Winter Grip League #3 (Up till 28 Dec, 2019)
Event - Don Larkin 12mm One Hand Pinch Lift (using the 2 x 6mm Euro Adjustable apparatus)
Open Class (19 competitors, 5 countries)
1 Arto Joronen (Finland) - 42.2k - 23 Dec 2019 – Luumaki, Finland
2 Tomi Tuomi (Finland) - 38.8k - 28 Dec 2019 - Lahti, Finland
3 David Horne (GB) - 38.65k - 19 Dec 2019 - Stafford, England (105k class)
4 Sirko Petermann (Austria) - 38.1k - 26 Dec 2019 - Achenkirk, Austria (120k class)
5 Jarno Hyvari (Finland) - 37k - 23 Dec 2019 – Luumaki, Finland (120k class)
6 Dave Thornton (USA) - 36.13k – 15 Dec 2019 – MI, USA
7 Timo Lauttamus (Finland) - 35.72k – 19 Dec 2019 – Isokyro, Finland (93k class)
8 Stefan Falke (Germany) - 35.35k - 14 Dec 2019 - Germany
9 Jess Thomasfolk (Finland) - 35.15k - 28 Dec 2019 – Finland
10 Jerome Bloom (England) - 32.12k - 19 Dec 2019 - Cheshunt, England (74k class)
11 Michael Rogowski (USA) - 30.6k – 28 Nov 2019 – Phoenix, AZ, USA (83k class)
12 Elizabeth Horne (England) - 28.2k - 6 Dec 2019 - Stafford, England - Female
13 Jack Green (England) - 24.75k - 27 Dec 2019 - Stafford, England
14 Marja Laari (Finland) - 23.1k - 27 Dec 2019 – Luumaki, Finland - Female
15 Lucy Horne (England) - 20.5k - 11 Dec 2019 - Stafford, England - Female (age 13, b/w 69.6k)
16 Laura Guy (England) - 20.25k - 27 Dec 2019 - England - Female
17 Patricia Luxner (Austria) - 20.15k - 22 Nov 2019 - Achenkirk, Austria - Female
18 Jenn Tibbenham (England) - 19.7k - 28 Dec 2019 - England - Female
19 Michael Green (England) - 18.75k - 27 Dec 2019 - Stafford, England
Women's Class
1 Elizabeth Horne (England) - 28.2k - 6 Dec 2019 - Stafford, England
2 Marja Laari (Finland) - 23.1k - 27 Dec 2019 – Luumaki, Finland
3 Lucy Horne (England) - 20.5k - 11 Dec 2019 - Stafford, England - Female (age 13, b/w 69.6k)
4 Laura Guy (England) - 20.25k - 27 Dec 2019 - England
5 Patricia Luxner (Austria) - 20.15k -22 Nov 2019 - Achenkirk, Austria (Female 84k class)
6 Jenn Tibbenham (England) - 19.7k - 28 Dec 2019 - England
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Don Larkin Memorial event - Stafford, England
16 Nov, 2019
David Horne (bw 99.55k, age 57)
Snapped an IronMind Red bar using 2” x 2” x ¼” leather wrap on each end in 5min 35sec
Elizabeth Horne (bw 82.9k, age 35) - Female
‘Payne’ Lift 18.2k
Reuben Hughes (bw 97.25k, age 34)
1. Bent three x 10mm x 17” bars taped together [Batch 17/8/19 – 3 x 80.4k = 241.2k]
2. FencePost – Hold 80k for22sec
Nick McKinless (bw 103.45k, age 49)
1. ‘Payne’ Lift 18.46k
2. Bent a 16mm x 40” Re-bar
Finally Nick, Reuben and I had some fun. We held a 50k weight in one hand and in the other hand bent a 12mm x 21.5” s275 steel bar (rated 101k, batch 17/8/19).
Reuben in 13sec
David in 54sec
Nick in 57sec
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Grip Tour of Britain – Camberley 2019
Saturday 5 Oct, 2019
Venue: Bridge Road Barbell, Camberley
Promoter: David Horne & Phil Horwood
All weights in kilo's
Open Class results (16 competitors)
1 Rob Frampton – (162k, 45) – 9pt (Win on countback)
2 Phil Horwood – (117.05k, 34) – 9pt
3 Arun Cowee – (146.45k, 25) – 15.5pt
4 Callum Watson – (100.6k, 27) – 16.5pt
5 Matt Redsell – (114.85k, 29) – 19pt
6 Jerome Bloom – (66.3k, 42) – 20.5pt
7 David Nicholson – (133.75k, 41) – 27.5pt
8 Daniel Smith – (96.65k, 37) – 31pt
9 Elizabeth Horne – (83.7k, 35/Female) – 32pt
10 Lorna Paton – (108.1k, 36/Female) – 46pt
10 Katie Smith – (110.05k, 33/Female) – 46pt
12 Jenn Tibbenham – (101.75k, 35/Female) – 48pt
13 Andrew Smith – (83.4k, 60) – 51pt
14 Steph Skeggs – (93.05k, 37/Female) – 52pt
15 Lucy Horne – (69.8k, 13/Female) – 57pt
16 Liz Pegram – (76.45k, 65/Female) – 64pt
Women’s Class results (7 competitors)
1 Elizabeth Horne – 4pt
2 Lorna Paton – 12pt
3 Katie Smith – 13pt
4 Jenn Tibbenham – 15pt
5 Steph Skeggs – 18pt
6 Lucy Horne – 22pt
7 Liz Pegram – 28pt
Event 1 – Fence Post Lift (one hand)
1 Phil Horwood – 120.4k
2 Rob Frampton – 110.4k
3 Callum Watson – 101.16k
4 Matt Redsell – 93.95k
5 Arun Cowee – 92.9k
6 David Nicholson – 80.4k
7 Jerome Bloom – 75.4k
7 Daniel Smith – 75.4k
9 Elizabeth Horne – 73.4k (Female)
10 Lorna Paton – 72.9k (Female)
11 Katie Smith – 65.4k (Female)
11 Jenn Tibbenham – 65.4k (Female)
13 Lucy Horne – 55.4k (Female/age 13)
14 Andrew Smith – 52.9k
15 Steph Skeggs – 47.9k (Female)
16 Liz Pegram – 27.9k (Female)
