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Big Mal Kayes

Scarborough Show

2^nd August, 2003

Won by Mark Felix

Mal Kaye 07787 155425

LOCKMEADOW

POWER TEAM CHALLENGE

2003
17 August 2003

Due to popularity of the event in 2002, the Lockmeadow Entertainment
Centre are proud to announce the return of the Lockmeadow Power Team
Challenge in 2003.

Winners

Bill Pittuck & Andy Lawrence

Prize money:

1st £750
2nd £500
3rd £250

plus: £100 to winning team of each event.

For entry forms and further information please contact: Paul Metcalfe on
01622 764410 or Andy Gower on 07740 910619.

Lockmeadow Entertainment Centre is part of X-Leisure

Sussex Strongest Man Competition 12/7/2003

John Bowles Promoter/Judge

l-r Adam Townsend 2^nd, Ollie Thompson 1^st, Paul Carter 3^rd.

A great little show put on by John Bowles and all at Physiques gym at Bexhill on Sea.

1st Ollie Thompson - improving all the time, the best the south has to offer

2nd Adam Townsend - solid performance but seems to lack the all out to win aggressiveness he used to have (I dont think he has been the same since close friend and training partner Marc Illiffe died last year)

3rd - Paul Carter - new found fitness and stamina improving his overall package

4th - bodybuilder Jay Hughes very impressive for a 19 year old but worrying site of him collapsing after every event and having to be carried off.

5th - Andy Mavin - new slimmer lighter Andy fit but lacking power he used to have

6th - Richard Giles - new prospect Richard having a bit of a low patch at the moment but still good effort

7th - Phil Wright - old codger still having a go!

8th - Mick Jones - immensely strong deadlifter needs a bit more experience on the events

9th first timer (name?) very strong but no technique as yet.

Phil

Phil Wright stone lift

Competitors with Gladiator Hawk

White Cliffs Strongman Challenge in Dover 19/7/2003

l – r Colin Anderson Organiser, Gary Meale 2^nd, Pat Smith 1^st, Paul Wood 3^rd , front John Bowles ref

Another great little show put on by a first time promoter Colin Anderson. On the message board Colin wrote

“A Massive, Massive, Thankyou!

I really cannot begin to thank everyone who attended the White Cliffs Strongman Challenge in Dover. The Competitors were all excellent, the supporters were fantastic, and the tireless work of Jon Bowles, Nick Swain (hope I spelled that right), and everyone else who stepped in and lend a hand (and equipment)when needed was very much appreciated.

As you know this contest was my was of doing something to remember my sister, who died 10 years ago this year, and would have been 21 now. As well as wanting to put on a good day for the obvious reasons, I also really wanted it to be a good day to remember her.

Well thanks to all you guys who supported this in whatever way it was a day I'll never forget. I know my parents would also very much like to thank everyone as well.

I have had several positive comments from people connected to the school, and also from locals who popped along to see what was happening. People were using words like "passion" and "determination", as well as saying what nice guys the strongmen were.

Pat yourselves on the back guys you all did very well today!

Thanks again,

Colin”

Well you’re more than welcome mate, we all had a great time and it was a great competitive show!

1^st Pat Smith (61.5 pts) – very impressive performance from Pat, good all rounder

2^nd Gary Meale (59 pts) – big tall raw boned with big hands. Great potential for a strongman needs more training, one to watch.

3^rd Paul Wood (57.5 pts) – much improved Paul (did my Allhallows novice) about a stone heavier and very focussed

4^th Jay Hughes (53.5 pts)

5^th Andy Gower (47.5 pts)

6^th Phil Wright (43.5 pts

7^th M Cole (37.5 pts)

8^th Tom Bebb (37 pts)
9^th Tom Jones (29 pts)
10th T. White (25 pts)
11th A. Smith (23 pts)
12th Mike Betty (20 pts)
13th Lenny Mullane (17 pts)
14th M.Smith (1 pt) retired injured

Allhallows 2003

August Bank Holiday

Novice Sunday 24^th August 2003

Open Monday 25^th August 2003

Novice Line Up 2003

Naughty Medley sorting out the Novice boys!

95kg farmers 25m, 100kg barrel 15m, 85kg log carry 25m!

