President's Bulletin:
Updated 5th February 2026
Pinkertons Irish Open hosted by Armagh Geddon Armwrestling club over the weekend was very busy & exciting. I had a temperature running cold & hot during the day so can maybe use that as an excuse why I armwrestled even more poorly than usual. Still, there was fun to be had. I met with stone lifter Martin Gallagher who travels around finding ancient lumps of rock to pick up, often associated with mythology which is right up my street. I also met David McGuinness who closely resembles what I imagine myself to look like until I see a mirror. There were some cracking matches, my room mate Oli Williams looked like he was having the match of the day against Arthuras Sakutis until Reuben Hughes & Giedrius Gudas gripped up. Reuben & Giedrius had one of the best I have ever seen, at one point both were absolutely static & neither one was giving way. There was a foul & they started again & had another long bout. Magical stuff.
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Analysis of the results & accumulative past performance means that we can congratulate a number of people who can be confirmed to PRO STATUS. Congratulations to:
Aaron Kennedy
Adam Kmet
Anton Hymplyuk​
Arthur Gordeyev
David Devlin
David McGuinness
Jason Reilly
Oleksandr Medolyz
Sam McMullan
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Pinkertons Irish Open is the last competition that the PAA UK & IRELAND will be running with a Novice Category. From here on in Novices are defined as having competed for the first time either last year (2025) or this year (2026). All others not already recognised as having pro status are now considered to be Tier Two pullers. The only benefit to being a Novice is to get an extra round against Novices in the regional warzones. That's it. Those who wish to compete occasionally only are not going to be pushed upward - independent promotions may decide to host novice competitions & their definitions will be their own. We're going to reward progress & provide the framework for it - see the PROGRESSIOIN page which also has the list of those who have made it to Pro Status.
The AGM was postponed due to transport changes - it will be onine this weekend, if you were a 2025 member wish to take part click on the AGM NOTICE & read the agenda & instructions.
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ARMGODS have tickets on sale for their 14th March Scotland supermatches, get there if you can, watch from behind the sofa if you can't. See www.armgods.com for tickets & livestream options.
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**IFA EUROPEAN ARMWRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP June 11-15, 2026** details of what we have so far is on the EUROSTEAM PAGE.
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BRITISH SIT DOWN ARMWRESTLING ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIPS have changed their date - see calendar for all events known so far. I'm still trying to get some things sorted my end for the remaining warzones to be arraged.
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PRESTON PANTHERS sent me a poster for the FEB 28th Warzone, I had a great time there last year & the competition was a tough one. It will be the first of 8 (maybe more) this year to determine who wins the WARZONE ROADWARRIOR Championship Belt. If you win at Preston, you get to have your photo with it as the current champion. Reuben Hughes was the 2025 champion. Who will win it this year?
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Lots of enquiries this week from the generation who won't read anything. Should we reply? Maybe they won't read those either.​ ​
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See you down the road.