Event 2 – Two Hands Shallow Hub Key Pinch Lift
1 Rob Frampton – 45.71k
2 Jerome Bloom – 44.07k
3 Phil Horwood – 40.66k
4 Arun Cowee – 35.66k
4 Callum Watson – 35.66k
6 Matt Redsell – 33.58k
7 Daniel Smith – 32.53k
7 David Nicholson – 32.53k
9 Elizabeth Horne – 27.89k (Female)
10 Steph Skeggs – 27.77k (Female)
11 Jenn Tibbenham – 27.65k (Female)
12 Katie Smith – 27.41k (Female)
13 Andrew Smith – 24.96k
14 Lorna Paton – 21.71k (Female)
15 Lucy Horne – 20.66k (Female/age 13)
16 Liz Pegram – 11.91k (Female)
Event 3 – Gold Bar Pinch – Hold (one hand)
1 Rob Frampton – 28.5k for 7sec
2 Arun Cowee – 25k for 22sec
3 Jerome Bloom – 25k for 19sec
4 Phil Horwood – 25k for 11sec
5 Elizabeth Horne – 25k for 8sec (Female)
6 Matt Redsell – 21.5k for 17sec
7 Callum Watson – 21.5k for 15sec
8 David Nicholson – 21.5k for 9sec
9 Daniel Smith – 21.5k for 7sec
10 Andrew Smith – 21.5k for 6sec
11 Lorna Paton – 18k for 17sec (Female)
12 Katie Smith – 18k for 13sec (Female)
12 Jenn Tibbenham – 18k for 13sec (Female)
14 Lucy Horne – 14.5k for 15sec (Female/age 13)
15 Steph Skeggs – 14.5k for 10sec (Female)
16 Liz Pegram – 11k for 12sec (Female)
Event 4 – One Hand Lift – Hold (one hand)
1 Phil Horwood – 200k for 16sec
2 Callum Watson – 200k for 13sec
3 Matt Redsell – 200k for 5sec
4 Arun Cowee – 175k for 11sec
5 Rob Frampton – 175k for 10sec
6 David Nicholson – 150k for 26sec
7 Daniel Smith – 150k for 23sec
8 Jerome Bloom – 150k for 5sec
9 Elizabeth Horne – 125k for 24sec (Female)
10 Katie Smith – 125k for 18sec (Female)
11 Lorna Paton – 125k for 6sec (Female)
12 Steph Skeggs – 100k for 26sec (Female)
13 Jenn Tibbenham – 100k for 25sec (Female)
14 Andrew Smith – 100k for 10sec
15 Lucy Horne – 75k for 7sec (Female/age 13)
16 Liz Pegram – 50k for 38sec (Female)
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Steel Shredder – Alexander Zass Day accomplishments on 26 Sept, 2019
Thank you everyone for taking part, and you should be proud of your achievements. I will sort all records and Grip Feats later. We had a wide variety of steel events; from the crazy to the innovative, and from the once-in-a-lifetime to the just out-there feats!
I think Zass would like this event, and we will do it again next year!
Kirill Vankovich in St Petersburg, Russia (Bw 94.4k)
1. Neck Bridge Snap (an IronMind Red) in 2min 19sec
2. Snap a Grade 8 bolt (Standing) [World of Grip 190.05k bolt] in 52sec
3. Snap a Grade 8 bolt (Lying on your back) [World of Grip 190.05k bolt] in 1min 13sec
4. Snap one kilogram of 300x8.8mm nails in 8min 30sec
David Horne in Stafford, England (Bw 97.65k)
1. Bent two x 10mm x 12” bars taped together [Batch 20/6/19 – 2 x 120.4k = 240.8k] Double wraps used.
2. Bent two x 12mm x 19” bars taped together [Batch 5/4/19 – 2 x 115k = 230k] Single wraps used.
3. Neck Bridge Snap (an IronMind Red) in 1min 9sec
4. Bent nails into the word ‘ZASS’
Elizabeth Horne in Stafford, England
10mm x 15” Cerberus Challenge in 24min 1sec
(Three 10mm x 15” thick bars [Re-Bar, EN3B crs & S275 mild steel] in one sitting)
Lee Cummings in Millom, England
Unbraced small nails snap 5 x 65mm (WOG) oval nails snapped in 3min 30sec
James Jackson in London, England
Bent a 16mm x 30.5” bar (184k)
Bent an IronMind Red to 14degrees
Sirko Petermann on the world’s longest suspension Titan RT, Germany
Snap a 6” nail (96k) in 21sec
Nick McKinless in Los Angeles, USA
12mm x 20” Cerberus Challenge in 31min
Bryan Jones in Bristol, CT, USA (Bw 67.3k)
1. Snap an IronMind Red Lying on your back in 13min 20sec
2. Wrestlers Bridge Snap (a 100k WOG 6” nail) in 1min 6sec
3. Double Underhand bend (a 100k WOG 6” nail) behind the back
David Whitely in College Grove, TN, USA
Bent a 1” x ½” x 48” HRS bar
Reuben Hughes in Morfa Nefyn, Wales
Snap a Goliath Bar (12mm x 40mm cut down to 40”) [S275 DHWOG steel] in 173min 59sec over 8 sessions
Simon Armstrong in Caerphilly, Wales
One final bend short of finishing a Zass scroll (10mm x 25mm x 182.9cm, S275 steel bar)
Kirill Shuhovtsev in Zelenogorsk, Russia
Bent 12mm x 6” [S275 DHWOG steel] bar [Batch 5/4/19 – (8"=326K)] [Multilayer wraps used – 1st bends with 2 layers of firehose, and IM wraps inside, then just firehose, then 20” x 4” leather with crush wraps]
Michael Rogowski in Phoenix, AZ, USA
Snap a Grade 8 bolt in about 16min 30sec
Double Underhand bend some ¼” CRS stock and some timber ties.
