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New York Arms Documentary Video

Saturday, 3 March, 2012

WARNING: Contains images that may be considered graphic Amy K. Nelson goes inside the world of arm wrestling in New York City and discovers not only the diverse personalities within the sport, but also how to thoroughly embarrass herself in front of a crowd.

Upcoming Tournaments & Results Updated

Wednesday, 29 February, 2012

I wanted to let everyone know that I’ve updated the ‘Upcoming Tournaments‘ and ‘Results‘ pages with all up-to-date information. I intend to keep these pages updated with all new events and results from all known New England tournaments (ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI). In the past, I was trying to include all Northeast events [...]

Maine State Championships this Saturday

Tuesday, 14 February, 2012

Don’t forget, this Saturday in Winthrop is the Maine State Championships! There will be a production crew on hand filming the event & getting interviews for some form of tv show.

Training Oct 9, 2011 – Back to the office

Monday, 10 October, 2011

Finally back to some training… seems like it has been forever!  Sunday at the office, regulars Mark Vieira, Jeff Neal, and I (Kurt Howgate) trained.   Also in attendance from ‘up Maine’ was 154-pounder Chad Richards and 165-pounder Paul Rotondi (sp?).   Mark and Paul had prearranged to have a super-match at the start of practice to [...]

Maine Pullers – Send in your training pics!

Wednesday, 5 October, 2011

I know there are a bunch of training groups throughout Maine besides our group in the southern part of the state. Next time you train, take a few photos and email them to me (Kurt Howgate) at mainearmwrestler@yahoo.com. I’ll do my best and put them up on this site. If you have a commentary about [...]

Pics! Ronnie Bean Memorial Tourney 10/1/11 – NH

Sunday, 2 October, 2011

To my knowledge, I was the only Mainer to attend the Ronnie Bean Memorial Championships in Weirs Beach, NH.  Overall turnout was light but as Badger said, the tourney featured some the best matches I’ve ever seen.  One match in particular that was unbelievable was a long left-hand battle between Jeramie Towle (pictured above) and [...]

Garage Training April 10, 2011

Monday, 11 April, 2011

Training in Kurt Howgate’s garage in Shapleigh with Jeff Neal and Mark Vieira.

2011 Mike Gould Classic – Mark Vieria 4th Place

Sunday, 3 April, 2011

Congrats to Mark Vieira (Porter) for his strong showing at last Saturday’s Mike Gould Classic in Canada. In the Open 154 Right Class, Mark took 4th-Place out of a stacked 12-man class. Full results here. Right Hand 0-154lbs 1.Aslan Albegov($500) 2.Dan Bellefuille($300) 3.Chris Gobby($200) 4.Mark Vieira 5.Sylvain Sissonette 6.Joel Goodsell 7.Maksim Khodau 8.Benjie Dwyer 9.Rob [...]

State Championships this Saturday in Winthrop

Thursday, 13 January, 2011

Only a few days away, the Maine State Championships this Saturday! Check out Thursday’s Portland Press Herald for a nice article.

Training in Acton… still at it!

Sunday, 5 December, 2010

Even though the site has been down a few weeks, we have been still training! Today we training at John’s house in Acton.