Announcements

The Return to Play Plan in this announcement has been rendered obsolete. Please read about updated Return to Play Plan here.

Our officiating chair, Bette Festing, will be hosting a virtual rules clinic on Saturday, August 21 at 12 PM. This is a great opportunity for new and returning lifters to learn what has changed with the IPF technical rules since the pandemic shut everything down. It’s also a great opportunity […]

Flight schedules for 2021 Summer Open Powerlifting and Bench Press Championships are now available! Want to volunteer? We need volunteers! Sign up to volunteer at Summer Open here.

If you are a new athlete who wishes their first competition to be Westerns 2021, you are required to submit the following video/photos, using the Google Form (link in bio):⁠⁠ a video of you performing each lift according to the IPF rules and following the respective commands. The lift should […]

It’s time! Registration for 2021 Summer Open Powerlifting and Bench Press Championships is now open at bit.ly/2021summeropen! This competition is open to all BCPA members and will be held on August 28 and 29, 2021 at the David E. Enarson Gymnasium at Trinity Western University in Langley, BC. The competition […]

Hey Island lifters, are you ready to step on the platform? Registration for Victoria Open Barbell II opens on Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 6 PM! This club-run competition sanctioned by the BCPA will be held on September 11, 2021 at Victoria Barbell. Registration is open to all BCPA members. […]

We’re back! Registration for 2021 Summer Open Powerlifting and Bench Press Championships will open this Sunday, July 11 at 6 PM! This competition will be held on August 28 and 29, 2021 at the David E. Enarson Gymnasium at Trinity Western University. Registration links will be posted on our website […]

Due to provincial health orders restricting travel to and from the mainland we’ve decided to postpone Victoria Barbell II a few weeks. Although the competition would be held inside Island Health jurisdiction and are not restricted by the PHO to hold competitions, half of the roster is from greater Vancouver […]

The BCPA has teamed up with Inner Strength Products to create BCPA merchandise which is now available for pre-order. There are a variety of unisex crewneck sweatshirts, t shirts and baseball shirts available, all featuring a revised version of the BCPA logo on the front chest.  Proudly made in Canada, and printed in […]

Our Special Olympics liaison, Gillian Reyes-Wright, has created a BCPA COVID-19 Exposure Risk Assessment and Guidelines for Return to Training. Download the guide here!