20th British Grip Champs Results

[David Horne]

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.

[David Horne]

Silver Bullet and #3 at British Grip Champs 2012 video

[David Horne]

Braced bar snap Finale at Brit Grip Champs

[Kashtan]

Awesome results!

[Hubgeezer]

David, congratulations on the win and running the 20th.

40 seconds on the Silver Bullet. Very impressive, you still got it at 49!

[David Horne]

Mike,

Cheers.

At my next contest I will be 50 - crickey!

[Hubgeezer]

Mike,

Cheers.

At my next contest I will be 50 - crickey!

Perhaps that can be a Strength Challenge: Holding your age on the Silver Bullet. 50 seconds at Age 50, etc.

Mike

[David Horne]

I'll try Mike, I'll try!

[tja]

Well done all. David congrats for the win!