Winners

Novice

Jay Hughes J’1^st, Terry Holland J’1^st, Paul Wood 3^rd,

Big Lennie giving it large on his way to 3^rd place in the back to back pull!

Novice

Joint 1^st Terry Holland (won by count back)

Very impressive rugby player

Joint 1^st Jay Hughes

Forever-improving young strongman, one to watch for the future, sure to feature at BSM in a year or two.

3^rd Paul Wood

Much improved Paul showed his class

Terry Holland	63
Jay Hughes	63
Paul Wood	49
Lee Fisher	47
Matt Cole	38
John Wyard	32
Chris Capon	31.5
Ben Jones	30
Rich Leedham	28
Simon Fitzpatrick	26.5
Steve Smith	24.5
Mark Copley	24
Chris Smith	22.5
Mike Jones	22
Mike Betty	20
Lenny Mullane	13.5
Malcolm Skinner	13
Richard Stannard	11
Andy Lidbury	8.5
Jim Mills	8
Colin Anderson	6
Leon Vines	5.5
Rob Muxworthy	4.75
Darren Bennett	4
Trevor Hutchinson	4
Eddy Lapenna	0.75
Shane Pepler	0
Clive Sands	0
John Jones	0

full report and points breakdown to follow

l – r Molly from Bourne Leisure, Mark Felix 3^rd, Bill Pittuck 1^st , Oli Thompson 2^nd , Compere Maggie.

Open

1^st Bill Pittuck

What can u say? One of the greats!

2^nd Ollie Thompson

The best in the South proving that he is now one of the best in the country.

3^rd Mark Felix (tied on pts with Paul Carter but won on count back)

Hugely strong Felix needs specific event training to become a real threat at BSM next year.

full report and points breakdown to follow

Bill Pittuck, Adam Townsend & Phil Wright

Frazers Britains Top Ten

August 31^st 2003

Healthland

Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant!

What a great show Frazer’s Top 10 was this year!

1^st Glenn Ross 56 points

Glenn at his finest, best I’ve ever seen him, 2^nd in the farmers!

2^nd Mark Felix 42

WOW! Worst technique I’ve ever seen in most of the events by one of the strongest men I’ve ever seen!

3^rd Spencer Hyland 38

Spence on his return from a horror injury at BSM showing he’s back & still class.

4^th Ollie Thompson 35.5

Another solid performance by the ever improving best Southerner!

5^th Tiny Tim Thacker 35

A real future champion if ever I’ve seen one, being nurtured by the now retired great Mal Kaye.

6^th Darren Sadler 34

The Pocket Rocket still astounding everyone how on Earth so much power can come out of such a relatively small geezer!

7^th Mal Kaye 29

Retirement performance from the ever popular Mal, looking proud as a Peacock that scoretaking partner Jenny is expecting! Still flashes of brilliance finishing all 6 stones!

7^th Stumpy 29

Slimmer fitter looking Stumpy continuing with his astonishing bad luck from BSM with his shoe slipping off during truck pull!

9^th Adam Townsend 28.5

Adam still accomplished but lacking that drive and performance that we come to expect from him. Lot on his plate lately with studies etc.

10^th Christian Clay 26

The inimitable Christian and Grandad from the valleys representing Wales.

11^th Paul Carter 23.5

Disappointing performance from Paul who tied with Mark Felix for 3^rd place the week before at Allhallows.

12^th Louis McLean 13.5

Fit and fast Jamie Barr lookalike Louis found it hard going amongst this field. One for the future.

UK Strongest Woman 2003 Results

Well done all the girls for a great weekend. Congratulations to TRISH PORTER,who became two times champion and winner of the Queen Maeve Warrior trophy 2003!!

