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Home 2012 UK GRIP CONTESTS The 2nd UK Winter League 2012/2013 - Leg 2 Overall result 1 David Horne – B/W 101.5k, age 50 – 3pt 2 Chris Lowe – B/W 145.5k, age 26 – 7pt 3 Rob Russell – B/W 141.8k, age 38 – 9pt 4 Elizabeth Horne – B/W 79.4k, age 29 (female) – 13pt 4 Richie Bevan – B/W 108.7k, age 27 – 13pt 6 Lucy Horne – B/W 26k, age 6 (female) – 18pt Event 1 - One Hand Pinch Lift 1 David Horne – 52.15k (weights calibrated) L/H (World Rec) 2 Rob Russell – 46.35k (weights calibrated) R/H plates 3 Chris Lowe – 43.25k (weights calibrated) R/H 4 Richie Bevan – 38.45k (weights calibrated) R/H 5 Elizabeth Horne – 37.7k (weights calibrated) R/H (female) 6 Lucy Horne – 7.38k (weights calibrated) L/H (age 6 female) plates Event 2 - Vulcan Gripper (V1 or V2) - 20mm block 1 David Horne – L19 – V2 – black end spring R/H 2 Chris Lowe – L18 – V2 – black end spring R/H 3 Rob Russell – L17 – V2 – black end spring R/H 4 Richie Bevan – L14 – V2 – black end spring R/H 5 Elizabeth Horne – L12 – V2 – black end spring R/H (female) 6 Lucy Horne – L25 rubber band – V2 R/H (age 6 female) Event 3 - LeverTop - underhand 1 David Horne – 40.27k (weights calibrated) L/H (World Rec) 2 Chris Lowe – 29.37k (weights calibrated) L/H 3 Elizabeth Horne – 24.22k (weights calibrated) L/H (female) (World Rec) 4 Rob Russell – 24.12k (weights calibrated) R/H 5 Richie Bevan – 23.07k (weights calibrated) R/H 6 Lucy Horne – 4.12k (weights calibrated) L/H (age 6 female) Stafford – three refs/videoed Scarborough - no other ref/videoed ----------------------------------------------------------- The 2nd UK Winter League 2012/2013 - Leg 1 Overall result 1 David Horne – B/W 103.45k, age 50 – 5pt 2 Rob Russell – B/W 142.1k, age 38 – 7pt 3 Chris Lowe – B/W 142.75k, age 27 – 8pt 4 Richie Bevan – B/W 109.2k, age 26 – 10pt 5 Elizabeth Horne – B/W 78.4k, age 28 (female) – 15pt Event 1 - Half a Penny (one hand) - 'Key' style – GripTopz 1 David Horne – 18.52k (weights calibrated) R/H 2 Chris Lowe – 16.16k (weights calibrated) R/H 3 Rob Russell – 15.83k (weights calibrated) L/H 4 Richie Bevan – 15.06k (weights calibrated) R/H 5 Elizabeth Horne – 12.7k (weights calibrated) R/H (female) Event 2 - Shallow Hub (one hand) – GripTopz 1 Rob Russell – 24.41k (weights calibrated) R/H 2 Richie Bevan – 23.09k (weights calibrated) R/H 3 David Horne – 22.31k (weights calibrated) R/H 4 Chris Lowe – 20.94k (weights calibrated) R/H 5 Elizabeth Horne – 18.14k (weights calibrated) R/H (female) Event 3 - Gripper Hold – 2.5k weighted ribbon 1 David Horne – #3 for 11.7sec - R/H 2 Chris Lowe – #3 for 5.6sec - R/H 3 Rob Russell – #2 for 15sec – R/H 4 Richie Bevan – #2 for 13.6sec - R/H 5 Elizabeth Horne – #2 for 2.3sec - R/H (female) Stafford – two refs/videoed Scarborough - no other ref/videoed ------------------------------------------------------ Britain’s Most Powerful Hands 2012 Saturday 13 October, 2012 Venue: Basingstoke, Hampshire Promoter: Mark Martin-Dye and Stew Killick All weights in kilos Overall results - Open Class 1) Steve Gardener 1241.5 2) Stew Killick 1143 3) Rob Frampton 1136.7 4) Lloyd Renals 1133.4 5) Richie Bevan 1054.28 6) Mike MacKenzie 1051.78 7) Lewis Graddon 1017.95 8) Adam Bonnell 974.8 9) Tom Balchin- 929.25 10) Mark M-D 922.75 11) Jon Bleach 891.1 Top 3 - Under 105kg Class 1) Richie Bevan 2) Mike MacKenzie 3) Lewis Graddon Bodyweights (The scales only went to 140 kg) Mark M-D 65.55 Tom Balchin 86.5 Lewis Graddon 89 Adam Bonnell 93.55 Mike MacKenzie 96.5 Richie Bevan 104.9 Jon Bleach 124.1 Steve Gardener 127.55 Stew Killick 133.35 Rob Frampton and Lloyd Renals were over 140k Event 1 - Adjustable Thickbar 1) Steve Gardener 140.2 (100%) 2) Rob Frampton 130 (92.9%) 3) Stew Killick 115.2 (82.3%) 3) Jon Bleach 115.2 (82.3%) 5) Lloyd Renals 110.25 (78.63%) 6) Mike MacKenzie 110.1 (78.53%) 7) Richie Bevan 105.286 (75.2%) 8) Lewis Graddon 100.036 (71.45%) 8) Tom Balchin 100.036 (71.45%) 10) Adam Bonnell 95.086 (67.8%) 11) Mark M-D 85.186 (60.8%) Event 2 - Ironmind British Silver Bullet Championship 1) Steve Gardener 42.23 (100%) 2) Stew Killick 29.14 (69%) 3) Richie Bevan 22.93 (54.3%) 4) Lewis Graddon 14.09 (33.4%) 5) Mike MacKenzie 11.97 (28.35%) 6) Tom Balchin 10.35 (24.5%) 7) Lloyd Renals 5.83 (13.8%) 8) Adam Bonnell 16.4 #2 gripper (9.2%) Mark M-D, Rob Frampton and Jon Bleach No-lifted Event 3 - Loading medley score out of 100- 10 points per item unless item was loaded to a lower platform, then 2.5 points 1) Rob Frampton 90 Steve Gardener 80 Lloyd Renals 80 Jon Bleach 70 Mike MacKenzie 70 Adam Bonnell 50 Lewis Graddon 50 Richie Bevan 50 Stew Killick 50 Tom Balchin 50 Mark M-D 32.5 Event 4 - Two Hands Pinch 1) Steve Gardener 104.95 (100%) 2) Rob Frampton 102.86 (98%) 3) Mike MacKenzie 96.56 (92%) bodyweight 96.5! 4) Lloyd Renals 90.31 (86%) 5) Stew Killick 84.1 (80.1%) 6) Richie Bevan 80.45 (76.65%) 8) Lewis Graddon 77.5 (73.8%) 8) Adam Bonnell 77.5 (73.8%) 9) Jon Bleach 75.01 (71.4%) 10) Mark M-d 66.7 (63.55) (Over bodyweight ) 11) Tom Balchin 61.4 (58.5)- massive skin tears and bleeding Event 5 - Sledgehammer Deadlift 1) Rob Frampton 6.56kg (100%) 2) Stew Killick 6.1 (92.9%) 3) Steve Gardener 5.42 (82.6%) 4) Lloyd Renals 4.92 (75%) 5) Jon Bleach 4.42 (67.4%) 6) Tom Balchin 3.926 (59.9%) 7) Richie Bevan 3.805 (58%) 9) Mike MacKenzie 3.701 (56.4%) 9) Mark M-D 3.701 (56.4%) 11) Lewis Graddon 3.18 (48.5%) 11) Adam Bonnell 3.18 (48.5%) Event 6 - Frame Hold for time A World of Strength Titan's Tank was used loaded to either 700 or 450 lbs 1) Lloyd Renals 29.4 secs (100%+700) 2) Steve Gardener 23.2 (78.9%+700) 3) Stew Killick 20.2 (68.7%+700) 4) Rob Frampton 16.4 (55.8%+700) 5) Lewis Graddon 12 (40.8%+700) 6) Richie Bevan 11.8 (40.13%+700) 7) Mike MacKenzie 7.8 (26.5%+700) 8) Adam Bonnell7.5 (25.5%+700) 9) Mark M-D 2.86 (9.7%+700) 10) Tom Balchin 19.32 (450lb frame-65.7%+600) 11) Jon Bleach- no lift (+600) Either 700 or 600 is added to the time score depending on the weight used. A no lift scored 600. This was to ensure that any lift with 700 lbs beat 450lbs. -------------------------------------------------- The Yorkshire Grip Classic 2012 Sunday 23 September, 2012 Venue: Scarborough, Yorkshire Promoter: Rob Russell All weights in kilos Overall results 1. Rob Russell 6 pt (BW 141kg - 38 yrs) 2. Chris Lowe 10 pt (BW 139.3kg - 26 yrs) 3. Richie Bevan 14 pt (BW 109.15kg - 27 yrs) 4. Elizabeth Horne 20 pt (BW 79.05kg - 28 yrs/Female) Event 1 - One Hand Pinch Lift 1. Rob Russell - 45.72 kg (52mm) 2. Chris Lowe - 44.67 kg (52mm) 3. Richie Bevan - 40.37 kg (52mm) 4. Elizabeth Horne - 38.73 kg (46mm) Event 2 - One Hand Thumbless Deadlift 1. Chris Lowe - 110.50 kg 2. Rob Russell - 90.55 kg 3. Richie Bevan - 81.72 kg 4. Elizabeth Horne - 74.49 kg Event 3 - Half a Penny Griptopz 1. Rob Russell - 16.46 kg 2. Chris Lowe - 15.75 kg 3. Richie Bevan - 14.48 kg 4. Elizabeth Horne - 11.84kg Event 4 - Inch Dumbbell Hold 1. Rob Russell - 67 kg Inch Full lift with cups 8.2 secs 2. Chris Lowe - 67kg Inch Full lift with cups 6.7 secs 3. Richie Bevan - 67kg inch lift 2.5 secs 4. Elizabeth Horne - 53kg Inch Full lift with cups 4.9 secs Event 5 - Silver Bullet 1. Rob Russell - CoC#3 35.37 secs 2. Richie Bevan - CoC#3 22.02 secs 3. Chris Lowe - CoC#3 13.76 secs 4. Elizabeth Horne - CoC#2 23.22 secs [IronMind World Record] David Horne CoC#3 37.97secs --------------------------------------- World's Strongest Hands 2012 Saturday 18 August, 2012 Venue: Around the world Promoter: World of Grip, and 9 promoters All weights in kilos Open Class results (70 competitors) 1 Ivan Beritashvili (93k) – 9pts 2 David Thornton – 13pts 3 Adam T Glass – 18.5pts 4 Juha Harju – 25pts 5 Chris Lowe – 33pts 6 Sandro Eusébio – 39pts 7 Niko Eerola (93k) – 40.5pts 8 Matti Heiskanen – 45.5pts 9 Brent Barbe – 51pts 10 Jedd Johnson – 55.5pts 11 Jeff Parker – 58.5pts 12 Bob Lipinski – 62.5pts 13 Pasi Mehtälä – 74.5pts 14 Jussi Parpala – 75.5pts 15 Teemu Koivunen (93k) – 76pts 16 Alexey Pritula – 77.5pts 17 Teemu Ilvesniemi (93k) – 79.5pts 18 Juha Piironen – 85.5pts 18 Matt Brouse – 85.5pts 20 Ivan Silantiev (93k) – 89.5pts 21 Richie Bevan – 90pts 22 Michael Sheehan – 94.5pts 23 John Wojciechowski – 97pts 24 Jarrod Riordan (93k) – 98pts 25 Nuno Couto (93k) – 109.5pts 26 Darrin Shallman (93k) – 117pts 27 Ivan Skarzhinsky – 120pts 28 Markku Levo (93k) – 120.5pts 29 Austin Acree – 122pts 30 André Cardoso – 122.5pts 31 Dmitriy Lyusin (93k) – 132pts 31 Eduardo Machado (93k) – 132pts 33 Paul Wood (93k) – 134pts 34 Zach Coulter (93k) – 134.5pts 35 Tomas Valverde (93k) – 137pts 36 Rohan Dodds – 138.5pts 37 Cesare Ricchezza – 141pts 38 Elizabeth Horne (Female) – 142pts 39 Petri Partanen (93k) – 142.5pts 40 Nathaniel Brous – 151pts 41 Mark Martin-Dye (93k) – 156pts 42 Brendan Downes – 161.5pts 43 Alexandr Litovkin (93k) – 162.5pts 44 Jacob Eggleton (93k) – 163.5pts 45 Jeronimo Duarte (93k) – 166pts 46 Joe Goodin – 14.73k – 169pts 47 John Bowley (93k) – 171pts 48 Duan Beckett (93k) – 171.5pts 49 Jesse Johnson (93k) – 178.5pts 50 Stephen Stanaitis (93k) – 194.5pts 50 Yvonne Häkkinen (Female) – 194.5pts 52 Camacho Araujo (93k) – 198pts 53 Joe Tebbe (93k) – 212pts 54 Mary Ann McKeague (Female) – 213pts 55 Francisco Terroso (93k) – 219pts 56 Susana Ferreira (Female) – 221pts 57 Damian Sullivan (93k) – 224pts 58 Brian Fitzgerald (93k) – 224.5pts 58 Jonathan Jones – 224.5pts 60 Kathi Burger (Female) – 230pts 61 Carla Carneiro (Female) – 231.5pts 62 Dylan Polin (93k) – 234.5pts 63 Nina Samsonova (Female) – 237.5pts 64 Lloyd Little (93k) – 249.5pts 65 Matt Kelly (93k) – 253.5pts 66 Isaac Feinhaus (93k) – 258pts 67 Courtney Sheehan (Female) – 258.5pts 68 Kelly Sheehan (Female) – 261.5pts 69 Andrew Nesa (93k) – 264pts 70 Andrew Gamble – 267pts Women’s results (9 competitors) 1 Elizabeth Horne – 4pts 2 Yvonne Häkkinen – 10pts 3 Mary Ann McKeague – 14.5pts 4 Susana Ferreira – 17.5pts 5 Carla Carneiro – 22.5pts 6 Kathi Burger – 23pts 7 Nina Samsonova – 24.5pts 8 Courtney Sheehan – 31pts 9 Kelly Sheehan – 33pts Men’s 93k Class results (34 competitors) 1 Ivan Beritashvili – 4pts 2 Niko Eerola – 12pts 3 Teemu Koivunen – 23.5pts 4 Ivan Silantiev – 30.5pts 5 Teemu Ilvesniemi – 31.5pts 6 Jarrod Riordan – 35.5pts 7 Nuno Couto – 37.5pts 8 Darrin Shallman – 42pts 9 Markku Levo – 45.5pts 10 Dmitriy Lyusin – 49pts 11 Eduardo Machado – 50.5pts 12 Tomas Valverde – 51.5pts 13 Zach Coulter – 52.5pts 14 Paul Wood – 53.5pts 15 Petri Partanen – 59pts 16 Mark Martin-Dye – 66pts 17 Alexandr Litovkin – 68pts 18 Jacob Eggleton – 68.5pts 19 Jeronimo Duarte – 70pts 20 John Bowley – 72.5pts 21 Duan Beckett – 75pts 22 Jesse Johnson – 78pts 23 Stephen Stanaitis – 87pts 24 Camacho Araujo – 88.5pts 25 Joe Tebbe – 94.5pts 26 Francisco Terroso – 102.5pts 27 Damian Sullivan – 103.5pts 28 Brian Fitzgerald – 104pts 29 Dylan Polin – 109.5pts 30 Lloyd Little – 117.5pts 31 Matt Kelly – 120pts 32 Isaac Feinhaus – 122pts 33 Andrew Nesa – 127pts 34 Andrew Gamble – 128pts Event 1 – Vulcan V2 Gripper - 20mm block 1 Juha Harju – L20 Black with gold end 2 Ivan Beritashvili - L18 Black with gold end (93k) – 3pt 2 David Thornton - L18 Black with gold end – 3pt 2 Adam T Glass - L18 Black with gold end – 3pt 5 Alexey Pritula - L17 Black with gold end – 6.5pt 5 Teemu Ilvesniemi – L17 Black with gold end (93k) – 6.5pt 5 Matti Heiskanen - L17 Black with gold end – 6.5pt 5 Niko Eerola - L17 Black with gold end (93k) – 6.5pt 9 Bob Lipinski - L16 Black with gold end – 10.5pt 9 Jeff Parker - L16 Black with gold end – 10.5pt 9 Chris Lowe – L16 Black with gold end – 10.5pt 9 Cesare Ricchezza – L16 Black with gold end – 10.5pt 13 Jussi Parpala - L15 Black with gold end – 16pt 13 Brent Barbe – L15 Black with gold end – 16pt 13 Ivan Silantiev - L15 Black with gold end (93k) – 16pt 13 Ivan Skarzhinsky - L15 Black with gold end – 16pt 13 Zach Coulter - L15 Black with gold end (93k) – 16pt 13 Austin Acree - L15 Black with gold end – 16pt 13 Sandro Eusébio - L15 Black with gold end – 16pt 20 André Cardoso - L14 Black with gold end – 24pt 20 Matt Brouse - L14 Black with gold end – 24pt 20 Dmitriy Lyusin - L14 Black with gold end (93k) –24pt 20 Jedd Johnson – L14 Black with gold end – 24pt 20 Richie Bevan - L14 Black with gold end –24pt 20 Juha Piironen - L14 Black with gold end – 24pt 20 Petri Partanen - L14 Black with gold end (93k) –24pt 20 Pasi Mehtälä - L14 Black with gold end – 24pt 20 Teemu Koivunen - L14 Black with gold end (93k) – 24pt 29 Paul Wood - L13 Black with gold end (93k) 30 Jarrod Riordan – L12 Black with gold end (93k) –31.5pt 30 John Wojciechowski – L12 Black with gold end – 31.5pt 30 Darrin Shallman - L12 Black with gold end (93k) – 31.5pt 30 Nuno Couto - L12 Black with gold end (93k) – 31.5pt 34 Nathaniel Brous – L11 Black with gold end 35 Elizabeth Horne - L10 Black with gold end (Female) – 37.5pt 35 Tomas Valverde - L10 Black with gold end (93k) – 37.5pt 35 Markku Levo - L10 Black with gold end (93k) – 37.5pt 35 Alexandr Litovkin - L10 Black with gold end (93k) – 37.5pt 35 Jeronimo Duarte - L10 Black with gold end (93k) – 37.5pt 35 Michael Sheehan - L10 Black with gold end – 37.5pt 41 Jacob Eggleton – L9 Black with gold end (93k) – 41.5pt 41 Joe Goodin – L9 Black with gold end – 41.5pt 43 Eduardo Machado – L8 Black with gold end (93k) 44 Brendan Downes – L7 Black with gold end – 44.5pt 44 Yvonne Häkkinen – L7 Black with gold end (Female) – 44.5pt 46 Jesse Johnson - L6 Black with gold end (93k) – 46.5pt 46 Duan Beckett – L6 Black with gold end (93k) – 46.5pt 48 Rohan Dodds - L5 Black with gold end – 48.5pt 48 Joe Tebbe – L5 Black with gold end (93k) – 48.5pt 50 John Bowley – L3 Black with gold end (93k) – 53pt 50 Mary Ann McKeague – L3 Black with gold end (Female) – 53pt 50 Nina Samsonova – L3 Black with gold end (Female) – 53pt 50 Kathi Burger – L3 Black with gold end (Female) – 53pt 50 Francisco Terroso – L3 Black with gold end (93k) – 53pt 50 Camacho Araujo – L3 Black with gold end (93k) – 53pt 50 Carla Carneiro - L3 Black with gold end (Female) – 53pt 57 Stephen Stanaitis – L10 Orange (93k) – 57.5pt 57 Susana Ferreira - L10 Orange (Female) – 57.5pt 59 Damian Sullivan – L7 Orange (93k) 60 Brian Fitzgerald – L4 Orange (93k) – 60.5pt 60 Jonathan Jones – L4 Orange – 60.5pt 62 Dylan Polin – L3 Orange (93k) 63 Lloyd Little – L2 Orange (93k) – 64pt 63 Isaac Feinhaus – L2 Orange (93k) – 64pt 63 Andrew Nesa – L2 Orange (93k) – 64pt 66 Matt Kelly – L4 White (93k) – 67pt 66 Andrew Gamble – L4 White (93k) – 67pt 66 Courtney Sheehan – L4 White (Female) – 67pt 69 Kelly Sheehan – L2 White (Female) 70 Mark Martin-Dye – L0 (93k) Event 2 – Wrist Developer 1 Sandro Eusébio - L10 Black with gold end 2 David Thornton – L9 Black with gold end 3 Ivan Beritashvili - L8 Black with gold end (93k) 4 Chris Lowe – L7 Black with gold end – 4.5pt 4 Jedd Johnson – L7 Black with gold end – 4.5pt 6 Adam T Glass – L6 Black with gold end – 7.5pt 6 Jarrod Riordan – L6 Black with gold end (93k) – 7.5pt 6 Niko Eerola – L6 Black with gold end (93k) – 7.5pt 6 Jeff Parker - L6 Black with gold end – 7.5pt 10 Mark Martin-Dye – L5 Black with gold end (93k) – 13pt 10 Rohan Dodds - L5 Black with gold end – 13pt 10 Ivan Silantiev - L5 Black with gold end (93k) – 13pt 10 Bob Lipinski – L5 Black with gold end – 13pt 10 Darrin Shallman – L5 Black with gold end (93k) – 13pt 10 Austin Acree - L5 Black with gold end – 13pt 10 Matt Brouse – L5 Black with gold end – 13pt 17 Paul Wood – L4 Black with gold end (93k) – 19pt 17 Juha Harju – L4 Black with gold end – 19pt 17 Matti Heiskanen – L4 Black with gold end – 19pt 17 Brent Barbe – L4 Black with gold end – 19pt 17 Nuno Couto – L4 Black with gold end (93k) – 19pt 22 Jeronimo Duarte – L3 Black with gold end (93k) – 25pt 22 Eduardo Machado – L3 Black with gold