Australian Schools Bench Press Championships

Name: Australian Schools Bench Press Championships
Start: 2024-09-01T08:00:00+10:00
End: 2025-08-31T17:00:00+10:00
Location: Australia Wide

September 1, 2024 @ 8:00 am – August 31, 2025 @ 5:00 pm

Event Information

Set a Bench Press Performance at your school or local gym, get your Schoolteacher to verify your lift and rate yourself against Australia’s strongest schoolboys and girls.

Event Organiser

Matthew McKay

+61 447 298 424

memckay2000@gmail.com

Location

Australia Wide – Entry via your Schoolmaster.

Events

Bench Press

Age groups U14/U16/U18 as at 1 Jan. 2025
Bodyweight classes — Boys 56/62/69/77/85/94/105/105+kg
Bodyweight classes — Girls 44/48/53/58/64/72/84/84+kg

Records

Australian Schools Records can be set

Certificates to record-setters

Entries

Schoolteacher supervises your Bench Press lift in class, school gym or local club, records your results, certifies your age, bodyweight & by the rules lift performance and submits entry.

Entries close 31 August 2025.

Entry Form

2023 Results

SCHOOL	NAME	M/F	BIRTH YEAR	AGE GROUP	BWGT KG	BWGT CLASS	WGT LIFTED	PLACE
Heatherwood School	Bec Edwards	F	2005	U18	49.20	53kg	22kg	1

Waverley Christian College	Caitlyn Goh	F	2006	U18	55.00	58kg	40kg	1
Heatherwood School	Amy McBride	F	2006	U18	54.60	58kg	27kg	2
Heatherwood School	Bebe Peters	F	2006	U18	57.50	58kg	25kg	3

Heatherwood School	Charli Luttgens	F	2006	U18	58.10	64kg	35kg	1

Hobart College	Emily Veith	F	2005	U18	72.00	72kg	37kg	1

Heatherwood School	Paris Deblasis	F	2005	U18	79.50	84kg	32kg	1

San Sisto College	Tay Drollet	F	2006	U18	86.00	84+kg	70kg	1
Heatherwood School	Lillee Fawdry	F	2005	U18	100.60	84+kg	45kg	2
Heatherwood School	Bianca Lawrence	F	2006	U18	104.50	84+kg	35kg	3

Clare High	Archer Maher	M	2009	U14	56.00	56kg	75kg	1
Waverley Christian College	Benjamin Beng	M	2009	U14	56.00	56kg	75kg	2
Sanderson Middle School	Kieran McGurran	M	2010	U14	53.00	56kg	70kg	3
Clairvaux MacKillop College	Aiden Papp	M	2010	U14	49.00	56kg	57kg	4
Ormiston College	Liam Rissmann	M	2009	U14	49.50	56kg	50kg	5
Ormiston College	Ben Skinner	M	2009	U14	46.00	56kg	46kg	6
Northlakes High	Riley Claridge	M	2009	U14	53.70	56kg	37kg	7
Waverley Christian College	Max Tan	M	2009	U14	40.00	56kg	35kg	8


Northlakes High	Jimmy McDonald	M	2008	U16	55.80	56kg	60kg	1
Cleveland District State High	George Dyson	M	2008	U16	46.00	56kg	55kg	2
Northlakes High	Hayen Perry	M	2007	U16	55.80	56kg	42kg	3
Northlakes High	Kyden Morris	M	2008	U16	55.30	56kg	40kg	4
Northlakes High	Riley Brown	M	2008	U16	50.90	56kg	32kg	5

Waverley Christian College	Justin Gobriel	M	2006	U18	56.00	56kg	65kg	1
Heatherwood School	Jamie Delrayne	M	2005	U18	49.00	56kg	45kg	2

Emmaus Secondary College	Nazif Khan	M	2009	U14	61.00	62kg	100kg	1
Guildford Grammar	Keyo Ballester	M	2009	U14	60.00	62kg	60kg	2
Ormiston College	Miles Wallace	M	2009	U14	60.50	62kg	53kg	3
Waverley Christian College	Joshua Bawden	M	2009	U14	62.00	62kg	50kg	4

Waverley Christian College	Joseph Rusli	M	2008	U16	62.00	62kg	80kg	1
Northlakes High	Seth Van Heythuysen	M	2007	U16	57.30	62kg	65kg	2
Guildford Grammar	Harry Wilkinson	M	2008	U16	58.00	62kg	60kg	3
Northlakes High	Brock Trapman	M	2007	U16	60.10	62kg	55kg	4
Northlakes High	Jayden Ciemcioch	M	2008	U16	61.00	62kg	52kg	5
Northlakes High	Tennyson Woodford	M	2007	U16	61.30	62kg	52kg	6
Northlakes High	Cooper Foss	M	2008	U16	60.10	62kg	50kg	7
Northlakes High	Leon Porquet	M	2008	U16	60.80	62kg	50kg	8
Northlakes High	Blake King	M	2008	U16	57.00	62kg	45kg	9
Northlakes High	Tyler Green	M	2007	U16	61.30	62kg	42kg	10
Northlakes High	Noah Bartlett	M	2008	U16	59.10	62kg	25kg	11

