INTERNATIONAL
ARMWRESTLING FEDERATION
AFFILIATED WITH UNITED STATES ARMWRESTLING FEDERATION
Newsletter
October 2007
We would like to introduce you to our
newest State Director. He is Rick North and he will be the Director for
Rhode Island. Rick is some what new to armwrestling but he has been
involved with strength events like the RI Strongman and other events of
strength. He got into armwrestling about 2 years ago. Rick holds training
sessions in RI and has already hosted one armwrestling event. All of Rick's
contact info is posted on the IAF site and also on the Maine site. Be sure
to welcome him on board when you meet him.
In case you missed the notices
we have stopped doing the Women's Ranking due to lack of interest from the
Women Panel that was doing it. There were six panel members in the US, six
in Canada and six from Europe. The panel from Europe was the first to be
ended. All the panel members either told me they didn't have time or they
just didn't respond at all. This year we had only one panel member from the
US send in her votes and none from Canada. Maybe we can try this again in
the future if we get enough women interested. There is also a growing
problem with women competitors. None show up to compete. At Mohegan Sun
there were only three ladies signed up. At Chris Gangi's last two events
there were none. If the ladies don't start showing up I am afraid there
won't be many classes offered in the future if any at all. Ladies you need
to start showing up at competitions, promoters get tired of taking home
trophies every event for the women. Not to even mention what sponsors are
thinking when they pay for trophies that are not needed.
We had to change the month for
the Can-Am this year due to bookings at the Holiday Inn. It will be run on
April 26th,
2008. More classes have been added this year, there will be 27 classes
offered this year. This year the event will be sanctioned as the North
American Continental Championship. This is a yearly event being run under
the guidelines of the North American Continental Federation(NAAF). Right
now it rotates between the USA and Canada. Hope everyone can try to make it
this year.
NH State Championship
Paradise Beach Club
Weirs Beach NH
10/13/07
Men's Right Open
0-198
1.
Darren Courtemarche(NH) 2. Chris Roy(MA) 3. Wayne Collins(NH)
199-220
1.
Badger Drewes(NH) 2. Justin Ross(NH) 3. Carl Schmeichel(MA)
221-Up
-
Kurt Howgate(ME) 2. Harry Bean(NH) 3. Mark Sheehan(MA)
Men's Right Masters
0-220
-
Badger Drewes(NH) 2. Rick Brunelle(NH)
221-Up
-
Greg Curatola(ME) 2. Harry Bean(NH) 3. Jan Schmeichel(MA)
Men's Right Novice
0-165
-
Matt Jennings(NH) 2. Stephen Griffiths(NH) 3. Anthony Curatola(ME)
166-198
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John Pickering(VT) 2. James Parker(MA)
199-Up
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Ben Landry(NH) 2. Jeramie Towle(VT) 3. Chris Balch(NH)
Men's Left
0-176
-
Matt Jennings(NH) 2. Shane Levesque(NH)
177-220
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Darren Courtemarche(NH) 2. Steve Baillargren(NH) 3. Chris Roy(MA)
221-Up
1. Kurt Howgate(ME) 2. Harry Bean(NH) 3. Mark Sheehan(MAS)
Women's Right
-
Ashlyn Soboleski(NH) 2. Rena Pickering(VT) 3. Priscilla Bean(NH)
Teens
-
Andrew Soboleski(NH) 2. Mitch Pickering(VT)
Kids
1. Justin StLaurent(ME) 2. Harry Bean V (NH)
Overalls
Men's Right Open:
Darren Courtemarche
Men's Right Masters:
Badger Drewes
Men's Right Novice:
Ben Landry
Men's Left: Kurt
Howgate
Women's Open: Ashlyn
Soboleski
There were 48 Entries. Meet Directors were Harry & Priscilla Bean.
Referees were Josh Stark, Jan Schmeichel, Badger Drewes & Bill Cox.
Brackets by Priscilla Bean
IAF Sanctioned Event
Upcoming Events
Nov. 24th.
The 2nd
Annual Rhode Island State Championship will be held at Rhode Island
Billiards on 2026 Smith St, North Providence, RI. There will be classes for
Men's Right & Left Open, men's Right Novice & Women's Right Open. Weigh-ins
from 10am to Noon. Contest starts at 12:30pm. For more info contact the
Meet Director Rick North at 401-682-2271 or e-mail him at
lummox@cox.net.
Http://www.capitolbilliards.com
IAF Sanctioned Event.
Dec. 8th.
Arms For Kids will be held at the Knights Hall in Claremont, NH. It will be
a benefit for the Boston's Children's Hospital. All proceeds from the event
will go to the Childrens Hospital. There will be classes for Men's Right &
Left Open, Men's Right Novice, Men's Right Masters, Womens Right Open, Kids
& Teens. Weigh-ins from 11am to 12:30pm. Event starts at 1:30pm. For more
info contact the Meet Director Jeramie Towle at 802-885-6365. IAF
Sanctioned Event
Jan. 26th.
The Northeast Armwrestling Challenge will be held at the Black Bear Saloon
in Norwalk, CT. There will be 14 Challenge Matches plus classes for Men'
Right & Left plus Women's Right Open Class. Weigh-ins on Friday night from
7:30pm to 9:30pm. On Saturday from 10am to 12:30pm. Challenge matches
start at 1pm. Tournament starts at 2pm. NAA Sanctioned Event. For more
info check the Northeast Board:
http://northeastboard.com
April 26th.
The North American Continental Championship will be run at the Holiday Inn
on Rte 495 in Taunton, MA. This event will replace the Can-Am for this year
only. It will be sanctioned by the North American Armwrestling
Federation(NAAF) which is the WAF Governing Body for North America and also
by the International Armwrestling Federation(IAF). There will be classes
for Men's Right & Left Open, Men's Right & Left Masters, Men's Right Novice
and Women's Right Open. There will also be Overalls for all 6 classes.
Special room rate of $89.00 per night. Awards for 1st
to 3rd
in all classes. Free Tee-Shirt to each entry as long as they last, one per
person. For a reservation call 508-823-0430 and ask for the Armwrestling
Rate. Reservations must be made by the 4th
of April to receive the special rate. For info call the Meet Director Bill
Cox at 508-947-8958.