end (93k) – 25pt 22 John Wojciechowski – L3 Black with gold end – 25pt 22 Richie Bevan – L3 Black with gold end – 25pt 22 Jussi Parpala – L3 Black with gold end – 25pt 22 Teemu Koivunen – L3 Black with gold end (93k) – 25pt 22 Michael Sheehan – L3 Black with gold end – 25pt 29 Dmitriy Lyusin - L10 Orange (93k) – 29.5pt 29 Alexey Pritula - L10 Orange – 29.5pt 31 Ivan Skarzhinsky – L9 Orange – 31.5pt 31 John Bowley – L9 Orange (93k) – 31.5pt 33 Elizabeth Horne – L8 Orange (Female) – 33.5pt 33 Zach Coulter – L8 Orange (93k) – 33.5pt 35 Brendan Downes – L6 Orange – 38pt 35 Duan Beckett – L6 Orange (93k) – 38pt 35 Petri Partanen - L6 Orange (93k) – 38pt 35 Pasi Mehtälä - L6 Orange – 38pt 35 Nathaniel Brous – L6 Orange – 38pt 35 Camacho Araujo – L6 Orange (93k) – 38pt 35 Alexandr Litovkin – L6 Orange (93k) – 38pt 42 Jesse Johnson - L5 Orange (93k) – 44.5pt 42 Tomas Valverde – L5 Orange (93k) – 44.5pt 42 Markku Levo – L5 Orange (93k) – 44.5pt 42 Teemu Ilvesniemi – L5 Orange (93k) – 44.5pt 42 Juha Piironen – L5 Orange – 44.5pt 42 Jacob Eggleton – L5 Orange (93k) – 44.5pt 48 Stephen Stanaitis – L4 Orange (93k) 49 Damian Sullivan – L3 Orange (93k) – 50pt 49 Francisco Terroso – L3 Orange (93k) – 50pt 49 Jonathan Jones – L3 Orange – 50pt 52 Mary Ann McKeague – L1 Orange (Female) 53 André Cardoso – L7 White 54 Susana Ferreira – L5 White (Female) 55 Yvonne Häkkinen – L4 White (Female) 56 Brian Fitzgerald – L3 White (93k) – 57pt 56 Dylan Polin – L3 White (93k) – 57pt 56 Matt Kelly – L3 White (93k) – 57pt 59 Courtney Sheehan – L2 White (Female) – 62pt 59 Kelly Sheehan – L2 White (Female) – 62pt 59 Lloyd Little – L2 White (93k) – 62pt 59 Isaac Feinhaus – L2 White (93k) – 62pt 59 Andrew Nesa - L2 White (93k) – 62pt 59 Carla Carneiro - L2 White (Female) – 62pt 59 Kathi Burger – L2 White (Female) – 62pt 66 Nina Samsonova – L1 White (Female) – 66.5pt 66 Andrew Gamble – L1 White (93k) – 66.5pt 68 Cesare Ricchezza – L0 – 69pt 68 Joe Goodin – L0 – 69pt 68 Joe Tebbe – L0 (93k) – 69pt Event 3 – GripTopz Adjustable Thick Bar 1 Juha Harju – 155.3k 2 Ivan Beritashvili – 138.89k (93k) 3 Adam T Glass – 137.78k 4 Pasi Mehtälä – 126.82k 5 David Thornton – 126.51k 6 Chris Lowe – 125.81k 7 Juha Piironen – 124.32k 8 Bob Lipinski – 119.96k 9 Matti Heiskanen – 119.3k 10 Michael Sheehan – 117.93k 11 Petri Partanen – 115.2k (93k) – 11.5pt 11 Teemu Koivunen – 115.2k (93k) – 11.5pt 13 Teemu Ilvesniemi – 114.2k (93k) 14 Brent Barbe – 114.09k 15 Sandro Eusébio – 113.43k 16 André Cardoso – 110.29k 17 Alexey Pritula – 110.18k 18 Niko Eerola – 110k (93k) 19 Jussi Parpala – 109.2k 20 Richie Bevan – 105.7k 21 Jedd Johnson – 105.28k 22 John Wojciechowski – 100.78k 23 Markku Levo – 98.7k (93k) 24 Ivan Skarzhinsky – 98.31k 25 Matt Brouse – 97.32k – 25.5pt 25 Joe Goodin – 97.32k – 25.5pt 27 Jeff Parker – 95.2k – 27.5pt 27 Darrin Shallman – 95.2k (93k) – 27.5pt 29 Tomas Valverde – 93.7k (93k) 30 Dmitriy Lyusin – 93.38k (93k) 31 Nuno Couto – 93.29k (93k) 32 Brendan Downes – 92.81k 33 Zach Coulter – 90.68k (93k) 34 Jeronimo Duarte – 88.29k (93k) – 34.5pt 34 Eduardo Machado – 88.29k (93k) – 34.5pt 36 Ivan Silantiev – 86.82k (93k) 37 Elizabeth Horne – 85.65k (Female) 38 Jarrod Riordan – 85.61k (93k) – 39pt 38 Rohan Dodds - 85.61k – 39pt 38 Stephen Stanaitis – 85.61k (93k) – 39pt 41 Mark Martin-Dye – 85.51k (93k) 42 Jacob Eggleton – 85.45k (93k) 43 Cesare Ricchezza – 83.89k 44 Alexandr Litovkin – 82.23k (93k) 45 Jesse Johnson - 81.09k (93k) – 45.5pt 45 John Bowley – 81.09k (93k) – 45.5pt 47 Paul Wood – 79.2k (93k) 48 Camacho Araujo – 78.29k (93k) 49 Brian Fitzgerald – 77.11k (93k) 50 Duan Beckett – 75.8k (93k) 51 Yvonne Häkkinen – 73.7k (Female) 52 Nathaniel Brous – 73.38k 53 Austin Acree – 71.15k 54 Susana Ferreira – 68.29k (Female) 55 Dylan Polin – 68.03k (93k) 56 Nina Samsonova – 64.5k (Female) 57 Mary Ann McKeague – 64.12k (Female) 58 Kathi Burger – 62.85k (Female) 59 Joe Tebbe – 62.44k (93k) 60 Jonathan Jones – 61.23k 61 Carla Carneiro - 53.29k (Female) 62 Damian Sullivan – 50.94k (93k) 63 Lloyd Little – 45.35k (93k) 64 Courtney Sheehan – 42.18k (Female) 65 Kelly Sheehan – 40.82k (Female) 66 Matt Kelly – 36.28k (93k) – 66.5pt 66 Isaac Feinhaus – 36.28k (93k) – 66.5pt 68 Andrew Gamble – 34.01k (93k) 69 Andrew Nesa – 31.75k (93k) 70 Francisco Terroso – 0k (93k) Event 4 – GripTopz Stub 1 Ivan Beritashvili – 22.71k (93k) 2 Brent Barbe – 22.42k 3 David Thornton – 22.16k 4 Juha Harju – 21.7k 5 Adam T Glass – 21.45k 6 Jedd Johnson – 21.24k 7 Sandro Eusébio – 20k 8 Pasi Mehtälä – 19.68k – 8.5pt 8 Niko Eerola – 19.68k (93k) – 8.5pt 10 Juha Piironen – 18.96k 11 Matti Heiskanen – 18.46k 12 Chris Lowe – 18.12k 13 Jeff Parker – 18.09k 14 Jussi Parpala – 17.94k – 15.5pt 14 Teemu Ilvesniemi – 17.94k (93k) – 15.5pt 14 Teemu Koivunen – 17.94k (93k) – 15.5pt 14 Markku Levo – 17.94k - 7.5pt (93k) – 15.5pt 18 John Wojciechowski – 17.9k – 18.5pt 18 Cesare Ricchezza – 17.9k – 18.5pt 20 Jarrod Riordan – 17.39k (93k) 21 Richie Bevan – 16.17k 22 Michael Sheehan – 15.87k 23 Matt Brouse – 15.82k 24 Alexey Pritula – 15.77k – 24.5pt 24 Ivan Silantiev – 15.77k (93k) – 24.5pt 26 Tomas Valverde – 15.66k (93k) 27 Nathaniel Brous – 15.58k 28 Nuno Couto – 15.54k (93k) 29 André Cardoso – 15.25k – 29.5pt 29 Eduardo Machado – 15.25k (93k) – 29.5pt 31 Bob Lipinski – 15.07k 32 Mark Martin-Dye – 14.83k (93k) 33 Joe Goodin – 14.73k 34 Elizabeth Horne – 14.59k (Female) 35 Jacob Eggleton – 14.43k (93k) – 35.5pt 35 Joe Tebbe – 14.43k (93k) – 35.5pt 37 Duan Beckett – 14.42k (93k) 38 Rohan Dodds – 14.39k 39 Paul Wood – 13.98k (93k) 40 Austin Acree – 13.43k 41 John Bowley – 13.41k (93k) 42 Jesse Johnson - 13.38k (93k) 43 Alexandr Litovkin – 13.08k (93k) 44 Yvonne Häkkinen – 12.94k (Female) 45 Darrin Shallman – 12.56k (93k) 46 Francisco Terroso – 12.51k (93k) 47 Brendan Downes – 12.14k 48 Ivan Skarzhinsky – 12.04k – 48.5pt 48 Dmitriy Lyusin – 12.04k (93k) – 48.5pt 50 Stephen Stanaitis – 11.93k (93k) 51 Mary Ann McKeague – 11.91k (Female) 52 Zach Coulter – 11.06k (93k) 53 Damian Sullivan – 10.92k (93k) 54 Jonathan Jones – 10.2k 55 Susana Ferreira – 10k (Female) – 55.5pt 55 Carla Carneiro - 10k (Female) – 55.5pt 57 Kathi Burger – 9.77k (Female) 58 Brian Fitzgerald – 9.52k (93k) 59 Camacho Araujo – 9.5k (93k) 60 Dylan Polin – 9.07k (93k) – 60.5pt 60 Lloyd Little – 9.07k (93k) – 60.5pt 62 Nina Samsonova – 8.52k (Female) 63 Matt Kelly – 6.8k (93k) 64 Courtney Sheehan – 4.53k (Female) – 65.5pt 64 Kelly Sheehan – 4.53k (Female) – 65.5pt 64 Andrew Gamble – 4.53k (93k) – 65.5pt 64 Isaac Feinhaus – 4.53k (93k) – 65.5pt 68 Andrew Nesa – 0k (93k) – 69pt 68 Jeronimo Duarte – 0k (93k) – 69pt 68 Petri Partanen – 0k (93k) – 69pt --------------------------------------- World's Strongest Hands 2012 Saturday 18 August, 2012 Venue: Stafford, England Promoter: David Horne All weights in kilos Overall results 1 Chris Lowe - (141.75k) – 4pt 2 Richie Bevan – (111k) - 10pt 3 Mark Martin-Dye – (65.45k) – 14pt 4 Elizabeth Horne – (76.5k/Female) - 16pt 4 Paul Wood – (92.05k) - 16pt Event 1 – Vulcan V2 Gripper - 20mm block 1 Chris Lowe – L16 Black with gold end 2 Richie Bevan - L14 Black with gold end 3 Paul Wood - L13 Black with gold end 4 Elizabeth Horne - L10 Black with gold end 5 Mark Martin-Dye – L0 Event 2 – Wrist Developer 1 Chris Lowe – L7 Black with gold end 2 Mark Martin-Dye – L5 Black with gold end 3 Paul Wood – L4 Black with gold end 4 Richie Bevan – L3 Black with gold end 5 Elizabeth Horne – L8 Orange Event 3 – GripTopz Adjustable Thick Bar 1 Chris Lowe – 125.81k 2 Richie Bevan – 105.7k 3 Elizabeth Horne – 85.65k 4 Mark Martin-Dye – 85.51k 5 Paul Wood – 79.2k Event 4 – GripTopz Stub 1 Chris Lowe – 18.12k 2 Richie Bevan – 16.17k 3 Mark Martin-Dye – 14.83k 4 Elizabeth Horne – 14.59k 5 Paul Wood – 13.98k --------------------------------------- The World’s Strongest Hands - The Gathering Saturday and Sunday 7 & 8 July, 2012 Venue: Grip