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2009 UK GRIP CONTESTS

Muscles & Medals Old-School Strength Challenge I – 2009

Sunday 9 Aug, 2009

Venue: Stafford

Promoter: David Horne

Overall results

1 David Horne – 9.5pt
2 Stew Killick – 11.5pt
3 Richard Scott – 16.5pt
4 Jim Wylie – 19pt
5 Lol Owen – 23pt
6 Alex Horne – 27.5pt
7 Elizabeth Horne – 33pt

Event 1 - One Hand Bench Press

1 Stew Killick 72.5k – 1pt
2 David Horne 70k – 2pt
3 Richard Scott 52.5k – 3pt
4 Jim Wylie 45k – 4pt
5 Lol Owen 42.5k – 5.5pt
5 Alex Horne 42.5k – 5.5pt
7 Elizabeth Horne 32.5k – 7pt

Event 2 - One Hand Curl against wall

1 Stew Killick 35k – 1pt
2 David Horne 32.5k – 2pt
3 Jim Wylie 28.5k – 3.5pt
3 Richard Scott 28.5k – 3.5pt
5 Lol Owen 27.5k – 5pt
6 Alex Horne 25k – 6pt
7 Elizabeth Horne – 20k – 7pt

Event 3 - Loose Plate Pinch Lifting

1 David Horne 2 x 20k – 1.5pt
1 Jim Wylie 2 x 20k – 1.5pt
3 Stew Killick 2 x 15k + 5k – 3.5pt
3 Lol Owen 2 x 15k + 5k – 3.5pt
5 Elizabeth Horne 2 x 15k – 5pt
6 Alex Horne 2 x 10k + 10k – 6pt
7 Richard Scott 2 x 10k + 7.5k – 7pt

Event 4 - Zercher

1 Richard Scott 170k – 1pt
2 David Horne 160k – 2pt
3 Stew Killick 140k – 4pt
3 Lol Owen 140k – 4pt
3 Alex Horne 140k – 4pt
6 Jim Wylie 120k – 6pt
7 Elizabeth Horne 100k – 7pt

Event 5 - Seated One Hand Dumbbell Press (Doing 3 reps on each Globe dumbbell, in the time allotted - 3 min) Dumbbells 30, 35, 45, 50, 56, 71, 80lb and baby Inch.

1 Richard Scott up to 80lb – 2pt
1 Stew Killick up to 80lb – 2pt
1 David Horne up to 80lb – 2pt
4 Jim Wylie 1 rep on 80lb – 4pt
5 Lol Owen up to 56lb – 5pt
6 Alex Horne up to 50lb – 6pt
7 Elizabeth Horne up to 35lb – 7pt


Primal Fitness Grip Competition

Saturday 25 July, 2009

Venue: Primal Fitness, Manchester

Promoter: Primal Fitness & Paul Wood

All weights in kilo's

Overall Results

1. Paul Wood - 7 Points
2. James Riley - 9 Points
3. Aaquil Rashid - 19 Points
4. Alex Minogue - 20 Points
5. Loz Owen - 23 Points
6. Kenji Abendango - 24 Points
7. Florian Donnard - 25 Points
8. Neil "Twig" Belcher - 26 Points
9. Peter Wilson - 30 Points

1. One Hand Vulcan Gripper

1. Paul Wood - Level 10
1. Loz "Lol" Owen - Level 10
3. Neil "Twig" Belcher - Level 7
4. James Riley - Level 4
5. Pete Wilson - Level 1
5. Florian Donnard - Level 1
5. Kenji Abendango - Level 1
8. Alex Minogue - Level 0
8. Aaquil Rashid - Level 0

2. One Hand 1" Vertical Bar Lift

1. Paul Wood - 140kg
2. Alex Minogue - 110kg
3. James Riley - 100kg
3. Kenji Abendengo - 100kg
5. Florian Donnard - 80kg
5. Neil "Twig" Belcher - 80kg
5. Loz "Lol" Owen - 80kg
5. Aaquil Rashid - 80kg
9. Peter Wilson - 60kg

3. Farmers Walk with Kettlebell

1. James Riley - 3:21
2. Alex Minogue - 3:39
3. Paul Wood - 3:49
4. Aaquil Rashid - 3:54
5. Peter Wilson - 4:47
6. Florian Donnard - 5:17
7. Kenji Abendango - 6:35
8. Loz "Lol" Owen - 7:52
9. Neil "Twig" Belcher - 8:54

4. Fat Wrist Roller

1. James Riley - 0:49
2. Paul Wood - 1:34
3. Aaquil Rashid - 1:42
9. No one else managed to complete the challenge! Not an easy one this one...


