Membership this year is 20 Euro made payable to ‘Irish Strength Association’. All applications must be in no later than March 26^th. Entries after this date will not be accepted.

Events

Referred by Martin Campbell (ISM 2000 & 2003)

The winner will receive the coveted King Fionn Trophy and crowned Republic of Ireland’s Strongest Man 2010.

Prize money:

1^st - 300 Euro

2^nd - 200 Euro

3^rd - 100 Euro

Be Strong.

Don’t be late with your entries!!

RESULTS:

1st. James Finnelly     Co.Kilkenny      40.5pts

2nd.Martin Gallen        Co.Donegal      36pts

3th.Eoin Shanahan      Co.Tipperary    34.5pts

4th.Nigel Troy            Co.Tipperary     33pts

5th.Angelo Iannetta    Co.Wexford       31pts

Qualify for the All-Ireland Strongest Man 2010

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6th.Nicky Whelan          Co. Wexford         28.5pts

Reserve

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7th.Eoin Graham           Co. Dublin            27pts

8th.Daniel Troy            Co. Tipperary        25pts

9th.Ross Tweedy          Co.Wexford          24.5pts

10th.Pat Cuddy            Co.Laois               12pts

11th.Paul Britton           Co.Wexford           8.5pts

12th.Adan Berisha          Co.Waterford        6pts

13thColin Kehoe             Co.Wexford           3.5pts

14thStephen O'Rourke       Co.Waterford         2pts

15.Ivan Power                 Co.Kilkenny            1pt

16.John Brothy                 Co.Tipperary          0pt

Only the top ten in each event are awarded points.

Event 1:Car Deadlift Hold (straps)

A brutel static event to kick off the competition - going head to head.  Some super results in this blood and guts event with Martin Gallon of Donegal holding for 1min 24 secs, Nigel Troy of Tipperary 1min 26 secs, but getting first blood last years winner out on his own James Fennelly 2minutes!

Event 2:Daddy Dumbell(65kg,reps)

This explosive power event really mixed the points up, though unlike the northern heat no -one made double figures.  The best results where Eoin Shanahan and Nigel Troy both of Tipperary and both making 8reps, but just in front with a creditable 9reps in first competition  - Eoin Graham of Dublin. A fantastic win in his first ever competition.

Event 3: Truck Pull (Harness Only)

This is were things got interesting because only the top ten where awarded points due to the large numbers of competitors in the competition.  Our leaders Nigel Troy and James Fennelly didn't event manage to get in the top ten, which put some major pressure on these two warriors.  The other competitors seized their chance to score some major points like Martin Gallon from Donegal and Angelo Iannetta from Co Wexford scoring the top points.  The Southern Legend that is Daniel Troy of Tipperary showed his experience and his warhorse grit to win in a magnificent tim of 16.50 secs.  Well done to our veteran strongman.

Event 4: Silver Dollar Deadlift

This was the real test of strength in the competition for me.  A maximum lift to see who has the strongest back of them all.  It was certainly a better competition  in standards of lifting overal than the Northern competitors, in fact 2 guys did some outstanding lifts that were on their way to being world standard level.  Congratulations to The Rookie Eoin Graham from Dublin who really pushed James Fennelly from Kilkenny the 2009 Champion by lifting a magnificent deadlift of 380kg in the silver dollar but the junior deadlift record holder James Fennelly showed that he was not going to lie down after the previous event to regain this title for the second time and deadlifted 385kg for the win.

Event 5:  Stones (100 -145kg)

Fantastic performances from no less than 6 competitors completing all 5 stones, again far better than the northern heat where we only had one competitor.  Watch out you Northern lads in this years all Ireland Final, the South will rise again and look favourite to snatch this years Finn McCool Trophy.  The stones were a disaster for one of our leaders Nigel Troy putting a nail in the coffin for his campaign to win this year.  Strong stone performances from Eoin shanahan with 2.78 secs but with his third win of the contest, James Fennelly, 2009 Champion got 18.53 secs to get the win.  Well done.

Event 6:  The Wheelbarrow Skip Medley

For this final event James Fennelly had the cushion of just being in the lead for this next event but 5 other competitors still had an out shot or a good strong chance of lifting the title also, so we had a real exciting final event this year.  Martin Gallen from Donegal put the biggest effort in the final event to clinch his first ever title by almost completing the course with just 2 metres short of the line.  James Fennelly showed he was a real champion by not letting his lead go by being the only guy, both North and South of this island to complete the event carrying the wheelbarrow the whole way without dropping it, unbelieveable in a time of 1 min 23 secs.  James Fennelly from Kilkenny Republic of Ireland Strongest Man 2010 for the second, lifting the coveted King Fionn Trophy, outstanding.

contact: Glenn Ross 07780815928