President's Bulletin:
Updated 5th April 2026

Hostile Strength Warzone lived up to the hype of being my favourite road trip of the year & the thirty pullers who came provided a lot of great moments during the 548 matches that it took to determine David Bradford as champion of both arms. Callum Rice is currently leading the onslaught towards taking the belt home with Bogdan Bodui, Chris Rimmer, David Bradford, Karl Crosby & Tom Atherton being the chasing pack. It's still early days with at least another five warzone events to go before someone gets to take it home forever - it's possible that someone who hasn't yet competed in this years events can still prevail. Lots can happen before October & progression is clearly happening which is what I like to see. 
 

We saw the warzone debut of Craig Boyle, who has been unleashed by James Stewart - his match against grizzled veteran Dave Curry was the most intense of the day. Cohen Taylor & Clarke Brettwood were other notable pullers who have improved greatly & took to the format very well. Cohen & Clarkes 's placings mean both have now been added to the pro status list (see the progression page for this year's additions & criteria.)

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Happily, Martin Lennox has invited us back again for 2027 - we're looking at late May as a date. So we'll do it all again next year. 

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Next PAA WARZONE is Devastating Devon/Odins Warzone 25th April (see events calendar) . This is a seaside adventure so bring your buckets, spades, string vests & knotted hankerchiefs if you're off to the beach afterwards. Is the missus fed up of you going away for armwrestling? This is the perfect opportunity - "how about a nice trip to the seaside? I've been looking at Devon, Westwood Ho & Bideford area looks promising." Arrive Friday night, pop out to get milk on Saturday & blame me for seeing you at the shop & kidnapping you til Saturday evening. I'll write you a note. 

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Lots going on everywhere, I'm trying to get the last few warzone dates & venues finalized but people are away/not answering phones/ignoring me/hoping I've forgotten/died etc. The show goes on. 

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There are at least four new competitions being planned by clubs new to promoting - other things are going on continually. I remember when there were a handful of events over the whole year. Now you can do something most weekends somewhere if you look hard enough. 

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Armgods have another edition of Ultimate Armwrestler in the pipeline & ARMGODS ENGLAND matches are being discussed for June, I believe. They have a website & app for you to play with via armgods.com. 

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IFA EUROS are mid June, it will be sometime in May that entries open, I'll let you know here the details & also publish them on the EUROSTEAM page - there is some info there already. 

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Declan Dillon has been invited to compete at the world championships in strict curl, in Siedlce Poland on May 17th 2026. Give him some support if you can, you'll want to be his mate when he returns as the champ.  

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See you down the road.