From Dave Corbin, one of the main organizers of the event:
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The 2009 USAW National Junior Championships is being held here in Foster City on March 20-22nd. In addition, we are hosting the Pan American Qualifier for 30 of the nation’s top athletes. 15 women will compete late Friday afternoon and 15 men will compete late Saturday afternoon.
This letter is a call for volunteers to help out at the event. Please let me [Dave Corbin] know by email when and how long you can work. I hope you can sign up for at least a 3 hour stretch but we will be happy with whatever you can commit.
We need all kinds of volunteers but [most] require very little special skill:
Door Keepers… watch the door and collect entry fees
Door Keepers… Keep spectators out of warm up area and other off limits areas
Bar Loaders… at the platform! Some Skill needed.
Help sell T Shirts and Water Bottles
Drug testing escorts… at the end of the competition, escort the named athletes to the USADA personnel
General Labor… setting up and tearing down.
Since there are three days of the event, plus set up, we can use your help almost any time. We will need help during the following periods:
Thursday the 19th, from about 10am until about 7pm… this is a setup day
Friday the 20th, from 8am until about 8pm… this is a competition day
Saturday the 21st, from 8am until about 8pm… this is a competition day
Sunday the 22nd, from 8am until about 5pm… this is a competition day but breakdown will happen late afternoon.
Volunteers will receive a special Crew Badge that allows free admission to all the sessions.
Please contact Dave at the California Weightlifting website.
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This is going to be a great event. Especially the Pan-Am qualifiers. The smallest woman, 46 KG, has a qualifying total of 151 KG for both the snatch and clean and jerk. That means she is probably snatching 65 KG and clean and jerking 85 KG at a BW of 46 KG or just over 100 lbs! There is going to be some crazy lifting, so consider helping if you can. Let me know if you have any questions.