2008 Events

2008 ‘UK Strongman North’ Competition

Heat 1 - Regional Heat Open & Novices at Moss Farm Sunday 15th June
Novices :- 9.30am, Open :- 12pm.
Click to go to Novices photo page.
Click to go to Open photo page.

Heat 2 - Cheshire Strongest Man & Novices at Verdin Park, Northwich

Open :- Saturday July 5th, Novices :- Sunday July 6th
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Heat 3 - Wales Strongest Man at Colwyn Bay Leisure Centre, Colwyn Bay
Novices :- Saturday 2nd August, Open :- Sun 3rd August-
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Novice Final
Moss Farm Northwich Bank Holiday Sunday August 24th - see details of trials and contestants

Open Final - ‘UK Strongman North’ Final
Moss Farm Northwich Bank Holiday Monday August 25th - see details of trials and contestants


	Report on Novice Final More pictures can be viewed here. Download in pdf format - here


		Paul Johnson getting a bit of a sweat on at the start of the wagon pulls

	Mark Kingham set out at 5am on the Sunday morning from York to come and compete. He is like most people that get in to the sport after watching it on television for years and wanted to give it a go


	All the Novice competitors ready to do battle on Sunday 24^th August 2008 Event Sponsored by Madisons


	Paul Savage age 21 from Warrington carrying the 300kg yoke over the 25m distance



	Bren Powers at the start of the medley event with the 170kg weight which had to be lifted 18”up each step before moving on to the duck walk. He was the third in this event with a time of 27.08secs




Gareth Wallace struggled with this one being the shortest the 18” height was too much for him


		Paul Hodgkinson running with the170kg duck walk


	Niall Jones with the 60kg water filled barrel not the heaviest of weights but made worse as the water moves around a lot




		John Bates owner of Madison bar & restaurant was the Main sponsor of the novice competition. A big thank you to John and his family, for their kind donation. Don’t know if getting a hug off Paul Hodgkinson was part of the deal


	Glyn Richards more use to handling grave stones than atlas stones. This was his first comp. The novice competitors do the same events as the open competitors, the only difference are the weights

1st Paul Hodgkinson

2nd Bren Powers

3rd Mark Kinghan


	Report on Open Final More pictures can be viewed here. Report can be downloaded here (pdf format)


	All the competitors in their T-shirts supplied by Buccaneer Promotions Tel: 01606 783039


	Lee Bowers getting harnessed up at the start of the 10 ton wagon-pull, which is supplied by Rojac. It goes up an incline, which took its toll on all the competitors Sponsored by Cleaning Force


	Joni Purmonen moved up from novice,to start competing in open comps Sponsored by :- Brownfield Solutions 241-243 Manchester Road Northwich Cheshire CW9 7NE Tel: 01606 334 844 Fax: 01606 334 843


			Colin Jones the only man I know that can make his face go as red as his tee-shirt Sponsored by :- CRS Consultants Tel: 01606 48521 Fax: 01606 40031




	One for the ladies once they saw Ed Hall take his top off there was now hope for any one else Sponsored by :- Ash Skip Hire


	Wayne Tunstall the fastest man with the 360kg yoke with a time of 19.32 seconds over 25m. Even the tractor could not keep up with him. Sponsored by :- Brian's Auto Centre The Garage Winnington Avenue Northwich Cheshire CW8 4EE Tel: 01606 784422


	Mark Flex with the winners from the children’s races that goes on throughout the day to keep them entertained Sponsored by:- JP Ceramics Wall & Floor Tiling 263-265 Manchester Rd, Northwich, CW9 7NE Tel:01606 351250

Mick Townley at the start of the medley which consisted of 230kg power stairs


		Mick Ashurst on the 200kg duck walk


	Mr Tony Gilsenan I have the utmost respect for this man he still competes in strongman at the age of --------, it would not be right for me to give it away I just hope that I am as fit as he is when I get to his age. Sponsored by :- EWL Waterjet Unit 5 Denton Drive Northwich Cheshire CW9 7LU. Tel: 01606 45405 Fax: 01606 4023



Mick Townley was the fastest man on the stone weights 120kg-160kg, his time was 34.06 seconds.



		3^rd Place, with total points 50. Mick Townley collecting his trophy and prize money from Mark Felix.


			Colin James on the 90kg barrel carry. See what I mean about his face


	2^nd Place, with total points 51. Mick Ashurst not bad for some one who has only been trying for a year at strongman

1^st Place, with total points 52, went to Wayne Tunstell for the second year running, but the two Mick’s gave him a real run for his money. A big thank you to Mark Felix for presenting the trophies and the prize money and to Rosebank sports of Northwich for their kind donation of the trophies for the second year running

This last picture is of me presenting flowers to Sally Walker on her birthday. Brian, Sally’s husband is the official referee over the two days. Without people like Brian, Ann, Dave, Angela, Pete, all other helpers and sponsors, this event would not be able to raise much needed money for local charities


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