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1997 UK GRIP CONTESTS

7th British Grip Championships

Saturday 26 July, 1997

Venue: Stafford

Promoter: David Horne (In association with IAWA)

All weights in kilo's

On the 26th of July 1997, I hosted the sixth British Grip Championships, again in Stafford. The higher number of competitors and the varied ability of the lifters prompted me to introduce the division of the competition into two sections: Novice and Open. Ten competitors pitted their grips against one another in the Novice category, and three endured the Open section.

I managed to take first place once again and subsequently beat Steve Sherwood ’s record of ‘three in a row’. More than winning, however, I was pleased with my 228kg One Hand Vertical Bar Lift, which was 13kg more than I had ever lifted in training. Twelve out of twelve lifts gave me a score of 478.2 points, only one more than last year. Nick McKinless, jumping from last year’s fourth up to this year’s second, achieved a great 66.5kg record on the 3½-inch Dumbell and surprised me with his improvement on the Pinch Lift; attaining an overall increase of 59 points.

Taking first place in the Novice section, thirteen-year-old Elizabeth Talbot hoisted a 60kg Two Hands Pinch Lift, 113kg One Hand Vertical Bar Lift and a 75kg Reverse Rim Lift. Regardless of her age and sex allowance, these records are all clearly excellent lifts. In second place, and only 25 points adrift was Dave Berry, who was only 3kg away from heaving up a three-times bodyweight One Hand Vertical Bar with 160.5kg. In third place was Sam Cook, another exciting junior prospect, who managed 145.5kg on the One Hand Vertical Bar Lift. Dave Warrilow followed with an attempt of 203kg on his best event, the Vertical Bar Lift, but unfortunately had to settle for 188kg which, although slightly disappointing for himself, was still a great lift. My son, Jason Horne, entered his first grip competition and finished sixth. He pulled a great 60kg on the Reverse Rim Lift – not bad for an eleven-year-old!

Abbreviations: 2.H P/L= Two Hands Pinch Lift, O.H.V.B.L= One Hand Vertical Bar Lift, R.R.L= Reverse Rim Lift, O.H.L&W 3.5” D/B= One Hand Lift and Walk (10ft) with a 3.5” Dumbbell

 

NAME

B/W

AGE

%

2.H.P/L

O.H.V.B.L

R.R.L

O.H.L&W 3.5” D/B

AM

TOT

LIFTING FORMULA

1.2000

0.6347

0.9858

1.9409

 

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS

1

David Horne,
Stafford

89.3

35

-

115
(124.40)

213
(121.87)

135
(119.97)

64
(111.98)

478.2

2

Nick McKinless,
Cheltenham

88.9

26

-

97.5
(105.74)

183
(104.97)

120
(106.91)

66.5
(116.65)

434.2

3

Duncan Moore,
Stafford

77.1

25

-

90
(106.16)

128
(79.86)

112.5
(109.01)

51.5
(98.25)

393.2

NOVICE CHAMPIONSHIPS

1

Elizabeth Talbot,
Stafford

85.0

13

66

60
(110.84)

113
(110.41)

75
(113.82)

34
(101.59)

436.6

2

Dave Berry,
Cheltenham

54.4

36

1

57.5
(87.25)

145.5
(116.77)

90
(112.19)

39
(95.71)

411.9

3

Sam Cook,
Cheltenham

67.6

15

15

60
(88.54)

145.5
(113.57)

72.5
(87.89)

36.5
(87.12)

377.1

4

Dave Warrilow,
Stafford

78.7

30

-

75
(87.37)

188
(115.83)

100
(95.70)

39
(73.48)

372.3

5

Dave Johnson,
Stafford

75.7

23

-

77.5
(92.46)

138
(87.08)

90
(88.20)

41.5
(80.08)

347.8

6

Jason Horne,
Stafford

52.1

11

33

42.5
(87.92)

73
(79.88)

55
(93.47)

21.5
(71.94)

333.2

7

Lee Morrison,
Southampton

90.9

29

-

70
(74.97)

138
(78.18)

85
(74.79)

51.5
(89.22)

317.1

8

Graham Monck,
Cheltenham

87.1

40

6

60
(69.78)

113
(69.51)

70
(66.88)

36.5
(68.66)

274.8

9

Charles Warnica,
Canada

85.3

17

5

55
(64.13)

100.5
(61.98)

60
(57.47)

36.5
(68.84)

252.4

10

Mark Shaw,
Leicester

79.6

36

1

N/L

-

-

-

-

4TH ATTEMPTS

David Horne—228kg One Hand Vertical Bar Lift
Nick McKinless—100kg Two Hands Pinch Lift, 125kg Reverse Rim Lift
Dave Berry—160.5kg One Hand Vertical Bar Lift, 95kg Reverse Rim Lift
Sam Cook—39kg One Hand Lift and Walk with a 3.5” D/B
Jason Horne—60kg Reverse Rim Lift
Charles Warnica—70kg Reverse Rim Lift

 

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