In conjunction with Sports Expo Ireland, which runs the Strongman Champions League Ireland event taking place in Limerick this weekend, JOE is giving away some hampers. Yay!
To be in with a chance to win one of four hampers (pictured below), drop an email to givemestuff@joe.ie with the words “Sports Expo Ireland” in the subject line. Simple. Go on, you know you want some beans and juice and other stuff.
So, more about the event.
Sports Expo Ireland (Sunday 6 June @ Limerick Race Course 10am-7pm)
Taking place for the first time this weekend, Sports Expo Ireland has been organised by Danesfort Event Management Ltd who have built a national sports expo around an international event. After securing the Strongman Champions League, a plan was set out to make this event a national event which will take place in Limerick for the next five years.
The aim is to run an expo unlike any other in the country where people will be amazed and enthused by the expo and will be encouraged to take up a sport or try new activities, such as pulling trucks or what have you.
Strongman Champions League Ireland is the main event featuring 12 athletes, nine of whom competed at the 2009 World’s Strongest Man competition including the reigning World’s Strongest Man Zydrunas Savickas from Lithuania. Strongman Champions League Ireland will be televised on 16 television channels around the world and will attract a national media interest as it is the first major strongman competition in Ireland.
Athletes will compete in events such as the celtic cross walk, car dead lift, truck pull, Viking press, loading medley and a super yoke and farmers walk medley which will result in a very intense and enjoyable show. Apart from Zydrunas Savickas, some of the biggest names in strongman will be taking part including Ervin Katona, Kevin Nee, Travis Ortmayer and Johanes Arsjo.
In addition, Ireland’s strongest man James Fennelly will be bidding to match up against some of the world’s most famous exponents of brute force. For more on James, read JOE’s in-depth interview with the Kilkenny man here.
Competitors:
1. Zydrunas Savickas – Lithuania, reigning World’s Strongest Man.
2. Terry Hollands – England, currently winning the Strongman Champions League series.
3. Ervin Katona – Serbia
4. Agris Kazelniks – Latvia
5. Travis Ortmayer – America, The Texas Stoneman is the atlas stones world record holder
6. Kevin Nee – America, the youngest ever competitor at World’s Strongest Man
7. Johanes Arsjo – Sweeden
8. James Fennelly – Ireland, 2009 and 2010 Republic Of Ireland’s Strongest Man
9. Alaxander Klyushev – Russia
10. Rafal Wilk Vel Wilczynski – Poland, now living in Co. Carlow, Rafal has competed for team Poland
11. Mark Westaby – England, winner of the Body Power heavyweight strongman competition 2010
12. Louis McLean – Scotland
