COMMONWEALTH POWERLIFTING FEDERATION
2026 CONGRESS AGENDA
19:00 hrs, September 16th, 2026 - immediately following the Technical Meeting
Holiday Inn Express, Winnipeg Airport
CPF Constitution - ByLaws Update 2026
Member nations participating:
2. Minutes of the last Congress for acceptance
• Matters arising
3. Vice President’s Report.
5. Interim General Secretary’s Report
6. Nominations: Note that although this is not an election year, these positions are vacant.
• Vice President vacancy due to Mike Armstrong standing down – Hannie Smith, South Africa nominated by South Africa.
• General Secretary due to Bill You absence – No nominations as yet.
7.Notices of motion – none received to date.
8. Bids for 2028 championships.
● Bid received from Scottish Powerlifting
9. Update to the Constitution and By-Laws:
-Multi places - General Secretary title changed to Secretary General.
Constitution
-1.2.11 “Committee” changed to “Federation”
-Addition - 5.2.6 Failure to send at least one referee to a championship. £50.
-7.2.1.13 addition of “other”. ..every other Commonwealth…
-7.3.6.3 addition of “Publishing on the official website shall be considered to suffice.”
-8.2 “elect one to act as” deleted.
By Laws
-3.3 Newsletter Editor – deleted
-3.6.3.8 Drug test results - deleted
-4.2.6 “shall” amended to “may”.
-8.8 National Federations may not negotiate Television Contracts without Permission of the CPF Executive – DELETED
Appendix C - official logo updated in line with Commonwealth Sport Foundation (was CGF
10. Hall of Fame.
11. Adjournment.