Brian Carlton and Bob Lipinski, who formed the U.S. Handstrength Federation, have issued what Brian Carlton describes as a, "call for promoters."

"If anyone is interested in organizing or promoting a grip contest in their local area we'd like to hear from them and help them organize it," Carlton explained. "These could be multi-event all-round grip contests or even single event contests held in conjunction with other sporting events. Ideally, these would be at least annually run contests, giving their locals at least one competitive grip opportunity per year."

Anyone interested in discussing this further is invited to email Brian Carlton (carlton@dtc.umn.edu) or Bob Lipinski (bloberto@gmail.com).