2023 Winter Lift-Off and University Qualifier

3500 Scotts Lane,Philadelphia PA 19129

28 January, 2023

Description

WELCOME to the 2023 Winter Lift-Off! This Meet is a sanctioned USA Weightlifting meet in East Falls, Philadelphia. This event will be a small meet to help with qualify for universities or the Arnold. We will be running four sessions only so we are only selling a hand full of tickets. Tickets are listed as Open Division which means all lifters will be entered into senior division weight classes. This means your athlete will be listed as such but please note that this does not change your total registered with USAW - this is based on your age division. Youth / Novice Junior / will all lift Saturday. Schedule: The final schedule will be posted closer to the event but we will be running four sessions starting with the Females for session one (1) and three (3), males for sessions two (2) and (4) Medals awarded by session based on Robi. This is a great meet for novice lifters as well and will be a great experience for you and your coach. We also make possible to handle yourself fairly easily. **We reserve the right to close individual sessions and/ or change times of sessions as we deem necessary to run a successful meet at any time. Venue: * local meet With national competition feel * designated warm up area with no spectator access * low lifter to warm up platform ratio (9+ warm up platforms) * screen in warm up area with session start list to limit coach and athlete separation * electronic light system for judges *Each athlete can bring two support persons to the event at no charge and have them in the back with you. Entrance fee will be collected for spectators. *There are no refunds for this event so please be sure you can attend before you sign up. Tickets are transferable! Apparel: A weightlifting singlet is required for all lifters (except novice lifters). Novice Lifters can use tight spandex shorts and a tight fitting collarless t-shirt instead of a singlet. Here are the official guidelines: http://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2015/01/141231-IWF-Guideline-for-Outfit.pdf A valid USA Weightlifting membership is required to compete in this meet . If you don’t have a USAW membership yet you can get one here: https://usaweightlifting.sport80.com/register/membership?id_add_on=830