 

17th British Hand Strength Championships

Saturday 23 May, 2009

Venue: Whey Gym, Gloucester

Promoter: Steve Gardener (In association with BHSA)

All weights in kilo's

Overall Results

1st Steve Gardener 6pts
2nd Paul Savage 10pts
3rd Sam Solomi 16pts
4th Fred Coombs 21pts
5th Stew Killick 22pts

1. One Hand Vulcan Gripper - 20mm block close

L/H+R/H=Total
1. Paul Savage 19+19=38
2. Steve Gardener 16+19=35
3. Sam Solomi 16+16=32
4. Fred Coombs 12+16=28
5. Stew Killick 10+12=22

2. Two Hands Pinch Lift

Name/width/best lift
1. Steve Gardener (44): 110.20
2. Sam Solomi (54): 93.07
3. Paul Savage (54): 78.83
4. Fred Coombs (48): 77.7
5. Stew Killick (48): 72.64

3. Plate Wrist Curl

L/H+R/H=total
1. Steve Gardener 15+2.5+pin(19.10) plus 15+3.75+pin(20.35) = 39.45kg
2. Paul Savage 15+2.5+pin(19.10) plus 15+2.5+pin(19.10) = 38.20kg
3. Sam Solomi 15+1.25+pin (17.85) plus 15+1.25+pin (17.85) = 35.70
4. Stew Killick 15 (15) plus 15+pin (16.60) = 31.60
5. Fred Coombs 10+2.5+pin (14.10) plus 10+2.5+pin (14.10) = 28.20

4. One Hand Deadlift with Olympic Bar

L/H+R/H=total
1. Steve Gardener 180+200 = 380kilos
2. Paul Savage 182.5+190 = 372.5kilos
3. Stew Killick 150+160= 310kilos
4. Fred Coombs 145+160 = 305kilos
5. Sam Solomi 140+150= 290kilos

5. 53k Baby Inch for time (new rules)

L/H+R/H=total in seconds
1. Steve Gardener 50+50=100
2. Paul Savage 35+36=71
3. Sam Solomi 21+34=55
4. Fred Coombs 28+22=50
5. Stew Killick 8+8=16


 

Peter Horne Memorial Grip Contest II

Saturday 11 April, 2009

Venue: Stafford

Promoter: David Horne

All weights in kilo's

Overall Results

1st Nick McKinless 8pts
2nd Jim Wylie 12.5pts
3rd Steve Gardener 13pts
4th Jason Horne 22.5pts
5th David Elmer 23.5pts
6th Paul Wood 24pts
7th Alex Horne (aged 17) 24.5pts
8th Elizabeth Horne (female) 28pts
8th Jim Mills 28pts
10th Oliver Horne 36pts

1. Two Hands Pinch Lift

1st Steve Gardener 109.1k
2nd Nick McKinless 99.2k
3rd Jim Wylie 80.6k
4th David Elmer 79.1k
5th Jim Mills 73.9k
5th Jason Horne 73.9k
5th Oliver Horne 73.9k
5th Elizabeth Horne 73.9k
9th Paul Wood 69.7k
9th Alex Horne 69.7k

2. One Hand Vulcan Gripper - 20mm block close

1st Steve Gardener L21
2nd Nick McKinless L13
3rd Jim Wylie L12
3rd Paul Wood L12
5th Jason Horne L11
6th Alex Horne L10
7th David Elmer L9
7th Elizabeth Horne L9
9th Jim Mills L8
10th Oliver Horne L8

3. One Hand Deadlift with Olympic Bar

1st Nick McKinless 200k
2nd Steve Gardener 195k
3rd Jim Mills 160k
3rd Paul Wood 160k
3rd Jim Wylie 160k
6th David Elmer 150k
7th Jason Horne 140k
8th Alex Horne 130k
9th Elizabeth Horne 120k
10th Oliver Horne 100k

4. Orbigrip - 2.5k for 2 mins, elbow on table

1st Alex Horne 197 revs
2nd Jim Wylie 195 revs
3rd Nick McKinless 170 revs
4th Jason Horne 137 revs
5th Elizabeth Horne 132 revs
6th David Elmer 130 revs
7th Paul Wood 129 revs
8th Jim Mills 112 revs
9th Steve Gardener 110 revs
10th Oliver Horne 102 revs

Weather was brilliant, and thanks to all who came!

Highlights of comp was:
Steve getting to about 2 inches away on 117.1k on the Two Hands Pinch.
Alex whirring out 197 revolutions on the Orbigrip. No wonder he has incredible endurance on the armwrestling table.
Solid all-round performance for Nick - congrats on win!

Interesting to see some great numbers done by gals and gals who haven't done any grip training in a looong time! These include, Nick McKinless, Jim Wylie, and Jim Mills. Elizabeth Horne and Alex Horne have been just armwrestling. David Elmer has put 5 grip sessions in recently after over 10 years break from training, and Jason Horne and Oliver Horne haven't even trained in ages!

Steve G should do very well later in the year, as long as he brings up his endurance strength. We've chatted about that.

See you all next year!
David


Northwest Grip Contest II

Saturday 17 January, 2009

Venue: Manchester

Promoter: Neil Belcher

Overall Results

1st Fred Coombs
2nd Neil Belcher


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