Is this a
first? 3 couples compete at
Heavy Events in North Berwick
2013
At this year's
event we had 3 couples competing
in the Heavy Events. We don't
know if this has happened
elsewhere. The couples were:
Neil and Elizabeth Elliott from
Glasgow; William and Laura
Falconer also from Glasgow and
Aaron Monks and Jen Chambers
from Sydney, Australia.
The women's entrants were
completed by Stacey Wilson from
Gilmerton, Edinburgh. The men's
entrants, taking the tally to 9
were: David Byers from Shotts;
Beau Fay from Washington DC,
USA; Michael Dickens from
Austin, Texas, USA; Garry Hagan,
Clydebank; Martin Bunyan from
Edinburgh and Bruce Robb,
Oakley.
It was a tough men's competition
this year with some events being
very close together. Throwing
the North Berwick Stane resulted
in a new ground record, with the
current stane, of 6.68m being
set by Bruce Robb beating the
old mark of 5.81m set in 2011.
Bruce also had a go at setting a
new ground record in the
throwing 56lb weight for height,
an event he won with a throw of
15ft. He attempted to beat the
existing record of 16ft set in
2004 but was unlucky to miss
out.
Tossing the Caber was decided by
a "toss off" as 3 of them
completed a full 12 o'clock
throw at the first attempt. They
had 3 attempts to complete a
full toss from a fixed point and
being measured for distance
thrown. A bit unusual for us
but, it has apparently happened
elsewhere. Bruce Robb was the
overall winner of the men's
competition.
This was the 2nd year of a full
women's competition, two of whom
competed last year. Liz Elliott
had obviously been doing some
training as on several occasions
went better than some of last
year's throws and set a new
ground record of 13.84m when
throwing the 14lb weight for
distance. However, newcomer
Stacey Wilson proved to be just
a wee bit better and set 3
ground records in 3 other
events. Stacey was the overall
winner of the women's
competition.
Overall a great competition with
a very appreciative audience
supporting all 13 athletes.
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