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2012 UK GRIP CONTESTS

The 20th British Grip Championships

Saturday 12 May, 2012
Venue: Grip Factory, Stafford
Promoter: David Horne
All weights in kilo's
(Single-hand events to be done as follows: two with one hand and one with the other)

Overall results – Open class
1. David Horne – 6pt
2. Rob Russell – 11pt
3. Stew Killick – 20pt
4. Chris Lowe – 24pt
4. Richie Bevan – 24pt
6. Dave Johnson – 28pt
7. Mark Martin-Dye – 29pt
8. Elizabeth Horne – 38pt

Overall results – Women’s class
1. Elizabeth Horne

Bodyweights/age
1. David Horne – Male – 104.45k – age 49
2. Rob Russell – Male – 141.45k – age 37
3. Stew Killick – Male – 131.25k – age 41
4. Chris Lowe – Male – 141.3k – age 25
4. Richie Bevan – Male – 112.8k – age 27
6. Dave Johnson – Male – 79.1k – age 38
7. Mark Martin-Dye – Male – 65.7k – age 35
8. Elizabeth Horne – Female – 79.8k – age 28

Event 1 - Adjustable Thick Bar (one hand) - GripTopz
1. Stew Killick – 119.83k – L/H
2. David Horne – 119.33k – L/H
3. Rob Russell – 116.77k – R/H
4. Chris Lowe – 109.68k – R/H
5. Richie Bevan – 97.42k – L/H
6. Dave Johnson – 93.12k – R/H - New WR 83k class
7. Mark Martin-Dye – 78.53k – R/H - New WR 66 & 74k class
8. Elizabeth Horne – 76.27k – L/H

Event 2 - Reverse Bending (Pair of 10" x 4" suede wraps touching in the middle)
1. David Horne – 239.3k bar to 6.4deg
2. Rob Russell – 239.3k bar to 6.3deg
3. Stew Killick – 239.3k bar to 2.3deg
4. Chris Lowe – 188.8k bar full bend
5. Dave Johnson – 188.8k bar to 34.9deg
6. Mark Martin-Dye – 188.8k bar to 19.2deg
7. Richie Bevan – 166.3k bar to 22.1deg
8. Elizabeth Horne – 166.3k bar to 1.3deg

All bends will be listed in the Torque! Cert list.

Event 3 – Stub Lift (one hand) - GripTopz
1. David Horne – 21.84k – R/H - New WR 105 & 120k classes
2. Rob Russell – 19.04k – L/H
3. Richie Bevan – 17.18k – R/H
4. Chris Lowe – 16.94k – L/H
5. Mark Martin-Dye – 15.54k – R/H – New WR 66 & 74k classes
6. Elizabeth Horne – 14.34k – R/H - New WR Female 84 class
6. Stew Killick – 14.34k – L/H
6. Dave Johnson – 14.34k – L/H

Event 4 – IronMind Gripper – Silver Bullet hold (2.5k)
1. David Horne – #3 CoC – 40secs – R/H
2. Rob Russell – #3 CoC – 28secs – R/H
3. Stew Killick – #3 CoC – 25secs – R/H
4. Chris Lowe – #3 CoC – 19secs – R/H
5. Richie Bevan – #3 CoC – 9secs – R/H
6. Mark Martin-Dye – #2 CoC – 37secs – L/H
7. Dave Johnson – #2 CoC – 28secs – R/H
8. Elizabeth Horne – #2 CoC – 22secs – R/H

All the #3 attempts were official and done with a brand new #3 CoC gripper sent by IronMind

Event 5 – Braced steel bar snap
1. David Horne – 18” x 12mm EN1 CRS bar snapped in 11min 5secs
2. Rob Russell – 18” x 12mm EN1 CRS bar snapped in 11min 7secs
3. Dave Johnson – 14” x 10mm EN1 CRS bar snapped in 4min 5secs
4. Richie Bevan – 14” x 10mm EN1 CRS bar snapped in 17min 54secs
5. Mark Martin-Dye – 18” x 10mm EN1 CRS bar snapped in 6min 32secs
6. Stew Killick – 18” x 10mm EN1 CRS bar snapped in 7min 28secs
7. Elizabeth Horne – 18” x 10mm EN1 CRS bar snapped in 9min 15secs
8. Chris Lowe – 18” x 12mm EN1 CRS bar – did not snap

All snaps under 10mins will be listed in the Torque! Cert list.

