March 24, 2012 ~ IAF MA State Championship

International Armwrestling Federation & Pearl Vodka
Presents
The 2012 Massachusetts State Championship
March 24th, 2012
@ The All American Bar & Grill
50 Route 134 S. Dennis, MA
exit 9a off rte 6

Men’s Right Hand Open
0-154, 155-187, 188-220, 221-Up
Men’s Left Hand Open
0-165, 166-198, 199-Up
Men’s Right Hand Novice
0-165, 166-198, 199-Up
Women’s Right Hand Open
0-132, 133-Up
Teens 13 to 17yrs old
Children 8 to 12 yrs old

Weigh-ins from Noon to 1:30 Event starts at 2pm
Entry Fees: Adult classes: $20 for 1st entry and $15 for each additional entry.
Teens-$10 Children- Free. Trophies for 1st to 3rd in adult classes, awards for the Teens & Children. This event is sanctioned by the IAF.

There will be a raffle for a new armwrestling table.
Thank you to Pearl Vodka for making this event possible and to The All America
Bar & Grill for hosting the event

April 7, 2012 Lewiston Tourney

Results 2012 Maine State Championships

Feb 18, 2012 > Pond Town Tavern > Winthrop, ME > Filmed by Trailblazer Studios

Men’s Right:
0-154: 1st. Chad Richards 2nd. Jeremy Meservey
155-176: 1st. Bill Caldwell. 2nd. Mark Vieira. 3rd. Matt Lombard
177-198: 1st. Malcolm T. 2nd. Matt Bouchard. 3rd. Mark Vieira
199-242: 1st. Kurt Howgate. 2nd. Cole Disy. 3rd. David Goulet
242-Up: 1st. Corey Bussell. 2nd. Jeff Neal. 3rd. Justin Madore

Men’s Left
0-176: 1st. Mark Vieira. 2nd. Bill Caldwell. 3rd. Chad Richards
177-198: 1st. John Cervantes 2nd. Malcolm T 3rd. Matt Bouchard
199-242: 1st. Kurt Howgate. 2nd David Goulett. 3rd. Michael Vero
243-Up: 1st. Cory Bussell. 2nd. John Cervantes. 3rd. Jeff Neal

Women’s Right Open
1st. Ashley Mason 2nd. Debbie Banian. 3rd. Beth Retamozzo

Men’s Right Hand Overall Winner: Bill Caldwell
Men’s Left Hand Overall Winner: Kurt Howgate

Referees were: Bill Cox & Terry Dostie. 40 entries
Tournament Director & MC was Troy Ladd

See the Press Coverage post below!

Press Coverage of Maine State Championships

Video shot by Portland Press Herald (not the video shot by the TV Production Crew)

Kennebec Journal also has a nice article with pics posted:
http://www.kjonline.com/news/strength-vs_-strengtharm-to-arm_2012-02-18.html

Maine State Championships this Saturday

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 Day – The Return of Eric

Before the Super Bowl, we had training at John’s house in Acton…. much to our surprise, Eric Guevin showed up after a 6-month absence. Pictured above is John vs Eric. See flash gallery below…

Manning over Brady – Crap Monday

Grudge Match! Go Pats!

Latest Aroostook County Training Pics

Matt Bouchard: “This week in Aroostook County a group of us got together in Caribou for practice. Matt Bouchard (198 ), Chad Bouchard (200-242), Mike Verdecchia (200-242), Cole Disy (200-242), Brian Jones (200-242), Matt Lombard (176), Matt Grass (242+), Brandon saucier (242+).”

Results CT State Championships 1/21/12

2012 Connecticut State Armwrestling Championship
January 21st, 2012
RESULTS

113 Entries 7 States CT/PA/RI/MA/NY/NJ/NH

KIDS
11-12
1st) Samantha Gangi 2nd) Bailey Martin

Women
1st) Debbie Banaian 2nd) Rebecca Harnish

Master’s
177-up (3)
1st) Ron Klemba 2nd) Gerry Cowgill 3rd) Bob Paradise

Novice Left
0-176 (4)
1st) Dustin Jellift 2nd) Gabe Cabral 3rd) Al Price 4th) Chris Nitteli

177-up (12)
1st) Sean Sparendero 2nd) Derrick Waters 3rd) Matt Hand 4th) John Stepien

Novice Right (6)
0-176
1st) Tyler Kennedy 2nd) Brian Harnish 3rd) Dustin Jellift 4th) Gabe Cabral

177-198 (8)
1st) Orin Hubbard 2nd) Derrick Waters 3rd)Jeramiah Johnson 4th) Mikah Handy

199-UP (9)
1st) Aaron Moss 2nd) John Stepien 3rd) Orin Hubbard 4th) Matt Hand

Open Left
0-154 (5)
1st) Kris Mikels 2nd) Derrick Mattera 3rd) Jared Kozuch 4th) Mike Shalhoub

155-176 (8)
1st) Ron Klemba 2nd) Jon Brown 3rd) Steve Wunderlich 4th) Todd Van Blaricom

177-198 (7)
1st) Ron Klemba 2nd) Chad Handy 3rd) Jeremy Durfee 4th) Kevin Siska

199-220 (3)
1st) Ron Klemba 2nd) Hasan Ali Say 3rd) Bob Paradise

221-242 (3)
1st) John Ruggiero 2nd) Cory Bresnan 3rd) Jon Brown

243-up (4)
1st) Martin Ruman 2nd) Mike Ayello 3rd) Cory Bresnan 4th) Jon Brown

Open Right
0-154 (7)
1st) Kris Mikels 2nd) Jared Kozuch 3rd) Chad Nelson 4th) Mike Shalhoub

155-176 (8)
1st) Ron Klemba 2nd) Steve Wunderlich 3rd) Kris Mikels 4th) Tim Lewis

177-198 (11)
1st) Ron Ermini 2nd) Jeremy Durfee 3rd) Ron Klemba 4th) Kevin Siska

199-220 (3)
1st) Kevin Siska 2nd) Bob Paradise 3rd) Carlos Beltran

221-242 (3)
1st) John Ruggiero 2nd) Cory Bresnan 3rd) Bob Paradise

243-up (5)
1st) Martin Ruman 2nd) Mike Ayello 3rd) Jason Darrenzo 4th) Corry Bresnan

Referees—Tim Bresnan,Ron Klemba,Ron Ermini,Cory Bresnan,Tim Lewis,Jon brown

Charts….Melanie Gangi Emcee and Charts…..Chris Gangi

Thank you for everyone who helped out and too all who showed up despite yet another snow storm and made this another great tournament.