Factory, Stafford Promoter: David Horne All weights in kilo's Overall results – Open class 1. Rob Russell – 13pt 2. Chris Lowe – 27.5pt on countback 3. Stew Killick – 27.5pt 4. Richie Bevan – 37.5pt 5. Pete Kerr - 45.5pt 6. Mark Martin-Dye – 50.5pt 7. Elizabeth Horne – 66pt 8. Kris Wragg – 71.5pt 9. Marcus Moisio (Finland) – 74pt 10. Tom Balchin – 82pt Overall results – 83k class 1. Pete Kerr - 16pt 2. Mark Martin-Dye – 16.5pt 3. Elizabeth Horne – 27pt 4. Kris Wragg – 30.5pt Overall results – Women’s class 1. Elizabeth Horne Bodyweights/age 1. Rob Russell – Male – 140.55k – age 37 2. Chris Lowe – Male – 142.05k – age 26 3. Stew Killick – Male – 135.2k – age 41 4. Richie Bevan – Male - 110.5k – age 27 5. Pete Kerr – Male - 81.9k – age 28 6. Mark Martin-Dye – Male - 65.95k – age 35 7. Elizabeth Horne – Female – 78.95k – age 28 8. Kris Wragg – Male – 69.4k – age 27 9. Marcus Moisio (Finland) – Male – 149.3k – age 38 10. Tom Balchin – Male – 87.35k – age 36 Day 1 Event 1 – Vulcan Gripper - 20mm block 1. Pete Kerr - L18 Dipped black 2. Rob Russell – L17 Dipped black 3. Chris Lowe – L16 Dipped black 4. Stew Killick – L15 Dipped black 4. Richie Bevan - L15 Dipped black 6. Tom Balchin – L13 Dipped black 7. Elizabeth Horne – L12 Dipped black 8. Mark Martin-Dye – L11 Dipped black 8. Kris Wragg – L11 Dipped black 10. Marcus Moisio (Finland) – L10 Dipped black Event 2 - Bearhug Heavy Stone Deadlift (185.13k) in 60 secs 1. Rob Russell + red bands – 11 reps 2. Stew Killick + red bands – 4 reps 3. Chris Lowe + red bands – 1 rep 4. Richie Bevan + green bands – 1 rep 5. Mark Martin-Dye + green and blue bands – 25 reps 6. Tom Balchin + green and blue bands – 24 reps 7. Kris Wragg + green and blue bands – 21 reps 8. Pete Kerr + green and blue bands – 14 reps 9. Marcus Moisio (Finland) + green, blue and red bands – 22 reps 10. Elizabeth Horne + green, blue and red bands – 2 reps Event 3 - Two Hands Pinch Lift - timed hold 1. Rob Russell – 90k for 14.2 secs 2. Chris Lowe – 90k for 3.2 secs 3. Stew Killick – 90k for 2.2 secs 4. Pete Kerr – 60k for 27.5 secs 5. Mark Martin-Dye – 60k for 21.6 secs 6. Elizabeth Horne – 60k for 18.8 secs 7. Richie Bevan – 60k for 18.5 secs 8. Marcus Moisio (Finland) – 60k for 13.5 secs 9. Kris Wragg – 60k for 10.1 secs 10. Tom Balchin – DNL Event 4 - Reverse Bending (Pair of 10" x 4" suede wraps touching in the middle) 1. Chris Lowe – 196.65k bar to 39.4deg 2. Rob Russell – 196.65k bar to 35.1deg 3. Stew Killick – 196.65k bar to 27deg 4. Richie Bevan – 183.25k bar to 0.1deg 5. Mark Martin-Dye – 166.3k bar to 22deg 6. Pete Kerr – 166.3k bar to 18.1deg 7. Elizabeth Horne – 166.3k bar to 1.1deg 8. Marcus Moisio (Finland) – 128.6k bar to 10.3deg 9. Kris Wragg – 128.6k bar to 5.3deg 10. Tom Balchin – DNL All bends will be listed in the Torque! Cert list. Day 2 Event 5 – Stub Lift (one hand) - GripTopz 1. Rob Russell – 18.32k 2. Richie Bevan – 18.2k 3. Chris Lowe – 18.08k 3. Pete Kerr – 18.08k 5. Stew Killick – 15.7k 6. Marcus Moisio (Finland) – 15.58k 7. Mark Martin-Dye – 15.03k 8. Elizabeth Horne – 14.53k – New WR & BR Female 84 class 9. Kris Wragg – 13.39k 10. Tom Balchin – DNL Event 6 - Adjustable Thick Bar (one hand) - GripTopz 1. Rob Russell – 125.13k 2. Stew Killick – 120.68k 3. Chris Lowe – 120.32k 4. Richie Bevan – 100.4k 5. Pete Kerr – 100.27k - New WR 83k & BR 83k/93k classes 6. Marcus Moisio (Finland) – 95.67k 7. Kris Wragg – 85.54k - New WR & BR 74 class 8. Mark Martin-Dye – 83.04k – New WR & BR 66 class 9. Elizabeth Horne – 80.42k – New WR & BR Female 84/84k+ classes 10. Tom Balchin – DNL Event 7 - Wrist Developer – reps, in 60 secs 1. Stew Killick – L9 Dipped black x 6 reps 2. Chris Lowe – L9 Dipped black x 3 reps 3. Rob Russell – L9 Dipped black x 2 reps 4. Mark Martin-Dye – L3 Dipped black x 11 reps 5. Richie Bevan – L3 Dipped black x 8 reps 6. Pete Kerr – L3 Dipped black x 7 reps 7. Elizabeth Horne – L3 Dipped black x 1 rep 8. Kris Wragg – L4 orange x 10 reps 9. Marcus Moisio (Finland) – L4 orange x 3 reps 10. Tom Balchin – DNL Event 8 – IronMind Gripper – Silver Bullet hold (2.5k) 1. Rob Russell – #3 CoC – 28.73 secs 2. Chris Lowe – #3 CoC – 24.67 secs 3. Richie Bevan – #3 CoC – 22.15 secs 4. Stew Killick – #3 CoC – 18 secs 5. Pete Kerr – #3 CoC – 11.61 secs 6. Mark Martin-Dye – #2 CoC – 24.68 secs 7. Elizabeth Horne – #2 CoC – 22.3 secs 8. Kris Wragg – #2 CoC – 21.56 secs 9. Marcus Moisio (Finland) – #2 CoC – 18.37 secs 10. Tom Balchin – DNL WR attempt 1. David Horne – #3 CoC – 40.27secs All the #3 attempts were official and done with a brand new #3 CoC gripper sent by IronMind Event 9 – Braced steel bar snap 1. Rob Russell – 18” x 12mm EN1 CRS bar snapped in 11min 4secs 2. Mark Martin-Dye – 14” x 10mm EN1 CRS bar snapped in 4min 29secs 3. Stew Killick – 14” x 10mm EN1 CRS bar snapped in 5min 4. Richie Bevan – 18” x 10mm EN1 CRS bar snapped in 4min 35secs 5. Elizabeth Horne – 18” x 10mm EN1 CRS bar snapped in 6min 55secs 6. Kris Wragg – 18” x 10mm EN1 CRS bar snapped in 7min 53secs 7. Pete Kerr – 18” x 10mm EN1 CRS bar snapped in 10min 6secs 8. Chris Lowe – 18” x 10mm EN1 CRS bar snapped in 19min 41secs 9. Marcus Moisio (Finland) – 10” x 8mm EN1 CRS bar snapped in 7min 23secs 10. Tom Balchin – DNL All snaps under 10mins will be listed in the Torque! Cert list. ---------------------------- English ‘Open’ Stone Lifting Championships Part of the Gathering event. Saturday 7 July, 2012 Venue: Grip Factory, Stafford Promoter: David Horne Overall results 1. Nick McKinless – 2pt 2. Rob Russell – 5pt 3. David Horne – 5.5pt 4. Chris Lowe – 8.5pt 5. Stew Killick – 9pt 6. Mark Martin-Dye – 12.5pt 7. Pete Kerr - 14.5pt 8. Kris Wragg – 15pt 9. Elizabeth Horne – 16pt Bodyweights/age 1. Nick McKinless – Male – c.105k – age 41 2. Rob Russell – Male – 140.55k – age 37 3. David Horne – Male – 101.55k – age 50 4. Chris Lowe – Male – 142.05k – age 26 5. Stew Killick – Male – 135.2k – age 41 6. Mark Martin-Dye – Male - 65.95k – age 35 7. Pete Kerr – Male - 81.9k – age 28 8. Kris Wragg – Male – 69.4k – age 27 9. Elizabeth Horne – Female – 78.95k – age 28 Event 1 - Bearhug Heavy Stone Deadlift (185.13k) in 60 secs 1. Nick McKinless – stone + 24.7k = 209.83k 2. David Horne – stone + 20.75k = 205.88k 3. Rob Russell + red bands – 11 reps 4. Stew Killick + red bands – 4 reps 5. Chris Lowe + red bands – 1 rep 6. Mark Martin-Dye + green and blue bands – 25 reps 7. Kris Wragg + green and blue bands – 21 reps 8. Pete Kerr + green and blue bands – 14 reps 9. Elizabeth Horne + green, blue and red bands – 2 reps Event 2 - Load the Puterach replica stone on to a 3’ 7” loading platform, for reps in 90 secs. 1. Nick McKinless – 9 loads 2. Rob Russell – 7 loads 3. David Horne – 5 loads 3. Chris Lowe – 5 loads 5. Stew Killick – 3 loads 6. Mark Martin-Dye – 1 load 6. Pete Kerr – 1 load 8. Elizabeth Horne – Lift off the floor 9. Kris Wragg - NL The Puterach replica stone was kindly brought to the event by Peter Martin from Scotland. ------------------------------------------------------------ The 3rd British Rolling Thunder Championships Saturday 20 May, 2012 Venue: Bodypower Expo, NEC, Birmingham Promoter: Denny Felix All weights in kilos Professional Class Overall results 1. Mark Felix - 132k 2. Steve Gardener - 118k Amateur Class Overall results 1. Chris Rutsowski - 105.5k 2. Ben Rawlings - 103k 3. Conrad Snook - 98k Jon Bleech - 98k Clayton Nicholson - 98k Andrew Fletcher - 93k Stu Willoughby - 93k Charlie Pajak - 88k Richie Bevan - 88k Steve Kelly - 88k Lee Filipcak - 83k Ash Smith - 83k Lee Willoughby - 78k Dan Thomas - 78k Seb Iwaniak - 73k Harley Miles - 73k Richard Sankey - 68k Andrew Jones - 63k Chris Cheal - 63k Stuart Thomas - failed opener (63k) ----------------------------------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------- 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 Copyright David Horne 2006

