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Followup on questionaire

Posted by allan siegel on June 13, 2010, 3:13 pm
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The questionaire is now closed for response.

An overwhelming majority of our members feel strongly that we should remain as just a belt (as was voted on at last years Nationals) and that we should not run a World Championship at this time.

There were several additional items which did not get much support, so they will not be considered at this time.

Items that did get a majority of yes votes included our having the following awards:

Lifter of the Year (large majority)
Lifter of the Decade (close vote, but majority)
Member of the Decade (large majority)

Criteria for these awards must be established and we should start making for nominations or recommendations.

Loads of meet results are posted on our web site for most of the past ten years.

Do some homework and let's hear from you soon as Nationals are just two months away.

Train Hard.

Al

Some Homework

Posted by Jackson Lee on June 14, 2010, 12:15 am, in reply to "Followup on questionaire"
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Originally posted by Allan Siegel on October 24, 2009, 1:07 pm
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Some notable names with multi-national titles in the first 10 years of ADAU competition:

Ramon Cruz.....7 open 1sts, 1 open 2nd, 8 master 1sts

Joe Braca......4 open 1sts

Dennis Raybuck....4 open 1sts, 2 open 2nds

Jackson Lee......4 open 1sts, 1 open 3rd

Benita Steffan....4 open 1sts, 4 master 1sts

Adrianne Zimmerman......7 youth 1sts

Bugs Bayer.....1 open 1st, 6 master 1sts

Allan Siegel.....6 master 1sts

Several lifters with 2 open 1sts...Lenny Creatura, Joe Martucci.

This is just to get some facts into the nominations......if I did my homework correctly.

Re: Some Homework

Posted by Ronald W. Jeffery on June 18, 2010, 7:12 am, in reply to "Some Homework"
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I was going over some contest results recently and discovered something missing. None of the names of the spotters/loaders or judges was on the results sheet. The work that they do should be acknoledged, also. It's probably too late, but I think they should be considered for an award for the work they do.

Spotters

Posted by Jackson Lee on June 18, 2010, 11:34 am, in reply to "Re: Some Homework"
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Of the three lifts, the squat is the only one that makes me nervous. A few years back I was competing at one of Big Al's meets in Bigler. Before the meet started one of the spotters (Bear) walked over to me and out of the blue said, "I'll be spotting you today, don't worry about anything I gotcha covered". I had never had a spotter approach me and say that before, but it made me feel like this guy took his job seriously. And if you watch any of the videos of the spotters at the Bigler meets, THEY TAKE THEIR JOB SERIOUSLY.

At one of my meets I eventually had to come from behind the microphone and spot some of the big lifts because I just didn't feel confident with the spotters that had been provided.

Being a spotter is a thankless but VERY important job.

To anyone who has ever spotted me (especially Bear), Good Looking Out !

Re: Spotters

Posted by allan siegel; on June 18, 2010, 11:48 am, in reply to "Spotters"
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Bear is one of the best..........

If you have followed my meets for the past 30 years, you will note that Dave Yoder and Mike "Bear" Norris have been to everyone as spotter loaders.

"Bear spotted for at least one of Joe Pyra's meets
in New Jersey. I loaned him one of our cars and he and another spotter came down to Disney World to spot at my World Championship meet back in the 90's.

The DWC has the best spotters in the business and we reward them at every meet, with food, drinks and shirts and CASH. We also go out to eat after the meet. We could not function without Dave, Bear and Jay and Bill, who also help out at all meets.

Re: Spotters

Posted by Baptist on June 18, 2010, 7:13 pm, in reply to "Re: Spotters"
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Uncle Al at the nationals Iam going to see what i can do for the spotters and lifters. I will let you know in the next few weeks

Re: Spotters

Posted by allan siegel on June 18, 2010, 7:34 pm, in reply to "Re: Spotters"
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You better have good spotters, because I'm planning on monsterous numbers (for an old invalid).

Al

Re: Spotters

Posted by Baptist on June 20, 2010, 11:16 am, in reply to "Re: Spotters"
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Uncle Al i will spot you myself!

Re: Spotters

Posted by allan siegel on June 20, 2010, 1:13 pm, in reply to "Re: Spotters"
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Great....just knowing you're there should make me come up with it.

Will you give me a lift off in the deadlift?

Re: Spotters

Posted by Baptist on June 21, 2010, 6:06 pm, in reply to "Re: Spotters"
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That should make you lift a lot harder and i can give you a lift off on the dead i will stand behind you and jack it up!

Re: Spotters

Posted by allan siegel on June 21, 2010, 6:24 pm, in reply to "Re: Spotters"
Message modified by board administrator June 21, 2010, 11:33 pm

Just remember, we can't use magnets.

Re: Spotters

Posted by Baptist on June 22, 2010, 5:16 pm, in reply to "Re: Spotters"
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WHY NOT IT IS LEGAL

Re: Spotters

Posted by allan siegel on June 22, 2010, 6:55 pm, in reply to "Re: Spotters"
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With the metal and computer parts inside my body, I could explode, or at best, get stuck to the magnet.

Re: Spotters

Posted by BAPTIST on June 23, 2010, 6:17 pm, in reply to "Re: Spotters"
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UNCLE AL OUT THE MAGNETS ABOVE YOUR HEAD FOR THE DEADLIFT THAT WAY YOU BE LOCKED OUT!

Re: Spotters

Posted by Jim Alicardi on June 19, 2010, 3:25 pm, in reply to "Re: Spotters"
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I have to agree. Al your crew is great! I feel so comfortable at your meets because I know they have me covered. Great job you guys!!!!

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