Heatherwood School	Blake Collette	M	2005	U18	60.60	62kg	75kg	1
Heatherwood School	Jaiden Battista	M	2006	U18	58.20	62kg	60kg	2
Northlakes High	Brent Maurice	M	2006	U18	61.80	62kg	57kg	3

Ormiston College	Ethan Mansvette	M	2009	U14	68.60	69kg	63kg	1
St Thomas More College	Amir Hidanovic	M	2011	U14	66.80	69kg	60kg	2
Waverley Christian College	John Wang	M	2009	U14	65.00	69kg	55kg	3
Ormiston College	Oliver Duncan	M	2009	U14	65.00	69kg	40kg	4

Mater Dei Catholic College	Ashton Richardson	M	2007	U16	68.10	69kg	110kg	1
Waverley Christian College	Delwin Liu	M	2007	U16	63.00	69kg	70kg	2
Guildford Grammar School	Kade Lane	M	2008	U16	67.00	69kg	70kg	3
Ormiston College	Coby Lucas	M	2008	U16	68.00	69kg	63kg	4
Northlakes High	Mark Mulholland	M	2008	U16	63.50	69kg	47kg	5
Northlakes High	Tristan Vorwerk	M	2008	U16	65.50	69kg	47kg	6
Northlakes High	Bao Nguyen	M	2008	U16	67.00	69kg	35kg	7

South Sydney High	Lucas Potsou	M	2006	U18	67.00	69kg	105kg	1
Rosny College	Xavier Bull	M	2006	U18	69.00	69kg	95kg	2
Hobart College	Robbie Reeves	M	2005	U18	66.90	69kg	91kg	3
Waverley Christian College	Jacon Chan	M	2006	U18	63.00	69kg	80kg	4
Northlakes High	Xavier Thompson	M	2006	U18	64.60	69kg	60kg	5
Northlakes High	Erica Wall	M	2006	U18	67.90	69kg	50kg	6
Heatherwood School	Andreas Lawrence	M	2005	U18	68.70	69kg	40kg	7

St Thomas More College	Tejay Jackson	M	2009	U14	69.90	77kg	60kg	1

Guildford Grammar	Caleb Bartolome-Schooling	M	2008	U16	76.00	77kg	120kg	1
Nowra High	Tyler Bate	M	2007	U16	75.00	77kg	117kg	2
Mount Lilydale Mercy College	Boston O’Brien	M	2007	U16	77.00	77kg	112kg	3
Cohuna Secondary College	Linkin Bro	M	2008	U16	69.50	77kg	85kg	4
Guildford Grammar School	Stanton Venoutsos	M	2007	U16	75.00	77kg	80kg	5
Northlakes High	Brodie Holland	M	2007	U16	75.20	77kg	60kg	6
Northlakes High	Cooper Judd	M	2007	U16	69.20	77kg	45kg	7

The Southport School	Jackson Amos	M	2006	U18	76.30	77kg	135kg	1
Parade College	Jacob Chaddoud	M	2005	U18	74.00	77kg	132kg	2
Waverley Christian College	Miguel Tejano	M	2005	U18	74.00	77kg	90kg	3
Rosny College	Jacqueline Liffiton	M	2006	U18	76.00	77kg	85kg	4
Heatherwood School	Joshua Milton	M	2006	U18	76.90	77kg	70kg	5

Northlakes High	Beau Simpson Day	M	2009	U14	83.00	85kg	52kg	1

St Thomas More Ciollege	Jack Faraj	M	2007	U16	80.60	85kg	85kg	1
Waverley Christian College	Matthias Tan	M	2008	U16	78.00	85kg	72kg	2
Reece High School	Cooper Henricks	M	2007	U16	80.00	85kg	70kg	3
Alexandra Hills State High	Joel Goodwin	M	2007	U16	81.50	85kg	70kg	4
Northlakes High	Jake Malone	M	2008	U16	78.70	85kg	62kg	5
Northlakes High	Noah Toms	M	2007	U16	77.80	85kg	60kg	6
Northlakes High	Kyle O’Connor	M	2007	U16	83.60	85kg	60kg	7
Northlakes High	Wyatt Zipf	M	2008	U16	77.70	85kg	50kg	8

Waverley Christian College	Andrew Zhang	M	2006	U18	80.00	85kg	140kg	1
Hobart College	Daniel Lawless	M	2005	U18	79.40	85kg	125kg	2
Hopetoun P-12 College	Dane Hakopa	M	2006	U18	82.80	85kg	115kg	3
St Thomas More College	Dylan Tate	M	2005	U18	83.30	85kg	87kg	4
Rosny College	Josh Hunt	M	2005	U18	80.00	85kg	72kg	5