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The 2nd UK Winter League 2012/2013 - Leg 2

Overall result
1 David Horne – B/W 101.5k, age 50 – 3pt
2 Chris Lowe – B/W 145.5k, age 26 – 7pt
3 Rob Russell – B/W 141.8k, age 38 – 9pt
4 Elizabeth Horne – B/W 79.4k, age 29 (female) – 13pt
4 Richie Bevan – B/W 108.7k, age 27 – 13pt
6 Lucy Horne – B/W 26k, age 6 (female) – 18pt

Event 1 - One Hand Pinch Lift
1 David Horne – 52.15k (weights calibrated) L/H (World Rec)
2 Rob Russell – 46.35k (weights calibrated) R/H plates
3 Chris Lowe – 43.25k (weights calibrated) R/H
4 Richie Bevan – 38.45k (weights calibrated) R/H
5 Elizabeth Horne – 37.7k (weights calibrated) R/H (female)
6 Lucy Horne – 7.38k (weights calibrated) L/H (age 6 female) plates

Event 2 - Vulcan Gripper (V1 or V2) - 20mm block
1 David Horne – L19 – V2 – black end spring R/H
2 Chris Lowe – L18 – V2 – black end spring R/H
3 Rob Russell – L17 – V2 – black end spring R/H
4 Richie Bevan – L14 – V2 – black end spring R/H
5 Elizabeth Horne – L12 – V2 – black end spring R/H (female)
6 Lucy Horne – L25 rubber band – V2 R/H (age 6 female)

Event 3 - LeverTop - underhand
1 David Horne – 40.27k (weights calibrated) L/H (World Rec)
2 Chris Lowe – 29.37k (weights calibrated) L/H
3 Elizabeth Horne – 24.22k (weights calibrated) L/H (female) (World Rec)
4 Rob Russell – 24.12k (weights calibrated) R/H
5 Richie Bevan – 23.07k (weights calibrated) R/H
6 Lucy Horne – 4.12k (weights calibrated) L/H (age 6 female)

Stafford – three refs/videoed
Scarborough - no other ref/videoed
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The 2nd UK Winter League 2012/2013 - Leg 1

Overall result
1 David Horne – B/W 103.45k, age 50 – 5pt
2 Rob Russell – B/W 142.1k, age 38 – 7pt
3 Chris Lowe – B/W 142.75k, age 27 – 8pt
4 Richie Bevan – B/W 109.2k, age 26 – 10pt
5 Elizabeth Horne – B/W 78.4k, age 28 (female) – 15pt

Event 1 - Half a Penny (one hand) - 'Key' style – GripTopz
1 David Horne – 18.52k (weights calibrated) R/H
2 Chris Lowe – 16.16k (weights calibrated) R/H
3 Rob Russell – 15.83k (weights calibrated) L/H
4 Richie Bevan – 15.06k (weights calibrated) R/H
5 Elizabeth Horne – 12.7k (weights calibrated) R/H (female)

Event 2 - Shallow Hub (one hand) – GripTopz
1 Rob Russell – 24.41k (weights calibrated) R/H
2 Richie Bevan – 23.09k (weights calibrated) R/H
3 David Horne – 22.31k (weights calibrated) R/H
4 Chris Lowe – 20.94k (weights calibrated) R/H
5 Elizabeth Horne – 18.14k (weights calibrated) R/H (female)

Event 3 - Gripper Hold – 2.5k weighted ribbon
1 David Horne – #3 for 11.7sec - R/H
2 Chris Lowe – #3 for 5.6sec - R/H
3 Rob Russell – #2 for 15sec – R/H
4 Richie Bevan – #2 for 13.6sec - R/H
5 Elizabeth Horne – #2 for 2.3sec - R/H (female)

Stafford – two refs/videoed
Scarborough - no other ref/videoed
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Britain’s Most Powerful Hands 2012

Saturday 13 October, 2012
Venue: Basingstoke, Hampshire
Promoter: Mark Martin-Dye and Stew Killick
All weights in kilos

Overall results - Open Class
1) Steve Gardener 1241.5
2) Stew Killick 1143
3) Rob Frampton 1136.7
4) Lloyd Renals 1133.4
5) Richie Bevan 1054.28
6) Mike MacKenzie 1051.78
7) Lewis Graddon 1017.95
8) Adam Bonnell 974.8
9) Tom Balchin- 929.25
10) Mark M-D 922.75
11) Jon Bleach 891.1

Top 3 - Under 105kg Class
1) Richie Bevan
2) Mike MacKenzie
3) Lewis Graddon

Bodyweights
(The scales only went to 140 kg)
Mark M-D 65.55
Tom Balchin 86.5
Lewis Graddon 89
Adam Bonnell 93.55
Mike MacKenzie 96.5
Richie Bevan 104.9
Jon Bleach 124.1
Steve Gardener 127.55
Stew Killick 133.35
Rob Frampton and Lloyd Renals were over 140k

Event 1 - Adjustable Thickbar
1) Steve Gardener 140.2 (100%)
2) Rob Frampton 130 (92.9%)
3) Stew Killick 115.2 (82.3%)
3) Jon Bleach 115.2 (82.3%)
5) Lloyd Renals 110.25 (78.63%)
6) Mike MacKenzie 110.1 (78.53%)
7) Richie Bevan 105.286 (75.2%)
8) Lewis Graddon 100.036 (71.45%)
8) Tom Balchin 100.036 (71.45%)
10) Adam Bonnell 95.086 (67.8%)
11) Mark M-D 85.186 (60.8%)

Event 2 - Ironmind British Silver Bullet Championship
1) Steve Gardener 42.23 (100%)
2) Stew Killick 29.14 (69%)
3) Richie Bevan 22.93 (54.3%)
4) Lewis Graddon 14.09 (33.4%)
5) Mike MacKenzie 11.97 (28.35%)
6) Tom Balchin 10.35 (24.5%)
7) Lloyd Renals 5.83 (13.8%)
8) Adam Bonnell 16.4 #2 gripper (9.2%)
Mark M-D, Rob Frampton and Jon Bleach No-lifted

Event 3 - Loading medley
score out of 100- 10 points per item unless item was loaded to a lower platform, then 2.5 points
1) Rob Frampton 90
Steve Gardener 80
Lloyd Renals 80
Jon Bleach 70
Mike MacKenzie 70
Adam Bonnell 50
Lewis Graddon 50
Richie Bevan 50
Stew Killick 50
Tom Balchin 50
Mark M-D 32.5

Event 4 - Two Hands Pinch
1) Steve Gardener 104.95 (100%)
2) Rob Frampton 102.86 (98%)
3) Mike MacKenzie 96.56 (92%) bodyweight 96.5!
4) Lloyd Renals 90.31 (86%)
5) Stew Killick 84.1 (80.1%)
6) Richie Bevan 80.45 (76.65%)
8) Lewis Graddon 77.5 (73.8%)
8) Adam Bonnell 77.5 (73.8%)
9) Jon Bleach 75.01 (71.4%)
10) Mark M-d 66.7 (63.55) (Over bodyweight )
11) Tom Balchin 61.4 (58.5)- massive skin tears and bleeding

Event 5 - Sledgehammer Deadlift
1) Rob Frampton 6.56kg (100%)
2) Stew Killick 6.1 (92.9%)
3) Steve Gardener 5.42 (82.6%)
4) Lloyd Renals 4.92 (75%)
5) Jon Bleach 4.42 (67.4%)
6) Tom Balchin 3.926 (59.9%)
7) Richie Bevan 3.805 (58%)
9) Mike MacKenzie 3.701 (56.4%)
9) Mark M-D 3.701 (56.4%)
11) Lewis Graddon 3.18 (48.5%)
11) Adam Bonnell 3.18 (48.5%)

Event 6 - Frame Hold for time
A World of Strength Titan's Tank was used loaded to either 700 or 450 lbs
1) Lloyd Renals 29.4 secs (100%+700)
2) Steve Gardener 23.2 (78.9%+700)
3) Stew Killick 20.2 (68.7%+700)
4) Rob Frampton 16.4 (55.8%+700)
5) Lewis Graddon 12 (40.8%+700)
6) Richie Bevan 11.8 (40.13%+700)
7) Mike MacKenzie 7.8 (26.5%+700)
8) Adam Bonnell7.5 (25.5%+700)
9) Mark M-D 2.86 (9.7%+700)
10) Tom Balchin 19.32 (450lb frame-65.7%+600)
11) Jon Bleach- no lift (+600)

Either 700 or 600 is added to the time score depending on the weight used. A no lift scored 600. This was to ensure that any lift with 700 lbs beat 450lbs.

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The Yorkshire Grip Classic 2012
Sunday 23 September, 2012
Venue: Scarborough, Yorkshire
Promoter: Rob Russell
All weights in kilos
Overall results
1. Rob Russell 6 pt (BW 141kg - 38 yrs)
2. Chris Lowe 10 pt (BW 139.3kg - 26 yrs)
3. Richie Bevan 14 pt (BW 109.15kg - 27 yrs)
4. Elizabeth Horne 20 pt (BW 79.05kg - 28 yrs/Female)

Event 1 - One Hand Pinch Lift
1. Rob Russell - 45.72 kg (52mm)
2. Chris Lowe - 44.67 kg (52mm)
3. Richie Bevan - 40.37 kg (52mm)
4. Elizabeth Horne - 38.73 kg (46mm)

Event 2 - One Hand Thumbless Deadlift
1. Chris Lowe - 110.50 kg
2. Rob Russell - 90.55 kg
3. Richie Bevan - 81.72 kg
4. Elizabeth Horne - 74.49 kg

Event 3 - Half a Penny Griptopz
1. Rob Russell - 16.46 kg
2. Chris Lowe - 15.75 kg
3. Richie Bevan - 14.48 kg
4. Elizabeth Horne - 11.84kg

Event 4 - Inch Dumbbell Hold
1. Rob Russell - 67 kg Inch Full lift with cups 8.2 secs
2. Chris Lowe - 67kg Inch Full lift with cups 6.7 secs
3. Richie Bevan - 67kg inch lift 2.5 secs
4. Elizabeth Horne - 53kg Inch Full lift with cups 4.9 secs

Event 5 - Silver Bullet
1. Rob Russell - CoC#3 35.37 secs
2. Richie Bevan - CoC#3 22.02 secs
3. Chris Lowe - CoC#3 13.76 secs
4. Elizabeth Horne - CoC#2 23.22 secs [IronMind World Record]

David Horne CoC#3 37.97secs
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World's Strongest Hands 2012

Saturday 18 August, 2012
Venue: Around the world
Promoter: World of Grip, and 9 promoters
All weights in kilos

Open Class results (70 competitors)

