How did I get into armwrestling
Ever since I was a kid I have always armwrestled but just with brute strength. In 1999 I entered a local comp run by Pete White and got 2nd. After that I entered as many comps as I could and had a long run of wins until I came across this young lad... He just sat in the corner watching our names got called out. We gripped up and bang, I was on the pad, but on the wrong side. His name Paul Maiden. After that we got talking about training together. Also there was Barry Knowes, Keith Dickenson, and Warren Bowdler and that was the start of Leigh Pulling Power. The club stayed together for many years. The club founders started to drift apart, Paul started Leigh Elite for the more experienced wrestlers and I kept Pulling Power going for the novice and juniors and we are still going. In training I have trained five British Champions four of them multiple and one World Champion not bad. Here is a list of some of my achievements
1999
Strong Arm open 2nd
2000
Strong Arm heavy 1st right
Wigan Championship 1st right
Wigan Champ of Champs
2001
Strong Arm heavy 1st right
Wigan Championship 1st right
2002
Strong Arm heavy 1st right
Strong Arm open 1st right
Best bout
PLJ heavy 1st
PLJ Champ of Champs
British Novice 100kg 2nd
Granite Arm heavy 2nd
British Pro -100kg 4th
2003
Strong Arm open 1st
British Pro -100kg 3rd right
2004
British Pro -100kg 2nd right 3rd left
2005
British Pro -90kg 1st right
Arm Wars -90kg 3rd right
2006
British Pro -90kg 3rd left
Arm Wars -90kg 3rd right
Worlds -90kg Masters 5th
2007
British Pro -90kg 2nd right 2nd left
Arm wars -90kg 3rd right
2008
Preston Panthers -90kg 2nd
Rampage heavy 1st right
2009
British Pro -100kg 2nd right 2nd left
2010
British Pro -100kg 3rd left
2011
British Pro -100kg 2nd right 3rd left
NYC -100kg 2nd right
2012
Preston Panthers -100kg 1st right 3rd left
Rampage win
I also did the Pro Grip which was fun and won a few of them as well
NOT BAD FOR A OLD MAN lol