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DISCUSSION: Weightlifting, 23-25 October 2009
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Kristoffer Lindqvist
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« Reply #15 on: October 30, 2009, 11:03:27 pm »
Ron Villani has again come to the rescue, one more judge needed. Two of the regular judges have had to say no this time for various reasons. Time for another e-mail or two, let's see if we can get this puppy into the judging phase tomorrow or so. Smiley
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Kristoffer Lindqvist
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« Reply #16 on: October 30, 2009, 11:32:19 pm »
...and now Jamie Jamieson, we have three judges onboard. The meet will go out to the judges tomorrow.

Thanks guys!
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Kristoffer Lindqvist
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« Reply #17 on: November 01, 2009, 03:04:04 am »
The meet is now with the judges. The deadline to finish judging is November 8th, the usual full week from right now. You can follow the progress in the box above this forum.

Stay tuned! Smiley
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Kristoffer Lindqvist
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« Reply #18 on: November 01, 2009, 11:18:41 pm »
The meet is now fully judged, thanks to Jamie, Ron and Jeff for taking care of it so swiftly. Release scheduled for tomorrow. Smiley
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Warren Djemal
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« Reply #19 on: November 02, 2009, 02:50:16 pm »
Did we win?? Heh
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Kristoffer Lindqvist
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« Reply #20 on: November 02, 2009, 10:39:30 pm »
The meet has been released!

I love the typical English backdrop, wish we had "Outdoor Lifter" badges. Also, congrats to Patrick Furphy for completing his first virtualmeet. Strong lifting, but unfortunately your attempts had to be red lighted this time for lack of shoes as required per the rules. Hope to see you back with a vengeance. Smiley

Thanks to both lifters and judges for making another meet happen. This will mark a small break from the weightlifting meets, if the current 2010 meet schedule draft passes, we'll be back in action in April. We'll be beating the jungle drums hard for that one.
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Warren Djemal
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« Reply #21 on: November 03, 2009, 11:15:01 pm »
Bah! We were hoping you wouldn't notice. Pat came round with flip-flops. Would those have counted?

I never lifted in shoes until I joined Virtualmeet!
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Kristoffer Lindqvist
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« Reply #22 on: November 03, 2009, 11:47:25 pm »
Sounds like we need to start taking RAW more seriously. Wink

Obviously, nobody here seriously thinks Pat got any advantage going barefoot. And flip-flops? Now, that would have been hardcore.

The point is rather that when creating Virtualmeet, I made the principal decision to try to stick to the official rules of weightlifting and powerlifting to the degree feasible when arranging meets over the internet. We've had lifters begin their competitive career by doing virtualmeets to get them familiar with the game, and from that perspective it really helps to keep the rules closely aligned with the official ones. I also tend to think it helps with street/net cred.

But it's never pleasant to turn down otherwise stellar lifts due to nitty gritties like not wearing proper footwear. I particularly remember Claudia Gerhards squat 110kg@58.1kg... in socks (she had forgot her shoes at home). On the bright side, you tend to make a mistake like that only once. Smiley
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Alberto Caraballo
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« Reply #23 on: November 09, 2009, 06:37:22 pm »
As long as they don't wear the wrong pants;)
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Kristoffer Lindqvist
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« Reply #24 on: November 09, 2009, 08:19:00 pm »
Quote from: tearsnrain on November 09, 2009, 06:37:22 pm
As long as they don't wear the wrong pants;)

Yeah, for some reason long pants are harder to spot than bare feet...  Roll Eyes
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Christian Burger
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« Reply #25 on: November 09, 2009, 08:20:11 pm »
Is that why we lift in the dark for the next gathering  Grin
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Kristoffer Lindqvist
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« Reply #26 on: November 09, 2009, 08:33:41 pm »
Quote from: burgerc on November 09, 2009, 08:20:11 pm
Is that why we lift in the dark for the next gathering  Grin

Yes, that and the springs.
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