Gary Stuart in Gastonia, NC, USA
Attempted the ManKiller challenge
Don Cummings in Birmingham, MI, USA
Achieved the FBBC Bastard Reverse style cert
Achieved the FBBC 6” and the 5.5” Bastard Double Underhand style cert
Achieved the Braced bend of a 3/8” x 8” FBBC King Bar cert
Achieved the Braced bend of a 25/64” x 8” FBBC Tsar of all Bastards cert
Lots of other bending with Amir Bayour, Chris Stilwell, Darrin Shallman and Andrew Pantke
Chris Stilwell in Birmingham, MI, USA
Achieved the FBBC Bastard cert
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Steel Shredder #5 (Up till 17 Aug, 2019)
Event: Snapping up to 3 x Grade 5 bolts, or 3 x 6” nails, etc in max 20 mins.
Open Class (37 competitors, 9 countries)
1 Reuben Hughes (Wales) - 3 x Grade 5 bolts snapped in 2min 1sec – 1 Aug, 2019 - Morfa Nefyn, Wales (105k class)
2 Kirill Vankovich (Belarus) - 3 x Grade 5 bolts snapped in 3min 6sec – 17 Aug, 2019 - St. Petersburg, Russia
3 Don Cummings (USA) - 3 x Grade 5 bolts snapped in 4min 17sec – 8 July, 2019 - Birmingham, MI, USA
4 David Wigren (Sweden) - 3 x Grade 5 bolts snapped in 5min 10sec – 15 July, 2019 - Orebro, Sweden
5 Zsolt Hornyak (Hungary) - 3 x Grade 5 bolts snapped in 5min 19sec – 5 July, 2019 - Budapest, Hungary
6 David Mitti (USA) - 3 x Grade 5 bolts snapped in 6min 30sec – 5 Aug, 2019 - St Clair, MI, USA
7 Brett Bracken (USA) - 3 x Grade 5 bolts snapped in 8min 46sec – 16 Aug, 2019 - Charleston, SC, USA
8 James Jackson (England) - 3 x Grade 5 bolts snapped in 10min 56sec – 16 Aug, 2019 - Stevenage, England
9 Rob Blair (England) - 3 x Grade 5 bolts snapped in 11min 14sec – 27 July, 2019 - Stafford, England
10 Frank Delventhal (Germany) - 3 x Grade 5 bolts snapped in 12min 47sec – 13 July, 2019 - Hamburg, Germany
11 Bryan Jones (USA) - 3 x Grade 5 bolts snapped in 13min 15sec – 9 Aug, 2019 - Bristol, CT, USA (74k class)
12 Darrin Shallman (USA) - 3 x Grade 5 bolts snapped in 14min 8sec – 29 July, 2019 - Lapeer, MI, USA (83k class)
13 Michael Rogowski (USA) - 3 x Grade 5 bolts snapped in 16min 35sec – 4 Aug, 2019 - Phoenix, AZ, USA (83k class)
14 Amir Bayour (USA) - 3 x Grade 5 bolts snapped in 17min 10sec – 16 July, 2019 - Berkley, MI, USA
15 Elizabeth Horne (England) - 3 x Grade 5 bolts snapped in 18min 12sec – 1 July, 2019 - Stafford, England
16 Dom Crane (England) - 1 x Grade 5 bolt snapped in 5min 44sec – 16 Aug, 2019 - Leigh-on-Sea, England
17 Sirko Petermann (Austria) - 3 x 6" nails snapped in 1min 47sec – 18 June, 2019 - Achinkirk, Austria
18 Danton Briggs (England) - 3 x 6" nails snapped in 6min 25sec – 29 July, 2019 - Watford, England
19 Stefan Falke (Germany) - 3 x 6" nails snapped in 7min 6sec – 19 July, 2019 - Port Cuxhaven, Germany
20 Lucy Horne (England) - 3 x 6" nails snapped in 13min 32sec – 2 June, 2019 - Stafford, England (Female junior age 12)
21 Patricia Luxner (Austria) - 1 x 6" nail snapped in 7min 18sec – 16 June, 2019 - Tirol, Austria
22 Robat Williams (Wales) - 3 x 6" x 4mm bar snapped in 4min 53sec – 18 July, 2019 - Morfa Nefyn, Wales (age 9)
23 Arthur Hughes (Wales) - 3 x 6" x 4mm bar snapped in 7min 51sec – 12 July, 2019 - Morfa Nefyn, Wales (age 11)
24 Sally Horne (England) - 3 x 6" x 4mm bars snapped in 9min 12sec – 12 June, 2019 - Stafford, England (Female junior age 7)
25 Aeron Hughes (Wales) - 1 x 10" x 4mm bar snapped in 7min 47sec – 29 June, 2019 - Morfa Nefyn, Wales (age 5)
26 Morus Hughes (Wales) - 1 x 10" x 4mm bar snapped in 11min 50sec – 29 June, 2019 - Morfa Nefyn, Wales (age 5)
Women’s Class (7 competitors)
1 Elizabeth Horne (England) - 3 x Grade 5 bolts snapped in 18min 12sec – 1 July, 2019 - Stafford, England
2 Lucy Horne (England) - 3 x 6" nails snapped in 13min 32sec – 2 June, 2019 - Stafford, England (Female junior age 12)
3 Patricia Luxner (Austria) - 1 x 6" nail snapped in 7min 18sec – 16 June, 2019 - Tirol, Austria
Junior Class (10 competitors)
