Tuesday, 29 June 2010

World of Grip - World's Strongest Hands Series 2010

David Horne recently announced, following the success of the W.O.G./Super Series, his intention to hold a series of world wide grip events in a similar format. Info for this is as follows.

Dates:
Leg 1 - Saturday 14 August, 2010

Leg 2 - Saturday 11 September, 2010
Leg 3 - Saturday 16 October, 2010
Leg 4 - Saturday 13 November, 2010

Events:
1. Two Hands Pinch Lift
2. Wrist Developer
3. One Hand Vulcan Gripper - 20mm block close

Venues: All around the world

Overall promoter:
David Horne and World of Grip
Contest promoters:
David Horne – Stafford, England
Steve Gardener – Gloucester, England
Juha Harju – Helsinki, Finland
Chris Rice – Crooksville, Ohio, USA
Dave Thornton – Three Rivers, Michigan, USA
Eric Milfeld – Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Jedd Johnson – Wyalusing, Pennsylvania, USA
Adam T. Glass – Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Aaron Concorran + Tim Struse - Tucson, Arizona, USA

Competitors:
You can compete at any venue. The same events and apparatus will be used at all venues.

Trophies:
There will be ‘World of Grip handshake logo’ trophies (as seen at the Britain's) for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of the overall placings. For the individual 4 legs there will be medals for 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

Entrance fees:
£10 GBP ($15, 12 euro) per leg, or £25 GBP ($37, 30 euro) for more than 1 leg, ie. All 4 legs.
All payments are made to the individual promoters by cash or paypal, then after each leg they will send the relevant payment to me through paypal.
To compete at Stafford please send the payment through paypal to world_of_grip@ntlworld.com

Rules:

To follow

Results:
The results should be sent to me on the day of the contest and no later. So that I can type up the overall results as soon as possible, and get this up on the forum the next morning.
At the end of the 4 legs, the overall scores will be compiled to find the overall rankings and winner. The trophies and medals will then be sent out to them.

Video:
I will do a video, which I will put on youtube showing how to referee the events, etc.


Standardized equipment for each event has been sent out today (June 25th) to all agreed promoters.

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