Saturday Day #18

AMRAP Fitness will be hosting an Olympic Weightlifting competition on January 18th 2014. Cost $10 per athlete. This will also be a charity event and we will require each athlete to donate $15 towards the Children's Cancer Research Fund. ATTENTION  Competitors please report to AMRAP at 8am for registration and weigh ins… Have a check or cash for the $10 cost and have your donations made by Friday night. Donate here: http://ccrf.convio.net/site/TR?type=fr_tribute_fund&fr_id=1140&pxfid=7670&post_id=7760&bpg=rlist&pg=fund#p7761 This is a non-sanctioned event that is open to all local boxes and athletes looking to compete in an Olympic Weightlifting format competition. The event will consist of three lifting sessions with weight-class groupings in each. We are limiting the total competitors to 40. The session and classes will be women, lighter men (125-169) and heavier men (170 and up). Weigh-ins being conducted an hour before each lifting session will begin. The best lifter of each session (individual) and best TEAM of the meet will receive awards for their performance. The men's classes are: • 56 kg (123 lb) • 62 kg (137 lb) • 69 kg (152 lb) • 77 kg (170 lb) • 85 kg (187 lb) • 94 kg (207 lb) • 105 kg (231 lb) • and over 105 kg (231 lbs) And the women's are: • 48 kg (106 lb) • 53 kg (117 lb) • 58 kg (128 lb) • 63 kg (139 lb) • 69 kg (152 lb) • 75 kg (165 lb) • and over 75 kg (165 lbs) Format: the two lifts contested will be the snatch, and clean & jerk. Athletes are not allowed press out in any overhead portion of the lift, nor have any bodily limb other than the feet make contact with the floor. Each athlete will receive three (3) attempts in both lifts and their ranking per class will be based upon the total of their best two lifts. There will be three judges of which majority ruling determines each lift. Athletes must wait for the head judge to give the down signal before finishing a lift. The lifting platform is 4x4M, if an athlete goes beyond this boundary, the lift is disqualified. Coaches or athletes may make any request as to their next attempt, regardless of miss or make.