1 Lucy Horne (England) - 3 x 6" nails snapped in 13min 32sec – 2 June, 2019 - Stafford, England (Female junior age 12)
2 Robat Williams (Wales) - 3 x 6" x 4mm bar snapped in 4min 53sec – 18 July, 2019 - Morfa Nefyn, Wales (age 9)
3 Arthur Hughes (Wales) - 3 x 6" x 4mm bar snapped in 7min 51sec – 12 July, 2019 - Morfa Nefyn, Wales (age 11)
4 Sally Horne (England) - 3 x 6" x 4mm bars snapped in 9min 12sec – 12 June, 2019 - Stafford, England (Female junior age 7)
5 Aeron Hughes (Wales) - 1 x 10" x 4mm bar snapped in 7min 47sec – 29 June, 2019 - Morfa Nefyn, Wales (age 5)
6 Morus Hughes (Wales) - 1 x 10" x 4mm bar snapped in 11min 50sec – 29 June, 2019 - Morfa Nefyn, Wales (age 5)
Competitors
Men
Sirko Petermann (Austria)
Don Cummings (USA)
Tom Flesher (USA)
Graeme Cunningham (England)
Michael Rogowski (USA)
Zsolt Hornyak (Hungary)
Danton Briggs (England)
Kirill Vankovich (Belarus)
Ali-Rezaur Eslami (England)
Amir Bayour (USA)
Alex Washburn (USA) (age 15)
Tim Washburn (USA) (age 17)
Steffen Knaak (Germany)
Dom Crane (England)
Richard McDermott (England)
Frank Delventhal (Germany)
Stefan Falke (Germany)
Reuben Hughes (Wales)
David Wigren (Sweden)
Tomos Jones (Wales)
Darrin Shallman (USA)
James Jackson (England)
David Mitti (USA)
Bryan Jones (USA)
Rob Blair (England)
Giorgio Giannico (Italy)
Brett Bracken (USA)
Women
Patricia Luxner (Austria) – Female
Elizabeth Horne (England) – Female
Lorna Paton (England) - Female
Juniors
Lucy Horne (England) - Female junior (age 12)
Sally Horne (England) - Female junior (age 7)
Frank's daughter (Germany) - Female junior (age 10)
Alwyn Hughes (Wales) - Female junior (age 9)
Aeron Hughes (Wales) - junior (age 5)
Morus Hughes (Wales) - junior (age 5)
Robat Williams (Wales) - junior (age 9)
Arthur Hughes (Wales) - junior (age 11)
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Steel Shredder Supermatch #2
Steffen Knaak (Germany) - Ranked #26 versus James Jackson (England) - Ranked #27
Monday 5 August, 2019
Venue: Germany & England
Promoter: World of Grip
Overall Score
1 James Jackson (England) - 2, 1, 1 = 4pt
2 Steffen Knaak (Germany) - 1, 2, 2 = 5pt
Event 1. Braced Bend – Mid-Length' Style Bar Bending (Rated steel) - 14mm x 18" = 182K (batch 5/11/2018)
1 Steffen Knaak (Germany) - Partial bend to 158.3 degrees
2 James Jackson (England) - Partial bend to 82.9 degrees
Event 2. Unbraced Bend – Reverse Bend - Grade 5 bolt [rated 166.3k] (single WOG wraps touching in the middle)
1 James Jackson (England) - Partial bend to 5.4 degrees
2 Steffen Knaak (Germany) - Partial bend to 1.7 degrees
Event 3. Braced Steel Bar snap (Rated steel) - 10mm x 18" = 75.4K (batch 20/6/2019)
1 James Jackson (England) - Snapped in 6m 25s
2 Steffen Knaak (Germany) - Snapped in 13m 10s
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Steel Shredder – Supermatch #1
David Horne (GB) - Ranked #7 versus Kirill Vankovich (Belarus) - Ranked #9
Monday 5 August, 2019
Venue: Stafford, England & St Petersburg, Russia
Promoter: World of Grip
Overall Score
1 David Horne (GB) – 1, 1, 1 = 3pt
2 Kirill Vankovich (Belarus) – 2, 2, 2 = 6pt
Event 1. Braced Bend – 'Spike' Style Bar Bending (Rated steel) - 12mm x 9.5" = 261K (batch 5/4/2019)
1 David Horne (GB) - Partial bend to 22.1 degrees
2 Kirill Vankovich (Belarus) - Partial bend to 18 degrees
Event 2. Unbraced Bend – Reverse Bend - Grade 8 bolt [rated 190.05k] (single WOG wraps touching in the middle)
1 David Horne (GB) - 2 x Grade 8 bolts fully bent, and the third one bent to 20.7deg
2 Kirill Vankovich (Belarus) - Partial bend to 6 degrees
Event 3. Snapping a Grade 5 bolt [rated 166.3k] (Lying on your back) - Use a World of Grip Grade 5 bolt (6” x ¼”)
1 David Horne (GB) - Snapped in 51s
2 Kirill Vankovich (Belarus) - Snapped in 1m 21s
Bodyweight:
David Horne (GB) = 101.9k
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Grip Tour of Britain - Criccieth
Saturday 25 May, 2019
Venue: Criccieth Memorial Hall, High Street, Criccieth, LL52 0HB, Wales.
