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Affiliation
You are welcome to participate in a development competition without being affiliated.
If you want to compete in the competition of an affiliated club, you must affiliate with the Western Cape Powerlifting Federation here.
After your first affiliated club competition, if you want to compete at Western Cape Powerlifting Provincial Champs, you must also affiliate with the South African Powerlifting Federation (SAPF) on the SAPF website. NOTE: Part of the SAPF affiliation process will require the completion of the WADA ADeL online education course on anti-doping.
For more details, see the Criteria to Lift.
Beyond a development competition, to compete in an affiliated club competition, you must affiliate with the Western Cape Powerlifting Federation. To affiliate with WCP, please fill out the form on the affiliation page or join the WhatsApp group and get in touch with the lifting community for more details.
After your first competition, if you want to compete at Western Cape Provincial Champs, you must also affiliate with the South African Powerlifting Federation (SAPF). To affiliate with SAPF, complete the form and make payment on the SAPF website. NOTE: as part of your affiliation with SAPF, you will be required to complete the appropriate ADEL WADA Education Program. See “Why do I have to complete a WADA Education Program?”
For more details, see the Criteria to Lift.
The Western Cape Powerlifting Federation and the South African Powerlifting Federation are members of the International Powerlifting Federation. The IPF is a global, fully tested powerlifting federation and signatory to the World Anti-Doping Code. The IPF has taken its role as the premier global powerlifting federation very seriously and has worked diligently with our sporting partners and associates to become a responsible, high-quality organisation governing athletes committed to drug-free, high-standard competition.
The IPF Anti-Doping Rules apply to the IPF, to each of its Regional Federations, National Federations, Athletes, Athlete Support Personnel and other Persons, each of whom are deemed, as a condition of their membership, accreditation and/or participation in the sport of powerlifting to have agreed to be bound by these Anti-Doping Rules.