EASTERN Cape powerlifters did exceptionally well over the weekend of March 26 to 27, at the SA Equipped Powerlifting Championships, held in Fochville, Gauteng.
The results were:
. Elisabeth Barry, in the U/52kg master 1 division, with a squat of 105kg, 42.5kg bench press and 110kg deadlift.
. Vanessa Lessing, in the U/69kg master 1 division set two new SA records in the bench press (80kg) and deadlift (152.5kg).
. Barry and Lessing secured their places in the SA equipped team for the World Equipped Masters Powerlifting Championships, in October 2021, in Potchefstroom.
. Charnleigh Kotze achieved a 140kg squat and a 70kg bench press in the women’s sub-junior U/69kg division.
. Eugene Sadie set a new South African deadlift record of 283kg in the U/83kg open division.
. André Ludik received the best master 3 men award, and achieved a 142.5kg squat, 95kg bench press and a 170kg deadlift in the U/105kg division.
