International Armwrestling
Federation
Member of United States
Armsports
Newsletter
May 2006
The first
leg of the Triple Crown is over and the 1st
place finishers there are the only ones that have a chance of winning the
Triple Crown. The prize money now is up to $5,000.00 now. The next leg is
the AAA Nationals on June 2/3 in Mason, OH. That should narrow the list
down a bit. The 3rd
and final leg is the USA Unified Nationals on August 4/6 in Denver, CO. The
results of the 1st
leg are posted on the IAF Message Board(
http://iafboard.proboards37.com/
). We want to wish everyone trying to win the Triple Crown the best of
luck. It will be quite a feat to win all three events.
We have added cash awards to the Point Championship. The way
this will work is that at Sanctioned event the Meet Director will post $25
to the Points Fund, at the end of the year the top 3
will
receive a Cash Award. We are still working out the details. For this year
as we are starting out almost half way through the year we will award the
cash as follows: 50% for 1st,
30% for 2nd,
20% for 3rd.
We have added a Point Fund page to the IAF site which will keep track of the
money involved. After each event the amount of money will be posted there
for everyone to keep track of, this way everyone will have an idea of how
much money they are trying to win. Full details about next year will be
posted on the site as well as in a future newsletter. We may give cash to
the top 3 and maybe a plaques to 4th
to 6th.
We will have to wait and see how it plays out this year.
Results
13th
Annual White Mtn Championship
Held at Fratello's Italian
Restaurant
Lincoln, NH April 29th,
2006
Men's
Right Open
0-154
-
Tim Sears(MA) 2.
Benjie Dwyer(NY) 3. George Yashinski(PA)
155-176
-
Scott Chimelsky(VT)
2. Ken McKinney(NY) 3. Rob Vigeant(NH)
177-198
-
Rob Vigeant Jr(NH)
2. Richard Durant(NH) 3. Steve Austin(CT)
199-220
-
Rob Sasso(NY) 2.
Badger Drewes(NH) 3. Frank Hirst(CT)
221-UP
-
Rob Vigeant Jr(NH)
2. Peter Milano(CT) 3. Tim Bresnan(CT)
Men's
Right Novice
0-176
-
Richard Clark(VT)
2. Joe Daniels(NH) 3. Kyle Hartman(VT)
177-Up
-
Carl Mueller(NH) 2.
Jeramie Towle(NH) 3. Andrew Stone(ME)
Men's
Left
0-176
-
Scott Chimelsky(VT)
2. Greg Sharon(VT) 3. Rob Vigeant(NH)
177-198
-
Rob Vigeant Jr(NH)
2. Richard Durant(NH) 3. Steve Austin(CT)
199-242
-
Rob Sasso(NY) 2.
Badger Drewes(NH) 3. Frank Hirst(CT)
243-Up
-
Peter Milano(CT) 2.
Rob Vigeant Jr(NH) 3. Chris Ratchford(PA)
Women's
Right Open
0-132
-
Jessalynn Gillett(VT)
2. Pam Ducharme(RI) 3. Jennifer Devoid(VT)
133-Up
-
Cindy Looney(CT) 2.
Darcy Dellamattera(NY)
There were 85 entries from 8 states. Referees were Tim Sears,
Jan Schmeichel and Bill Cox. Brackets were done by Christina Bourgeous.
Thanks to all that made the trip.
Upcoming Events
June 11th.
The 8th
Annual Biker's Armwrestling Challenge will be held at the Broken Spoke
Saloon on Rte 3 in Laconia, NH. Men's Right, Men's Right Master's(40yrs+),
Men's Left and Women's Right classes will be held. Awards for 1st
to 3rd
in all classes. Weigh-ins from 11am till 12:30pm. Starts at 1pm. Meet
Directors are Bill & Gerry Cox. IAF Sanctioned Event. For more info call
Bill at 508-947-8958.
June 17th.
The NAA will be running a series of Challenge matches plus classes for Men's
Right & Left plus Women's Right. Challenge matches are listed on the
Northeast Board as well as a flyer
http://northeastboard.com/
June 24th.
The 20th Massachusetts State Championship will be held at Smitty's Sports
Pub on Rte 28 in Pocasset, MA. Men's Right Open, Men's Right Novice, Men's
Left, Women's Right Open and Kids classes will be offered. Awards for 1st
to 3rd
in all classes. Weigh-ins from 11:30am to 1:30pm. Starts at 2pm. Meet
Directors are Bill & Gerry Cox. IAF Sanctioned Event. For more info call
Bill at 508-947-8958.
June 2/3. The AAA Nationals will be held in Ohio. This will be
the 2nd
leg of the Triple Crown.. For more info check out the Northeast Board or
the AAA site (
http://armsport.com
).
August 4/6. The USA Unified Championship will be held at the
Doubletree Hotel in Denver, CO. This will be the 3rd
and final leg of the Triple Crown. This is the only Qualifier for the
World Championship in Manchester, England. All Open classes will be run on
Saturday and the Masters and Grand Masters will be run on Sunday.
Tournament starts both days at Noon. For reservations
call
303-321-3333 and ask for armwrestling rate. The rate will be good for 3
days before and 3 days after the event. $84(1/2 persons), $94(3 persons),
$104(4 people). All 1st
and 2nd
place finishers will qualify to be on Team USA and compete at the World
Championship. For more info check out the USA site:
http://armwrestling.com
I am trying to update the Women's Ranking page. Two Ladies of
the European panel have quit, 3 from Canada and one Lady from the US panel.
Hopefully I will have the update done by the
1st
week in June. (
http://iaf1.homestead.com
)
Be sure to check out the Points page to see who is in the top 10
positions. We are doing the Points Championship along with the Point Fund.
Details are posted on the Points
page.
http://iaf1.homestead.com/points.html
) The list of the top 30 are posted on the Maine site.
We have added a link on the upcoming tournaments on the IAF
message board to all the tournaments in Ontario, Canada. This way it will be
easy to check out events in Canada from the IAF site. There is a link to
this on the top of the newsletter.
It is amazing how the Internet has made armwrestling more
accessible to everyone. The USA site has listings for events from all over
the World plus Results. You can fine events quicker than ever and also see
the results almost the next day. Arm TV has given all pullers a look at
some of the best pullers in the World, this is also great as a training
tool. And of course there is the best message board in the World, The
Northeast Board with members from all over the World. Not only can you talk
to these pullers but you can also see a picture of them. This is great
when you attend bigger events and run into them. Be sure to check out these
tools and use them. We have a link page with links to pullers around the
World (
http://iaf1.homestead.com/events.html
) plus an e-mail page and a training page with training sessions listed
from all over. If anyone has a training session and would like to be added
just e-mail me with the info or click on the link on the page.
Http://iaf1.homestead.com
iaf1@comcast.net