1 Ivan Beritashvili (93k) – 9pts
2 David Thornton – 13pts
3 Adam T Glass – 18.5pts
4 Juha Harju – 25pts
5 Chris Lowe – 33pts
6 Sandro Eusébio – 39pts
7 Niko Eerola (93k) – 40.5pts
8 Matti Heiskanen – 45.5pts
9 Brent Barbe – 51pts
10 Jedd Johnson – 55.5pts
11 Jeff Parker – 58.5pts
12 Bob Lipinski – 62.5pts
13 Pasi Mehtälä – 74.5pts
14 Jussi Parpala – 75.5pts
15 Teemu Koivunen (93k) – 76pts
16 Alexey Pritula – 77.5pts
17 Teemu Ilvesniemi (93k) – 79.5pts
18 Juha Piironen – 85.5pts
18 Matt Brouse – 85.5pts
20 Ivan Silantiev (93k) – 89.5pts
21 Richie Bevan – 90pts
22 Michael Sheehan – 94.5pts
23 John Wojciechowski – 97pts
24 Jarrod Riordan (93k) – 98pts
25 Nuno Couto (93k) – 109.5pts
26 Darrin Shallman (93k) – 117pts
27 Ivan Skarzhinsky – 120pts
28 Markku Levo (93k) – 120.5pts
29 Austin Acree – 122pts
30 André Cardoso – 122.5pts
31 Dmitriy Lyusin (93k) – 132pts
31 Eduardo Machado (93k) – 132pts
33 Paul Wood (93k) – 134pts
34 Zach Coulter (93k) – 134.5pts
35 Tomas Valverde (93k) – 137pts
36 Rohan Dodds – 138.5pts
37 Cesare Ricchezza – 141pts
38 Elizabeth Horne (Female) – 142pts
39 Petri Partanen (93k) – 142.5pts
40 Nathaniel Brous – 151pts
41 Mark Martin-Dye (93k) – 156pts
42 Brendan Downes – 161.5pts
43 Alexandr Litovkin (93k) – 162.5pts
44 Jacob Eggleton (93k) – 163.5pts
45 Jeronimo Duarte (93k) – 166pts
46 Joe Goodin – 14.73k – 169pts
47 John Bowley (93k) – 171pts
48 Duan Beckett (93k) – 171.5pts
49 Jesse Johnson (93k) – 178.5pts
50 Stephen Stanaitis (93k) – 194.5pts
50 Yvonne Häkkinen (Female) – 194.5pts
52 Camacho Araujo (93k) – 198pts
53 Joe Tebbe (93k) – 212pts
54 Mary Ann McKeague (Female) – 213pts
55 Francisco Terroso (93k) – 219pts
56 Susana Ferreira (Female) – 221pts
57 Damian Sullivan (93k) – 224pts
58 Brian Fitzgerald (93k) – 224.5pts
58 Jonathan Jones – 224.5pts
60 Kathi Burger (Female) – 230pts
61 Carla Carneiro (Female) – 231.5pts
62 Dylan Polin (93k) – 234.5pts
63 Nina Samsonova (Female) – 237.5pts
64 Lloyd Little (93k) – 249.5pts
65 Matt Kelly (93k) – 253.5pts
66 Isaac Feinhaus (93k) – 258pts
67 Courtney Sheehan (Female) – 258.5pts
68 Kelly Sheehan (Female) – 261.5pts
69 Andrew Nesa (93k) – 264pts
70 Andrew Gamble – 267pts

Women’s results (9 competitors)

1 Elizabeth Horne – 4pts
2 Yvonne Häkkinen – 10pts
3 Mary Ann McKeague – 14.5pts
4 Susana Ferreira – 17.5pts
5 Carla Carneiro – 22.5pts
6 Kathi Burger – 23pts
7 Nina Samsonova – 24.5pts
8 Courtney Sheehan – 31pts
9 Kelly Sheehan – 33pts

Men’s 93k Class results (34 competitors)

1 Ivan Beritashvili – 4pts
2 Niko Eerola – 12pts
3 Teemu Koivunen – 23.5pts
4 Ivan Silantiev – 30.5pts
5 Teemu Ilvesniemi – 31.5pts
6 Jarrod Riordan – 35.5pts
7 Nuno Couto – 37.5pts
8 Darrin Shallman – 42pts
9 Markku Levo – 45.5pts
10 Dmitriy Lyusin – 49pts
11 Eduardo Machado – 50.5pts
12 Tomas Valverde – 51.5pts
13 Zach Coulter – 52.5pts
14 Paul Wood – 53.5pts
15 Petri Partanen – 59pts
16 Mark Martin-Dye – 66pts
17 Alexandr Litovkin – 68pts
18 Jacob Eggleton – 68.5pts
19 Jeronimo Duarte – 70pts
20 John Bowley – 72.5pts
21 Duan Beckett – 75pts
22 Jesse Johnson – 78pts
23 Stephen Stanaitis – 87pts
24 Camacho Araujo – 88.5pts
25 Joe Tebbe – 94.5pts
26 Francisco Terroso – 102.5pts
27 Damian Sullivan – 103.5pts
28 Brian Fitzgerald – 104pts
29 Dylan Polin – 109.5pts
30 Lloyd Little – 117.5pts
31 Matt Kelly – 120pts
32 Isaac Feinhaus – 122pts
33 Andrew Nesa – 127pts
34 Andrew Gamble – 128pts

Event 1 – Vulcan V2 Gripper - 20mm block

1 Juha Harju – L20 Black with gold end
2 Ivan Beritashvili - L18 Black with gold end (93k) – 3pt
2 David Thornton - L18 Black with gold end – 3pt
2 Adam T Glass - L18 Black with gold end – 3pt
5 Alexey Pritula - L17 Black with gold end – 6.5pt
5 Teemu Ilvesniemi – L17 Black with gold end (93k) – 6.5pt
5 Matti Heiskanen - L17 Black with gold end – 6.5pt
5 Niko Eerola - L17 Black with gold end (93k) – 6.5pt
9 Bob Lipinski - L16 Black with gold end – 10.5pt
9 Jeff Parker - L16 Black with gold end – 10.5pt
9 Chris Lowe – L16 Black with gold end – 10.5pt
9 Cesare Ricchezza – L16 Black with gold end – 10.5pt
13 Jussi Parpala - L15 Black with gold end – 16pt
13 Brent Barbe – L15 Black with gold end – 16pt
13 Ivan Silantiev - L15 Black with gold end (93k) – 16pt
13 Ivan Skarzhinsky - L15 Black with gold end – 16pt
13 Zach Coulter - L15 Black with gold end (93k) – 16pt
13 Austin Acree - L15 Black with gold end – 16pt
13 Sandro Eusébio - L15 Black with gold end – 16pt
20 André Cardoso - L14 Black with gold end – 24pt
20 Matt Brouse - L14 Black with gold end – 24pt
20 Dmitriy Lyusin - L14 Black with gold end (93k) –24pt
20 Jedd Johnson – L14 Black with gold end – 24pt
20 Richie Bevan - L14 Black with gold end –24pt
20 Juha Piironen - L14 Black with gold end – 24pt
20 Petri Partanen - L14 Black with gold end (93k) –24pt
20 Pasi Mehtälä - L14 Black with gold end – 24pt
20 Teemu Koivunen - L14 Black with gold end (93k) – 24pt
29 Paul Wood - L13 Black with gold end (93k)
30 Jarrod Riordan – L12 Black with gold end (93k) –31.5pt
30 John Wojciechowski – L12 Black with gold end – 31.5pt
30 Darrin Shallman - L12 Black with gold end (93k) – 31.5pt
30 Nuno Couto - L12 Black with gold end (93k) – 31.5pt
34 Nathaniel Brous – L11 Black with gold end
35 Elizabeth Horne - L10 Black with gold end (Female) – 37.5pt
35 Tomas Valverde - L10 Black with gold end (93k) – 37.5pt
35 Markku Levo - L10 Black with gold end (93k) – 37.5pt
35 Alexandr Litovkin - L10 Black with gold end (93k) – 37.5pt
35 Jeronimo Duarte - L10 Black with gold end (93k) – 37.5pt
35 Michael Sheehan - L10 Black with gold end – 37.5pt
41 Jacob Eggleton – L9 Black with gold end (93k) – 41.5pt
41 Joe Goodin – L9 Black with gold end – 41.5pt
43 Eduardo Machado – L8 Black with gold end (93k)
44 Brendan Downes – L7 Black with gold end – 44.5pt
44 Yvonne Häkkinen – L7 Black with gold end (Female) – 44.5pt
46 Jesse Johnson - L6 Black with gold end (93k) – 46.5pt
46 Duan Beckett – L6 Black with gold end (93k) – 46.5pt
48 Rohan Dodds - L5 Black with gold end – 48.5pt
48 Joe Tebbe – L5 Black with gold end (93k) – 48.5pt
50 John Bowley – L3 Black with gold end (93k) – 53pt
50 Mary Ann McKeague – L3 Black with gold end (Female) – 53pt
50 Nina Samsonova – L3 Black with gold end (Female) – 53pt
50 Kathi Burger – L3 Black with gold end (Female) – 53pt
50 Francisco Terroso – L3 Black with gold end (93k) – 53pt
50 Camacho Araujo – L3 Black with gold end (93k) – 53pt
50 Carla Carneiro - L3 Black with gold end (Female) – 53pt
57 Stephen Stanaitis – L10 Orange (93k) – 57.5pt
57 Susana Ferreira - L10 Orange (Female) – 57.5pt
59 Damian Sullivan – L7 Orange (93k)
60 Brian Fitzgerald – L4 Orange (93k) – 60.5pt
60 Jonathan Jones – L4 Orange – 60.5pt
62 Dylan Polin – L3 Orange (93k)
63 Lloyd Little – L2 Orange (93k) – 64pt
63 Isaac Feinhaus – L2 Orange (93k) – 64pt
63 Andrew Nesa – L2 Orange (93k) – 64pt
66 Matt Kelly – L4 White (93k) – 67pt
66 Andrew Gamble – L4 White (93k) – 67pt
66 Courtney Sheehan – L4 White (Female) – 67pt
69 Kelly Sheehan – L2 White (Female)
70 Mark Martin-Dye – L0 (93k)

