south coast strongman challenge

[ken]

to start well done mike,carl and vicky for putting on a great show,very well presented and a good crowd on both days.phil wright and vicky horwood,you done great getting the crowd going,lots of laughs(poor maggie shes only a size 6 and phil you do insist shes 17stone).

saturday 13th september heavy novice

7.5 ton lorry pull
1st lennie mullane 20.69secs
2nd ben jones 21.84
3dr brian walker 21.86
4th paul wood 22.22

100kg log lift from floor reps in 90 secs
steve smith 10 reps
jay hughes 9 reps
paul wood 8 reps
alex woodruffe 7 reps
john baggot injured arm had to pull out doing log lift

2x100kg farmers walk 50m with turn
paul wood 22.03
jay hughes 23.49
ben jones 33.08
steve smith 33.18

dead lift hold
ben jones 60.1
paul wood 51.08
darren crocker 42.17
jay hughes 42.07

medley. 5 flips tyre,100kg log,75kg sand bag,120kg barrel(load onto 5 feet platform),then 120kg gas cylinder duck walk 25m
paul wood 32secs
jay hughes 40
ben jones 47

results

1st paul wood 69 points. went down to the last event,between paul and ben.paul just blasted through the medley

2nd ben jones 65.went down to last event between paul and ben.

3rd jay hughes 63 lost grip on start of dead lift,but held on for forth,unbelievable,gutsy performance.also this 19 year old guy entered the next day into the open!!!!wow

4th steve smith 54

5th leon vines 52 much improved getting stronger

6th alex woodruffe 48

7th tony gillisan 47

8th brian walker 43

9th darren crocker 38 started training only 2 weeks ago with alex hunters crew great performance

10th lennie mullane 34 won first event and a great crowd pleaser.he pushed himself harder i thought this show

11th tim white 25 got 11th on event finishings well done

12th mike betty 25 done very well

13th steve damerial 22.5

14th peter nolan 15 small guy big heart well done,nickname on the day(the pocket rocket)

john baggot 15th 11.5 got injured after doing 2nd event
well done for taking part get well soon.

i'm sorry if i haven't wrote anything about some of you guys.please help fill in the spaces for me.typing isn't my favourite pass time and i've got the open results to do.but i enjoyed the whole day,you guys put on a brilliant show thank you

[mike betty]

A big thankyou to all involved a good time had by all.
once again i am ever impressed by the level of support that all the competetors get from all the crowd and form fellow strongmen. the made in the mic made me giggle (hello phil) i will put this one down to experiance and be back next year stronger and better focused.

once again thank's mick and his good lady (sorry forgot name) see you all soon.
mike betty

[Phil Secure]

Ken,

Im mega impressed with your write ups mate, might have a job for you!

Visit all the shows and do me write ups!

Great atmosphere at these shows and everyone enjoys themselves which is what its all about.

Well done.

Phil

[big lennie]

What can i say

Mike vicky carl what a show well I should say two great shows thanks for letting me be apart of it. Hope to see you soon

again thanks lennie

ps well done to woody (vicky and phil grt on the micphones ) double act

[Bob Daglish]

we should all get together and have a team North v South show some where in the middle or home and away.
sounds like you lot had a lot of fun to at the weekend

[ken]

bob just texted mike horwood .he's asked me to post his reply.anytime you want to do it. we will be more than happy.but with real weights and not exaggerated ones.
it sounds like your challenge has been accepted bob

[GrahamDale]

what i think would be better is regional comps with the top competitors from the south, north, midlands maybe the scots, and irish going to one big novice finals , sort of a novice league . just a thought

[ken]

thats the spirit graham.a good old uk battle,light weight noviced ,heavy weight noviced,open shows.but every show needs to be,put into i think one diary.so shows,rest periods etc don't clash

[Tom Viking power]

Now this is a good idea for us all to work on over the winter months. Lots of us have equipment anf I'm sure we can set up lots more comps for 2004. I do like grahams idea of regional comps with say the top three from each region going to a uk final.

First step is to set up the regions I guess

[GrahamDale]

could use the regional split that is used for the bsm qualifiers, seems to work ok for the big kids, and i love kens idea for weight groups means i could play with people my own size lol .
hey this could really work with the right sort of planning , sort of a stepping stone to the more heavier comps

[ken]

to be truthfull graham its a idea i've heard done south,i believe ,phil wright and others were talking about it in last month or so.i just thought i would help spread the idea

[Tom Viking power]

Don't know if we need weight groups, I'm happy to play as I am and I'm never going to be the biggest guy in the comps.
I certainly see your point though graham and I know if there were a lighter weight class you would do very very well; However, I for one want to beat the bigger lads .... It's kinda fun and so would compete in the heavier class.

So regions are you proposing:
South ........ where would the cut off point be?
Midlands ... Same question
North ........ as above
Wales .......
Scotland ...
Ireland .....

With the top three from each going to a final.

So when we decide the exact reional boundries we need a list of people in each area to organise each comp

[Phil Secure]

if you look at the site and click on ShowReports there is a county split shown.

Great work boys, the sport is moving forward!!!!

Phil

[Bob Daglish]

come and try our shows mate and you will see my weights are true. I am happy for anyone to judge than.
this sport is strongest man?

[Tom viking power]

Ok so regions / boundries as per phils post above.

Right we now need people from each region to put on a show.

So lets get a list of names of people prepared to run one of the regional heats, then we can decide the events.

Come on guys this will happen if we make it work