Topic: Heroics in Texas (unofficially)

[michael cooley]

Congratulations to Gary Deal on his unofficial World Records at last month's Texas State Championships in Wichita Falls, Texas.  Surpassing current Masters records of 92.5kg and 120.5kg in the 105+ class for 65-69 year olds, Gary went 6 for 6, snatching 86/93/96 and cleaning 110/119/127.

Unfortunately, a distinct lack of international referees (plus the fact that the IWF apparently doesn't recognize the Texas Championships on its calendar) robbed Gary of the official recognition his lifts so richly deserve.

Congrats all the same on a terrific performance!

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[Pete_Stewart]

Congratulations to him.  I am always impressed with the weights some of these guys lift.  I used to train regularly with Laurence McConnell from Belfast and hopefully he will be at those weights when he moves into that age category.  The Belfast man is a bull

[Jim Hooper]

Amazing.  How nice it must be to be (1) older than men who are retiring and (2) stronger than 99.9% of men just now starting their first adult job . . .

. . . and one more good reason not to mess with Texas.

[glennpendlay]

plenty of reasons not to mess with texas!

[Gary Deal]

I wish I could say I jerked the 127, but only cleaned it, went five for six, the 96 snatch and 215 total would have been world records, and yes as long as DONNY SHANKEL lives in TEXAS better not mess with TEXAS