This weekend (10 October 2015) saw the Irish Muscle Power Expo play host to a Giants Live endorsed (that’s about as official as a strongman gets) competition to find Europe’s Strongest Man under 90kg and under 105kg.
All of the athletes competed in their own national qualifiers to earn a place to compete for the European title.
The u90kg line up:
- Angelo Lannetta (Italy)
- Arram Eghoyan (England)
- Brian Moller larsen (Denmark)
- Dave Sanderson (Scotland)
- Danny Wallace (Northern Ireland)
- James Dingle (Ireland)
- Jeremy Vickers (Scotland)
- Kjetil Finnes (Norway)
- Michai Tichanow (Poland)
- Rob Ward (England)
- Sebastien Hupfer (France)
- Joshua Morris (Wales)
The u105kg line up:
- Ben Kelsey (England)
- Eoin Shanahan (Ireland)
- Jiri Tkadlcik (Czech Republic)
- Jorgen Skaug Aukland (Norway)
- Lewis McLuckie (Scotland)
- Luke Davies (Wales)
- Marcin Sendwicki (Poland)
- Marius Rozentals (Latvia)
- Mike Bromilow (England)
- Mindaugas Brazauskas (Lithuania)
- Pearse O’Kane (Ireland)
- Richard Minney (England)
- Vaidotas Siurna (Lithuania)
The events for the under 90kg guys were:
- Max log
- Car squat – reps est 250kg
- Deadlift for reps 290kg
- Stone to shoulder 110kg
- Conan’s wheel
Whilst the 105kg athletes battled it out over:
- Max Deadlift
- Log for reps (130kg)
- Car squat – reps est 270kg
- Stone over bar for reps 160kg
- Deadlift for max, 270kg start weight
If you want to watch the whole thing as it happened (warning: it’s a long video!) you can check out official strongman’s youtube video, here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmyvURNjJmg
If you don’t have 5 hours to spare then here are the final placings:
u90kg:
- Angelo Lannetta
- Arram Eghoyan
- Rob Ward
u105kg:
- Ben Kelsey & Marius Rozentals (equal points and on count back)
- N/A
- Marcin Sendwicki
