Ministry of Muscle Gym in Kent : Britain's Most Powerful Man 2007 25 February Qualifier

Britain's Most Powerful Man 2007

Qualifier : 25 February

We had a brilliant day, thanks to Mr Big Stevie Winters, Mr Gower + Gang for putting on a top notch event. The weather was kind as well (mostly!) and there was a good turn out of support for the competitors. They came from far and wide - Justin Powell from Portsmouth, the 7th Strongest Man in the World Terry Hollands turned up to support his training partner Paul Wood as did Britain's under 105kg Strongest Man Steve Stanislaus. There were 4 competitors as 2 pulled out: Jay Hughes, Mick Holding, Paul Wood and Alex Hunter.

The events of the day were:

350kg Super Yoke - 25m
Log Press 125kg reps
Farmers Walk 150kg - 25m
Deadlift 265kg - reps in 60 secs
Truck Pull 17.5 tonnes - 25m (no finishers)
Atlas Stones 110kg, 120kg, 130kg, 140kg, 150kg onto 5ft 1in platform

	Super Yoke	Log Press	Farmers Walk
1st	Paul Wood 14.83	Mick Holding 8	Paul Wood 7.11
2nd	Jay Hughes 18.41	Jay Hughes 8	Jay Hughes 9.54
3rd	Mick Holding 18.93	Paul Wood 5	Alex Hunter 9.63
4th	Alex Hunter 38.25	Alex Hunter 1	Mick Holding 13.78

	Deadlift	Truck Pull	Atlas Stones
1st	Mick Holding 11	Alex Hunter	Jay Hughes 5 stones 31.2
2nd	Jay Hughes 10	Jay Hughes	Mick Holding 5 stones 1.01.6
3rd	Alex Hunter 10	Mick Holding	Paul Wood 3 stones 11.9
4th	Paul Wood 1	Paul Wood	Alex Hunter 3 stones 28.5

Final Postions

1st

Jay Hughes

20 points

2nd

Mick Holding

Paul Wood

16 points

4th

Alex Hunter

13 points

So Jay, Mick and Paul qualified for the Final. £250 prize money is up for the winner of the heats, and £1,000 for the winner of the Final on 5 August. The tropies are a man loading an Atlas Stone, and weigh 17lbs. There will also be a sword presented for the most gutsy performance.

On a personal note I would like to say a big well done to my training gurus Jay and Big Mick for qualifying. Even if Jay did bleed over everyone.

Report provided by Rob Hughes

Unit 9 Mill Hall Business Estate Aylesford ● Kent ME20 7JZ