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The 3rd Britain’s Strongest Hands 2012

Saturday 7 April, 2012
Venue: Grip Factory, Stafford
Promoter: David Horne
All weights in kilo's

Overall results – Open class
1. David Horne – 5pt
2. Rob Russell – 7pt
3. Chris Lowe – 13pt
4. Richie Bevan – 17.5pt
5. Richard Scott – 25pt
6. Elizabeth Horne – 25.5pt
7. Maxwell Thompson – 26pt
8. Mark Martin-Dye – 28.5pt
9. Leon Macey – 34.5pt
10. Anthony Biggs – 38.5pt

Overall results – 83k class
1. Elizabeth Horne – 5.5pt
2. Mark Martin-Dye – 7.5pt
3. Leon Macey – 12.5pt
4. Anthony Biggs – 14.5pt

Bodyweights/age
1. David Horne – Male - 102.85k – age 49
2. Rob Russell – Male – 139.4k – age 37
3. Chris Lowe – Male – 139.9k – age 25
4. Richie Bevan – Male – 113.1k – age 26
5. Richard Scott – Male – 84.4k – age 28
6. Elizabeth Horne – Female – 82.65k – age 28
7. Maxwell Thompson – Male – 120.7k – age 44
8. Mark Martin-Dye – Male – 64.25k – age 35
9. Leon Macey – Male – 82.3k – age 32
10. Anthony Biggs – Male – 82.85k – age 32

Event 1 - Adjustable Thick Bar (one hand) - GripTopz
1. David Horne – 125.45k
2. Rob Russell – 110.3k
3. Chris Lowe – 110k
4. Richie Bevan – 95.97k
4. Maxwell Thompson – 95.97k
6. Richard Scott – 95.05k
7. Elizabeth Horne – 77.97k
7. Mark Martin-Dye – 77.97k
9. Leon Macey – 77.27k
10. Anthony Biggs – 75.42k

Event 2 - Reverse Bending (Pair of 10" x 4" suede wraps touching in the middle)
1. Rob Russell – 239.3k bar to 6.2deg
2. David Horne – 239.3k bar to 5.1deg
3. Chris Lowe – 188.8k bar full bend
4. Maxwell Thompson – 188.8k bar to 19.2deg
5. Richard Scott – 166.3k bar full bend
6. Mark Martin-Dye – 166.3k bar to 30.3deg
7. Richie Bevan – 166.3k bar to 24.5deg
8. Elizabeth Horne – 166.3k bar to 2.9deg
9. Leon Macey – 166.3k bar to 0.7deg
10. Anthony Biggs – 128.6k bar full bend

Event 3 – Two Hands Pinch Lift
1. David Horne – 108.35k – New WR 105k class
2. Rob Russell – 101k
3. Chris Lowe – 91.2k
4. Elizabeth Horne – 81.05k – New WR Female 84 & 84k+ classes
5. Richie Bevan – 69.65k
6. Mark Martin-Dye – 69.3k – New WR 66k class
7. Richard Scott – 68.6k
8. Leon Macey – 56.1k
8. Anthony Biggs – 56.1k
10. Maxwell Thompson – no lift

