Northlanders must be continuing to get stronger if results from the Northland Powerlifting Championships are anything to go by - with 48 Northland records being set or broken.
With only 18 lifters taking up the challenge, to have 48 records be swept aside at Community Fitness in Kerikeri is astonishing.
Northland Powerlifting Association secretary Brian Froggatt said a highlight for him was seeing Joseph Whittaker produce three Northland records last Saturday in the open men's 120kg class with his 255kg squat, 155 bench press and 280kg deadlift.
"Joseph Whittaker's huge squat and dead lift were outstanding," Froggatt said. "They would have been pretty close to national records.
"Everyone did personal bests and there were only three lifters who didn't get records."
Froggatt was part of a family trio, along with his wife Karen Thomson and son Hugh Thomson, who all set Northland records.
In another winning combination, Bryan Barrett and daughter Katrina Barrett won their respective divisions, with Katrina setting four Northland records.
The Northland team showed they are in great shape for the North Island Champs on June 21 and 22 in Tauranga.
Northland lifters who have qualified for the North Island Champs are:
Trish Muldrock, Karen Thomson, Katrina Barrett, Kane McKenzie, Lindsay Daysh, Jordan Bennett, Craig Jordan, Brian Froggatt, Hugh Thomson, Steven Percy, Bryan Barrett, Goodie Metuano'oraroa, and Joseph Whittaker.
RESULTS
Women
Unequipped:
57kg Class
Master 50-59 - 1st Karen Thomson (Dargaville) - squat 80kg (Northland Record) , bench press 62.5kg (Northland Record), deadlift 120kg (Northland Record),
total 262.5kg (Northland Record).
84kg + Class
Open Women - 1st Katrina Barrett (Whangarei) - squat 120kg (Northland Record), bench press 72.5kg (Northland Record), deadlift 140kg (Northland Record), total 332.5kg (Northland Record).
Equipped
52kg Class (Northland Record)
Master 50-59 - 1st Trish Muldrock (Kaikohe)- squat 95kg, bench press 67.5kg , deadlift 115kg, total 277.5kg.
63kg Class
Open Women - 1st Queen Lawrence (Kaikohe) - squat 62.5kg (Northland Record), bench press 70kg (Northland Record), deadlift 110kg (Northland Record), total 242.5kg (Northland Record).
Men
Unequipped
66kg Class
Sub Junior Under 19 - 1st Kane McKenzie (Whangarei)- squat 140kg (Northland Record), bench press 90kg (Northland Record), deadlift 190kg (Northland Record), total 420kg (Northland Record).
74kg Class
Sub Junior Under 24 - 1st Lyndsay Daysh (Whangarei)- squat 135kg (Northland Record), bench press 95kg (Northland Record), deadlift 175kg (Northland Record), total 405kg (Northland Record).
Junior Under 24 - 1st Jordan Bennett (Dargaville) - squat 140kg (Northland Record), bench press 112.5kg (Northland Record) , deadlift 180kg (Northland Record), total 432.5kg (Northland Record).
2nd Ming Ming Edgar (Dargaville) - squat 115kg, bench press 80kg, deadlift 140kg, total 335kg.
3rd Josh Cooke (Whangarei)- squat 115kg, bench press 70kg, deadlift 120kg, total 305kg.
Open Men - 1st Craig Jordan (Kerikeri) - squat 180kg (Northland Record), bench press 125kg, deadlift 195kg (Northland Record), total 500kg (Northland Record).
83kg Class
Master Men 50-59 - 1st Brian Froggatt (Dargaville) - squat 65kg, bench press 132.5kg (Northland Record), deadlift 135kg , total 332.5kg.
Master Men 60-69 83kg Class: 1st Hugh McKechnie (Kerikeri) - squat 90kg (Northland Record), bench press 95kg (Northland Record), deadlift 150kg (Northland Record), total 335kg (Northland Record).
93kg Class
Sub Junior Under 19 - 1st Hugh Thomson (Dargaville) - squat 160kg (Northland Record), bench press 105kg (Northland Record), deadlift 215kg (Northland Record), total 480kg (Northland Record).
Junior Under 24 - 1st Steven Percy - squat 150kg, bench press 160kg (Northland Record), deadlift 165kg, total 475kg.
120kg Class
Junior Under 24 - 1st Tim Nielsen - squat 105kg(Northland Record), bench press 90kg (Northland Record), deadlift 150kg(Northland Record), total 345kg. (Northland Record),
Open Men 120+kg Class: 1st Joseph Whittaker - squat 255kg (Northland Record), bench press 155kg (Northland Record), deadlift 280kg (Northland Record), 690kg total (Northland Record).
Equipped
93kg Class
Master Men 40-49 - 1st Goodie Metuanooraroa - squat 200kg, bench press 160kg (Northland Record), deadlift 205kg, total 540kg.
Master Men 60-69 - 1st Bryan Barrett - squat 185kg, bench press 125kg, deadlift 205kg, total 515kg.