Day1
FARMERS /75kg/50m
1st Julie Dunkley 27.69 secs
2nd Trish Porter 38.16 secs
3rd Jo Cutts 47.85 secs

CAR HOLD(straps with 900kg car)
1st Elaine Bell 37.17 secs
2nd Trish Porter 24.15 secs
3rd Jo Cutts 21.56 secs

CELTIC CROSS /100kg
1st Trish Porter 109.4m
2nd Tracey Thompson 73.6m
3rd Julie Dunkley 73.4m

DEAD SQUAT LIFT(6ft x 4 ft garden shed)/MAX
1st Trish Porter 180kg
2nd Julie Dunkley 170kg
3rd Jo Cutts 160kg

DAY 2
TRAIN PULL/15M(KIDS FAIR RIDE)
1st Jenny Black 19.89 secs
2nd Jo Cutts 23.35secs
3rd Trish Porter 25.65secs

SAMSON SCALES(grip) /100kg each hand
1st Jo Cutts 101.58 secs
2nd Tracey Thompson 101.54 secs
3rd Trish Porter 55.81 secs

MOTORBIKE VIKING PRESS/80KG PRESS/75SECS(200kg roadracing motorbike)
1st Julie Dunkley 14reps
2nd Elaine Bell + Trish Porter 12reps
4th Hanna Bingle 9reps

TYRE FLIP/230KG/20M/90secs
1st Trish Porter completed 57.0 secs
2nd Jo Cutts 6 flips
3rd Jenny Black + Julie Dunkley 5flips

OVERALL POINTS
TRISH PORTER 48.5
JO CUTTS 40
JULIE DUNKLEY 37.5
ELAINE BELL 29.5
TRACEY THOMPSON 26
JENNY BLACK 21.5
HANNA BINGLE 10

COMMENTS
Great competition had by all, a beautiful weekend in sunny Bangor, Northern Ireland. Trish was on fire this weekend maintaining her lead after just the second event. Definitely a world class competitor, now being 2 times UKs champion and deserves once again a stab at world's strongest woman as this year she beat a strong field over 8 events instead of 6, I hope I am not talking out of turn but the BSW Champion Marion Noble would not have beat Trish this weekend, though invited well in advance as dates and events and all girls notified back in february, Marion was clearly scared to get her ass beat, once again! What I am about to say maybe a big speak from the daddy but I know what's right and what's wrong and say what I think and I stand by what I say. I promised a show to all the girls in the United Kingdom with power events and heavy moving ones, testing all parts of the body (the factor of goodlooks or the ability to fry chips never came into the equation in selecting). I invited the best in the United Kingdom from strongwoman Jackie Young (who has not won any strongwoman title to date, though finished a worthy 2rd in worlds, still did not do a British qualifier)to powerlifters. This is my big speak, why did we not see Jackie, Marion and others there, your food and accommodation were paid for, £600 prize money for first place, £300 - 2nd, £100 - 3rd.

How are we going to improve the sport when these girls don't attend nationals to prove who is the best, cause I can tell you now, Trish Porter is the UK Strongest Woman and I call on all you girls who failed to show your face, prove me wrong.

Jo Cutts who came second in the competition showed consistency throughout with a fanastic grip in the Samson Scales.

Julie Dunkley who finished third (new kid on the block)shocked everybody by winning the first event and remaining second through most of the competition, also winning the viking press with a massive 14 reps.

Elaine Bell who finished fourth, a true sportswoman, woman of the match for me, winning the Queen Maeve Warrior's Medal for overall effort, the complete package winning the deadlift hold.

Tracey Thompson who finished fifth, a extremely tall, athletic strongwoman who did well in her first time out.

Jenny Black who finished sixth, Mal Kay's partner, first time out winning the train pull convincingly.

Hanna Bingle who finished seventh, mother hen to all the girls, did well in the viking press with a third best result to show her calibre.

Congratulations to everyone, thankyou to all the girls and sponsors who made this possible.

See you all next year.

Glenn Ross - "The Daddy"
ISA (Irish Strength Association)
President

Midshires Strongest Man 2003

The Midshires Strongest Man competition 2003 will be held at the Three Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcestershire on 14th & 15th June. Russ Bradley on 07833 626518 (after 6pm please) or email Les Wiltshire on les_wiltshire@tinyworld.co.uk

Full results were as follows:
1st Mick Gosling
2nd Lee Bowers
3rd Simon Flint
4th Carl Broomfield
5th Oli Thompson
6th Adam Townsend
7th Mark Felix
8th Paul Carter
9th Andy Lawrence
10th Andy Mavin
11th Joe Peebles
12th Simon Fitzpatrick
13th Lawrence Browne
14th Chris Wiltshire

SAMSON GIANTS

Which will be held in Pocklington East York’s on

15th June, 2003

last year it was a major success great day out 4 all the family £5 for adults £2 for under 10s BBQ out and inside bar fun fair live road show. The list of athletes and events will follow April.