Ormiston College	James Hutcheson	M	2009	U14	90.00	94kg	43kg	1

Northlakes High	Jayden Speers-Stephenson	M	2007	U16	88.00	94kg	80kg	1
Northlakes High	Cooper Thorne	M	2008	U16	87.30	94kg	65kg	2

Hobart College	Jackson Rutledge	M	2005	U18	92.50	94kg	102kg	1
Waverley Christian College	Jezreel Tan	M	2006	U18	88.00	94kg	100kg	2
Northlakes High	Jackson Vandertou	M	2006	U18	89.20	94kg	85kg	3

Guildford Grammar School	Jason Dayoub	M	2007	U16	104.00	105kg	120kg	1
Ormiston College	Liam Mansvelt	M	2007	U16	104.00	105kg	118kg	2
St Thomas More College	Joseph Van Der Zant	M	2007	U16	95.10	105kg	105kg	3
St Thomas More College	Hayden Sturges	M	2007	U16	104.60	105kg	80kg	4
Guildford Grammar School	Max Perkovic	M	2008	U16	105.00	105kg	65kg	5

Heatherwood School	Jack Falkingham	M	2005	U18	95.10	105kg	75kg	1
Heatherwood School	Taylen Frank	M	2005	U18	104.70	105kg	40kg	2

Northlakes High	Jacob Lealaitafea	M	2007	U16	155.00	105+kg	85kg	1
Northlakes High	Brayden Cook	M	2007	U16	106.60	105+kg	60kg	2

Parade College	Christian Stranges	M	2005	U18	134.00	105+kg	183kg	1
Hobart College	Jack Whitenburry	M	2005	U18	114.10	105+kg	122kg	2
St Thomas More College	Noah Winter	M	2005	U18	120.00	105+kg	122kg	3
Hobart College	Ryan Keating	M	2005	U18	139.50	105+kg	115kg	4
Heatherwood School	Noah Dodkins	M	2006	U18	105.30	105+kg	60kg	5

Rules

Your Bench Press lift must be done strictly and safely i.e.

— warmup under teacher’s guidance
— have 3 spotters around each lift
— lifter lays on bench with feet flat on ground, buttocks on bench, head on bench
— with spotters help take bar out to full arm’s length
— take bar down to chest, touch and then up to full arm’s length
— no bouncing on chest, no movement of feet, buttocks or head during lift
— max. 3 strict attempts allowed

Size	Chest (in)	Chest (cm)
XS	30.5 – 31.5	77.5 – 80.0
S	32.0 – 33.0	81.3 – 83.8
M	33.5 – 35.0	85.1 – 88.9
L	35.5 – 37.0	90.2 – 94.0
XL	37.5 – 42.0	95.3 – 106.7

Size	Chest (in)	Chest (cm)
S	35 – 37	88.9 – 94.0
M	38 – 41	96.5 – 104.1
L	42 – 44	106.7 – 111.8
XL	45 – 48	114.3 – 121.9
2XL	49 – 52	124.5 – 132.1
3XL	53 – 56	134.6 – 142.2
4XL	57 – 60	144.8 – 152.4

	S	M	L	XL	XXL	XXXL
WAIST(IN)	28-30	30-32	32-34	34-36	36-38	38-40
INSEAM(IN)	6.7	6.9	7.1	7.3	7.5	7.7

Size	Weight (lb)	Weight (kg)
S	120 – 140	52 – 61
M	140 – 165	61 – 75
L	165 – 195	75 – 88
XL	195 – 230	88 – 104
2XL	230 – 265	104 – 120
3XL	265 – 305	120 – 138
4XL	305 – 345	138 – 156

WP SHORTS	XS	S	M	L	XL	XXL	XXXL
WAIST (RELAXED)	34	36	38	40	42	44	46
OUTSIDE LEG	31.5	33	34	35.5	36.5	38	39

Australian Schools Bench Press Championships

September 1, 2024 @ 8:00 am – August 31, 2025 @ 5:00 pm

Event Information

Event Organiser

Matthew McKay

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Records

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2023 Results

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WP TSHIRTS	XS	S	M	L	XL	XXL	XXXL
BODY WIDTH	40	44	48	51	55	60	66
BODY LENGTH	69	72	73	76	79	82	84

PA TSHIRTS	XS	S	M	L	XL	XXL	XXXL
BODY WIDTH	40	44	48	51	55	60	66
BODY LENGTH	69	72	73	76	79	82	84

KW SHIRTS	XS	S	M	L	XL	XXL	XXXL
BODY WIDTH	39.5	43	47	50	55	60	66
BODY LENGTH	67	70	72	76	79	81	82

Australian Schools Bench Press Championships

September 1, 2024 @ 8:00 am – August 31, 2025 @ 5:00 pm

Event Information

Event Organiser

Matthew McKay

Location

Events

Records

Entries

2023 Results

Rules

Medals

Prizes

Take it Further

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