28th Annual Amatuer
Arm Wrestling Championships
Date: October 16, 2005
Place: Buena Park
California, Williams Peak Park
held in
conjunction with Buena Parks Silverado Days!
Sponsor: Buena Park Noon
Lions Club!
Time: High Noon
Tournament Director/MC:
Randy Sampias
Sign-ups/ Scorekeeper: Cay
Sampias
Referees: Bob Eazor & Lynn
Brower
Contestants began wieghing
in Saturday night and continued right up to
Sunday start time! Great
turn out! Some really good talented competitors
came out to vie for the
title and awards of this long time prestigious event!
Just as the bracketing was
completed and the tournament about to begin,
it started to pour rain!
Some last minute scrambling for awnings slightly
delayed the start time.
This has been a long time
annual amatuer competition! This year a bunch
of new first time
competitors made their début! And WOW! there is some
great new raw talent coming
into the sport!
Right Hand Bantam saw first
time competitor John Dabo go undefeated into the finals and
then loose two in a row to
new comer Jamie Sheldon!
RIGHT HAND BANTAM
WEIGHT WOMEN'S DIVISION
1st Jamie Sheldon,
Riverside, CA 1st Joanna Bailey, Rosamond,
CA
2nd John Dabo, Hollister,
CA 2nd Cynthia Triplett, Saugus, CA
3rd Victor Torrez,
Sacramento, CA
Right hand lightweight
division was loaded with awesome first time competitors! First timer
US Marine David Hylko going
undefeated for 1st! First timer Joshua Flood from Arizona
taking 2nd!
RIGHT HAND
LIGHTWEIGHT LEFT HAND LIGHTWEIGHT
1st David Hylko, 29
Palms, CA 1st Victor Torrez, Sacramento, CA
2nd Joshua Flood,
Showlow, AZ 2nd David Hylko, 29 Palms, CA
3rd Victor Torrez,
Sacramento, CA 3rd Joshua Flood, Showlow, AZ
RIGHT HAND
MIDDLEWEIGHT LEFT HAND MIDDLEWEIGHT
1st Sebastian
Lopez, Woodland Hills, CA 1st Richard Smith, Highland, CA
2nd Richard Smith,
Highland, CA 2nd Stevenson Alexander, Los
Angeles, CA
3rd Nick Girdner,
Coosa, AL
RIGHT HAND LT
HEAVY LEFT HAND LT HEAVY
1st Scott
Partington, Anaheim, CA 1st Scott Partington,
Anaheim, CA
2nd Casey Szparaga,
Port St. Lucie, FL 2nd David Hall, Moreno Valley, CA
3rd Paul Stevens,
Jamul, CA 3rd Paul Stevens, Jamul, CA
Right hand heavy division
saw first timer US Marine Dustin Goulet make some unbelievable upsets,
to go undefeated! Also a
team of new comers from Arizona is a bunch to watch out for! They made
a great showing by taking
home awards!
RIGHT HAND HEAVY
WEIGHT LEFT HAND HEAVY WEIGHT
1st Dustin Goulet,
Fallbrook, CA 1st Travis Claude, Lakeside, AZ
2nd Charles Hamby,
Durango, CO 2nd Michael Mariscal, Showlow, AZ
3rd Michael
Mariscal, Showlow, AZ 3rd Dustin Goulet, Fallbrook,
CA
Right hand super
heavy weight division saw the very enthusiastic first timer Chris
Luettgerodt
blow through the big
boys to go undefeated! Also! a very mild mannered relaxed Bill Nelson
all
the way from Vandula
Ohio unleash his power, taking home awards in left & right hand
divisions!
RIGHT HAND SUPER
HEAVY LEFT HAND SUPER HEAVY
1st Chris
Luettgerodt, Upland, CA 1st Bill Nelson,
Vandula, OH
2nd Charles Hamby,
Durango, CO 2nd Big Ed Wucher, Lake Elsinore,
CA
3rd Bill Nelson,
Vandula, OH 3rd Jeff Durant,
Pasadena, CA
TEAM AWARDS: 1st
Place - Honda of Pasadena - Jeff Durant, Jamie Sheldon, Chris
Luettgrodt, Dustin Goulet
2nd Place - Psycho Arms - Dave Hall, Ed Wucher, David
Hylko, Charles Hamby
COMPETITOR OF THE DAY: First
time competitor 22 yr old US Marine DAVID HYLKO.
TRAVELED THE FARTHEST: An
impressive competitor with an excellent display of good sportsmanship
all the way from Point
St. Luis, Florida! CASEY SZPARAGA.
A special thanks to our
referees, we had a good safe crowd pleasing tournament!
ANOTHER SPECIAL THANK YOU!
goes out to GARY ROBERTS! of ARM TV! this guy is not even a
competitor! but yet! as a
result of his technical expertise and computer wizardry! Gary has put
Arm
Wrestling promoting and
awareness into a whole new dimension of exposure! Check it out and
spread
the word! By subscribing to
Arm TV, our sport will continue to grow by leaps and bounds!
Also, a special thank you to
USA/WAF for their continued support and encouragement!
See You All Next Year!
Yours in Arm Wrestling
Randy Sampias