Rob Dixon

07866 602611

The competitors were as follows:
1) Tim Thacker (or Tiny) from Harrogate who competed in Britains Heats this year
2) Terry Cochrane from Scarborough who was a last minute replacement
3) A swedish bloke but I cant remember his name!
4) Francis Kirby from Ireland. Ulsters strongest man
5) Darren Sadler from Harrogate (also in this years Britains strongest man heats)
6) Simon Morton from Durham (another Britains heat competitor)
7) Mark Westerby from York (his first major comp, did well at Scarboroughs strongest man last year)
8) Stumpy from Barnsley (the most famous competitor!)

The first event was a JCB push using back wheel to push against. Suprisingly Simon and Mark were the best at this event (could it be because they are Farmers?)

The second event was an axel + tyre lift above the head.

Unfortunately Simon who was in 1st place after the two events had to retire due to a calf injury.

The 3rd event was loading an atlas stone onto a platform as many times as possible

After this event Francis Kirby had to retire due to a bicep tear.

The fourth event was lifting weights on the leg machine. Only Darren and Stumpy could manage to get at least 1 rep on this event.

The final event was lifting 5 barrels onto the stage and building them into a pyramid.

The final placings were:
1) Stumpy
2) Darren Sadler
3) Mark Westerby
Joint 5Tim Thacker and Terry Cochrane
6) The Swedish Bloke (who by the end was limping)
7) Simon Morton

Francis kirby had to leave the comp to get treatment on his injury.

England’s Strongest Man 2003

29^th & 30^th March, 2003

L – R Steve Brooks promoter, Richard Gosling 3^rd – Bill Pittuck 2^nd – Eddy Ellwood 1st

Results – top 15 go to BSM!

1 Eddy Ellwood
2 Bill Pittuck
3 Richard Gosling
4 Ade Rollinson
5 Stumpy
6 Lee Bowers
7 Mick Gosling
8 Tim Thacker
9 Spencer Hyland
10 Adam Townsend
11 Simon Flint
12 Darren Sadler
13 Oli Thompson
14 Mal Kaye
15 Carl Broomfield

16 Reserve - Carl Waitoa

Report

Firstly well done Steve & Lynn Brooks, all the crew boys, Rob Dixon (compere), Frazer Tranter (referee), Dave Warner, Glenn Ross, Jen (Mal Kayes girlfriend) for doing the scoring, and everyone else who were involved in the organising of a great contest. Sorry if I’ve left anyone out! please post at the bottom if I have!

A good hard 2 day eventer which really proved what we all know already is that Eddy Ellwood is as good as people say he is! Its exciting that we have a true World Class athlete to hopefully send to WSM. If Richard Gosling can knuckle down to serious training he’s another great all rounder that could make his mark at WSM. My "man of the match" has to be Tiny Tim Thacker a prodigy of Dave Warner and Mal Kaye. A big raw boned brute with big hands and joints who is so powerful and adept at such a young age 23 (I think) one to watch out for. Ollie Thompson the only Southerner to make it through to BSM although a lacklustre performance on the first day nearly put paid to that. The top fifteen were as follows:

1 Ellwood - awesome
2 Pittuck - typical Bill, solid performance even after ankle injury had him doing the cross walk like Quasimodo!
3 Rich Gosling - good at all events, always seems as if he is in it half hearted. Oozes talent.
4 Rollinson - seemed to struggle a bit, not his usual smooth performance but still one to watch BSM.
5 Stumpy - good & bad events, ferocious battle with Simon Flint in the pole push!
6 Bowers - A revitalised Lee Bowers, very impressive - winning Pole push, completing all 5 barrels, 2nd in log and then goes and blows it by not lifting the farmers!
7 Mick Gosling - Shines in some events not in others, more to come I think
8 Thacker - Man of the Match!
9 Hyland - getting better at events now, could be too muscly!
10 Townsend - under par but still enough
11 Flint - bigger than ever! stamina suffering
12 Sadler - always impressive but found some events like arm over arm difficult
13 Thompson - best of the southerners, great pole push 2nd!
14 Kaye - got injured in deadlift, lets hope he’s ok as BSM is in his back yard - Scarborough!
15 Broomfield - best of the rest, I’m glad he got through
RESERVE CARL WAITOA