Promoter: David Horne and the Criccieth Memorial Hall
All weights in kilos
Men’s Class results (10 competitors) [The top 3 did 3 events, the rest 2 events]
1 Reuben Hughes – (92.8k, 32) – 5pt
2 Mike Royston – (139.15k, 27) – 7pt [on countback]
3 Tom Jones – (119.55k, 24) – 7pt
4 Dafydd Jones – (109.35k, 53) – 9pt
4 Daniel Williams – (92.2k, 25) – 9pt
6 Sean Forrester – (110.8k, 15) – 13pt
7 Aled Griffiths – (104.3k, 33) – 15.5pt
8 Morris Williams – (120.55k, 50) – 16pt
9 Huw Williams – (87.9k, 18) – 17.5pt
10 Les Wiltshire – (97.7k, 65) – 18pt
Junior Girls Class (12 & under) results (3 competitors)
1 Lucy Horne – (66.55k, 12) – 2pt
2 Sally Horne – (37.65k, 7) – 4pt
3 Ava Coppell – (?k, 8) – 6pt
Junior Boys Class (12 & under) results (8 competitors)
1 Robert Williams – (36.35k, 9) – 2pt
2 Guto Williams – (46.9k, 12) – 4pt
3 Blaze Burr – (?k, 10) – 6pt
4 Riley Jeanes – (24.6k, 5) – 8pt
5 Samson Jeanes – (28.05k, 9) – 11pt
5 Iwan Jones – (39.85k, 9) – 11pt
7 Ryan Coppell – (21.35k, 6) – 14pt
8 Efan Llewelyn – (29.75k, 7) – 16pt
Event 1 – Finnish Frame Pinch – Hold (one hand)
Men
1 Mike Royston – 32k for 8sec
2 Tom Jones – 32k for 5sec
3 Reuben Hughes – 28k for 12sec
4 Dafydd Jones – 24k for 14sec
5 Daniel Williams – 24k for 12sec
6 Morris Williams – 24k for 9sec
6 Sean Forrester – 24k for 9sec
8 Huw Williams – 24k for 6sec
9 Aled Griffiths – 20k for 14sec
10 Les Wiltshire – 16k for 12sec
Girls
1 Lucy Horne – 16k for 8sec – age 12
2 Sally Horne – 8k for 14sec – age 7
3 Ava Coppell – 4k for 52sec – age 8
Boys
1 Robert Williams – 8k for 44sec – age 9
2 Guto Williams – 8k for 30sec – age 12
3 Blaze Burr – 8k for 10sec – age 10
4 Riley Jeanes – 8k for 7sec – age 5
5 Samson Jeanes – 4k for 44sec – age 9
6 Iwan Jones – 4k for 30sec – age 9
7 Ryan Coppell – 4k for 23sec – age 6
8 Efan Llewelyn – 4k for 11sec – age 7
Event 2 – Half a Penny – Hold (one hand)
Men
1 Reuben Hughes – 16k for 9sec
2 Mike Royston – 14k for 6sec
3 Tom Jones – 12k for 9sec
4 Daniel Williams – 10k for 9sec
5 Dafydd Jones – 10k for 5sec
6 Sean Forrester – 8k for 12sec
6 Aled Griffiths – 8k for 12sec
8 Les Wiltshire – 8k for 7sec
9 Morris Williams – NL
9 Huw Williams – DNL
Girls
1 Lucy Horne – 8k for 12sec – age 12
2 Sally Horne – 6k for 7sec – age 7
3 Ava Coppell – 3k for 19sec – age 8
Boys
1 Robert Williams – 6k for 10sec – age 9
2 Guto Williams – 6k for 6sec – age 12
3 Blaze Burr – 3k for 51sec – age 10
4 Riley Jeanes – 3k for 20sec – age 5
5 Samson Jeanes – 3k for 13sec – age 9
5 Iwan Jones – 3k for 15sec – age 9
7 Ryan Coppell – 3k for 5sec – age 6
8 Efan Llewelyn – NL – age 7
Event 3 – Snap a Grade 5 bolt
(Top 3 position athletes only - 1 attempt) 1,2,3 pts for 1, 2, and 3rd. 4pts for no snap
1 Reuben Hughes – 1min 31sec
2 Tom Jones – 2min 21sec
3 Mike Royston – No snap
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Steel Shredder - King's Shield 2019
Saturday 11 May, 2019
Venue: Wales, USA, Sweden and Hungary
Promoter: David Horne
Massive congratulations to all the competitors, and of course to the new champion Reuben Hughes! As they will all be able to tell you the strength needed for the steel and bolts chosen was top drawer! The five competitors chosen were the best competitors in recent steel bending comps around the globe. The winner will now receive the beautiful, custom-engraved leather championship belt as a prize, and the runner ups the new Alexander Zass medals!
This was a fantastic event to promote, and with my love of strength history it was like having the greats from the past tee off against each other, but instead it is the greats of today! Thank you!
