Tauranga Strongman show- SAT 18 Jan- can you compete?

[Wookie]

Alright guys, basically Matt Rossiter runs some fantastic strongman shows, including NZSM.

Tomorrow, Saturday, is Bay of Plenty's Strongest man, it's at the Tauranga Racecourse on Cameron Road. Starts at 10am, weigh in from 9-9:45am on the right hand side of the track.

Basically just about everyone who had said they were doing the show (8 guys), have pulled out at the last minute.

I don't know what it is, but when push comes to shove, alot of guys just don't show. 

So I'm throwing this up as a last minute shout out to anyone who would like to compete. As best I know, we've got 3 dudes competing, which is pathetic. I wasn't going to compete, but these gigs are run on 1 year contracts, and the organisers won't pay up for failures. I'd hate to see the NZ Strongman calendar shrink. So I'm showing up on practically no training.

This is an easy show, and totally manageable to not make a fool of yourself in if you've done a bit of weight training. 

So if you're bodybuilder, gym-rat, aspiring powerlifter, and you live in the area, come down and compete.

 I'll personally coach anyone from this forum who competes on the day.

There are 4 events. A 20kg weight throw for height, 100kg each hand farmers walk for 50metres, log press for max weight overhead that starts at 75kg, and a tire flip for 8 flips. Perfect for novices.

Prizemoney is $70, 55, 30, 20, 15 and 10 per event.

If 6 guys compete, and you come last in all 4 events, you still get 40 bucks and a fun day out.

Just show up, let the officials at the gate know you're doing the strongman, and they should let you in for free.

 

[jimmybro1]

Alright guys, basically Matt Rossiter runs some fantastic strongman shows, including NZSM.

Tomorrow, Saturday, is Bay of Plenty's Strongest man, it's at the Tauranga Racecourse on Cameron Road. Starts at 10am, weigh in from 9-9:45am on the right hand side of the track.

Basically just about everyone who had said they were doing the show (8 guys), have pulled out at the last minute.

I don't know what it is, but when push comes to shove, alot of guys just don't show. 

So I'm throwing this up as a last minute shout out to anyone who would like to compete. As best I know, we've got 3 dudes competing, which is pathetic. I wasn't going to compete, but these gigs are run on 1 year contracts, and the organisers won't pay up for failures. I'd hate to see the NZ Strongman calendar shrink. So I'm showing up on practically no training.

This is an easy show, and totally manageable to not make a fool of yourself in if you've done a bit of weight training. 

So if you're bodybuilder, gym-rat, aspiring powerlifter, and you live in the area, come down and compete.

 I'll personally coach anyone from this forum who competes on the day.

There are 4 events. A 20kg weight throw for height, 100kg each hand farmers walk for 50metres, log press for max weight overhead that starts at 75kg, and a tire flip for 8 flips. Perfect for novices.

Prizemoney is $70, 55, 30, 20, 15 and 10 per event.

If 6 guys compete, and you come last in all 4 events, you still get 40 bucks and a fun day out.

Just show up, let the officials at the gate know you're doing the strongman, and they should let you in for free.

 

Sounds wicked!

Its a bit short notice to be ready for it though. 

[soundsgood]

f*ck if I had seen this earlier I would have nipped over

That's a shame to have so many pullouts!

[Leeroid]

Saw this at 9am this morning when I woke up. I was tempted to jump straight in the car and would've got there by 9:45. As soon as I got up with a stiff back and sore quads from yesterday's leg session, I scrapped that idea. I would've been keen though.

[Pseudonym]

Bugger. That sucks, Wookie. We definitely want to support Strongman events so make sure (or get Mark to make sure) any upcoming events are in our calendar. We've obviously got members who are keen.

How did it go in the end?

[majorflavazz]

Dam i would of been keen to du this i forgot all about it, iv had a go at the tyre flip n got 6 flips in 45seconds and just stopped could of done more, its cool tryin new and different things.

 

 

[Wookie]

All good guys.

Yeah it was disappointing. About 10 guys said they were competing, most of them either no-showing, or pulled out on Thurs or Friday. I wasn't going to compete because I haven't really done  any lifting in a while, but I don't want to see the comp taken off the calendar so decided on FRiday to compete.

We found another guy pretty much on the day, so 4 of us went in. It was basically just Matt Ragg vs myself. Ragg won the 20kg weight for height (close miss on 18'3") and did a big PB on the tire flip. I won the farmers walk and the log lift. Took a shot at a 163kg NZ record on the log purely for the crowd, knowing I'd probably get close but not quite get it up. That there were a couple of NZ record attempts from Matt and I, headlined the local newspaper coverage, and probably made sure the comp will be on next year. Because we tied on points, the tie breaker was bodyweight so Ragg officially won the show.

Matt Rossiter bumped the prize money up a bit to $800 to thank us for coming out. So a nice easy payday.

I will post up the next few SM events soon.

Because of this little event, it looks like NZSM will require qualifying and the field may be capped at 8-10 guys at Matts discretion as opposed to having 14-20 guys as it has had in the past. 

[Pseudonym]

Well, good on you for supporting it, man.

Because of this little event, it looks like NZSM will require qualifying and the field may be capped at 8-10 guys at Matts discretion as opposed to having 14-20 guys as it has had in the past.

Really? I don't get that. It seems counter-intuitive to cap the number of entries if you aren't getting enough in the first place?

[Wookie]

RIght, I understand that.

Essentially, NZSM tends to get 13-20 competitors, in part because of no qualification standard.

Guys show up, and a few just don't do well because they haven't put the work in. Doing smaller shows helps this.

I guess the thinking is that as there is $4200 prize money for NZSM, a fair amount of guys show up. 10th place would still walk away with around $150. The guys that finish in the top 6 or so are generally the guys that actually attend the smaller shows, and this would reward them with higher prizemoney.

I'm of course not the spokesman for NZSM. But qualification standards would place a bit more formality into the process, and guys wouldn't just assume they can rock up at the bigger gigs without paying their dues. Bigger shows never struggle for competitors.

[Pseudonym]

Ah, I see. Okay, yeah, that makes sense.