cant wait till BSM!
Regards

Phil

Competitors at BSM

Northern heat

Eddy Ellwood

Darren Sadler

Stumpy

Mal Kaye

Tim Thacker

Lee Bowers

Thomas Scarth

Simon Morton

Midlands heat

Richard Gosling

Bill Pittuck

Carl Broomfield

Spencer Hyland

Adam Townsend

Ade Rollinson

Simon Flint

Mick Gosling

Southern Heat

Oli Thompson
Steve McNeill
Carl Waitoa
Richard Giles
Dean Edwards
Johnny Kiss
Paul Carter
Mike Horwood

Britain’s Strongest Women’s Show

8^th March, 2003

1. Jeep pull with harness 20m
2. Farmers 65kg 30m 1 turn
3. Tire flip 15m 165kg
4. Stone circle 160kg
5. Medley

15m sack 85kg

Keg 70kg

Anvil 90kg

Onto platform

Results

Marion Nobile 47pts
Elaine Bell 44pts
joanne Cutts 40ts
Rebecca Bucknor 37pts
Hanne Bingle 25pts
Linda Miller retired injured

Alan Turner - 01207 583430

Southern England Qualifiers 2003

L – R

Phil Wright Promoter, Carl Waitoa 3^rd, Steve McNeill 2^nd, Oli Thompson 1^st

Southern Heat Qualifiers

Oli Thompson
Steve McNeill
Carl Waitoa
Richard Giles
Dean Edwards
Johnny Kiss
Paul Carter
Mike Horwood

Back row L – R

Carl Waitoa 3^rd, Steve McNeill 2^nd, Ollie Thompson 1^st, Johnny Kiss 6^th, Dean Edwards 5^th,

Front Row L – R

Paul Carter 7^th, Mick Horwood 8^th, Richard Giles 4^th.

Good hard fought show dominated by Oli Thompson. Last years Kent’s Strongest Man. Newcomer Carl Waitoa very strong but needs event training to reach full potential (12 reps in the 250kg d/l)

Much improved performances from Steve NcNeill and Dean Edwards both looking good. Richard Giles huge jump in class nearly scuppered by only scraping 1 rep in the deadlift, almost out as it was a compulsory lift!

Johnny Kiss looking ahead and just did enough to qualify. Giant novice Paul Carter’s power got him through.

Good competitive show but I think the lads are going to find it harder going at the England’s in 2 weeks.

Good luck boys!

SAMSON STRENGH PROMOTIONS PRESENTS

GLENWOOD MUSCLE POWER

8TH DECEMBER 2002

DOLPHIN LEISURE CENTRE DARLINGTON
EVENTS AXLE LIFT 125KG SAMSON CIRCLE 400KG FARMERS 140KG TYRE FLIP 330KG AXE HOLD 15KG STONES 100KG-165KG.CONTACT STEVE BROOKS
bigbrooks@lineone.net

1^st Big Ade Rollinson

2^nd Adam Townsend

3^rd Spencer Hyland

Steve Brooks promoter

Competitors

Spencer Hyland, Bill Pittuck, Ade Rollinson

Adam Townsend, Andy Mavin, Sweetspot

Simon Flint, Mal Kaye, Simon Morton, Stuart Murray, Darren Sadler, Johnny Kiss

A monster heavy show put on by Steve Brookes and Rob Dixon. The heaviest I’ve ever seen and some said too heavy for that late in the season but it was a proper Strongman Show! 125kg Axel lifts, 145kg!! Square sectioned farmers plus 330kg tyre flip, 400kg!! Basque circle, 5 stones 110kg – 165kg! Axe Hold.

Big Ade Rollinson showing that he is World Class by winning the overall contest with his easy completion of the Stones. Big Ade does not seem to stand out in any one event (except the stones) but ends up winning!

