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Tim Sears (MA) vs Mark Viera (ME) in the 4-way super-match

It was a long but fun day, with five members of Team Maine competing.  Mark Viera pulled his ass off in the 4-way 154-lb super-match.  Although he did not take first, he had some wars with rivals Tim Sears and Kris Mikels.  Props to Mark for being the first ever Mainer to be in a super-match.  He went on to take 2nd-place in the 154-lb open class after pulling the super-match, and also took 3rd-place in the left 154-lb class.  John Cervantes finished in 3rd-place in the right 198-lb open class.  With only a few months of real training under his belt, he should already have the attention of the top pullers in this class.  Greg Curatola pulled well in the Masters Right Unlimited class but ultimately fell to past World Champions Ron Klemba and Badger Drewes.  Anthony Curatola finished in 3rd-place in the Novice 198-lb class, and may have been higher if he hadn’t fouled out in one of his earlier matches.  I (Kurt Howgate) was happy with my results, finishing in 1st-place in the left 242-lb class and ultimately finished the day undefeated and winning the left overall title.   A nagging injury in my right-arm kept me from competing right-handed.  All in all, a successful trip to CT!  Check out the pics below the full results:

113 Entries 10 States ME/CT/RI/NH/VT/MA/CO/PA/NY/CA
4 Way Challenge Match Winner……Norm Devio
Winner of the John Cole Terminator Handle…..Tony Niemo

Kids
9-10
1st) Maikayla Guild 2nd) Samantha Gangi 3rd) Kacee Hirst

11-12
1st) Ian Graham 2) Jaque Bergman 3rd) Samantha Gangi
4th)Kacee Hirst 5th) Alexia Maxwell

Teens
1st) Cory Bresnan 2) Harry Bean V 3rd) Janisse Ramos

Women
1st) Sarah Hirst 2nd) Chelsea Bean 3rd) Mary Ramos

Master’s
177-up
1st) Ron Klemba 2nd) Badger Drewes 3rd) Ron Ermini

Men’s Right Open
0-154
1st) Kris Mikels 2nd)Mark Viera 3rd) Travis Josselyn

155-176
1st) Ron Klemba 2nd) Steve Shoemaker 3rd) Bill Caldwell

177-198
1st) Ron Klemba 2nd) Art Spindler 3rd) John Cervantes

199-220
1st) Frank Hirst 2nd) Tim Lewis 3rd) David Brien

221-242
1st) Badger Drewes 2nd) Max Maxwell 3rd) Carlos Beltran

243-up
1st) Tim Bresnan 2nd) Frank Hirst 3rd) Harry Bean

Men’s Open Left
0-154
1st) Tim Sears 2nd) Kris Mikels 3rd) Mark Viera

155-176
1st) Ron Klemba 2nd) Bill Caldwell 3rd) Steve Shoemaker

177-198
1st) Ron Klemba 2nd) Jon Brown 3rd) Todd Van Blaricom

199-220
1st) Frank Hirst 2nd) Tim Lewis 3rd) Tony Niemo

221-242
1st) Kurt Howgate 2nd) Max Maxwell 3rd) Tony Niemo

243-up
1st) Chris Ratchford 2nd) Mike Skinner 3rd) Harry Bean

Novice Right
0-176
1st) Viktor Kazlauski 2nd) Derrick Mattera 3rd) Mike Delong

177-198
1st) Luis Vendrell 2nd) Malcom Tashjian 3rd) Anthony Curatola

199-up
1st) Ryan Walczak 2nd) Harry Bean IV 3rd) Bob Paradis

Novice Left
0-176
1st) Derrick Mattera

177-up
1st) David Walczak 2nd) Malcom Tashjian 3rd) Luis Vendrell

Overalls
Open Right………Frank Hirst
Open Left…………Kurt Howgate
Novice Right…….Ryan Walczak
Novice Left……….David Walczak

Charts…….Melissa Stark and Melanie Gangi
Emcee and Tournament Director……..Chris Gangi
Referee’s…………Tim Bresnan, Badger Drewes, Josh Stark, Bill Cox, Ron Klemba, Tim Sears

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