Aarons Gym enjoy record breaking success
Across both competitions the team achieved seven Northern Irish records, two All-Ireland records, seven first places and a Best Overall Junior award.
GPC Competitor Team consisted of Thomas Cardwell, Terry Coey, Reece Klewchuk and Darran McKeown, Thomas benched a Massive 200kgs at a bodyweight of 99.5kgs achieving a first place.
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Hide AdCDE Global sponsored athlete Terry Benched 162.5kgs at a bodyweight of 81.6kgs achieving a first place.
Junior first time competitor Reece benched 106Kgs at bodyweight of 66Kgs achieving a first place and gaining an All-Ireland record. Core X Nutrition Sponsored Athlete Darran benched 165Kgs at a bodyweight of 97.9kgs achieving a first place and gaining an All-Ireland Record.
The NIPF Competitor Team consisted of Amber Downey, Jenny Brown, Matthew Henry, Chris Dawson and David Butler.
First time competitor 17 Year old Amber Downey placed 1st, setting 6 records for U18, U20 and U23 with a bench press of 35kgs and a Deadlift of 80kgs at a bodyweight of 57kgs, on top of this outstanding performance Amber was awarded the best overall female Junior award.
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Hide AdFirst Time competitor Jenny achieved a first place with a deadlift of 150Kgs and a massive bench press of 90Kgs achieved a Northern Irish record and all time heaviest female Bench Press in the NIPF. Also for the first time in Northern Irish Woman’s Powerlifting Jenny attempted a massive 100Kgs press narrowly missing, Jenny has her sights on the British Record next time on the platform.
Matthew achieved a 1st place with a 110Kgs bench press and 215Kgs deadlift at a bodyweight of 73.1kgs. Under 20 first time competitor Chris bench pressed 85kgs and deadlifted 185kgs at a bodyweight of 77.8Kgs.
Under 18 first time competitor David bench pressed 85Kgs and deadlifted 140Kgs while sporting an injury.