Adam Townsend goes from strength to strength. After seeing him win Allhallows 2002 he impressed me yet again at this heavy show narrowly missing winning it. He really is a great all rounder who I tip to be in top 3 of this years BSM.

Spencer Hyland the ex boxer who is probably one of the strongest men on the scene but who always seemed to lack event experience. He obviously has been getting some event training because now he is applying that huge power more technically he is always going to be up there.

Another good solid performance from Bill Pittuck. Johnny Kiss still improving and showing more gutsy aggression and technique now I’ve heard a rumour that he’s training with the Pittuck/Townsend/Illiffe camp. Simon Morton surprised me, what a monster! Started with 7 reps of the axel press which was only beaten by one athlete who got 8!, really impressive.

Darren Sadler “The Might Atom!” looks small up against the other monsters but WOW! Astonishing! So much power and technique, flew around with the 400kg Basque circle 3 times I think!

Stuart Murray looked very strong and back from his injury nightmares. Mal Kaye looked in great shape and is preparing for this years BSM (his last unfortunately) which is being held in his home town of Scarborough. Simon Flint (Big Scarey F****r) looked massive and again bursting with power but lacking event training, definitely one to watch out for in the next few years. The London boys Andy Mavin and Richard “Sweetspot” Giles found the going a bit too heavy and returned to training with a new found urgency the following day!

Good World Class Contest from Steve and Rob which was compered by 3 times British Strongest Man, Irelands Strongest Man and Worlds Strongest Man competitor Big Glenn Ross and Rob Dixon.

winner Big Ade with promoters Rob Dixon and Steve Brooks

Awaiting full results and scores from Steve or Rob!

Phil

Allhallows 2002

Sun 25^th Aug Novice 11.00am

Mon 26^th Aug Open11.00am

Results!

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All events on grass

£5 per entry for Novices

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Novice Events

1. 50m Farmers Walk (2 x 25m) with turn 95kg railway sleepers

(3 x head to head)

No distances taken, must complete course.

2. Log Lift for reps from floor 85kg

(3 x head to head)

Most reps in 75 seconds

CUT OFF POINT TOP 20 THROUGH

3. 40m Tyre Pull with Harness on grass

(2 x head to head)

4. Skip lift for max time, NO STRAPS

(2 x head to head)

5. The Knacker Kicker Medley!

• 5 Tyre flips
• 135kg Duckwalk 15m
• 100kg Barrel Walk 20m
• 90kg Farmers 20m

Open Events

1. 30m Lorry Pull with Harness (on road)

(x 1)

2. Farmers Walk 135kg suitcases 40m with turn

(2 x head to head)

3. Log Lift for reps 115kg from floor 75 seconds (2 x head to head)
4. Skip lift for max time, NO STRAPS

(2 x head to head)

5. The Knacker Kicker Medley!

• Tyre flip 3x
• 200kg Duckwalk 15m
• 125kg Barrel Walk 20m
• Farmers Walk 95kg 20m

Novice Winners

Tina,

Mick Horwood 3^rd, Ricky Bartholomew 1^st, John Bowles 2^nd

Open Winners

Maggie compere, Mick Gosling 2^nd , Adam Townsend 1^st , Alex Hunter 3^rd , Phil Wright Promoter,

front Beauty Queens!

