HSU summer smash

Sat 18th Jul 2026

Entries close 21st Jun

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Entry fee £30.00 30

Spectators from £5.00

The brilliant and well equipped HSU are allowing us to assist them in their first full competition, promises to be a packed out day

The novice mens categories will be scored together with there being Trump options for the first two events

Any women who wish to enter a “men’s” class are absolutely allowed an encouraged to do so

£5 spectator fee to be paid on the door, children under 15 get free entry with an adult

The competition will run quick and clean with vastly qualified and experienced referees with more loaders and spotters than you can count

All competition spec kit is available at Halifax strength unit for a £10 day pass or a monthly membership of just £25!! For a 24 hour access facility that is incredible and utterly unheard of

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Location

Halifax strength unit
1850 Boys lane
Calderdale
HX3 9EZ

Announcements

Partner Coach announcement 2nd Apr 2026 8:00pm

We are pleased to announce that RIPT Strength (Richie Ingam) is an official sponsor for the competition and is offering online coaching for £82.50 for any clients looking to do this competition or otherwise in training. He offers a wide range of services including deals for 1-4 1-2-1 personal training sessions a week included with the programming. He is based out of Halifax Strength Unit and is the main coach of the gym. He is a fully liscenced and insured trainer with years of experience at the top of powerlifting and multiple national and international strongman competitions under his belt.

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Events

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	Men Novice	Men Intermediates	Men Opens	Women Mixed	Men’s novice 2
Log into dumbbell into dumbbell	87.7kg 50kg 42kg	110kg 70kg 53kg	130kg 85kg 64kg	40kg 20kg 20kg	67.5kg 38kg 35kg
Deadlift bar deadlift for reps	200kg	250kg	300kg	110kg	170kg
Sandbag steeple chase Distance 5/5/5/5/5/5 m Course distance 30 m	80kg 90kg 100kg	100kg 110kg 120kg	120kg 130kg 140kg	40kg 50kg 60kg	80kg 90kg 100kg
Farmers carry Distance 10/10/10 m Course distance 30 m	100kg	120kg	140kg	70kg	100kg
Atlas stone over yoke Height 1.2 m	100kg	130kg	160kg	60kg	100kg

Log into dumbbell into dumbbell

log press into monster dumbbell into circus dumbbell press the female and novice male logs will be 13' metal logs the intermediate and open category will use a wooden 12' log the womens monster dumbbell will be a 10' celtic strength dumbbell, all other dumbbells will be 13' metal ones

athletes will press the log for 3 reps, then move to the first dumbbell for 2 reps, then onto the last dumbbell for a single rep all repetitions will be performed as floor to overhead

Deadlift bar deadlift for reps

standard 9" deadlift for reps no suits in novice class

Sandbag steeple chase

sandbag will be loaded over 2 yokes 5m apart 3 bags

each sandbag will be loaded over each yoke in sequence (ie sandbag 1 over the first yoke then sandbag 1 over the second yoke)

Farmers carry

farmers drop and turn 10*3

Atlas stone over yoke

proper atlas stone over bar tacky allowed

Competitors

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Men Novice 2 competitors	Men Intermediates 1 competitor	Men Opens No competitors	Women Mixed 4 competitors	Men’s novice 2 1 competitor
Andi Bellhouse XL t-shirt Paid	Craig Lathbury-Driver XL t-shirt Paid		Bronwen Newton M t-shirt Paid	simon ohalloran L t-shirt Paid
Steve Tait XL t-shirt Paid			Katy Blacklock L t-shirt Paid
			Millicent Keighley M t-shirt Paid
			Steph M t-shirt Paid