THE PERTH GRIP STRENGTH CHALLENGE 2007Date: Sunday, 9th December, 2007
Venue: PERTHSTRONGMAN, Unit 10, Lower Friarton, Friarton Road, Perth PH2 8DL
Promoter: Alastair "BIG AL" Christie and Mike Daly (In association with BHSA)
Competition CriteriaThis competition is confined only to the first 10 Athletes to get their name down that currently train at
PERTHSTRONGMAN. All competitors must register with
BHSA (British Hand Strength Association), those not already registered can do so on day of Competition.
Competitor ListAlastair "BIG AL" Christie
Mike Daly
Raymond Christie
Ryan Daly
Alastair Christie Snr.
Stevie Cherrie
Brian Williamson
Alan Sneddon
Craig Williamson
Richy Cottrell
EventsTwo Hands Pinch Lift
One Hand Vertical bar Lift
One Hand Triple Hub Lift
One Hand Baby Inch Dumbbell(53kgs) Hold
Event RulesTwo Hands Pinch Lift ( Max Weight. Rising Bar. 4 attempts)The top of this is grasped with an overhand pinch grip (with no further than a 3” gap between the index fingers) and lifted until the end of the bar touches a horizontal stick placed at 16.5” from the floor. There is no referee’s signal. You do not have to be standing upright upon completion. You must lower the weight under control. If the outer discs accidentally touch the stick before the bar itself, referee’s discretion will be used to judge whether the correct height was attained.
Pinch gripping the discs using an unorthodox underhand grip will not be allowed.
Only Chalk permitted as grip aid.
One Hand Vertical 2" bar Lift (Max Weight. Rising Bar. 4 attempts)A 2" thick vertical bar is used, 24" high. The weight will be positioned between the lifter’s feet. The lifting hand must be no further than 5 cm from the top of the hand to the top of the bar when the lift commences. No locking of the thumb is allowed. The lifter will raise the bar until it is a minimum of 5 centimetres off the ground and then lower down again without losing the grip.
The lifting hand must not touch the legs or body.
Only Chalk permitted as grip aid.
One Hand Triple Hub Lift (Max. Weight. Rising Bar. 4 attempts) A Triple Hub will be used, and only the top hub used.
The lifter will straddle the apparatus, and grasping the top hub with finger tips will lift the Triple Hub to a height of mid knees or above. The lift ends with the referee's signal, and then you must lower it under control.
The lifting hand must not touch the legs or body.
Only Chalk permitted as grip aid.
One Hand Baby Inch Dumbbell(53kgs) Hold (Maximum Time)These are purchased from heavygriptools. The lifter will straddle the dumbbell . Hook gripping is not permitted. A normal or thumbless grip is allowed. The free hand may be used to brace against the opposing leg. Foot spacing is optional. The dumbbell must be raised to a point where both ends of the dumbbell are pulled to a height of mid knees and the legs must be straightened. The shoulders do not have to be pulled back, nor the body straight as long as the legs are straight and the bar motionless with both ends above the knee joint. This will keep the dumbell away from touching the legs which it obviously shouldn't.
Only Chalk permitted as grip aid.
Event ScoringThe strongman style of scoring will be the manner of scoring used for this competition, ie. If there is 10 athletes, 10 points for 1st and 1 point for 10th. All the points are added up at the end. If the points are equal at the end of the contest, then the placings are found by using the countback method. This is giving the position to the person with the most amount of wins. If it is still a draw, then you look at the most amount of 2nd places, and then 3rd, 4th, and so forth till there is a winner.
AwardsAll competitors will receive competition t-shirts, participation medal and goody bag, in addition the Top 3 placings will receive Trophies and Prizes from sponsors.
