Europa Superlifting Pro Bench Press Fundraiser

During the weekend of the Europa Supershow some of the sports best benchers gathered in Dallas, Texas. At the post contest dinner thrown by John Inzer, Gene Rychlak came up with the idea to have all the competitors sign the show poster and put them up for sale, the proceeds going to charity.

During the evening, 10 posters were laid out and all of the competitors present signed this historic piece of memorabilia. One was given to John Inzer to honor for his contributions to each of the lifters and to the sport as a whole. The remaining 9 are up for sale, with one already purchased.

The signatures included on each of the posters include Sebastian Burns, Joe Ceklovsky, Bobby Fields, Frank Caminita, Glenn Russo, Paul Key, Jason Coker, Tiny Meeker, Rob Luyando, Scot Mendleson, and Rychlak, along with the bench legend Ken Lain and John Inzer .

A charity auction has been set up on eBay to benefit the Starlight Foundation, which has the goal of helping children with serious illness live out a dream. The starting bid will be $100. 100% of the proceeds will go directly to them through eBays charity auctions.

Rychlak, "I feel this a worthy cause to support and I hope everyone will help raise all the money we can. This is also the first time to have all of these Bench Superlifters signatures on one page."