Overall Score
1 Reuben Hughes (Wales) - 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1 = 8pt
2 David Wigren (Sweden) - 2, 2, 1, 2, 3.5, 4 = 14.5pt
3 Don Cummings (USA) - 3, 3, 4, 4, 2, 2 = 18pt
4 Zsolt Hornyak (Hungary) - 4, 4, 2, 3, 3.5, 3 = 19.5pt
Event 1. Braced Bend – Mid length Bar Bending [World of Grip rated steel] - 16mm x 23” = 249K (batch 9/1/2019)
1 Reuben Hughes (Wales) - Fully bent in 1m 55s
2 David Wigren (Sweden) - Partial bend to 71.7 degrees
3 Don Cummings (USA) - Slight bend
4 Zsolt Hornyak (Hungary) - No bend
Event 2. Braced Bend – 'Spike' Style Bar Bending (Rated steel) - 14mm x 14" = 242K (batch 5/11/2018)
1 Reuben Hughes (Wales) - Partial bend to 50 degrees
2 David Wigren (Sweden) - Partial bend to 23.5 degrees
3 Don Cummings (USA) - Slight bend
4 Zsolt Hornyak (Hungary) - No bend
Event 3. Unbraced Bend – Reverse Bend - Grade 8 bolt [rated 204.3k] (single WOG wraps touching in the middle)
1 David Wigren (Sweden) - Partial bend to 22.6 degrees
2 Zsolt Hornyak (Hungary) - Partial bend to 13 degrees
3 Reuben Hughes (Wales) - Partial bend to 7.8 degrees
4 Don Cummings (USA) - Partial bend to 7 degrees
Event 4. Unbraced Bend – Double Underhand - Grade 8 bolt [rated 204.3k] (single WOG wraps touching in the middle)
1 Reuben Hughes (Wales) - Partial bend to 6.8 degrees
2 David Wigren (Sweden) - Partial bend to 5.6 degrees
3 Zsolt Hornyak (Hungary) - Partial bend to 3 degrees
4 Don Cummings (USA) - Partial bend to 1 degree
Event 5. Braced Snapping – 12mm x 21.5” = 101K (batch 9/1/2019)
1 Reuben Hughes (Wales) - Snapped in 9m 20s
2 Don Cummings (USA) - Snapped in 16m 56s
3 David Wigren (Sweden) - Snapped outside the 20min time allocated (3.5pt)
3 Zsolt Hornyak (Hungary) - No snap (3.5pt)
Event 6. Snapping a Grade 5 bolt [rated 166.3k] (Lying on your back) - Use a World of Grip Grade 5 bolt (6” x ¼”)
1 Reuben Hughes (Wales) - Snapped in 1m 13s
2 Don Cummings (USA) - Snapped in 1m 28s
3 Zsolt Hornyak (Hungary) - Snapped in 5m 57s
4 David Wigren (Sweden) - Snapped in 11m 31s
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26th British Grip Championships
Saturday 27 Apr, 2019
Venue: Grip Factory, Stafford
Promoter: David Horne
All weights in kilos
Open Class results (11 competitors)
1 Reuben Hughes – (Wales, 92.55k, 32) – 12.5pt
2 Sirko Petermann – (Austria, 117.85k, 41) – 16.5pt
3 Tom Lymath – (England, 142.25k, 29) – 20pt
4 Stefan Falke – (Germany, 114.85k, 54) – 20.5pt
5 Thomas Head – (England, 148.75k, 20) – 22pt
6 Sam Parker – (England, 151.35k, 30) – 25.5pt
7 Elizabeth Horne – (England, 87.55k, 35) – 33.5pt
8 Jerome Bloom – (England, 65.95k, 42) – 35.5pt
9 Patricia Luxner – (Austria, 81.1k, 43) – 42.5pt
10 Michael Green – (England, 85.25k, 21) – 51pt
11 Laura Breakell – (England, 95.7k, 28) – 51.5pt
93k Class results (3 competitors)
1 Reuben Hughes – 6pt
2 Jerome Bloom – 10pt
3 Michael Green – 14pt
93k+ Class results (5 competitors)
1 Sirko Petermann – 11.5pt
2 Thomas Head – 14.5pt (on countback)
3 Tom Lymath – 14.5pt
4 Stefan Falke – 16.5pt
5 Sam Parker – 18pt
Women’s Class results (3 competitors)
1 Elizabeth Horne – 6pt
2 Patricia Luxner – 9pt
3 Laura Breakell – 15pt
Event 1 – Meat Hook Deadlift
1 Reuben Hughes – 267.75k
2 Sirko Petermann – 267.25k
2 Thomas Head – 267.25k
4 Stefan Falke – 226k
5 Tom Lymath – 192.25k
6 Elizabeth Horne – 176.85k (Female)
7 Sam Parker – 171.75k
7 Patricia Luxner – 171.75k (Female)
9 Jerome Bloom – 162.15k
10 Laura Breakell – 156k (Female)
11 Michael Green – 140.7k
Event 2 – Loose Plate One Hand Pinch Lift & Hold – 2 x 20k, 3 x 10k, or 2 x 10k
1 Thomas Head – 2 x 20k for 35sec
2 Tom Lymath – 2 x 20k for 31sec
3 Sam Parker – 2 x 20k for 26sec
4 Sirko Petermann – 2 x 20k for 16sec
5 Stefan Falke – 2 x 20k for 10sec
6 Elizabeth Horne – 2 x 20k for 4sec (Female)
6 Reuben Hughes – 2 x 20k for 4sec
8 Jerome Bloom – 3 x 10k for 16sec
9 Patricia Luxner – 3 x 10k for 2sec (Female)
10 Laura Breakell – 2 x 10k for 37sec (Female)
11 Michael Green – 2 x 10k for 20sec
Event 3 – Half a Penny – Hold (one hand)
1 Jerome Bloom – 16k for 18sec
2 Sirko Petermann – 16k for 15sec
3 Reuben Hughes – 16k for 9sec
4 Stefan Falke – 16k for 6sec
5 Tom Lymath – 14k for 6sec
6 Sam Parker – 14k for 5sec
7 Thomas Head – 12k for 10sec