Allhallows Open 2002
Pos	Athlete	Lorry Pull	Pts	135k Farm Walk	Pts	115 Log Lift	Pts	Skip Lift	Pts	Medley	Pts	Tot Pts
1	Adam Townsend	44.8	18	25	17	8	20	46.59	14	47.02	20	89
2	Mick Gosling	53.8	14	20.57	20	3	12	67.09	19	47.65	19	84
3	Alex Hunter	43.6	19	22.51	19	2	9	59.16	17	53.55	18	82
4	Ollie Thompson	59.6	12	31.12	16	6	18	47.95	15	91.83	16	77
5	Spencer Hyland	65	10	42.16	13	5	15	68.53	20	D6.50	14	72
6	Lee Bowers	42.1	20	D26.5	7	7	19	18.53	5	78	17	68
7	Russ Bradley	D22.2	8	24.6	18	0	7	65	18	112	15	66
8	Joe Peebles	47.69	17	35.38	14	0	5	41.49	13	2 c	11.5	60.5
9	Johnnie Kiss	55.51	13	D20	5	6	17	21.15	6	2 c	11.5	52.5
10	Steve McNeill	48.88	16	58.17	12	3	10	32.66	7	0	6	51
11	Dean Edwards	-	4	63.1	11	4	14	50.53	16	0	6	51
12	Adrian Davies	-	5	35.3	15	3	11	40.43	12	0	6	49
13	Sweetspot Giles	49.4	15	D09.2	2	3	13	38.48	10	0	6	46
14	Andy Mavin	-	3	D22.7	6	0	6	35.87	8	D0.5	13	36
15	Jamie Cockburn	-	2	D11.15	3	5	16	37.1	9	0	6	36
16	Dave Allison	62	11	74.07	10	0	4	0	4	0	6	35
17	Martin Poole	-	1	D27.7	8	0	3	40.09	11	1 c	10	33
18	Mick Manley	-	6	D15	4	2	8	0	3	0	6	27
19	Scott Litt Hayes	D03.7	7	D34.2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
20	Seb Abbetello	D26	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
	Unallocated pts						3		3		3	9
	Total pts		210		210		210		210		210	1050

Quite a hectic show with about 40 in the Novice and 20 in the Open but we got through it ok!

A really consistent performance from Adam Townsend won the Open with Mick Gosling looking very impressive in 2^nd place. Alex Hunter was back to his old self with a gutsy performance after a slightly grey patch earlier in the year due to personal problems.

Russ Bradley showed flashes of his old self in finishing the grueling medley. Lee Bowers very powerful but dreadful performance in the Skip Hold lost him too many points to catch up. Frazer Tranters man of the match was Ollie Thompson who once again showed great improvement and proved that his Kent’s Strongest Man win was no one off.

Lorry pull was very heavy and started in a bit of a dip with mainly only the big bodyweight boys budging it. 135kg farmers suitcases were handled very well by most of the competitors with Mick Gosling going past the 40m finish line and continuing till about 64m which beat Frazers previous record of 54m.

Johnnie Kiss again gutsy as they come.

Novice show dominated by Ricky Bartholomew and John Bowles with Mick Horwood.

Skip hold proved a huge success with athletes, made heavier for the Open by adding beer barrels.

Truck pull started in a dip very hard pull.

SOLID tyres caught a lot out!

115 logs head to head

Lee Bowers with the 95k farmers at the end of the grueling medley.

Adam Townsend on his way to winning the Open.

Results of Irish Open Pairs Championship

27^th and 28th July 2002

Rob Dixon and Dave Warner, Yorkshire Terriers = 43.5

Ade Rollinson and Steve Brooks, English Lions = 42.5

Steve Gracey and Paul Roberts, Ireland All Stars = 26

Kevin Murray and Pat McNamara, Tipperery Tigers = 24

Jason Reilly and Spencer Hyland, Capital All Sorts = 21

Frank Haley and John Shanahan, Munster Maniacs = 9

All the lads put on a really good show over the 2 days in Wicklow on 27th

and 28th July 2002. The crowds loved them.

Yvonne Ross

2002 Events

3^rd Mar, 2002 – Steve Brooks Show – see link below

24^th Mar, 2002 – Northern Britain Qualifier Durham

Contact Alan Turner 01207 583430

30^th Mar, 2002 – Southern England Qualifier Birmingham

Contact Frazer Tranter 07970 626666

7^th April, 2002 – British Team Championship YORK

Qualifier for Europe’s Team Championship

Contact Rob Dixon 07866 602611

10^th April, 2001 – Scottish Qualifier Glenrothes

Contact Jamie Barr 07990 632849

Novice Show Scotland Sun 26^th May, 2002

At Blair Atholl Highland Games

Contact IFSA website www.ifsaworld.com

Kent’s Strongest Man Sun 9^th June, 2002

Steve Winter 07946 008433

Midshires Strongest Man - 8 events

Russ Bradley 07833 626518 (after 6pm)

10^th & 11^th Aug, 2002

Sunday 4^th August 2002 – 11.30am

Top Ten Strongman Contest

Healthland, Wolverhampton

Frazer Tranter 07970 626666

Allhallows Strongman Competition

Novices Sun Bank Holiday 25^th Aug 2002

Open Mon Bank Holiday 26^th Aug 2002

See link above

15^th Sept 2002 Shapes Gym 2 man Team Show

see below

MWB Leisure Ltd

Proudly presents

Kent’s Power Team Challenge

2 Strongman Team Competition

on 18^th August 2002

at Lockmeadow Leisure Complex Maidstone

Results!

