Sport / First isles Viking Deadlift Championship a heavyweight success
THE FIRST ever Shetland Viking Deadlift Championship was hosted at The Factory gym in South Whiteness on Saturday.
It also acted as the first event for the strongest woman in Shetland and Shetland’s strongest man under-90kg, U105kg and masters 40+ competitions.
The championship was affiliated to the World Deadlifting Council federation, who keep track of both national and world records for a number of less common deadlift variations, including the Viking deadlift – which is done on a two-inch thick axle bar raised up 21 inches from the floor.
The standard of lifting on the day was very high with 34 different competitors, ranging from nine years of age all the way up to 60, and a total of 21 national or world records set in different age and weight classes.
Following the deadlift a presentation was done, with each competitor getting certificates handed out in ascending weight and an accompanying medal for anyone who set a record.
The top three heaviest lifts of the day also got a trophy, with Cameron Nisbet in third for heaviest weight, Eben Van Wyk second, and Dhanni Moar the winner.
The scores were then tallied up to determine who had done the heaviest Viking deadlifts, in the first event of the overall competition.
Tegan Patterson took the win in the women’s category with her 322.5kg lift, while Cameron Nisbet had the lead in the men’s U90kg with 420kg.
Stuart Nisbet took the lead in the masters with 400kg, and finally Jonathan Manson had the winning score in the men’s U105kg category with a lift of 380kg.
The second event was log clean and press for repetitions in 60 seconds with the option of a lighter or heavier weight – with a single rep done on the heavier weight trumping any number on the lighter.
The women were up first with the option of 45kg or 55kg. Patterson took the win on this event with two hard fought reps on the heavier 55kg option.
Both the U90kg and masters’ men had the option of 75kg or 90kg.
The U90kg category saw an event win from Shyren Batziris with six reps on the heavier option, and the masters category had two reps on the heavy log as the winning score for Bryan Pearson.
This unfortunately also saw Stuart Nisbet have to drop out of the competition due to severe cramp.
Next was the heaviest category of the day, and the U105kg men could choose between 90kg or 105kg.
This was won by Stuart Whyte, who travelled up from the mainland for the competition. with four reps on the heavier log.
The third event of the day was a natural stone carry for maximum distance in 60 seconds.
Claire Smith won this event in the women’s category, carrying an approximately 80kg stone 75m.
All three men’s categories used a roughly 110kg stone, with the winner in the U90kg category being Ryan Garriock with a distance of 122.5m.
The masters category saw another win from Pearson with 100m distance, while the U105kg category saw Manson take the win with a 112.8m carry.
The penultimate event of the day was a frame carry down a 20m course and back.
The weight was 120kg for the women, 200kg for the men’s U90kg and masters, and 220kg for the men’s U105kg, to be completed as fast as possible.
This event saw another win for Patterson with a time of 22.99s in the women’s category.
Garriock had a speedy win at 15.90s in the U90kg, Pearson won the masters with 19.74s, and Whyte had another win with 20.00s in the U105kg.
As is often the case in strongman, the final event of the day was an atlas stone series.
This time there were four stones, going up in 10kg increments, which had to be loaded to a chest height platform as quickly as possible.
In the women’s category Vickki MacKay came out on top, managing the 70-100kg stones in a time of 24.83s.
The U90kg men’s stone run was won by Batziris in a blisteringly fast time of 24.17s to load all four stones. Pearson won the masters stone run in a time of 27.44s.
Finally the men’s U105kg category the stone run was a heavier 120-150kg. Manson and Whyte were tied on points going into this event, meaning the faster time between the two would determine the overall winner for the day.
Whyte managed three of the four stones in 43s, but Manson put in an impressive performance and managed all four stones in 32.99s to win the event and become Shetland’s strongest man U105kg for the second year running.
Patterson was first on the podium for the Shetland’s strongest woman competition, with MacKay second and Smith third.
Garriock was the winner of the U90kg category, finishing ahead of Batziris in second and Cameron Nisbet third, while Pearson won the masters event ahead of Scott Hatrick in second and Stuart Nisbet third.
Organiser Cameron Nisbet thanked The Factory gym for hosting, Scalloway Meat Company and Sandwick Baking Company for sponsorship, Brian Gray for photography, Shetland Weight Training Club for providing additional equipment, Peter Fazekas for refereeing, and to all loaders, timekeepers, scorekeepers, and crew on the day.
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