Pro status
Congratulations for qualification.
The Professional Armwrestling Association UK & IRELAND runs tournaments to facilitate the progression of Armwrestlers. Each year we hold a number of regional warzones with multiple chances for new pullers to learn from established armwrestlers. The experienced pullers win by beating everyone else. The Warzone Page explains how it works.
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We organise the PAA UK & IRELAND National Championships to find out who is the National champion of each category. This is restricted to adults who have been resident in the UK for 5 years with a commitment to only pull for the UK team. Those who have pulled in our championships having agreed this who then pull in another country's nationals are excluded. The onus is on the individual to provide proof of residency if asked. Those who are unknown previously to us should make sure they have it with them at registration.
We are affiliated to IFA (International Federation of Armwrestling) & our team has won medals at European & World Championships.
Some of the best pullers in the UK & IRELAND travel internationally, are reimbursed for their travel & accommodation expenses, whilst some are paid for attendance whether they win or lose.
PRO STATUS needs to be explained. It's a historic term that is probably the wrong one in the circumstances we have - prize money is occasionally available so the term amateur would in some circumstances be unsuitable but we don't actually have any full time professional armwrestlers in the UK. It might be argued that globally there are only a handful that make their living as armwrestlers & they mostly rely on social media presence & the advertising revenue earned by the amount of their followers, rather than prize money or government grants. So PRO STATUS here is an acknowledgement of competence, experience & some success as opposed to a Novice, who has yet to achieve that level.
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Currently the qualification for pro status is:
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Gaining a place at the Novice Nationals.
Winning two non national competitions
Gaining three novice places
Gaining two pro places
Armwrestling for 5 years.
Supermatch performance recognition by Vice President (details to be confirmed)
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Qualification criteria is under review for 2026. Announcements will be made via the bulletin.
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If you think you have been overlooked contact via the get in touch button some records are incomplete.
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2025 ADDITIONS:
Marc Sidney
Dean Carden
Chaz Dunn
Eddie Dunn
Eriks Tauters
Luke Banks
Alwyn Jones
Gordon James
Oli Williams
Dave Allport
Jim Ayrton
​Tom Lymath​​
Paul Scott
Michael Taylor
Viktor Culan
Jake Hatcher
Simon Furze
Nathan Davey
Stefan Tomlin (5 years)
Dave Curry
Manuel Mackarel
Ion Tudorean
Deimantas Vispulskis
Bianca Lincoln
Ben Surgeoner
Alexandru Bugan
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2024 ADDITIONS:
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​Andy Matchett
Achoi (Sai) Ngo
Bence Pordi
Chris Lewis
Dylan Daybell
Daniel Cots Fernandez
Ewa Zarazynski
Jake Starling
Jamie Hill
Laurence Shahlaei
Luke Edmonds
Michael Antonia
Morgan Hennessy
Philippa Martin
Zbigniew Gorczynski
Alexander Perchik (5 years)
Andrei Ploae (5 years)
Brett Jones (5 years)
David Nagy (5 years)
Ghita Maier (5 years)
Jake Grose (5 years)
James Henry (5 years)
Lewis Alexander (5 years)
Lewis Claxton (5 years)
Loko Dejavu (5 years)
Matt Palk (5years)
Sergiu Gherman (5 years)
Stuart Maughan (5 years)
Ste Hurst (5 years)
Scott Galley (5 years)
Rudy Mlkvy (5 years)
Ochir Erkhembayer (5 years)
Lee Hellyer (5 years)
Ben Taylor (5 years)
Steve Anderson
Wayne Ashley (5 years)
Mick Hughes (5 years)
Bryan Young
Ethan Fisher (5 years)
Charlie Owen
Alan Riseborough
Graeme Shaw
Richard Cudmore (5 years)
Chris Cooper (5 years)
George Badea (5 years)
Darren Waring
Joseph Lawrence
Ervins Trubacs
Luke Guadagni
Anthony Sandall
Steven Taylor
Tara Liggett
Mindaugas Mackeviciuss
Petrich Andrusi
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2023 ADDITIONS:
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Neil Cass
Dylan Gosling
Thomas Lilley
Mindaugas Dumbra
Dom Crane
Dane Colvin
Harley Potter
Alexandru Necseriu
Noah Burton
Denis Lisicins
Sylwester Straczynkski
Curtis Reynolds
Damian Muka
Stefan Putter
Charlie Owen
Robbie Byrne
Vladislav Prikodko
Matt Smith
Dan Stone
Hasan - Al Hakim
Stefan Pantelic
Finbarr English
Diarmuid English
Mihai Gherman
James Murdock
James White
Mike Emery
Ryan Barbour
Dafydd Lewis
Chris Thomas
Rob Brown
Viswa Mavuri
Ivan Minev
Dan Earthquake
Cillian English
Andrei Porca
Omar Al Nuri
Nik Dodd
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2022 additions.
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Alex Hill
Andrew Jones
Arturas Sakutis
Ashley Harmsworth
Ben McGibbon
Billy Davies
Boiko Artem
Connor Zuccotti
Cormac English
Darren Stark
David Prokupek
Dawid Kucinski
Drew Holloway
Dwaine Rees
Ernestas Linius
Gary McKelvey
Joe Sirichas
Jonel Melmicic
Jon Murphy
Josh Powell
Kelvin Coogan
Kristiyan Iliev
Luke Bowers
Mark McGinley
Mark Waldon
Mitch Tutt
Nicolae Barbu
Reece Aldridge
Reuben Hughes
Sam Schofield
Scott James
Simon Wrigley
Stuart Acton
Zsolt Papp
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