Power Team Challenge 2002 winning Team Mick Gosling & Steve Brooks

Power Team 2002
	event 1		event 2		event 3		event 4		event 5		event 6
Athlete	2 man bus pull	Pts	2 man farm walk	Pts	2 man stone reps	Pts	2 man basque circle	Pts	2 man tyre& van push	Pts	10x125k 1x150kg load	Pts	Total Pts	Final Pos
Steve Brooks	27.86	3	146.9	6	7	6	7+6.2m	6	37.82	6	41.23	6	33	1
Mike Gosling
Ollie Thompson	26.65	5	128.35	5	3	4	5+3.8m	3	42.39	5	60.38	3	25	2
John Bowles
Alex Hunter	26.26	6	112.66	3	2	2.5	5+18.1m	4	44.34	4	53.91	4	23.5	3
Steve McNeill
Adam Townsend	31.49	1	114.5	4	5	5	7+5.8m	5	51.78	2	48.59	5	22	4
Johhny Kiss
Gary Adams	26.68	4	77.5	2	2	2.5	4+2.5m	2	47.03	3	99.05	2	15.5	5
Mark Rogers
Mick Manley	29.41	2	62.8	1	0	1	3+0.7m	1	53.41	1	0	1	7	6
Mark Rutter
		21		21		21		21		21		21	126

Another top quality contest by a new promoter Alex Hunter. This team show was very gruelling with some of the competitors really feeling the effects of 3 shows in 3 weeks!

Mick Gosling and Steve Brooks won 5 out of the 6 events and looked every bit the quality they are. Steve a UK Strongest Man winner and Mick a WSM competitor this year. New boy Ollie Thompson proved his Kents Strongest Man title was no fluke by giving a solid performance with his partner John Bowles to take 2^nd place in front of local favorites Alex Hunter and Steve McNeill.

Midshires Strongest Man Competition

10^th & 11^th August, 2002

At The Leisuretime Show

Three Counties Showground

Malvern, Worcs

Results!

1^stBill Pittuck, 3^rdMick Gosling, 2^ndAdam Townsend with compere Maggie.

(steady on boys, that my missus!)

Athlete	Farmers & Sledge Drag	Pts	Car Hold	Pts	Barrel walk &Duckwalk	Pts	Load 6 items	Pts	Truck Pull	Pts	Log Lift	Pts	Atlas Stones	Pts	Medley	Pts	Total Pts	Pos
Bill Pittuck	51.28	11	38.84	13	33.38	14	48.34	15	34.62	13	6	11.5	51.55	13	53.35	15	105.5	1
Adam Townsend	50.12	12	37.16	12	42.9	12	54.02	13	34.78	12	7	13	42.13	15	54.49	13	102	2
Mick Gosling	45.53	14	41.02	14	28.57	15	48.38	14	39.53	8	6	11.5	64.49	11	54.22	14	101.5	3
Steve Brooks	58.29	9	35.72	11	37.19	13	55.07	12	33.47	14	8	14	51.17	14	58.94	12	99	4
Lee Bowers	40.38	15	11.01	3	dist 46.3m	8	81.16	9	33.44	15	9	15	53.68	12	61.31	11	88	5
Simon Flint	49.1	13	43.85	15	107.05	10	73.01	10	37.96	10	1	6.5	5@59.89	10	63.1	10	84.5	6
Steve McNeill	62.69	7	19.81	6	89.05	11	65.58	11	37.69	11	1	6.5	5@101.64	8	95.66	3	63.5	7
Seb Abbietello	60.16	8	26.5	7	dist 47.6m	9	5	3	42.51	6	4	10	5@72.86	9