World Push Up Championships
The World Push Up Championships is an annual pushup tournament held in Wellington, New Zealand. The championships include separate mens and ladies competition. Male competitors are judged on the number of push-ups they can complete in a one minute period. The time limit in the ladies competition is 45 seconds.
Origin
The inaugural World Push Up Championships were held in the Establishment Bar, Courtenay Place, Wellington on Saturday, March 28, 2009. Originally envisaged as a fund raiser for the Wellington/Hutt Valley GAA club[1], the event became an entity in it's own right (while still raising money for the Wellington/Hutt Valley GAA club). Early contestants Dathai "Dizzle" O'Connor and Callum "Tick Tock" Thomas helped raise an early profile for the competition by posting challenges on youtube. The event was further publicised in the Wellington region through a morning television apparence, radio slots, national media [1][2] and regional event guides[3][4]. The multimedia marketing assault was completed by a facebook page, a dedicated website and by word of mouth.
Judging
A push-up was declared to be valid if the contestant pressed their body down on a judges fist and pushed up until their elbows locked. A two man judging team counted the push-ups. The first was the judge with his fist on the mat, he/she counted the number of times the contestant pressed down on his/her fist giving the contestant a "raw score". The second judge counted the number of times a contestant rose without locking their arms giving the contestant a "fault count" . The contestants final score was their raw score minus their fault count.
2009 World Pushup Championships
The inaugural event was held in the Establishment Bar, Courtenay Place, Wellington on Saturday, March 28, 2009.