The first Eastside Strongman Competition was held last Friday night at the CSPC. The turn out of lifters from both in and outside of the gym was awesome. Each weight class had good competition with the talent spread out evenly plus the great contrast of the log vs medley.

The log simply required each lifter to pick up the weight from the floor and lock out over head until given the down call by the ref and man in charge on the night Matt Bailey

The heaviest log lift of the night went to Darren Farrow with 120kgs. The other weight class winners were Akash Sanyal (90kgs lifted) in the -90kg, Graham Cook (11okgs) lifted in the 90-105kg

The medley, a new event to many of the competitors consisted of a farmers walk (varying weights for each class – 70kg for -90kgs, 90kgs for 90-105kgs, and 110kgs for 105Kgs+ classes respectively). From the 15 meter farmers walk was a single tire flip (approx 250kg tire) then onto an implement carry – for this competition an old radiator was used which we believe to be about 80kgs

From there was a 96kg Keg lift onto a barrel, followed by the toughest lift of the whole night, the atlas stone (onto barrel also).

A special mention goes to Lance Preddy, who at the completion of the medley walked over and picked up the heaviest Atlas Stone (126kgs) then with plenty of encouragement from the crowd managed to place it on the barrel. A huge effort by the smallest guy in the competition.

Thanks to everyone that came along to watch and compete. The night was a big success and its great to know that the club and the sport has plenty of support behind it. Anyone keen to join up, compete or just have a go should come along to training on either Thursday (5.30pm) or Sunday (10.30am). You can contact the club president Graham Cook if you have any questions on 021332164

Head over to YouTube and do a search for “Eastside Strongman” to check out some clips of the evening. Because there are so many videos it will take a coupe of days to get everything updated and posted on the site, so check back regularly.

Here’s the final score sheet from the competition