BKC Strongman/woman contest – Sep 22nd 2012

 

 

The title of Bristol Kettlebell clubs strongest  is in demand as this past weekend 15 members turned up to give it their all in what turned out to be a very close battle between both the men and ladies.

The 5 events tested the contestants strength in varying ways, we had the three classic strongman lifts, over head press, squat and deadlift, we had a conditioning event, the uphill farmers sprint, and a pulling event the sled pull.

Back in April we had the clubs first strongman contest which had a total of 8 contestants, I am very pleased to see so many more getting involved and pushing themselves so hard.

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As this is a strength contest the weights for each event were heavy.

Men used

Deadlift – 80kg (loaded onto a trap bar) for as many reps as possible in 90 seconds

Squat – 2 x 24kg bells for as many reps as possible in 90 seconds

Over head press – 2 x 24kg for as many reps as possible in 90 seconds

Sled pull – 92kg to be pulled over the course distance against the clock

Uphill farmers sprint – 2x32kg, 2x32kg, 2x28kg, (3 trips) to be sprinted up the hill against the clock

Ladies used

Deadlift – 2x28kg for as many reps as possible in 90 seconds

Squat – 2x16kg – for as many reps as possible in 90 seconds

Over head press – 2x14kg for as many reps as possible in 90 seconds

Sled pull – 65kg to be pulled the course distance against the clock

Uphill farmers sprint – 2x20kg, 2x20kg, 2x20kg (3 trips) to be sprinted up the hill against the clock

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Taking part this time round were the following contestants

Men

Conway Leamen – Aprils runner up

Liam Smith

Rich Aitken

James Batten

John Burns – Third place in April

 

Ladies 

Trineta Watson tripp

Sam Murray – Winner from April

Julie Barrett

Vicki Hill

Claire Wilson

Clare Hargreaves

Glynis Moss – Fourth place in April

Kay Rutherford

Lindsay Porter

Toni Williams

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After some thorough warming up we got in to the first event which was the over head press.

The results in order from 1st place to last were as follows

Ladies – Over head press 2x14kg

Sam Murray – 36 reps

Clare W/Lindsay – 23 reps

Clare H – 22 reps

Trineta – 19 reps

Vicki Hill – 18 reps

Toni Williams – 16 reps

Julie Barrett – 14 reps

Glynis Moss – 12 reps

Kay Rutherford – 13 reps (2x12kg)

 

Men – over head press 2x24kg

Liam Smith – 30 reps

James Batten – 28 reps

Conway Leaman – 23 reps

John Burns – 15 reps

Rich Aitken – 27 reps (2x20kg)

 

Ladies – Front squat – 2x16kg

Sam Murray/Trineta – 31 reps

Vicki/Lindsay – 24 reps

Claire W/Clare H/Toni – 23 reps

Julie B – 20 reps

Glynis Moss – 16 reps

Kay Rutherford – 23 reps (2x14kg)

 

Men – Front squat – 2x24kg

Conway – 29 reps

Liam Smith – 28 reps

James Batten – 27 reps

Rich Aitken – 20 reps

John burns – 16 reps

 

 

Ladies – Deadlift – 2x28kg

Trin/Sam Murray – 46 reps

Clare Hargeaves – 36 reps

Lindsay Porter – 32 reps

Claire Wilson – 30 reps

Toni Williams – 29 reps

Julie Barrett – 25 reps

Glynis Moss – 23 reps

Kay Rutherford – 23 reps (2x24kg)

Ladies deadlift – Touch and go!

 

Men – Deadlift 80kg loaded trap bar

John Burns – 55 reps

James Batten – 50 reps

Liam Smith – 44 reps

Con/Rich – 43 reps

 

 

Ladies – Sled Pull 65kg

Trineta – 24 seconds

Sam Murray 25 seconds

Lindsay/Julie B – 30 seconds

Vicki Hill – 33 seconds

Clare H – 35 seconds

Claire Wilson – 36 seconds

Toni Williams – 41 seconds

Kay Rutherford – 47 seconds

Glynis Moss – Forfeited

 

 

Men – Sled pull 92kg

Conway – 20 seconds

Liam Smith – 21 seconds

James/John – 22 seconds

Rich Aitken – 23 seconds

 

 

 

 

Ladies – Uphill farmers sprints 3 pairs of 20 kg bells

Trineta – 36 seconds

Sam Murray – 37 seconds

Clare Hargreaves – 38 seconds

Lindsay/Claire W/Vicki  – 41 seconds

Julie Barrett – 42 seconds

Toni Williams – 44 seconds

Glynis Moss – 45 seconds

Kay Rutherford – 53 seconds

 

Men – Uphill farmers sprints 2 pairs of 32kg bells, 1 pair of 28kg bells

Liam Smith – 34 seconds

Conway – 35 seconds

John – 37 seconds

Rich – 38 seconds

James – 39 seconds

 

 

The scoring system for each event is as follows.

Ladies

1st place – 20 points

2nd place – 18 points

3rd place – 16 points

4th place – 14 points

5th place – 12 points

6th place – 10 points

7th place  – 8 points

8th place – 6 points

9th place 4 points

10th place – 2 points

Men

1st place – 10 points

2nd place – 8 points

3rd place – 6 points

4th place – 4 points

5th place – 2 points

 

After all 5 events are done, scores were totaled to give us the placings. The highest score wins.

 The Results

 

Ladies 

Winner – Sam Murray with 96 points

Runner up – Trineta with 94 points

Third – Lindsay Porter with 80 points

Fourth – Clare Hargreaves with 78 points

Fifth – Vicki Hill with 74 points

Sixth – Claire Wilson with 70 points

Seventh – Julie Barrett with 58 points

Eight -Toni Williams with 44 points

Ninth – Glynis Moss with 30 points

Tenth – Kay Rutherford with 32 points (lower weight bells used)

 

Men 

Winner – Liam Smith with 44 points

Runner up – Conway Leaman with 40 points

Third – John Burns with 28 points

Fourth – James Batten with 26 points

Fifth – Rich Aitken with 16 points

 

 

An awesome day with some amazing results, Sam Murray did very well to retain the title as Trineta Watson Tripp was hot on her heels and could have won it had she not been feeling under the weather. Fairly newcomers to the club Clare Hargreaves and Lindsay Porter also deserve a mention, they both performed very well in the squat, deadlift and presses. Likewise for the men, Liam Smith has only been training with the club for a couple of months or so, he has proved that not only is he strong but also has bucket loads of agility and speed.

I would like to thank all participants for coming along and making it happen, I hope that you have blown away your expectations and realised that you are all stronger than you know! Sometimes it just takes a little friendly competition to bring it out the best in people.

The 3 top places will all receive their choice of BKC t-shirts which will be available for sale on the site very soon.

Thanks for reading and if you want to get involved with the club drop us an e-mail or get signed up to the next introduction lesson.

Here are a few more pics from the day.