T.C. Newsletter (NO5 2004)

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE NEWSLETTER NO 5 2004

Proposals to Rules Congress 2004

Now that June is through and the requested deadline for proposals to Congress has passed, herewith are proposals accepted by the Technical Committee for presentation to Congress. These to be added to those outlined in Technical Committee Newsletter No 2 2004 which may be found on the IPF Web Site. They are presented in rule book order.

1. GENERAL RULES OF POWERLIFTING

Proposer: European Powerlifting Federation

Item 10

Change second sentence to read - If a referee from that

Nation is present or, if present, is not available in the capacity . . . .

Reason:

By taking away "does not act" and replace by not available, one

does not need to use all referees nominated for a Championships.

That gives the Technical Director the option to use ANY of the

referees

Proposer : Luxembourg and Chinese Taipei

2. Should a lifter bomb out in any one of the disciplines, he or she may

still compete in order to achieve a medal on any one of the remaining

lifts.

Reason:

Encourages lifters. Rather than be totally disqualified, to still gain

some award.

This proposal if passed will not change the rule which says:

Individual records will not stand unless a total is achieved.

There would also be some change to the wording in item 13 i.e. . . . .

The lifter must make a total in the competition in order to qualify

for an award.

3. EQUIPMENT AND SPECIFICATIONS

Proposer IPF T.C.

Only Squat and Bench Racks and Benches from Commercial

Manufacturers offically registered and approved by the

Technical Committee shall be permitted for use in International

Powerlifting Championships.

Reason:

To secure a high technical standard at International Championships.

4. WEIGHING-IN

Proposer: European Powerlifting Federation

The body weight category in which the lifter is nominated at the

Technical Meeting cannot be altered after that time. This rule

applies equally to that of the alternates/reserves.

Reason:

a) Gives the organiser adequate time to prepare all the competition

lists and to specify inputs to the competition computer

programme prior to the start of the competition.

b) Grouping of lifters can be made and announced prior to weighing-in.

Essential when the B Group lifts in the morning session, and the

A Group in the evening.

This will mean, if passed, changes to the following: item 6 strike

the words - - - for that body-weight category. Item 7 strike

completely. And to the last sentence of (c) under Order of

Competition.

5. ORDER OF COMPETITION

Proposer: IPF T.C.

The organiser will appoint the following officials:

( b ) Technical Secretary - Strike the words - - - - - in the absence of

a member of the T.C.

Reason:

Not all members of the Technical Committee are prepared to undertake

this task !

6. REFEREES

Proposer IPF T.C.

Item 19

Qualifications for a Category 2 Referee are as follows:-

Change ( a ) which says. A National Referee in good standing

with his National Federation - to - A National referee of at least

two years standing, having officiated in the position as a referee

with a minimum of two National Championships within this

period.

Reason :

To show some degree of experience.

7. WORLD RECORDS

Proposer: IPF T.

Item 7

Change wording from - In no circumstances may lifters not

taking part in the full competition be permitted to attempt

records on individual lifts to - Records on individual lifts

must be accompanied by a total of the three lifts.

Reason :

As the wording now stands, the implication is that only those

partaking in the said competition may attempt records. This

excludes e.g. guest lifters.

We the Technical Committee are sure that the intention of the

rule was as the proposal !

Proposer IPF T.C.

Item 12

Open World Records set in invividual lifts must be accompanied

by lifts of at least double the lifters class bodyweight on both squat

and deadlift for males. The male lifter must at least achieve his

class bodyweight on the bench press.

Female lifters must achieve one and a half times their class body

weight on both squat and deadlift, while they must achieve at least

fifty per cent of their class bodyweight on the bench press.

Reason:

There has been some controversy over the current rule, suggesing that there are two or three lifters on the International Circuit, who due to body weight and physical structure cannot accomplish this. The proposal will still keep some form of discipline. All can achieve what is asked in the proposal.

9. WILKS FORMULA

Proposer: Belgium

Establish a new table for single lift bench press championships.

Reason:

Wilks formula is worked out based on the lifter's total. A new

formula based on bench press statistics will give justice to lifters

competiting in bench press championships.

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New Gear

The Technical Committee have approved the following items of supportive equipment.

METAL SPORT AND WEAR

Viking Deadlifter - Metal Black Wraps - Viking Bencher - Viking Bencher X Type.

TITAN SUPPORT SYSTEMS INC

F 6 Tornado Support Shirt

INZER ADVANCE DESIGNS

Rage X Support Shirt.

If the required fees have been paid for the above they will be included in the list of approvals to be found on the IPF Website and within the pages of International Powerlifter Magazine.

" New " International Referees

Congratulations to the following having recently passed the examination.

Category One : Xavier De Puytorac France

Janne Toivanen Finland

Category two : Ronald Cambara Guatemala

Remi Pronier France

Alfred Elend Austria

2004 Women's Open World Championships

All praise to Christiane Guingal - Meet Director, and the French Federation for the impressive organisation of the Women's Meet.

The only criticism heard was again, as at many championships where the scoreboard is "screened", is that the detail is not visible to the spectators. This problem must be overcome !

Failure Cards

There are still referees on the International Circuit who raise the wrong card. As is mentioned in the REFEREE'S DUTIES printout, the scheme is completely useless unless the correct card is raised.

All one has to study is Blue Card 2. The Red Card 1 is obvious. Yellow Card 3 for all other infringements.

Table ( Recommendation )

The Technical Committee recommend that a small ( not to obscure) table be positioned in front of each of the platform referees to accommodate light switches and failure cards.

World Records

World Records Registrar Jari Tahtinen has informed the Technical Committee that he is in receipt of World Record Claims for records other than open records i.e. Master's Record made at "Open Championships " with less that a 2.5.kg increment.

He does not wish to penalise the lifter for an infringement of the rule made by "whoever", but wishes attention brought to IPF Technical Rules Order of Competition item (d) A lifter may only take increments of less than 2.5 kg's for record attempts in the championships in which he is competing.