2012 Events
Next Comp – BPF British Championships 11/08/12
BPO British Championships 22/04/12
Sean Harrison 100kg M1 Bench Only
2nd Place – Bench 190kg
BPF English Championships 18/03/12
Adam Beniston Mens U/67.5kg Equipped Powerlifting
1st Place – squat 150kg Bench 75kg Deadlift 150kg Total 375kg
Phil Beniston 90kg M2 Unequipped Powerlifting
1st Place – Squat 210kg Bench 155kg Deadlift 240kg Total 605kg
Paul Fraine 90kg M1 Equipped Bench Only
1st Place – Bench 130kg
GBPF North Midlands
The first powerlifting competition of 2012 was the GBPF North Midlands Championships, which Adam Beniston lifted in (at the very last moment, he entered on the morning of the meet).
He won his class (the Mens U74kg) with Squat 120kg, Bench 70kg, and Deadlift 162.5kg for 352.5kg total. Not a bad warm up for the English, well done!
Next up is the BPF/GPC English Championships in Birmingham, lifting from Cobra clubs will be Phil Beniston (Unequipped Powerlifting), Adam Beniston (Equipped Powerlifting), and Paul Frain (Equipped Bench Press), we will post the results here after the competition which is on 18th March.
WPF World Powerlifting Championships
Palm Beach, USA 8-13/11/2011
Phil Beniston travelled to Palm Beach to lift in the World Powerlifting Championships, winning the 82.5kg class with 250kg-172.5kg-250kg for 672.5kg total, he missed all his 3rd attempts, but still beat US Champion Tim O’Brien in to 2nd place, (3rd Place went to Prince Kennedy Nwampka of Nigeria). following this he weighed in fully clothed to move up to the 90kg class to compete against Russian Champion Valery Poryadin, beating him on the Bench and Deadlift to pick up two more World Titles. Great Britain won the Team event on the Deadlift too, coming second in the Bench Press and 3rd in the Powerlifting (Phil was on all three teams).
Chief Instructor Master Phil Beniston is a Strength Athlete and has been Many times World Champion in the sport of Powerlifting, and its associated competitions, including Bench Press and Deadlifting Championships. He coaches several upcoming lifters including some who also practice Martial Arts, including East Coast Martial Arts Chief Instructor Adam Beniston, and several other members from ECMA. Adam has previously been the Junior English Powerlifting Champion, and has just started competing again, he will be lifting in the UK Powerlifting Championships in September 2011, along with Cobra Instructor Sean Harrison, and senior student Paul Fraine, and Phil will be coaching them as well as lifting himself.
Later in the year Phil will be competing in the WPF World Championships in Palm Beach, USA, and several lifters will be competing in the North Midlands Championships, and at the East Coast Open Competition being held at the ECMA full time centre. Results will be published here at the end of each competition.
BPO UK Championships 11/09/2011
Adam Beniston 67.5kg Open Powerlifting 1st Place
Squat 140kg – Bench Press 70kg – Deadlift 160kg – Total 370kg
Phil Beniston 90kg M2 Powerlifting 1st Place
Squat 260kg – Bench Press 182.5kg – Deadlift 255kg – Total 697.5kg
Aaron Myers 125kg Open Powerlifting 1st Place
Squat 170kg – Bench Press 160kg – Deadlift 220kg – Total 550kg
Paul Fraine 90kg M1 Bench Press 1st Place
140kg
Phil Beniston 90kg M2 Bench Press 1st Place
182.5kg
Sean Harrison 100kg M1 Bench Press 1st Place
180kg
