MAX BERGSON TROPHY
3 MAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012
6 teams
entered the Max Bergson team Trophy,and a couple of
guest lifters 2
ladies and
1 gentleman, the teams were split in to three`s the first group of
lifters was
out and with from Wakefield Frank Howgate,from
Spartan Consett
Michael
Baker, from Team Manchester A Jake Helliwell, from
Team Manchester B
Nilesh Morar,
from Featherstone Callum Mulhern,from
Parkhead Paul Fender and
our
gentleman guest from Featherstone Martyn Riley.
First
weight on the bar 45kg for his first attempt Frank but he failed, his
second lift
was a better lift, he moved to 50kg but again just failed, 52kg
went on the
bar for his first attempt Paul, this was a good lift the bar
rose to
55kg for Michael`s first lift and got a good lift, 56kg for Paul`s
second lift
and agen it was a good lift, Michael`s second lift
with 60kg
was a good
lift as was Paul`s third with the same weight Michael finished
with a good
lift of 62kg, this weight is also guest lifter Martyn`s
first
lift which
was a good lift but he missed both his second and third with 67kg
Callum opened with 75kg and then Nelish with 77kg, Callum jumped
to 80kg and
good lift Nelish missed his second attempt with 83kg but got his third
with
that
weight, Callum finished with a good lift with 85kg
the bar took a jump
to 100kg
for Jake`s first lift he was successful with 105kg and a good 112kg
Onto the
Clean and Jerk and first weight for Frank is 55kg which was a good
lift but he
failed his second and third attempts with 57kg, next weight on
the bar is
70kg for paul to take his first attempt and it was a
good lift
also with
70kg guest Martyn got a good lift, the bar moved up
5kg to 75kg for
Michael`s
first lift and a good lift Paul`s second and Martyns
second was also
a good
lift, Martyn finished with a good lift of 77kg, but
Paul failed his
third with
78kg but got the first total down of 135kg, 80kg is next for
Michael but
he missed the jerk his third lift with 80kg was however a good
lift and
his teams first total is 142kg, the bar was then
taken to 90kg and
now for his
next 3 lifts on his own Nileshopened with a good lift
next was
96kg and a
good lift but he failed on his third with 102kg but the teams first
total of
179kg on the board. Callum then rose the bar to 105kg
for his first
lift then
110kg agen a good lift and finshed
with brilliant 120kg and a total
of 205kg,
the bar then took another jump upto 131kg for Jake`s
first lift this
was a good
lift as was his second with 138kg but failed third and was possibly
a PB
attempt with 145kg managed the clean but failed the jerk and got a good
total of
250kg.
So after
the first group and with the allowances the positions are,...
In 6th
place with 135kg is Parkhead,5th place with 139kg is Wakefield,4th place
with 180kg
is Connsett,3rd place with 205kg is Featherstone,2nd place with
317kg is
Team Manchester B,and first place position with 371kg
is Team
Manchester
A.
Onto the
second group and the 2 lady guest lifters, from Wakefield Mick
Butterworth,
from Consett Anthony Piggot,
from Team Manchester A Shaun Clegg
from Team
Manchester B David Oakes, from Featherstone Nick Hall and from
Parkhead Rob Bush, guest lady Rebekah Tiler from Mytholmroyd and from
Parkhead Vicky Johnstone.
First
weight on the ladies bar for Vicky is 44kg but she missed the lift and
had to take
it again this was a good lift and Vicky got her third with 48kg
back on the
male bar for Mick and his first attempt with 60kg and a good opener
the poundage
moved upto 62kg but back on the ladies bar for Rebekah`s first
lift which
was a good lift and a new British under 14 & 15 record, next weight on
the male
bar is 63kg for Mick and a good second lift next weight on is 65kg
his first
lift Anthony and managed a good lift, the weight stayed the same but
the bar was
changed for the ladies bar for Rebekahs second
attempt which she
missed but
she came back and corrected herself to get the third and new British
under 14
and 15 records, back on the male bar for Nick`s first successful lift
with 70kg
with the same weight on for Anthony and his second good lift Nick
rose the
bar to 77kg and got a good lift Anthony then went for 80kg but missed
the lift, upto 82kg for his first attempt David and first good lift
Nick missed
with 82kg
on his third David now with consecutive attempts managed 86kg and 88kg
both good
lifts, the bar went upto 94kg for Rob`s first good
lift as was 98kg
but he
failed his third with 102kg the bar then moved up to 110kg for Shaun`s
first good
lift but he failed on his second and third with 120kg.
