james_grahame Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I enlisted the help of a few friends and we held our 1st national RT comp. A copy of the post is below.... Congratulations and thanks to everyone who organised and competed in the first Australian Rolling Thunder Championships. Between us, we have made it the best attended grip comp ever in Australia! It was also the first interstate grip comp in Australia! We also set/broke a number of Australian grip records! 2009 National Rolling Thunder- final placings (MALE) 1. Mike Jones.......88.00 + 80.50 = 168.50(Gold Coast) 2.Tony Popple.......83.50 + 81.30 = 164.80(Melbourne) 3.James Grahame.....76.58 + 77.52 = 154.10(Melbourne) 4.Stephen henry - 153.65 (Sydney) 5.Matt Waldron-Moir.75.50 + 74.25 = 149.75(Gold Coast) 6.Ivan Zovko........75.48 + 71.10 = 146.58(Melbourne) 7.Tristan Woods.....75.01 + 66.03 = 141.04(Melbourne) 8.Duncan hughes - 138.65 (Sydney) 9. Simon Farey 67.75 + 67.75 = 135.5 (Perth) 10 Paul MacManus 67.75 + 65.5 = 133.25 (Perth) 11.Tom Basic.........65.95 + 68.57 = 134.52(Melbourne) 12. Matt Aichholzer...63.00 + 68.00 = 131.00(Gold Coast) 13.Markus johansson - 122.40 (Sydney) 14.James heathers - 122.40 (Sydney) 15. Rick Simpson......59.25 + 58.00 = 117.25(Gold Coast) 16.Ben taylor - 102.40 (Sydney) 17. Julian Tan 48 + 50.5 = 98.5 (Perth) 18. Henry Day 43 + 48 = 91 (Perth) 19. Stephen Ramsay 43 + 33 = 76 (Perth) 20. Lee Rasmussen 58 + 0 (Pass.Injury) = 58kg (Perth) 2009 National Rolling Thunder- final placings (FEMALE) 1.Kristen young - 82.40 (Sydney) 2.Viki hughes - 78.65 (Sydney) 3.Shannon adams - 77.40 (Sydney) 4.Prenila zettergren - 62.40 (Sydney) As well as the RT comp, there were several other demonstrations of strength as well as several attempts at Australian grip records. Record Attempts Double Overhand axle (knurled) Mike Jones = 167.5kgs ( 132.5kgs + 35kgs bar) *New Australian record Matt Waldron-Moir = 155kgs ( 120kgs + 35kgs bar) Record Attempts Double Overhand axle (smooth bar) Tony Popple 150.60kg *New Australian record Record Attempts Ironmind hub Brendan Downes 24.87kg *New Australian Record Record Attempts 2" vbar James Grahame 103.94kg *New Australian Record. One hand lift - (cable pulley handle + loading pin) Matt Waldron-moir 150kgs Rick Simpson 150kgs Mike Jones 125kgs Matt Aichholzer 125kgs Dinnie Replica lift Matt waldron Moir ( Dinnie handles + Ironmind loading pins) 187kgs / 147kgs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 James, is this with the new or the old handle? -Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_grahame Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 James, is this with the new or the old handle?-Rex Old handle. It was 4 comps in different states of Oz. It gave us 4 state champions and an overall champ. I stole the idea from my powerlifting days when they sometimes used this format to overcome the distances between places in Oz. btw, here are the updated admin pages for thse that like the stats side of things... Results added to David Horne's page (search for 'Australia') http://www.davidhorne-gripmaster.com/gripc...tsprevious.html updatd australian records page http://www.aussiestrength.com/forums/viewt...mp;p=5832#p5832 updated australian comp results page http://www.aussiestrength.com/forums/viewt...mp;p=5398#p5398 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobsterone Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 In the IAWA and USAW they call similar events 'postal leagues'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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