President's Bulletin:
Updated 18th October 2026
Twenty five pullers contested the Warzone Season final in Birmingham. Callum BANE Rice won both arms raising his league total to 82 points & giving him the 2026 belt to take home forever.
Bogdan Badui over took Karl Crosby to gain 2nd place overall - Josh Davis proved to be one of the wildcard obstacles initially getting a place in the left arm final before having to withdraw. The next in line was Bogdan who had got to 9 pins - his bronze performance upped his points to just 2 behind Karl - he extended this to 2 in front on the right arm competition. SImon Furze gained 4 more points putting him equal fourth on 31 points with Tom Atherton.
There were some new faces & a few not seen for a while. It's been a good season of progression for a number of pullers - 85 people gained some of the available points over the six events.
The Tier 2 only warzone had 6 pullers attend. Sunday tournament, high fuel prices, unpopular format or my general attitude may be the reasons for the low turnout. It was suggested last year, I tried it out. Giancarlo Dilja & Chris Laker won left & right arms respectively, adding to their records to both qualify for Pro status. They didn't have it easy - all three medallists had to get 15 pins to win them which on count up meant there were 120 matches between the 6 entrants.
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NEW IFA PRESIDENT Marian Capla was in touch last week:
"Just wondering, maybe 5 people can avoid UK nationals and would be willing to go to represent UK in the very first Team WCH in Baku.
Can you just ask the team?
There are unique conditions - free accomodation with HB for team, no starting fees.
You have all invitation package already so just share it please and I believe there are 4 men and 1 woman who would like to attend.
Thank you and take care,
Marian Čapla
IFA President"
It is the same weekend as the UK & IRELAND NATIONALS. It's open entry so you're not selected - as long as you are able to pull for the UK under the usual residency rules we'll put you forward. Two or three at the Warzone finale were considering it. Anyway, read the outlines in the link above - ignore the closing date - he's asked us to put forward a team so they've extended it. It could be a club trip. Have a read, have a think & use the get in touch button if you are interested.
Dave Curry has been in touch:
"I need armwrestlers. Ideally 8 around 95-100kg and for what ever reason can’t make Nationals. The date is the 27th of November. I’m working with a production company to create a new TV show. It is a live pilot, based in the North East that we're developing with the BBC and North East Screen. I've hopefully pulled the main points together below, any questions just ask. • Date, venue and timings: The event will take place at PROTO on Friday 27 November, with the live show running from 17:00–19:00. Hopefully that gives anyone heading to the Nationals on Saturday enough time to get to Birmingham afterwards. The timings should only move if the streaming platform requests a specific slot, which looks unlikely at the moment. *Competitive armwrestlers: *We'd like to source six -eight competitive arm wrestlers — three for Team A and three for Team B. We'll pay each competitor £250 and look after food and refreshments on the day. We're thinking they'll arrive at around 10:00 so there's plenty of time for rehearsal and some pre-filming. Competitor selection: Where ability is broadly equal, it'd be great if the six competitors have strong personalities and social followings, and are happy to lean into their on-camera personas. The more local the better but this goes out to anyone who can be in Gateshead on that date. Competition format: The six competitive arm wrestlers will form part of five-person teams, alongside an influencer and an (ex-)sportsperson on each side. The current plan is 11 bouts in total, with the first team to six wins taking the competition. Each bout will be best-of-five-format. The competitive arm wrestlers (3matches each)will take part in the round-robin section, followed by the influencer and (ex-)sportsperson bouts. There are two more shows planned for mid Jan and mid February. Great opportunity to be part of a show that if the pilot is successful will become a full tv show taking the sport to a new audience."
If interested contact Dave (not me) via whatsapp on 07779342183
See you down the road.
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