Event 4 – One Hand Vulcan Gripper (V2) - 20mm block close for reps [min 5 reps]
1. David Horne – L15 x 17 reps
2. Rob Russell – L12 x 13 reps
3. Richie Bevan – L9 x 21 reps
4. Chris Lowe – L9 x 20 reps
5. Richard Scott – L9 x 17 reps
6. Elizabeth Horne – L9 x 11 reps
7. Maxwell Thompson – L9 x 9 reps
8. Leon Macey – L6 x 22 reps
9. Mark Martin-Dye – L6 x 9 reps
10. Anthony Biggs – L3 x 15 reps

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The 3rd British Hub Lifting Champs 2012

Overall results
1. Rob Russell – 2.5pt
2. Richie Bevan – 5.5pt
3. David Horne – 6.5pt
4. Chris Lowe – 7.5pt
5. Maxwell Thompson – 9.5pt
6. Elizabeth Horne – 10.5pt
7. Richard Scott – 15pt
7. Mark Martin-Dye – 15pt
9. Anthony Biggs – 18pt
10. Leon Macey – 20pt

Event 1 - Shallow Hub (one hand) – GripTopz
1. Rob Russell – 24.28k
2. Richie Bevan – 24.05k
3. David Horne – 22.42k
4. Maxwell Thompson – 19.48k
5. Elizabeth Horne – 18.08k – New WR Female 84 & 84k+ classes
6. Chris Lowe – 17.05k
7. Richard Scott – 16k
7. Mark Martin-Dye – 16k – New WR 66k class
9. Anthony Biggs – 13.25k
10. Leon Macey – 11.4k

Event 2 - 20kg disc + weight evenly spaced for max (last man standing)
1. Rob Russell – 26.75k
1. Chris Lowe – 26.75k
3. David Horne – 25.25k
3. Richie Bevan – 25.25k
5. Maxwell Thompson – 21.5k
5. Elizabeth Horne – 21.5k
7. Richard Scott – 20k
7. Mark Martin-Dye – 20k
9. Anthony Biggs – 15k
10. Leon Macey – no lift

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UK Winter League 2011/2012

Leg 3 - Overall result
1 David Horne – 4pt
2 Rob Russell – 5pt
3 Maxwell Thompson – 10pt
4 Paul Wood – 11pt
5 Philippe Crisp – 15pt

Event 1 - Two x 20k discs pinch, One hand or Two hand hold
1 David Horne – One hand – 10secs hold - L/H
2 Rob Russell – One hand – 7.5secs hold – R/H
3 Maxwell Thompson – Two hands – 1min 15secs hold
4 Paul Wood – Two hands – 53.94secs hold
5 Philippe Crisp – Two hands – 40.5secs hold

Event 2 – Shallow Hub - GripTopz
1 Rob Russell – 23.20k (weights calibrated) – R/H
2 David Horne – 22.59k (weights calibrated) – R/H
3 Maxwell Thompson – 20.5k (weights calibrated)
4 Paul Wood –18.6k (weights calibrated) – R/H
5 Philippe Crisp – no lift

Event 3 – Vulcan (V1 or V2) - 20mm block for 10 reps
1 David Horne – L15 x 13 reps – V2 – Crom spring R/H
2 Rob Russell – L12 x 10 reps – V2 – black end spring R/H
3 Paul Wood – L11 x 10 reps – V1 – Wasp spring L/H
4 Maxwell Thompson – L7 x 10 reps – V1 – black end spring
5 Philippe Crisp – no lift

Stafford – one ref/videoed
Northwich – one ref
Scarborough - no other ref
Wirral - no other ref/videoed

Results after Leg 1, 2 and 3
1 David Horne – 50 + 50 + 50 = 150
2 Rob Russell – 30 + 30 + 30 = 90
3 Paul Wood – 18 + 18 + 9 = 45
4 Maxwell Thompson - 18
5 Carl Maguire – 4.5 + 6.75 = 11.25
6 Darren Mehegan – 9
7 Mark Martin-Dye – 2 + 6.75 = 8.75
8 Philippe Crisp – 2 + 4.5 = 6.5
9 Nick Swain –1


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