8 Patricia Luxner – 12k for 8sec (Female)
9 Elizabeth Horne – 10k for 16sec (Female)
10 Laura Breakell – 10k for 14sec (Female)
11 Michael Green – 10k for 5sec
Event 4 – Pickaxe Lever to Rear (one hand)
1 Reuben Hughes – 9.25k
2 Sam Parker – 8.99k
3 Sirko Petermann – 8.12k
4 Thomas Head – 6.99k
4 Stefan Falke – 6.99k
6 Tom Lymath – 6.54k
7 Jerome Bloom – 6.05k
8 Elizabeth Horne – 5k (Female)
9 Patricia Luxner – 4.68k (Female)
10 Michael Green – 3.95k
11 Laura Breakell – 3.55k (Female)
Event 5 – Snapping of a Grade 5 bolt [166.3k], or a 6” nail [96.18k]
1 Reuben Hughes – Grade 5 bolt in 58sec
2 Tom Lymath – Grade 5 bolt in 2min 6sec
3 Stefan Falke – Grade 5 bolt in 6min 2sec
4 Elizabeth Horne – Grade 5 bolt in 8min 39sec (Female)
5 Sirko Petermann – Grade 5 bolt in 9min 5sec
6 Thomas Head – Grade 5 bolt in 16min
7 Sam Parker – Grade 5 bolt in 18min 37sec
8 Michael Green – 6” nail in 4min 19sec
9 Patricia Luxner – 6” nail in 6min 58sec (Female)
10 Jerome Bloom – DNF
10 Laura Breakell – DNF (Female)
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Record Breaker #6
Sunday 28 Apr, 2019
Venue: Grip Factory, Stafford
Promoter: David Horne
All weights in kilo's
Men
Reuben Hughes – (b/w 92.35k, age 33)
Meathook Deadlift – 287.05k – Class WR
Meathook Deadlift Hold – 228k for 21sec – Class and Open WR
David Horne – (b/w 101.2k, age 56)
Snap a Grade 8 bolt in 59sec [rated 204.3k] – Class and Open WR
Jerome Bloom – (b/w 66k, age 42)
Half a Penny Lift – 19.79k – Class WR
Shallow Hub Lift – 26.09k – Class WR
Shallow Hub Hold – 24k for 10sec – Class WR
Stefan Falke – (b/w115.8k, age 54)
Shallow Hub Lift – 25.98k – Masters WR
Gold Bar Pinch Hold – 25k for 19sec – Masters WR
Finnish Mini Vertical Bar Lift – 47.02k – Masters WR
Women
Elizabeth Horne – (b/w 87.2k, age 35/Female)
Finnish Frame Lift – 27.34k – Women’s Open WR
Finnish Frame Hold – 24k for 9sec – Women’s Open WR
The Payne Lift – 16.28k – Women’s Open WR
Patricia Luxner – (b/w 81.5k, age 43/Female)
Shallow Hub Lift – 19.33k – Women’s Class and Open WR
Gold Bar Hold – 18k for 10sec – Women’s Class WR
Finnish Mini Vertical Bar Lift – 54.32k – Women’s Class and Open WR
Laura Breakell – (b/w 96.2k, age 28/Female)
6mm Silarukov Two Hands Pinch – 39.81k – Women’s Open WR
50mm Silarukov Rolling Handle Lift – 50.09k – Women’s Open WR
Juniors
Lucy Horne – (b/w 63.95k, age 12/Female)
Snap a 6” nail in 2min 23sec [rated 96.18k] – Junior and Women’s Class WR
Alwen Hughes – (age 9/Female)
HorneTop Hold – 5k for 1min 28sec – Junior Class WR
Aeron Hughes – (age 5/Male)
Finnish Ball Hold – 4k for 16sec – Junior Class WR
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Steel Shredder #4 (Up till 1 Feb, 2019)
Event: Braced Bend – 30”-14.5” Mid length Bar Bending [World of Grip rated steel]
Open Class (43 competitors, 10 countries)
1 Reuben Hughes (Wales) - 261k [16mm x 19.5", batch 20/12/18(B)] – 22 Jan, 2019 - Morfa Nefyn, Wales (105k class) WR
2 Stan Tomajko (USA) - 254k in 2:52 [16mm x 18.5", batch 5/11/18] – 31 Jan, 2019 – Sunny Isles, FL, USA (93k class and 50+) WR
3 Don Cummings (USA) - 254k in 3:19 [16mm x 18.5", batch 5/11/18] – 31 Jan, 2019 – Birmingham, MI, USA
4 Zsolt Hornyak (Hungary) - 254k in 4:24 [16mm x 18.5", batch 5/11/18] – 2 Jan, 2019 - Budapest, Hungary
5 Michael Rogowski (USA) - 238k in 3:41 [16mm x 24", batch 11/10/18] – 12 Jan, 2019 – Phoenix, AZ, USA (83k class) WR
Carl Donati Jr. (USA) - 228k in 1:00 [16mm x 25", batch 11/10/18] – 8 Jan, 2019 – Butler, PA, USA
David Wigren (Sweden) - 223k [16mm x 25.5", batch 11/10/18] – 23 Dec, 2018 – Orebro, Sweden
Sirko Petermann (Austria) - 214k [16mm x 26.5", batch 11/10/18] – 28 Jan, 2019 – Kolsass, Austria
Tony Reid (Canada) - 210k [16mm x 22", batch 5/11/18] – 26 Jan, 2019 – Edmonton, AB, Canada
Hannes Kainz (Austria) - 210k [16mm x 22", batch 5/11/18] – 17 Jan, 2019 – Traboch, Austria
David Mitti (USA) - 200k [16mm x 23", batch 5/11/18] – 27 Dec, 2018 – St Clair, MI, USA
Tom Flesher (USA) - 194k [16mm x 29", batch 11/10/18] - 30 Nov, 2018 – Farmingdale, NY, USA
Simon Armstrong (England) - 191k [16mm x 24", batch 5/11/18] – 8 Dec, 2018 – Caerphilly, Wales
Frank Delventhal (Germany) - 187k [16mm x 30", batch 11/10/18] – 24 Dec, 2018 - Hamburg, Germany
