[quote]TheDudeAbides wrote:
W O W! I’ll have to try deadlifting in my socks. Maybe I could do 600+. Cool picture. I’m saving it and good job.
What specifically is the charity raising money for?[/quote]
Thanks, here is a poster from the event and a write up following it. It was for Camp Hope an American Cancer Society Camp for children who had or are currently in treatment battling cancer.
A huge Thank You to everyone who took part in the event or pitched in to make this event a HUGE success.
Thanks to the sponsors without whom this would have never been possible in the first place. USP Labs as the primary sponsor. Harold�??s Tire, Brass Rail Tavern, Marketing Promotions, and Brown�??s Super Service as event sponsors. Capital Plaza Hotel as the accommodations sponsor. All the others sponsors. Big and small. Every single donation helped a ton.
Thank you to the whole of the KCStrongman Crew for all they did to support the event. Eric Todd and Scott Tully for being the head Judges and tallying score. Ben Moore for MCing the event. DJ Satterfield for helping with equipment, the sandbags, and harnesses. Becky Thompson for representing Camp Hope and presenting the awards. Heather Boose for the National Anthem. Aaron Borg for helping me build the varied equipment and supplying much of the steel. All the family and friends who gave time and energy. NAS inc. in general, Willie for bringing equipment and for giving proceeds from NAS Inc. T-shirt sales to the Charity.
Congratulations to each and every competitor who signed up, stepped up, gave there all and put on a hell of a show. It was a close race all day in all the classes. There were tons of personal records broken and 3 NAS Inc. records were broken in the deadlift. First Max Pippa who broke and went on to SMASH the heavy weight teen record at deadlift. Finishing with a 630 pull and more in the tank. Sam Cox who broke the 200 and under Deadlift with a strong 580 pull. Tim Nassen should old dogs can do new tricks as well by beating the Masters class record.
There were a good group of seasoned athletes in attendance as well as 5-6 first timers who put forth a heck of an effort. In the end congratulations to the fellows who came out on top
RESULTS
Masters:
1st place �?? Tim Nassen, St. Joseph, Mo.
2nd place �?? Lance Foster, Platte City, Mo.
3rd place �?? Bobby Bounds, Wetmore
200-pound class:
1st place �?? Matt Tyler, Wichita
2nd place �?? Justin Cantwell, Kansas City, Kan.
3rd place �?? Nathan Hildebrand, Topeka
Middleweights:
1st place �?? Max Pippa, St. Louis
2nd place �?? William Duncan, Topeka
3rd place �?? Jason Oyler, Topeka
Heavyweights:
1st place �?? Jake Cox, Lawrence
2nd place �?? Zach Best, Omaha, Neb.
3rd place �?? Mark Brownson, Johnson County
As is always the case when competing we all take the risk of injury. There is always scrapes and bruises and no one ever wants to see a major injury. We unfortunately had one such case in the Wheel barrow event. Jason Bangs suffered a knee injury, I want to thank Jason for the strong effort he put forth and wish him a strong and speedy recovery.
When it was said and done there were over 250 in attendance. The TV and local paper covered the event. We received a TON of promotion and awareness for strength sports, strongman, as well as the charity �??CAMP HOPE�?? from the day and days preceding the event.
After a final tally we raised a grand total of $2161.00 for the American Cancer Societies Camp Hope that I will present to them in my Mothers name as a Memorial. THANK YOU everyone!!!
The following is any of the articles, write ups, etc that are of the event. And I will edited a few more in as they come.
Pics of the event
http://spotted.cjonline.com/galleries/index.php?id=434088
Article on the event
http://www.cjonline.com/stories/021008/lei_245553919.shtml
Promotional Skit
http://blogs.cjonline.com/index.php?entry=6386
There was also a Live TV spot on the local CBS affiliate, 250+ posters and other materials.
Again thank you everyone,
Phil
