadlift 600 is this good for the open class?

Chad

[dopar66]

Hey, Chadwick. I've said this before but it bears repeating: There ain't no embarassment in this federation! ESPECIALLY with those kind of numbers! If you go to www.rawpowerlifting.com and look up the meet results, you'll see just how competitive those kind of lifts are.
When you go to one of our meets, one thing I feel is true across the board is that everyone is extremely supportive, helpful, and friendly. Sure, nobody competes to lose, but there's no animosity or dirty dealing whatsoever. I feel like I can speak for pretty much every lifter I've met when I say to a person everyone in this fed can truly appreciate the hard work and dedication you put in to lift RAW!

Welcome aboard.
God Bless.
Doug P.

[Raw Strength]

Looking for the results from Feb. 11th, any idea when they will be posted?