SBD Ireland Open Nationals 2026
The Irish Powerlifting Federation’s SBD Ireland Open Nationals 2026 will take place in Pillo Hotel, Ashbourne on November 7th & 8th , 2026
Divisions
Full Power RAW
Awards
Podium, by Total, per weight class
Best Lifter, by GLP
Best Open Team Award
Qualification Procedure
Round 1 [August 17th - August 20th]
2025 National Champions, plus next top 6 ranked eligible athletes per class.
Round 2 [August 20th - 24th]
Remaining invites redistributed based on %qualifying total.
Final Round [August 24th - 28th]
Remaining invites redistributed based on %qualifying total
Receive an invite based on hitting the qualifying total for the relevant weight class in the qualifying period
Qualifying Period: September Open 2025- August Open 2026
See here for the required totals per weight class.
Note
- You must complete the Entry Form after completing your purchase.
- Final deadline for making changes to entry forms will be October 2nd 2026 at 23:00 Irish time. You will not be able to change your weight class or club after this time. Please note this deadline is also to register your club for the Club League. See here for details.
- You may compete in a weight class above or below the weight class you were invited in
- This event may be used as a qualifier for Junior Nationals 2027, Masters Nationals 2027, Open Nationals 2027, Bench Nationals 2027.
- As this is a National level event, all personal equipment must be on the IPF approved equipment list. Please visit this page for further details. You must also follow the IPF Technical Rules.
- Changes to tickets/entries once assigned will ONLY be accepted via email from the athlete or ticket assignee directly, and not from any other parties, such as coaches.
- This event can be used to qualify for selection to the IrishPF international team.
- Flight splits (i.e. “what flight am I in?”) will be confirmed by Wednesday 7th October 2026.
- It is each lifters responsibility to ensure that they adhere to the national team eligibility criteria outlined by the irishPF.
- A livestream will be made available for the weekend.
- Please note: By purchasing a ticket to this event, you agree to have your image potentially used in promotional media, and to be featured in our livestream & replay of the competition.
- Please note: Results of this competition will be uploaded to OpenPowerlifting.org. By purchasing a ticket to this competition, you agree to have your result uploaded to OpenPowerlifting.