One of New Zealand’s best weight-lifters, A. M. Butcher (Y.M.C.A.), showed impressive form in winning the middle heavy-weight division of the Canterbury power lifting championships at the Y.M.C.A. weight-lifting gymnasium on Saturday. The photograph suggests the concentration and courage required in performing a big dead lift, as Butcher, with 610lb on the bar, fights the “sticking point” to set a new Canterbury record, improving on his own previous best performance by 10lb.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33069, 9 November 1972, Page 26
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72One of New Zealand’s best weight-lifters, A. M. Butcher (Y.M.C.A.), showed impressive form in winning the middle heavy-weight division of the Canterbury power lifting championships at the Y.M.C.A. weight-lifting gymnasium on Saturday. The photograph suggests the concentration and courage required in performing a big dead lift, as Butcher, with 610lb on the bar, fights the “sticking point” to set a new Canterbury record, improving on his own previous best performance by 10lb. Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33069, 9 November 1972, Page 26
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