In the
clean and jerk the first weight on the ladies bar for Vicky is 53kg,
vicky was also successful with 57kg and
60kg respectfully on the males bar for
Mick with
73kg and his first good lift and his second with 76kg but he failed
with 79kg
on his third, a quick switch of the bars for Rebekah`s
first lift with
83kg but
was failed with a press out, on her second attempt though she made no
mistake and
with that lift broke more British under 14 and 15 jerk and total
records but
finished with a very strong lift of 88kg and more British under 14
and 15 jerk
and total records what a good day she has had.
Back to the
male bar and 90kg for Anthony for his first good lift as was his
second with
95kg, David was next out with 100kg for his first good lift Anthony
failed with
the same weight of 100kg the bar moved to 105kg to bring out Nick
for his
first lift which a good lift up 2kg to 107kg for David to also get a
good lift
the bar rose to 110kg for his first lift Rob managed a strong opener
also with
110kg for his second attempt Nick and another good lift, the rose by
2kg for
David`s third successful lift with 112kg, 115kg is next weight on for
Nick to
take his third good lift and then 2kg more for Rob`s second good lift
with 117kg
he then jumped to 123kg but failed the jerk, the last lifter now
with 3
lifts in this group for Shaun, his first lift is with 131kg which he did
very confortably he then jumped 10kg to 141kg for his second
good lift after
this he
declined his third lift.
The
positions after the second group of lifting are as.....
In 6th place with
278kg Wakefield,in 5th place with 340kg Parkhead,in
4th place with 345kg
Consett, in 3rd place with 397kg Featherstone,in second place with 517kg Team
Manchester
B, and in first place with 622kg Team Manchester A and a good lead
the Team
Manchester A has.
The last
group had team Parkhead without a lifter so they dont qualify to
finish the
competition with a points score. The last lifters in the final group
are from
Wakefield Paul sheen, from Consett Paul Loughran, from Team Manchester
A Christos Michaelas, from Team Manchester B Peter Brezinka,
from Featherstone
Mark Wager.
The first
weight is 65kg and the first lifter is Paul (wake) and the first lift
is good
Paul then moves to 75kg which is the opening weight for the other Paul
(Con) and
this was a good lift, Paul (wake) kept the successful lifting going
with his
attempt on 75kg,both moved to 80kg where Paul (Con) managed a good lift
but Paul
(wake) failed which left Paul (Con) to go upto 85kg unfortunatly he
missed with
the weight, the bar moved upto 98kg for Christos for
an easy first
attempt he
jumped to 105kg but then Peter was first out with this weight which
he lifted
very comfortably also with this weight is Mark and he got a good
first lift,
Christos kept the good lifts going with his second 105kg he then
moved 3kg
to 108kg but just missed the lift, the bar went upto
112kg for both
Peter and
Mark, Peter managed a good lift but Mark was just short on his pull
he jumped
to 115kg but again just missed the lift Peter had jumped to 118kg
but was
just short on the pull and missed the lift.
In the
clean and jerk the first weight on the bar for Paul (wake) 85kg which he
did easily paul moved to 90kg and got another good lift but then Paul
(Con) came
out with
95kg to open with a good lift Paul (wake) finished his lifting also
with 95kg
and a good lift to make a total of 170kg to add to the team total and
the current
lead, Paul (Con) now had 2 consecutive lifts with 100kg and 105kg
both good
lifts and giving him a total of 185kg. the bar moved onwards and
upwards to
125kg for Christos to get on the score sheet he then followed
himself
with 130kg and then 131kg for a British under 18 record attempt but
failed with
both on the jerk but with a total of 230kg put his team in a very
strong
position, 135kg is the next weight for Peter and Mark and the last 6
lifts of
the competition both were successful with 135kg Peter moved upto
141kg and
got a good second lift Mark moved to 142kg but failed the jerk, next
weight for
Peter 147kg was a good clean but missed the jerk Mark even after
his fail
with 142kg jumped to 150kg and finished the competition with the
largest
weight and a good lift and a good total of 255kg for his team.
After the
sums had been done and the final listings and positions worked out
results
are....
Bergson
trophy team champions 852kg total Team Manchester A
Bergson
trophy team runner-up 770kg total Team Manchester B
Bergson
trophy team 3rd place 652kg total Featherstone
Bergson
trophy team 4th place 530kg total Consett
Bergson
trophy team 5th place 448kg total Wakefield
A big weldone and thankyou for support
this competition which has been running
since 1933
when Max Bergson was lifting in competition and strongman events
around that
time. Thankyou to the referees who sat there
throughout the day
working
with the loaders who were actual lifters lifting on the day very much
appreciated
for volenteering, and Mr S Cannon for travelling up
from the
milands to help as speaker, and finally to
Emma tiler who set up a food table
and fed us
all.
report by E
Halstead NWL wl sec.