Robert Nejedly (USA) - 187k [16mm x 24.5", batch 5/11/18] – 13 Dec, 2018 – Benbrook, TX, USA (59k class) WR
Stefan Falke (Germany) - 175k [16mm x 26", batch 5/11/18] – 20 Jan, 2019 - Ahrensburg, Germany
Steffen Knaak (Germany) - 173k [12mm x 18", batch 16/2/18] - 19 Nov, 2018 - Zittau, Germany
Danton Briggs (England) - 168k [16mm x 27", batch 5/11/18] – 8 Jan, 2019 - Watford, England
James Jackson (England) - 166k [14mm x 19.5", batch 5/11/18] – 31 Dec, 2018 - Stevenage, England
Graeme Cunningham (England) - 163k [12mm x 19", batch 16/2/18] – 1 Dec, 2018 - Sandbach, England
Jonathan Miller (USA) - 162k [16mm x 28", batch 5/11/18] – 8 Dec, 2018 – Chadds Ford, PA, USA
Dom Crane (England) - 156k [16mm x 29", batch 5/11/18] – 11 Dec, 2018 – Rayleigh, England
Elizabeth Horne (England) - 152k [16mm x 28.5", batch 20/12/2018(A)] – 30 Jan, 2019 - Stafford, England (Female)
Richard McDermott (England) - 151k [12mm x 15", batch 5/11/18] – 13 Dec, 2018 - Stafford, England
Georg Stubler (Austria) - 139k [14mm x 23", batch 16/2/18] - 21 Nov, 2018 – Graz, Austria
Patricia Luxner (Austria) - 131k [12mm x 17", batch 9/1/19] – 31 Jan, 2019 – Achenkirk, Austria (Female)
Lucy Horne (England) - 127k [12mm x 17.5", batch 9/1/19] – 30 Jan, 2019 - Stafford, England (Female junior age 12)
Laura Guy (England) - 119k [14mm x 26.5", batch 5/11/18] – 27 Jan, 2019 - Rye, England (Female)
Jenn Donnatelli-Tibbenham (USA) - 119k [14mm x 26.5", batch 5/11/18] – 31 Jan, 2019 - Rye, England (Female)
Lorna Paton (England) - 103k [12mm x 21", batch 5/11/18] – 12 Jan, 2019 - Rye, England (Female)
Sally Horne (England) - 54k [8mm x 15", batch 11/10/18] – 30 Jan, 2019 - Stafford, England (Female junior age 7)
Jonathan Mertz (Germany) - 43.9k [8mm x 18", batch 11/10/18] – 6 Jan, 2019 - Trebur-Astheim, Germany (junior age 5)
Women’s Class (11 competitors)
1 Elizabeth Horne (England) - 152k [16mm x 28.5", batch 20/12/2018(A)] – 30 Jan, 2019 - Stafford, England
2 Patricia Luxner (Austria) - 131k [12mm x 17", batch 9/1/19] – 31 Jan, 2019 – Achenkirk, Austria
3 Lucy Horne (England) - 127k [12mm x 17.5", batch 9/1/19] – 30 Jan, 2019 - Stafford, England (Female junior age 12)
Laura Guy (England) - 119k [14mm x 26.5", batch 5/11/18] – 27 Jan, 2019 - Rye, England
Jenn Donnatelli-Tibbenham (USA) - 119k [14mm x 26.5", batch 5/11/18] – 31 Jan, 2019 - Rye, England
Lorna Paton (England) - 103k [12mm x 21", batch 5/11/18] – 12 Jan, 2019 - Rye, England
Sally Horne (England) - 54k [8mm x 15", batch 11/10/18] – 30 Jan, 2019 - Stafford, England (Female junior age 7)
Junior Class (8 competitors)
1 Lucy Horne (England) - 127k [12mm x 17.5", batch 9/1/19] – 30 Jan, 2019 - Stafford, England (Female junior age 12)
2 Sally Horne (England) - 54k [8mm x 15", batch 11/10/18] – 30 Jan, 2019 - Stafford, England (Female junior age 7)
3 Jonathan Mertz (Germany) - 43.9k [8mm x 18", batch 11/10/18] – 6 Jan, 2019 - Trebur-Astheim, Germany (junior age 5)
Competitors
Don Cummings (USA)
Danton Briggs (England)
Zsolt Hornyak (Hungary)
Michael Rogowski (USA)
Giorgio Giannico (Italy)
Sirko Petermann (Austria)
Jonathan Miller (USA)
Daniel Strauss (England)
Stefan Falke (Germany)
Karl Skjelvik (Norway)
Steffen Knaak (Germany)
Richard McDermott (England)
Reuben Hughes (Wales)
David Wade (England)
David Mitti (USA)
Tom Flesher (USA)
Georg Stubler (Austria)
Carl Donati Jr. (USA)
Frank Delventhal (Germany)
David Wigren (Sweden)
Robert Nejedly (USA)
Stan Tomajko (USA)
Graeme Cunningham (England)
Simon Armstrong (England)
Dom Crane (England)
Phil Clegg (England)
Hannes Kainz (Austria)
Tony Reid (Canada)
James Jackson (England)
Patricia Luxner (Austria) – Female
Elizabeth Horne (England) – Female
Lisa Price (England) – Female
Lorna Paton (England) – Female
Jenn Donnatelli-Tibbenham (USA) – Female
Laura Guy (England) – Female
Lucy Horne (England) - Female junior (age 12)
Sally Horne (England) - Female junior (age 7)
Erich Knaak (Germany) (age 5)
Ellie Crane (England) - Female junior (age 10)
Adam Cunningham (England) (age 14)
Jonathan Mertz (Germany) (age 6)
Stella Cummings (USA) - Female junior (age 4)
Scarlett Cummings (USA) - Female junior (age 6)
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David Horne 2018
