Powerlifters gearing for higher poundage in new year

John ‘Big John’ Edwards

By Emmerson Campbell

Now that the powerlifting season is over, the main focus for lifters in the year ahead is to improve their overall lifting poundage and eclipse their performances in 2011.

According to executives of the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF), the sport of powerlifting had a successful year with commendable accomplishments by  John ‘Big John’ Edwards, Dawn Barker, Karel Mars, Kenneth Melville and Randolph