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First Nations is a competition to celebrate and promote the strong cultural diversity that makes up the sport of Powerlifting, highlighting Indigenous Australian's hosting the event at the end of the 2025 NAIDOC Week. This is a great competition to qualify for the 2026 Open Nationals being ~6 months away.

There will be a prize money component to this event, where HPC & it's sponsors award 1x male and 1x female a grand prize for the largest improvement on their IPF GL score. The benchmark to qualify for the prize pool is 75.00 IPF GL Points for men and 70.00 IPF GL Points for women. More details to come on how big the prize pool will be.

Competition Details

All APA competitions are bound by IPF rules; be sure to familiarise yourself with the rules of competition and approved equipment list ahead of competition day.

If you are under 18 years of age, a parent/legal guardian/temporary guardian must be present on the day. If not, you will be unable to compete. More information can be found on the APA website.

Preliminary competition schedule

Day 1, Session 1 (9am to 1:45pm)

• Lifting will begin at 9am local time
• Weigh-in will begin at 7am local time

Day 1, Session 2 (2:30pm to 7:15pm)

• Lifting will begin at 2:30pm local time
• Weigh-in will begin at 12:30pm local time

Day 2, Session 1 (9am to 1:45pm)

• Lifting will begin at 9am local time
• Weigh-in will begin at 7am local time

Day 2, Session 2 (2:30pm to 7:15pm)

• Lifting will begin at 2:30pm local time
• Weigh-in will begin at 12:30pm local time

Maximum number of entrants: 120 (60 lifters on each day)

Meet director: Aiden Potts / aiden@hunterperformance.com.au