Gregor Edmunds Wins Highlander Challenge World Championships
by Randall J. Strossen, IronMind Enterprises, Inc. © 2011
Gregor Edmunds took top honors at the Highlander Challenge World Championships held at Glenarm Castle in Northern Ireland this past weekend.
The Highlander Challenge is a hybrid that draws events from both the traditional Highland Games and from strongman, a concept developed by Douglas Edmunds he retired from organizing strongman/strongman contests.
“Gregor Edmunds wins his first Highlander Challenge World Championship in style—beating title holder and arch rival Sebastian Wenta,” Linda Edmunds told IronMind, as she summarized the results:
Day 1
• "Hammer won by Gregor Edmunds with a throw of 128 ft. 3in.
• Stone Putt won by Scott rider with a throw of 57 ft. 9 in.
• 56-lb. Weight for Height Mike Zolkiewicz tied with Gregor Edmunds with a throw of 15 ft. 6 in.
• Caber won by Gregor Edmunds
The competition had to be curtailed at this point due to adverse weather conditions."
Day 2
•"Rock Lift: 4 stones by Vytautas Lalas in 24.35 secs
• 28-lb. Weight for Distance : won by Gregor Edmunds with a throw of 86ft 1 1/2 ins
• Caber for distance: won by Scott Rider
• Pole Push: Gregor Edmunds eventually won through and defeated Sebastin in the final bout.
• Sheaf Pitch: Mike Zolkiewicz with a toss of 29 ft."
Here are the overall points, officially:
1. | Gregor Edmunds (Scotland) | 84.5 |
2. | Sebastian Wenta (Poland) | 66.5 |
3. | Scott Rider (England) | 65.5 |
4. | Mike Zolkiewicz (USA) | 64.0 |
5. | Hans Lolkema (Holland) | 47.5 |
Neil Elliot (Scotland) | 47.5 | |
7. | Oskars Brugemanis (Latvia) | 36.0 |
8. | Vytautas Lalas (Lithuania) | 33.5 |
9. | Gary Hagen (Scotland) | 25.5 |
10. | Jonathan Kelly (Ireland) | 24.5 |
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