Event 2 – Wrist Developer

1 Sandro Eusébio - L10 Black with gold end
2 David Thornton – L9 Black with gold end
3 Ivan Beritashvili - L8 Black with gold end (93k)
4 Chris Lowe – L7 Black with gold end – 4.5pt
4 Jedd Johnson – L7 Black with gold end – 4.5pt
6 Adam T Glass – L6 Black with gold end – 7.5pt
6 Jarrod Riordan – L6 Black with gold end (93k) – 7.5pt
6 Niko Eerola – L6 Black with gold end (93k) – 7.5pt
6 Jeff Parker - L6 Black with gold end – 7.5pt
10 Mark Martin-Dye – L5 Black with gold end (93k) – 13pt
10 Rohan Dodds - L5 Black with gold end – 13pt
10 Ivan Silantiev - L5 Black with gold end (93k) – 13pt
10 Bob Lipinski – L5 Black with gold end – 13pt
10 Darrin Shallman – L5 Black with gold end (93k) – 13pt
10 Austin Acree - L5 Black with gold end – 13pt
10 Matt Brouse – L5 Black with gold end – 13pt
17 Paul Wood – L4 Black with gold end (93k) – 19pt
17 Juha Harju – L4 Black with gold end – 19pt
17 Matti Heiskanen – L4 Black with gold end – 19pt
17 Brent Barbe – L4 Black with gold end – 19pt
17 Nuno Couto – L4 Black with gold end (93k) – 19pt
22 Jeronimo Duarte – L3 Black with gold end (93k) – 25pt
22 Eduardo Machado – L3 Black with gold end (93k) – 25pt
22 John Wojciechowski – L3 Black with gold end – 25pt
22 Richie Bevan – L3 Black with gold end – 25pt
22 Jussi Parpala – L3 Black with gold end – 25pt
22 Teemu Koivunen – L3 Black with gold end (93k) – 25pt
22 Michael Sheehan – L3 Black with gold end – 25pt
29 Dmitriy Lyusin - L10 Orange (93k) – 29.5pt
29 Alexey Pritula - L10 Orange – 29.5pt
31 Ivan Skarzhinsky – L9 Orange – 31.5pt
31 John Bowley – L9 Orange (93k) – 31.5pt
33 Elizabeth Horne – L8 Orange (Female) – 33.5pt
33 Zach Coulter – L8 Orange (93k) – 33.5pt
35 Brendan Downes – L6 Orange – 38pt
35 Duan Beckett – L6 Orange (93k) – 38pt
35 Petri Partanen - L6 Orange (93k) – 38pt
35 Pasi Mehtälä - L6 Orange – 38pt
35 Nathaniel Brous – L6 Orange – 38pt
35 Camacho Araujo – L6 Orange (93k) – 38pt
35 Alexandr Litovkin – L6 Orange (93k) – 38pt
42 Jesse Johnson - L5 Orange (93k) – 44.5pt
42 Tomas Valverde – L5 Orange (93k) – 44.5pt
42 Markku Levo – L5 Orange (93k) – 44.5pt
42 Teemu Ilvesniemi – L5 Orange (93k) – 44.5pt
42 Juha Piironen – L5 Orange – 44.5pt
42 Jacob Eggleton – L5 Orange (93k) – 44.5pt
48 Stephen Stanaitis – L4 Orange (93k)
49 Damian Sullivan – L3 Orange (93k) – 50pt
49 Francisco Terroso – L3 Orange (93k) – 50pt
49 Jonathan Jones – L3 Orange – 50pt
52 Mary Ann McKeague – L1 Orange (Female)
53 André Cardoso – L7 White
54 Susana Ferreira – L5 White (Female)
55 Yvonne Häkkinen – L4 White (Female)
56 Brian Fitzgerald – L3 White (93k) – 57pt
56 Dylan Polin – L3 White (93k) – 57pt
56 Matt Kelly – L3 White (93k) – 57pt
59 Courtney Sheehan – L2 White (Female) – 62pt
59 Kelly Sheehan – L2 White (Female) – 62pt
59 Lloyd Little – L2 White (93k) – 62pt
59 Isaac Feinhaus – L2 White (93k) – 62pt
59 Andrew Nesa - L2 White (93k) – 62pt
59 Carla Carneiro - L2 White (Female) – 62pt
59 Kathi Burger – L2 White (Female) – 62pt
66 Nina Samsonova – L1 White (Female) – 66.5pt
66 Andrew Gamble – L1 White (93k) – 66.5pt
68 Cesare Ricchezza – L0 – 69pt
68 Joe Goodin – L0 – 69pt
68 Joe Tebbe – L0 (93k) – 69pt

Event 3 – GripTopz Adjustable Thick Bar

1 Juha Harju – 155.3k
2 Ivan Beritashvili – 138.89k (93k)
3 Adam T Glass – 137.78k
4 Pasi Mehtälä – 126.82k
5 David Thornton – 126.51k
6 Chris Lowe – 125.81k
7 Juha Piironen – 124.32k
8 Bob Lipinski – 119.96k
9 Matti Heiskanen – 119.3k
10 Michael Sheehan – 117.93k
11 Petri Partanen – 115.2k (93k) – 11.5pt
11 Teemu Koivunen – 115.2k (93k) – 11.5pt
13 Teemu Ilvesniemi – 114.2k (93k)
14 Brent Barbe – 114.09k
15 Sandro Eusébio – 113.43k
16 André Cardoso – 110.29k
17 Alexey Pritula – 110.18k
18 Niko Eerola – 110k (93k)
19 Jussi Parpala – 109.2k
20 Richie Bevan – 105.7k
21 Jedd Johnson – 105.28k
22 John Wojciechowski – 100.78k
23 Markku Levo – 98.7k (93k)
24 Ivan Skarzhinsky – 98.31k
25 Matt Brouse – 97.32k – 25.5pt
25 Joe Goodin – 97.32k – 25.5pt
27 Jeff Parker – 95.2k – 27.5pt
27 Darrin Shallman – 95.2k (93k) – 27.5pt
29 Tomas Valverde – 93.7k (93k)
30 Dmitriy Lyusin – 93.38k (93k)
31 Nuno Couto – 93.29k (93k)
32 Brendan Downes – 92.81k
33 Zach Coulter – 90.68k (93k)
34 Jeronimo Duarte – 88.29k (93k) – 34.5pt
34 Eduardo Machado – 88.29k (93k) – 34.5pt
36 Ivan Silantiev – 86.82k (93k)
37 Elizabeth Horne – 85.65k (Female)
38 Jarrod Riordan – 85.61k (93k) – 39pt
38 Rohan Dodds - 85.61k – 39pt
38 Stephen Stanaitis – 85.61k (93k) – 39pt
41 Mark Martin-Dye – 85.51k (93k)
42 Jacob Eggleton – 85.45k (93k)
43 Cesare Ricchezza – 83.89k
44 Alexandr Litovkin – 82.23k (93k)
45 Jesse Johnson - 81.09k (93k) – 45.5pt
45 John Bowley – 81.09k (93k) – 45.5pt
47 Paul Wood – 79.2k (93k)
48 Camacho Araujo – 78.29k (93k)
49 Brian Fitzgerald – 77.11k (93k)
50 Duan Beckett – 75.8k (93k)
51 Yvonne Häkkinen – 73.7k (Female)
52 Nathaniel Brous – 73.38k
53 Austin Acree – 71.15k
54 Susana Ferreira – 68.29k (Female)
55 Dylan Polin – 68.03k (93k)
56 Nina Samsonova – 64.5k (Female)
57 Mary Ann McKeague – 64.12k (Female)
58 Kathi Burger – 62.85k (Female)
59 Joe Tebbe – 62.44k (93k)
60 Jonathan Jones – 61.23k
61 Carla Carneiro - 53.29k (Female)
62 Damian Sullivan – 50.94k (93k)
63 Lloyd Little – 45.35k (93k)
64 Courtney Sheehan – 42.18k (Female)
65 Kelly Sheehan – 40.82k (Female)
66 Matt Kelly – 36.28k (93k) – 66.5pt
66 Isaac Feinhaus – 36.28k (93k) – 66.5pt
68 Andrew Gamble – 34.01k (93k)
69 Andrew Nesa – 31.75k (93k)
70 Francisco Terroso – 0k (93k)

Event 4 – GripTopz Stub

1 Ivan Beritashvili – 22.71k (93k)
2 Brent Barbe – 22.42k
3 David Thornton – 22.16k
4 Juha Harju – 21.7k
5 Adam T Glass – 21.45k
6 Jedd Johnson – 21.24k
7 Sandro Eusébio – 20k
8 Pasi Mehtälä – 19.68k – 8.5pt
8 Niko Eerola – 19.68k (93k) – 8.5pt
10 Juha Piironen – 18.96k
11 Matti Heiskanen – 18.46k
12 Chris Lowe – 18.12k
13 Jeff Parker – 18.09k
14 Jussi Parpala – 17.94k – 15.5pt
14 Teemu Ilvesniemi – 17.94k (93k) – 15.5pt
14 Teemu Koivunen – 17.94k (93k) – 15.5pt
14 Markku Levo – 17.94k - 7.5pt (93k) – 15.5pt
18 John Wojciechowski – 17.9k – 18.5pt
18 Cesare Ricchezza – 17.9k – 18.5pt
20 Jarrod Riordan – 17.39k (93k)
21 Richie Bevan – 16.17k
22 Michael Sheehan – 15.87k
23 Matt Brouse – 15.82k
24 Alexey Pritula – 15.77k – 24.5pt
24 Ivan Silantiev – 15.77k (93k) – 24.5pt
26 Tomas Valverde – 15.66k (93k)
27 Nathaniel Brous – 15.58k
28 Nuno Couto – 15.54k (93k)
29 André Cardoso – 15.25k – 29.5pt
29 Eduardo Machado – 15.25k (93k) – 29.5pt
31 Bob Lipinski – 15.07k
32 Mark Martin-Dye – 14.83k (93k)
33 Joe Goodin – 14.73k
34 Elizabeth Horne – 14.59k (Female)
35 Jacob Eggleton – 14.43k (93k) – 35.5pt
35 Joe Tebbe – 14.43k (93k) – 35.5pt
37 Duan Beckett – 14.42k (93k)
38 Rohan Dodds – 14.39k
39 Paul Wood – 13.98k (93k)
40 Austin Acree – 13.43k
41 John Bowley – 13.41k (93k)
42 Jesse Johnson - 13.38k (93k)
43 Alexandr Litovkin – 13.08k (93k)
44 Yvonne Häkkinen – 12.94k (Female)
45 Darrin Shallman – 12.56k (93k)
46 Francisco Terroso – 12.51k (93k)
47 Brendan Downes – 12.14k
48 Ivan Skarzhinsky – 12.04k – 48.5pt
48 Dmitriy Lyusin – 12.04k (93k) – 48.5pt
50 Stephen Stanaitis – 11.93k (93k)
51 Mary Ann McKeague – 11.91k (Female)
52 Zach Coulter – 11.06k (93k)
53 Damian Sullivan – 10.92k (93k)
54 Jonathan Jones – 10.2k
55 Susana Ferreira – 10k (Female) – 55.5pt
55 Carla Carneiro - 10k (Female) – 55.5pt
57 Kathi Burger – 9.77k (Female)
58 Brian Fitzgerald – 9.52k (93k)
59 Camacho Araujo – 9.5k (93k)
60 Dylan Polin – 9.07k (93k) – 60.5pt
60 Lloyd Little – 9.07k (93k) – 60.5pt
62 Nina Samsonova – 8.52k (Female)
63 Matt Kelly – 6.8k (93k)
64 Courtney Sheehan – 4.53k (Female) – 65.5pt
64 Kelly Sheehan – 4.53k (Female) – 65.5pt
64 Andrew Gamble – 4.53k (93k) – 65.5pt
64 Isaac Feinhaus – 4.53k (93k) – 65.5pt
68 Andrew Nesa – 0k (93k) – 69pt
68 Jeronimo Duarte – 0k (93k) – 69pt
68 Petri Partanen – 0k (93k) – 69pt
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World's Strongest Hands 2012

Saturday 18 August, 2012
Venue: Stafford, England
Promoter: David Horne
All weights in kilos

Overall results

1 Chris Lowe - (141.75k) – 4pt
2 Richie Bevan – (111k) - 10pt
3 Mark Martin-Dye – (65.45k) – 14pt
4 Elizabeth Horne – (76.5k/Female) - 16pt
4 Paul Wood – (92.05k) - 16pt

Event 1 – Vulcan V2 Gripper - 20mm block

1 Chris Lowe – L16 Black with gold end
2 Richie Bevan - L14 Black with gold end
3 Paul Wood - L13 Black with gold end
4 Elizabeth Horne - L10 Black with gold end
5 Mark Martin-Dye – L0

Event 2 – Wrist Developer

1 Chris Lowe – L7 Black with gold end
2 Mark Martin-Dye – L5 Black with gold end
3 Paul Wood – L4 Black with gold end
4 Richie Bevan – L3 Black with gold end
5 Elizabeth Horne – L8 Orange

