1995 Team Competition on the Isle of Wight

1995 Team Competition on the Isle of Wight

This team strongman competition pitted 4 countries against each other, each country having 3 representative team members. The competitors were:

Britain: Gary Taylor, Jamie Reeves, Forbes Cowan
Holland: Ted Van Der Parre, Tjalling Van Den Bosch, Berend Veneberg
Iceland: Magnus Ver Magnusson, Torfi Olafsson, Gunnar Gudjonson
South Africa: Gerrit Badenhorst, Anton Boucher, Wayne Price

Results of Isle of Wight Team Contest

1. Taylor, Reeves, Cowan
2. Van Der Parre, Van Den Bosch, Veneberg
3. Badenhorst, Boucher, Price
4. Magnusson, Olafsson, Gudjonson

(Britain)
(Holland)
(South Africa)
(Iceland)

19.5 pts.
19.0 pts.
17.5 pts.
14.0 pts.

Results by Event

Event #1 - Three-Man Car Walk

Britain
Iceland
South Africa
Holland

24.08 m
21.80 m
20.88 m
 7.16 m

4 pts.
3 pts.
2 pts.
1 pt.

4 pts.
3 pts.
2 pts.
1 pt.

Event #2 - Crucifix

Reeves (Britain)
Van Der Parre (Holland)
Olafsson (Iceland)
Price (South Africa)

46.1 sec.
45.8 sec.
43.4 sec.
36.0 sec.

4 pts.
3 pts.
2 pts.
1 pt.

8 pts.
4 pts.
5 pts.
3 pts.

Event #3 - Deadlift

Badenhorst (South Africa)
Magnusson (Iceland)
Van Den Bosch (Holland)
Cowan (Britain)

540 kg.
530 kg.
380 kg.
270 kg.

4 pts.
3 pts.
2 pts.
1 pt.

7 pts.
8 pts.
6 pts.
9 pts.

Event #4 - Team Loading

Holland
Britain
South Africa
Iceland

56.09 sec.
64.38 sec.
68.69 sec.
69.58 sec.

4 pts.
3 pts.
2 pts.
1 pt.

10 pts.
12 pts.
 9 pts.
 9 pts.

Event #5 - Log Lift

Taylor (Britain)
Boucher (South Africa)
Veneberg (Holland)
Gudjonson (Iceland)

165 kg.
165 kg.
160 kg.
150 kg.

3.5 pts.
3.5 pts.
2 pts.
1 pt.

15.5 pts.
12.5 pts.
12.0 pts.
10.0 pts.

Event #6 - Team Farmer's Walk

Holland
Britain
Iceland
South Africa

251.37 m
250.23 m
242.22 m
218.07 m

4 pts.
3 pts.
2 pts.
1 pt.

16.0 pts.
18.5 pts.
12.0 pts.
13.5 pts.

Event #7 - Atlas Stones

South Africa
Holland
Iceland
Britain

32.2 sec.
35.3 sec.
36.3 sec.
42.6 sec.

4 pts.
3 pts.
2 pts.
1 pt.

17.5 pts.
19.0 pts.
14.0 pts.
19.5 pts.