Phew! What a weekend!
We held our 2nd annual powerlifting meet, Montreal Earthquake, on Saturday March 5th. The set-up was a little different from last year; we held it right here in the gym so it was a little cozier this time round but everything went smoothly and I think the athletes and spectators had a great time.
Out of 11 lifters, 7 of them were ours so it made for a hectic day wrapping knees, coordinating warm-ups and choosing attempts, stressing and cheering! It was all-hands-on-deck; basically any member not lifting had a job - spotting, loading, score-keeping, video/photos, set-up/take-down, music, refreshments/snacks, bathroom tidying duty...the list goes on and on and on...
Huge thanks to Louis Levesque, JP Lachance and Francis Rousseau for judging. Janet Warne, Diana Burley and Eliane Jean for working the head-table (and especially to Eliane for being my slave all day Friday); Warren, Harv, Brendan, Sheila, Joyce and Mark for spotting and loading; Skinny Matt for taking videos of every lift (he's not so skinny anymore but 'Normal Matt' just doesn't have the same ring to it); Jen for music and a ton of other last-minute jobs; my parents for running errands, taking care of Otto for the day and delivering home-made muffins to all of us! I'm sure I must be forgetting someone.....
It's too hard to say what the lifting highlights were - there were so many novice lifters and they all made me so proud. Angie, Nancy, Gab, Little Nicky, Andreas, Nicolas and Samuel - you guys did a super job and I am looking forward to taking you all to Ste-Marie in June!
Full meet results here:
http://www.powerlifting.ca/prov/quebec/2011earthquake.php
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