A three-day State level Power lifting Championship will be organised under the joint auspices of Madhya Pradesh Power lifting Association and Oriental College of Technology from May 27 to 29, 2016. This will be the 40th Power lifting Championship conducted in the State.
While talking to the media persons here on Saturday, retired Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) and promoter of the event Ramesh K Dave said that in the Championship both male and female
participants will take part. More than 500 players from 25
different districts will be present during the event, he added.
The event will commence on May 27 at 10 am in the Oriental College campus Bhopal. More than 50 per cent player will be of
international level. Different events included are squat, bench press and dead lift, and the categories are sub-junior, junior, masters and senior levels.
Participating players are mostly from Bhopal, Indore and Jabalpur. There will be 50 female participants in the event.
Higher and Technical Education Minister Uma Shankar Gupta will be present during the closing ceremony of the event.
The event management is taken care by Team Fitness Arena. The mentor of the event is Om Yadav Chairman of BDA.
The promoters of the event are, besides Dave, KR Tiwari (Chairman, MP Power lifting Association, Chindhwara), Jitendra Jaiswal (Secretary BMC), Razi Ali Beig (International Referee and Coach) and Devendra Nahora (National Referee, Forest Department).