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LesWiltshireIcon...15-07-2013 @ 14:53 
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The Stone of Strength Challenge Day sponsored by AGRITRADER took place on Saturday 13th June 2013; the weather was fantastic, in stark contrast to last year’s wet event. All attempts were carried out under a marquee, this year to keep lifter and stone in the shade!

10 lifters attempted the natural ‘egg-shaped’ granite feat stone, which officially weighs in at 177.5 kgs.

There are 3 levels of lift:
Level 1: Break the ground
Level 2: To the chest
Level 3: To the shoulder

The contenders and their achievements were as follows:

Steve Burr: Level 1
Reuben Hughes: Level 1
Llion Evans Level 1
Tomas Edwards No Lift
Iestyn Jones No Lift
Dan Burr No Lift
Mathew Jones No Lift
Simon Johnston: Level 2
Graham Hicks Level 2
Jamie Redwood Level 1

As well as the usual local lifters, we were joined this year by three ‘strongman’.
Simon Johnston, the reigning Wales Strongest Man travelled from Rhyl to compete.
Graham Hicks, drove down from Morecambe. Graham, placed 4th in Britain’s Strongest Man last year, this achievement took him on to the World’s Strongest Man competition in California, where he placed 4th in his heat.
Two times former Wales Strongest Man Jamie Redwood journeyed from Rhondda to complete the trio.

Chris Davies of AGRITRADER again offered £1000 to the first person to lift this stone to the shoulder; however no one managed to perform a Level 3 lift.
LeggiezIcon...15-07-2013 @ 14:57 
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Post Edited: 15.07.2013 @ 14:57 PM by Leggiez
Were any of the guys close to shouldering it ? Its an impressive stone lift even to the chest alone thats for sure Happy
hixxy1985Icon...15-07-2013 @ 15:01 
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i have taken the skin off my forearms

the idea of lifting any stone with no tacky is just wrong, but an egg shaped one at 180kg was madness lol
JCIcon...15-07-2013 @ 15:02 
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Leggiez said:Were any of the guys close to shouldering it ? Its an impressive stone lift even to the chest alone thats for sure Happy


Si Johnson got it halfway up his chest
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hixxy1985 said:i have taken the skin off my forearms

the idea of lifting any stone with no tacky is just wrong, but an egg shaped one at 180kg was madness lol


Yeah i bet even your biceps were feeling the strain !!
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JC said:
Si Johnson got it halfway up his chest


as did i

but it werent going any higher lol
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kirkynick said:
Have you got a video of it?


not that particular one, i think me and si prob picked it up about 30times.
Si johnson has some on his youtube..........
more times i got it to my lap more i got use to it and familiar with shape but i was in alot of pain as were others.
Think it is possible either by a giant or someone who can figure it out lol
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kirkynick said:
he has a vid of you attempting it... you seem to go for the one-knee lunge aaproach
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Looks bloody hard.


i tried lots of different approaches mate. Think the lunge thing could have worked just couldnt balance the stone at all lol
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kirkynick said:
It's the little cheeky smile at the end that does it for me.
I bet next year someone will shoulder it! I'm not going to bet much though lol


i think had i not had sore forearms id have figured it out eventually. Just got very tiring lol biceps were getting tender rowing it up all those times.
LesWiltshireIcon...15-07-2013 @ 16:26 
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I said it was a beast, didn't I!!
Thought it might have been done this year, but, lets look ahead to 2014 Grin

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