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ProRaw......its official

any more lifters and i might need to invest in some of these to keep me going through the day lol
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Well, I know of at least the following lifters that will compete

Fat Dave
Dim
Adam
Brendan plus a couple of mates
8-10 from Albury

That will take it to 45

There are some out there who will sign up at the last minute

Currently the plan is

80kg - squat
95kg squat
80kg bench
95kg bench
80kg dead
95kg dead

110kg squat
110kg+ squat
110kg bench
110kg+ bench
110kg dead
110kg+ dead

Each flight will consist of a weight class.

This may change. It will depend on the mix of lifters on the day

It may end up that the flights are split up

women + 80kg
95kg
110kg + 110kg+

I honestly wont know till the day
 
exciting news on the numbers Markos...

I imagine there will only be a handfull of lifters in the two heavier classes so you can probably combine them into the one flight, but as you say you wont know until the day.
 
110+ is the only way to be. Also I just spent the best part of 2 hours driving round melbourne to find apollo. Found it, only to find it closed. Apparently ESP moved to a private warehouse and is only open for group sessions.
 
Markos I'd like to but I'm with the girlfriend and her family. It's already hard enough to explain why I need 2hrs in the gym let alone an hours drive each way.
 
This is an educated guess


ProRaw Powerlifting Members

#00 - Nick Rankin - Vic - 110
#1 - Jeremy Lewis - Canberra - 110
#2 - Michael Mitchell - Qld - 80
#3 - Graeme Cross - Vic
#4 - Alen Pezerovic - Vic - 95
#5 - Sean Gallagher - Vic
#6 - Michael Brook - Qld - 80
#7 - Mitch Munro - NT - 110
#8 - Paul Rucci - WA - 95
#9 - Gawain Johnstone - Vic - 110+
#10 - Max Markopoulos - Vic - 80
#11 - Luke Russell - Vic - 95
#12 - Jack Pollard - Vic - 110+
#13 - Blake Hanson - Canberra - 80
#14 - Sussy Kollen - Vic
#15 - Johnathon Nichols - Vic - 95
#16 - Stephen Ramsey - WA - 80
#17 - James Thompson - Vic - 110
#18 - Alex Fergus - NSW - 95
#19 - Jeremy Buchanek - Vic - 95
#20 - Gareth Anderson - Vic - 80
#21 - Ryan Flavin - Vic - 95
#22 - John Sheridan - Canberra - 110+
#23 - Nathan Jones - Canberra - 110
#24 - Gregg Gordon - Vic - 110
#25 - Dijon Gordon - Vic - 95
#26 - Rhett Spilkin - Vic - 95
#27 - Matt Middleton - Canberra - 95
#28 - Ann Riley - Vic
#56 - Tudor Sava - Vic - 95
#86 - Ronnie Chau - Vic - 95
 
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Sherro said:
Markos I'd like to but I'm with the girlfriend and her family. It's already hard enough to explain why I need 2hrs in the gym let alone an hours drive each way.
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Beach is across the street, shopping 100m away, its not like Apollos location

3 pubs 50m away
 
Just got back from Apollo. Sweet gym but all the EFS gear I wanted to play with has been moved to a private warehouse. Training with the ESP guys for max effort squats monday. Can't wait.
 
Sherro said:
Just got back from Apollo. Sweet gym but all the EFS gear I wanted to play with has been moved to a private warehouse. Training with the ESP guys for max effort squats monday. Can't wait.
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I thought they had moved to a differenet place acouple of years ago - will be great bro - make sure to take heaps of pics - chuck them up on the PowerSports FB!
 
Im officialy out of pro raw one... no chance of being even 90% fit for it and im not going to compete under done as i have done the last comp and risk injury.

Good luck all ill cyas at number 2.
 
Pay on the day, some have already paid, its optional

So sorry to hear you will miss the first

Best come ready for the second
 
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I thought they had moved to a differenet place acouple of years ago - will be great bro - make sure to take heaps of pics - chuck them up on the PowerSports FB!
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Sorry- I haven't kept up on this thread. Just catching up with some details:
Dave Park lives in Tassie. He is on facebook- thats probably the best place to contact him. He is a freak of nature. Very big- incredibly strong raw or equipped. I have trained with him a few times- amazing strength.
His 415 squat was at a comp at ESP under the OPO banner.

A couple of years back Apollo gym became the more commercial gym when they created a new extension named ESP- this is a strength specialist facility. Last year around June/July they expanded further relocating ESP to a large warehouse space and adding more equipment. There is no other space like it in Australia. Something like 800kg of competition ivanko plates- another 800 or so ivanko bumpers, 3 monolifts, competition benches- more power racks and machines that I can name my memory- but they have westside barbell and EFTS custom made stuff- like a back attack, belt squat, power squat etc etc.
They train powerlifters etc- but also Collingwood Football, Melb Storm- the Malaysia cycling team, many VIS athletes and more.

I spoke to MG saturday, didn't get the feeling that anyone was doing pro raw. They have some strong guys- some strong raw lifters as well, but I think they are aiming for other meets. They knew about it- but no one I spoke to was considering it.

I train mostly in my shed in my backyard- I haven't trained at ESP/Apollo since June 2010- but I catch up with Shaun, Marty, Chuck and some of the others a few times a month.
 
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Some ESP guys who compete- off the top of my head:
Chuck- CAPO/OPO (does around 800 @90
Shaun- CAPO (biggest bencher ever in Oz)
Marty- CAPO/OPO (has done over 900)
Glenn- CAPO (newish lifter- deadlifts over 250@100)
Portelli- only really does pro bench/OPO (does around mid800s)
Kirby- CAPO/OPO (230 bench@90)
Buff- PA (high 700s @95)
Dave Tran-Cong- PA (junior Oz record holder for bench- 190@ just over 82)
Vicki O'Brien- PA (one of Oz top female lifters- silver at world masters)
Jason Spear- PA (220 bench, high 700s total)
Clint- I believe is about to do PA raw (has squatted and deadlifted around 300@100)
 
Matt Middleton has just joined ProRaw....now its a party.

ProRaw Powerlifting Members

#00 - Nick Rankin - Vic
#1 - Jeremy Lewis - Canberra
#2 - Michael Mitchell - Qld
#3 - Graeme Cross - Vic
#4 - Alen Pezerovic - Vic
#5 - Sean Gallagher - Vic
#6 - Michael Brook - Qld
#7 - Mitch Munro - NT
#8 - Paul Rucci - WA
#9 - Gawain Johnstone - Vic
#10 - Max Markopoulos - Vic
#11 - Luke Russell - Vic
#12 - Jack Pollard - Vic
#13 - Blake Hanson - Canberra
#14 - Sussy Kollen - Vic
#15 - Johnathon Nichols - Vic
#16 - Stephen Ramsey - WA
#17 - James Thompson - Vic
#18 - Alex Fergus - NSW
#19 - Jeremy Buchanek - Vic
#20 - Gareth Anderson - Vic
#21 - Ryan Flavin - Vic
#22 - John Sheridan - Canberra
#23 - Nathan Jones - Canberra
#24 - Gregg Gordon - Vic
#25 - Dijon Gordon - Vic
#26 - Rhett Spilkin - Vic
#27 - Matt Middleton - Canberra
#28 - Ann Riley - Vic
#56 - Tudor Sava - Vic
#86 - Ronnie Chau - Vic
 
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