Crystal Palace Powerlifting Club - IPF

Time to meet. Time to lift. Join us at the European Open, Sub-Junior, Junior, Masters & SOI Equipped & Classic Bench Press Championships. Meeting place Valletta, Malta September 22-28, 2025. Preliminary Nomination ends on 24.07.2025 At this year’s World Open, Sub-Juniors, Juniors, Masters Classic & Equipped Bench Press Championships, European athletes brought home an incredible 140 gold, 139 silver and 132 bronze medals - a total of 411 medals staying on the European continent. An outstanding performance that shows the true strength of European powerlifting. The battle continues! After proving their strength on the world stage, Europe’s finest athletes will meet again - this time at the European Open, Sub-Junior, Junior, Masters & SOI Equipped & Classic Bench Press Championships to determine who is truly the best of the best. Get ready for another unforgettable showdown! Don't miss it!

Two legends of powerlifting: Ed Coan (6x IPF World Champion) with Crystal Palace’s Tony Stevens (3x IPF World Champ and IPF Hall of Fame).

Photo ©️ Darren Charles Holloway, taken around 1993 or 1994

MEMBERS ANNOUNCEMENT

Crystal Palace Powerlifting Club will be re-opening on 12 April. Entry will be based on the same booking system as previously - you will need to register your email to receive a link to the booking system.

Register your email at: [email protected]

Sessions will be restricted to 90 minutes and you must be in your training attire prior to arrival as there will be no provision for changing in the gym. Once you have finished your session, you must wipe down all equipment you have used with cleaning products provided.

Please see the pinned post above for further details

Luxembourg, 7th April 2021

"On behalf of the IPF Executive Committee, I want to welcome 5 new Member Federations in the IPF Family" said IPF President Gaston Parage when presenting the new national federations joining the International Powerlifting Federation.

Those new members are:

Barbados
Cyprus
Palestine
Paraguay and
Portugal

With these 5 new countries the IPF will have now 133 member federations present at all continents and we are happy to see that still many national federations are in the application process to become a member of the IPF.

This shows the continuously hard work from the IPF to give as many people as possible around the world the opportunity to participate in a well structured and future oriented umbrella federation.

President Parage wants also personally thank the members of the Law and Legislation Committee for their review of the constitutions from these new members to ensure the compliance with the IPF principles, rules and regulations. "I also want to take the opportunity to thank the new installed Membership Committee for the good and professional work, as well as the whole IPF Executive Committee for approving the new federations as provisional members" the President closes.