Vancouver BC: Terminal City May Mash-up May 6, 2018

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Terminal City May Mash-Up Grip Competition

May 6, 2018. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Time:TBD

Entry Fee: $0

Three Classes: Open Female - Open Male - Open All Comers 

Events

2" Vertical Bar (FBBC)

Halfpenny (World Of Grip)

Judy Pinch - unique pinch block. Approximately 1.5 inches thick.

Silver Bullet Hold

 

This will be our first grip contest. For more information or to register you can email Al at terminalcitytraining@gmail.com

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Terminal City May Mash-Up Grip Contest Results

May 6, 2018. Vancouver, Canada.

 

Reverse Strongman Scoring. All results in pounds.

Three classes: Open Female, Open Male, Overall

Competitors given the option to weight in as all classes were open.

 

Competitors:

 

Open Male

Nathan Wall 209.4 pounds  age 32

Nick Ratcliffe 212.2  age 30

Al Heinemann 182.9  age 45

 

Open Female

Tara Robertson no weight age 41

Laura De Pascale 135 age 24

Christina Matheson no weight age 39  

Esme Matsuzaki 62.2 age 11

Nola Matsuzaki 48.9 age 7

 

2” FBBC Vertical Bar

1. Nathan Wall 190

2. Al Heinemann 170

3. Tara Robertson 150

4. Nick Ratcliffe 139.4

5. Laura De Pascale 125

6. Christina Matheson 100

7. Esme Matsuzaki 54

8. Nola Matsuzaki 27    

 

World of Grip Half Penny

1.Al Heinemann 23.5

2 ½. Tara Robertson 22.5  

2 ½. Nathan Wall 22.5

4. Nick Ratcliffe 17.1

5 ½. Christina Matheson 15

5 ½. Laura De Pascale 15

7. Esme Matsuzaki 10.6

8. Nola Matsuzaki 8.3

 

Judy Pinch (approx. 2 inch custom pinch block)

1 ½. Nathan Wall 70

1 ½. Al Heinemann 70

3 ½. Tara Robertson 60

3 ½. Nick Ratcliffe 60

5. Laura De Pascale 50

6. Christina Matheson 29.9

7. Esme Matsuzaki 17.8

8. Nola Matsuzaki no lift

 

Silver Bullet Hold (5 pounds)

1.Nick Ratcliffe CoC#2 20 sec.

2. Al Heinemann CoC#2 11 sec.

3. Nathan Wall CoC#2 2 sec.

4. Tara Robertson CoC#1 5 sec.

5. Laura De Pascale CoC#1 4 sec.

6. Christina Matheson Coc Sport 4 sec.

7 ½. Nola Matsuzaki no lift

7 ½. Esme Matsuzaki no lift     

 

Final Results:

 

Open Female

1. Tara Robertson

2. Laura De Pascale

3. Christina Matheson

4. Esme Matsuzaki

5. Nola Matsuzaki

 

Open Male

1. Al Heinemann

2. Nathan Wall

3. Nick Ratcliffe

 

Overall Placing All Competitors

1. Al Heinemann 6.5 points

2. Nathan Wall 8

3. Nick Ratcliffe 12.5

4. Tara Robertson 13

5. Laura De Pascale 20.5

6. Christina Matheson 23.5

7. Esme Matsuzaki 28.5

8. Nola Matsuzaki 31.5

 

Thanks to all competitors, our two volunteer officials, and everyone else who helped out. Special thanks to @Eric Roussin for his guidance from across the country.

 

 

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Lessons learned in hosting my first grip contest:

1) If interested, just do it. You will learn as you go.

2) Scales break during competition. Luckily I had pre-weighed all our weights and implements.