President's Bulletin:
Updated 13th September 2026
Crusader Carnage Warzone had 38 of us battling to see who would get their photos with the Road Warrior Belt. In some ways it was a re run of the first in the series back in Preston when Callum Rice dominated the right & Mateusz Matuszcazk dominated left. Others did their best to intefere with their plans - Laurence Shahlaei fresh off his Armgods Wales victory threw himself into the spirit of it & had some gargantuan battles, most notable was a war in the final rounds with Simon Furze. Simon started as a novice in the Warzones a few years ago, has driven & flown around the UK to make his progression into the pro ranks. Yesterday he made it into the right arm final & had a very close match with Loz which drained them both. His efforts rewarded him with the bronze medal, behind Callum Rice & Artur Dorohoff. It's moments like these that have kept me motivated to persevere. It was Artur's first warzone, he took to the format easily & there were a few times when the person on stanby had the choice of Artur or someone else - it was always someone else if Artur was there waiting.
Callum Rice stamped his authority on the right arm - getting the gold put him in front of Bogdan Badui in the league standings. Callum's bronze on left means that he is now 9 points clear of Karl Crosby & 11 ahead of Bogdan. Only those pair have enough points to win the belt from Callum in Birmingham if they come & put in good performances. Karl almost got the win for left - but Mateusz Matuszczak got there before him. Mateusz missed Motherwell, Devon & Newcastle & only competes left arm - but when he is in the mix he shakes up the standings, especially given his habit of missing the weigh ins & so recording as the heaviest of the superheavyweights. Nothing is certain. Big hitters can come & take the high points or just inflict damage that limit the regular road warriors from getting into the final. That's where strategy plays a part. Choose your battles maybe - or is it too much of a temptation to go all out against someone with a reputation in the hope of getting a conker win - take a bit of their legend with sneaky pin.
It's a month to go before the Warzone Finale in Birmingham. Callum Rice, Bogdan Badiu or Karl Crosby will be taking home the 2026 belt & it is theirs to keep forever. I can already see jealous eyes looking ahead to the 2027 season.
Meanwhile Adrian O'Dwyer is already in Tokyo getting ready for the IFA World Championships. The English Brothers - Fergus, Finbarr, Cormac, Diarmuid & Cillian are also Republic of Ireland entries with Tom Mitchell, Tom Lilley, Mark Waldon, Alex Horne & Dave Bregazzi pulling for the UK. Wish them all the best of luck if you can.
I also see that Sergii Saraiev got bronze in the Swiss Open over the weekend, team mate Rustam Babaiev won his East vs West match last week whilst Bogdan Stoica retained the title he won off Toddzilla Todd Hutchings. To me, it shows that progression is going on. There is plenty of armwrestling to be done if you want in.
See you down the road.