SPECTATORS crammed and filled Mildura Strength & Performance on Saturday as 25 competitors took to the platform for the Vince Simonetta Novice Powerlifting Competition.

“Today’s probably one of our biggest turnouts,” said event organiser and event namesake Vince Simonetta.

“We haven’t started the lifting yet and we’ve probably got 70 or 80 people watching, so we’ll probably get...