The full IPF Munster Open 2017 Results are now available. Summary results are published below and a full recap is available in a post in the IrishPF Discussion Group on Facebook. -- Best Lifters -- Female: Stephanie Gleeson with 392.60 Wilks from a 400kg total @ 71.4kg. Male: Jonathan Mark Akagha with 435.38 Wilks from a 647.5kg total @ 82kg. -- Female -- -52kg: Klara Moylan - 235kg @ 52kg -57kg: Sarah Flynn (KJ Powerlifting Club) - 297.5kg @ 55.2kg -63kg: Abi Cronin - 330kg @ … [Read more...]
Ticket Update for May Open & University Championships
Hey lifters, Firstly, apologies to those of you who took time out of your day to purchase tickets to the May Open or University Championships and weren't able to. That's our fault and we apologise for wasting your time. What happened? We had previously experienced performance problems with the site during the Leinster Open ticket sales however we upgraded the site's resources (within the limited constraints of out current host) and things had gone much smoother during the Munster Open, … [Read more...]
The IPF Regional Championships 2017
One of the IPF's primary goals is the development of lifters from first-time novices to international-level athletes. As we reviewed 2016 we noticed that we were lacking a truly prestigious intermediate-level championships for lifters who are comfortable on the platform but not quite at national or international level yet. Our national and international level athletes had Worlds, Nationals, and All Irelands to focus on and we ran several successful Opens (Boyneside, Athlone, RevFit) for … [Read more...]
IPF Munster Open 2017 Entry List
The Entry List and Flight Splits for the IPF Munster Open 2017 are now available. Please see below. Visit the IPF Munster Open 2017 – Athlete Information page for more detailed information. … [Read more...]
Why is there an Entrance Fee to the Saturday of the Leinster Open?
The IPF Leinster Open 2017 on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of January is the IPF's first event of the year and also the first event in our short history that we've split across two venues. We were offered the opportunity to host the Saturday of the Leinster Open at the National Show Centre in Swords, Dublin (twenty minutes away from The ABS Gym) alongside the CrossFit Celtic Cup 2017 with 160 teams competing in a knock-out tournament and the OLY Clothing 'Clang & Bang' Team Weightlifting … [Read more...]
IPF Leinster Open 2017 Entry List
The Entry List and Flight Splits for the IPF Leinster Open 2017 are now available. Please see below. … [Read more...]
Ulster Open 2017 Ticket Announcement
Tickets for the Irish Powerlifting Federation's Ulster Open 2017 will go on sale at 12:00 Irish time on Friday December 16th 2017. The Calendar has been updated and you can bookmark the Ulster Open 2017 product page to be ready to purchase your entry ASAP on Friday. … [Read more...]
Building For The Future
The new calendar and regional set up will open up more spots for newer lifters to join the IPF in 2017. In addition more competitions have been added to the calender with double the admin staff to help run them. National squad members are not required to compete at regional level which will also open up a further 25-30 places, the equivalent to half a competition. We also plan to hold our first full day referees exam this year which will give the federation an extra 20 referees (if they pass) … [Read more...]
Athlete Sponsor Form.
The Irish Powerlifting Federation national team will be competing at the IPF world championship in Texas. A team of 20 lifters age between 17 to 40 have been selected to represent our nation for the first time in over a decade. Powerlifting is currently waiting approval from the Olympic committee and was recently accepted to the World mini games and commonwealth games both major factors fro IOC approval. Due the this reason we do not have the funding to pay for our national squad to … [Read more...]
Venue Application
All venue applications will be reviewed by the IrishPF committee and will be considered for all future events. The IrishPF will supply the following equipment at all IrishPF events. 450kg Competition Plates IPF approved competition rack x 2 Projector Scoring Lights Software to run meet Calibrated scales Referees A PDF will be circulated listing all the expectations and items required by the promotors. We look forward to your application. IrishPF … [Read more...]