ANDREW L SMITH "THE NEWCOMER"

WHAT GOT ME INTO ARMWRESTLING? The story of how i got into Armwrestling is perhaps one of the most unlikely but logical routes into the sport as in July 2012 i was on holiday in Minehead and just for fun i challenged one of those arcade armwrestling machines! To my amazement i beat the machine! I was instantly hooked! The very same night i had a dream of making it in armwrestling for real and so begun a new era as i felt i was being inspired and encouraged through sheer dedication and dertimination to live my dream. Not being rich i had no Equipment and literally built my own table single handed,which was alright to begin on,But i wanted to do better and so in late july i decided i must have a proper table and so i ordered one from none other than Mazureka and this took over a month to arrive! In the meantime i was buying smaller items of training equipment as i wanted my own home training zone where i could work towards living my dream. Finally an September 2012 my new table arrived! Setting up and assembling this was an exciting occasion and when it was finally assembled i had my first pull via training bands which i use on this in the absence of anyone to pull with! Now i am really working out hard to increase my strength.While all this was going on i recieved tremendous assistance and support from Dan Thomas And The Cambridge Armwrestling Team who recomended i organise a Training day at my place so that i can be trained in the basics and techniques of AW as up to now i am completely self taught This Historic and momentous occasion will take place on SATURDAY 29th SEPTEMBER 2012 and i am promised a live appearance of Dan thomas And The Cambridge Armwrestling Team and i look foward to this event as i will be welcomed into the Armwrestling community. MY NEXT AMBITION IN ARMWRESTLING. To make it in the Novice Rankings at least at level 1 with the ultimate dream of making it to The British NOVICES So Watch This Space!!!! UNKNOWN TALENTS>>>>Away from AW i am the uks only PRO WATERSLIDER and am a legend in this unrecognised sport universally known as " KING OF THE FLUMERS" but thats another story!!

On Saturday 12th January i made my comp debut at The BAF NEW YEAR CUP Although i did not win anything i pulled brilliantly and really made a good impression as i stopped the current uk champion dead in his tracks twice! This had not been done before but he got me in the end! already i have had predictions from some of the big names i will do great things in the future.I aim to prove them right! My quest for greatness has begun! Armageddon Judgement Day Here i come!

well done andrew.

On saturday 9th Feburary came my next great achievement when i pulled Armageddan Judgement Day.Once again i pulled brilliantly on both left and right,and although i came very close to a win on the left i did not quite make it but i feel i did show my great potential to do great things.But miracles do happen! And this happened on the right when i achieved my first ever win and made it through to the 2nd round! This is a tremendous achievement for me that shows i can do it as having got this far i aim to really make waves in my quest for greatness!

British Nationals Saturday 10th August 2013.Came 3rd in the 80kg class on left.My first ever win!

Saturday 24th August Slough Slammers Novice Comp.

Saturday 5th October 2013 ROSSENDALE RAMPAGE 7 My first supermatches! Colin Taylor 3. Andrew Smith 1. (Right) Daz Wood 3. Andrew Smith 0. Although i did not win it was my first supermatch Experience and was well worth the effort.

On saturday 23 November i pulled the BAF Novice for the first time.I faced some very hard hitters i had never pulled before.But it was well worth the effort as it gave me a real insight as to the strength and intensity of many pullers which i need to equal if i am to make progress as i have now reached a level where i know how to give them a taste of their own medicine but some are so quick off the mark they have you down before i have a chance to put up a fight.That is the great challenge i am aiming to overcome as i know i can do it,and i am working on this with my secret pulling device which i believe is the only one in the UK which is a closely guarded secret i do not wish to reveal for obvious reasons! Because of the delay in the delivery of this my training prior to the BAF Novice was not up to the level i wanted it to be,but now my secret pulling device is fully operational,it will begin to make a real impression on my strength and pulling ability as i am a firm believer in both pulling on my own at the table with my secret pulling device,and with others in the usual way as in this way i feel i can achieve my ambitions to make waves in this game as now i have been pulling for just over a year i have established my name on the circuit and have became known as "MR RATTLESNAKE" in response to the intense hissing noise i make when pulling hard (which i was totally unaware of until someone mentioned it to me!) And having sucessfully organised my first ever comp (which i also pulled in!) on December 7th this is another aspect of our sport i aim to suceed in! as i have all the right contacts & venues at my disposal through my work with GLL.Now that 2013 is nearly over, i am looking foward to 2014 which i feel will be my best year so far and will begin with the New Year Cup (which was my debut comp a year ago!) But this time round with the effects of pulling on my secret pulling device i hope the results of training on this will filter through and produce results that will really make an impression!

In feburary 2014 i celebrated my first year in the sport with the New year cup (which was my debut comp a year ago! Once again i pulled brilliantly and gave it my best. March saw my first ever win in a supermatch against Eric Southern. Come july it was my second British Nationals and although i did not get the 3rd i got a year ago i gave it my best! So thats it for now!