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2026 All-Round Events Calendar?

It is only October, but I am looking forward to 2026. 2024.03.17 Colorado Spring Fling 2025.03.01 Colorado Single Arm Challenge 2025.04.05 USAWA Club Championship 2025.05.03 USAWA Grip Championship 2025.09.13 Colorado OTSM Classic 2025.11.08 High Country Vigour Cup 2025.12.20 USAWA Team Championship 2026.04.18 USAWA Grip Championship 2026.06.27 USAWA National Championship TBD High Country Vigour Challenge TBD High Country Vigour Cup TBD USAWA Team Championship 2027.11.06 IAWA Gold Cup TBD High Country Vigour Challenge TBD High Country Vigour Cup At a high level, I would like to sanction the cup event and a challenge every year.  Ideally, I would sanction a USAWA Championship Event (Grip, Club, Team Lift, Heavy Lift, OTSM) or IAWA Event (Gold Cup, World Championship) annually also. I think I am done with OTSM.  The Single Arm Challenge could serve as a template for future challenges in the spirit of Dino Gym Ideas for High Country Vigour Challenges-  Rex Monahan Challenge ...

2025 IAWA World Championship

Banner Meeting Jack Shanks Clean & Push Press Pullover & Press Straddle Deadlift One Arm Clean & Jerk Clean & Push Press 2" Vertical Bar Zercher Fun in the Stones "Garden" Very Impressive Team Lift (Dolores and June) I had the opportunity to travel to Belfast for the 2025 IAWA World Championship.  It was well attended: Ruby Meakin - NI - Junior Leo Moss - ENG - Junior Emily Haydock - ENG - Junior George Dutton - ENG - Junior Beata Banas - ENG (attended last year) Paul Barette - ENG (attended last year) Chloe Brennan - ENG (attended last year) Steve Sherwood - ENG (attended last year) Brandon Hazell-Hyland - ENG (attended last year) Denny Habecker - USA (attended last year) Natalie Voce - ENG (attended last year) David Angove - ENG (attended last year) Dolores McGuckin - NI - Incredibly strong powerlifter Sam Bonar - ENG (attended last year) Stanley Hamilton - NI - Grip sport athlete Joshua Davidson - ENG (attended last year) Sanjiv Gupta - USA (attended l...