Event 3 – GripTopz Adjustable Thick Bar

1 Chris Lowe – 125.81k
2 Richie Bevan – 105.7k
3 Elizabeth Horne – 85.65k
4 Mark Martin-Dye – 85.51k
5 Paul Wood – 79.2k

Event 4 – GripTopz Stub

1 Chris Lowe – 18.12k
2 Richie Bevan – 16.17k
3 Mark Martin-Dye – 14.83k
4 Elizabeth Horne – 14.59k
5 Paul Wood – 13.98k

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The World’s Strongest Hands - The Gathering

Saturday and Sunday 7 & 8 July, 2012
Venue: Grip Factory, Stafford
Promoter: David Horne
All weights in kilo's

Overall results – Open class
1. Rob Russell – 13pt
2. Chris Lowe – 27.5pt on countback
3. Stew Killick – 27.5pt
4. Richie Bevan – 37.5pt
5. Pete Kerr - 45.5pt
6. Mark Martin-Dye – 50.5pt
7. Elizabeth Horne – 66pt
8. Kris Wragg – 71.5pt
9. Marcus Moisio (Finland) – 74pt
10. Tom Balchin – 82pt

Overall results – 83k class
1. Pete Kerr - 16pt
2. Mark Martin-Dye – 16.5pt
3. Elizabeth Horne – 27pt
4. Kris Wragg – 30.5pt

Overall results – Women’s class
1. Elizabeth Horne

Bodyweights/age
1. Rob Russell – Male – 140.55k – age 37
2. Chris Lowe – Male – 142.05k – age 26
3. Stew Killick – Male – 135.2k – age 41
4. Richie Bevan – Male - 110.5k – age 27
5. Pete Kerr – Male - 81.9k – age 28
6. Mark Martin-Dye – Male - 65.95k – age 35
7. Elizabeth Horne – Female – 78.95k – age 28
8. Kris Wragg – Male – 69.4k – age 27
9. Marcus Moisio (Finland) – Male – 149.3k – age 38
10. Tom Balchin – Male – 87.35k – age 36

Day 1
Event 1 – Vulcan Gripper - 20mm block
1. Pete Kerr - L18 Dipped black
2. Rob Russell – L17 Dipped black
3. Chris Lowe – L16 Dipped black
4. Stew Killick – L15 Dipped black
4. Richie Bevan - L15 Dipped black
6. Tom Balchin – L13 Dipped black
7. Elizabeth Horne – L12 Dipped black
8. Mark Martin-Dye – L11 Dipped black
8. Kris Wragg – L11 Dipped black
10. Marcus Moisio (Finland) – L10 Dipped black

Event 2 - Bearhug Heavy Stone Deadlift (185.13k) in 60 secs
1. Rob Russell + red bands – 11 reps
2. Stew Killick + red bands – 4 reps
3. Chris Lowe + red bands – 1 rep
4. Richie Bevan + green bands – 1 rep
5. Mark Martin-Dye + green and blue bands – 25 reps
6. Tom Balchin + green and blue bands – 24 reps
7. Kris Wragg + green and blue bands – 21 reps
8. Pete Kerr + green and blue bands – 14 reps
9. Marcus Moisio (Finland) + green, blue and red bands – 22 reps
10. Elizabeth Horne + green, blue and red bands – 2 reps

Event 3 - Two Hands Pinch Lift - timed hold
1. Rob Russell – 90k for 14.2 secs
2. Chris Lowe – 90k for 3.2 secs
3. Stew Killick – 90k for 2.2 secs
4. Pete Kerr – 60k for 27.5 secs
5. Mark Martin-Dye – 60k for 21.6 secs
6. Elizabeth Horne – 60k for 18.8 secs
7. Richie Bevan – 60k for 18.5 secs
8. Marcus Moisio (Finland) – 60k for 13.5 secs
9. Kris Wragg – 60k for 10.1 secs
10. Tom Balchin – DNL

Event 4 - Reverse Bending (Pair of 10" x 4" suede wraps touching in the middle)
1. Chris Lowe – 196.65k bar to 39.4deg
2. Rob Russell – 196.65k bar to 35.1deg
3. Stew Killick – 196.65k bar to 27deg
4. Richie Bevan – 183.25k bar to 0.1deg
5. Mark Martin-Dye – 166.3k bar to 22deg
6. Pete Kerr – 166.3k bar to 18.1deg
7. Elizabeth Horne – 166.3k bar to 1.1deg
8. Marcus Moisio (Finland) – 128.6k bar to 10.3deg
9. Kris Wragg – 128.6k bar to 5.3deg
10. Tom Balchin – DNL

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

Day 2
Event 5 – Stub Lift (one hand) - GripTopz
1. Rob Russell – 18.32k
2. Richie Bevan – 18.2k
3. Chris Lowe – 18.08k
3. Pete Kerr – 18.08k
5. Stew Killick – 15.7k
6. Marcus Moisio (Finland) – 15.58k
7. Mark Martin-Dye – 15.03k
8. Elizabeth Horne – 14.53k – New WR & BR Female 84 class
9. Kris Wragg – 13.39k
10. Tom Balchin – DNL

Event 6 - Adjustable Thick Bar (one hand) - GripTopz
1. Rob Russell – 125.13k
2. Stew Killick – 120.68k
3. Chris Lowe – 120.32k
4. Richie Bevan – 100.4k
5. Pete Kerr – 100.27k - New WR 83k & BR 83k/93k classes
6. Marcus Moisio (Finland) – 95.67k
7. Kris Wragg – 85.54k - New WR & BR 74 class
8. Mark Martin-Dye – 83.04k – New WR & BR 66 class
9. Elizabeth Horne – 80.42k – New WR & BR Female 84/84k+ classes
10. Tom Balchin – DNL

Event 7 - Wrist Developer – reps, in 60 secs
1. Stew Killick – L9 Dipped black x 6 reps
2. Chris Lowe – L9 Dipped black x 3 reps
3. Rob Russell – L9 Dipped black x 2 reps
4. Mark Martin-Dye – L3 Dipped black x 11 reps
5. Richie Bevan – L3 Dipped black x 8 reps
6. Pete Kerr – L3 Dipped black x 7 reps
7. Elizabeth Horne – L3 Dipped black x 1 rep
8. Kris Wragg – L4 orange x 10 reps
9. Marcus Moisio (Finland) – L4 orange x 3 reps
10. Tom Balchin – DNL

Event 8 – IronMind Gripper – Silver Bullet hold (2.5k)
1. Rob Russell – #3 CoC – 28.73 secs
2. Chris Lowe – #3 CoC – 24.67 secs
3. Richie Bevan – #3 CoC – 22.15 secs
4. Stew Killick – #3 CoC – 18 secs
5. Pete Kerr – #3 CoC – 11.61 secs
6. Mark Martin-Dye – #2 CoC – 24.68 secs
7. Elizabeth Horne – #2 CoC – 22.3 secs
8. Kris Wragg – #2 CoC – 21.56 secs
9. Marcus Moisio (Finland) – #2 CoC – 18.37 secs
10. Tom Balchin – DNL

WR attempt
1. David Horne – #3 CoC – 40.27secs

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

Event 9 – Braced steel bar snap
1. Rob Russell – 18” x 12mm EN1 CRS bar snapped in 11min 4secs
2. Mark Martin-Dye – 14” x 10mm EN1 CRS bar snapped in 4min 29secs
3. Stew Killick – 14” x 10mm EN1 CRS bar snapped in 5min
4. Richie Bevan – 18” x 10mm EN1 CRS bar snapped in 4min 35secs
5. Elizabeth Horne – 18” x 10mm EN1 CRS bar snapped in 6min 55secs
6. Kris Wragg – 18” x 10mm EN1 CRS bar snapped in 7min 53secs
7. Pete Kerr – 18” x 10mm EN1 CRS bar snapped in 10min 6secs
8. Chris Lowe – 18” x 10mm EN1 CRS bar snapped in 19min 41secs
9. Marcus Moisio (Finland) – 10” x 8mm EN1 CRS bar snapped in 7min 23secs
10. Tom Balchin – DNL

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

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English ‘Open’ Stone Lifting Championships

Part of the Gathering event.
Saturday 7 July, 2012
Venue: Grip Factory, Stafford
Promoter: David Horne

Overall results
1. Nick McKinless – 2pt
2. Rob Russell – 5pt
3. David Horne – 5.5pt
4. Chris Lowe – 8.5pt
5. Stew Killick – 9pt
6. Mark Martin-Dye – 12.5pt
7. Pete Kerr - 14.5pt
8. Kris Wragg – 15pt
9. Elizabeth Horne – 16pt

Bodyweights/age
1. Nick McKinless – Male – c.105k – age 41
2. Rob Russell – Male – 140.55k – age 37
3. David Horne – Male – 101.55k – age 50
4. Chris Lowe – Male – 142.05k – age 26
5. Stew Killick – Male – 135.2k – age 41
6. Mark Martin-Dye – Male - 65.95k – age 35
7. Pete Kerr – Male - 81.9k – age 28
8. Kris Wragg – Male – 69.4k – age 27
9. Elizabeth Horne – Female – 78.95k – age 28

Event 1 - Bearhug Heavy Stone Deadlift (185.13k) in 60 secs
1. Nick McKinless – stone + 24.7k = 209.83k
2. David Horne – stone + 20.75k = 205.88k
3. Rob Russell + red bands – 11 reps
4. Stew Killick + red bands – 4 reps
5. Chris Lowe + red bands – 1 rep
6. Mark Martin-Dye + green and blue bands – 25 reps
7. Kris Wragg + green and blue bands – 21 reps
8. Pete Kerr + green and blue bands – 14 reps
9. Elizabeth Horne + green, blue and red bands – 2 reps

Event 2 - Load the Puterach replica stone on to a 3’ 7” loading platform, for reps in 90 secs.
1. Nick McKinless – 9 loads
2. Rob Russell – 7 loads
3. David Horne – 5 loads
3. Chris Lowe – 5 loads
5. Stew Killick – 3 loads
6. Mark Martin-Dye – 1 load
6. Pete Kerr – 1 load
8. Elizabeth Horne – Lift off the floor
9. Kris Wragg - NL

The Puterach replica stone was kindly brought to the event by Peter Martin from Scotland.
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The 3rd British Rolling Thunder Championships

Saturday 20 May, 2012
Venue: Bodypower Expo, NEC, Birmingham
Promoter: Denny Felix
All weights in kilos

Professional Class Overall results

1. Mark Felix - 132k
2. Steve Gardener - 118k
Amateur Class Overall results
1. Chris Rutsowski - 105.5k
2. Ben Rawlings - 103k
3. Conrad Snook - 98k
Jon Bleech - 98k
Clayton Nicholson - 98k
Andrew Fletcher - 93k
Stu Willoughby - 93k
Charlie Pajak - 88k
Richie Bevan - 88k
Steve Kelly - 88k
Lee Filipcak - 83k
Ash Smith - 83k
Lee Willoughby - 78k
Dan Thomas - 78k
Seb Iwaniak - 73k
Harley Miles - 73k
Richard Sankey - 68k
Andrew Jones - 63k
Chris Cheal - 63k
Stuart Thomas - failed opener (63k)
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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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