Event Write Up

A huge Thank You to everyone who took part in the event or pitched in to make this event a HUGE success.

Thanks to the sponsors without whom this would have never been possiblein the first place. USP Labs as the primary sponsor. Harold’s Tire,Brass Rail Tavern, Marketing Promotions, and Brown’s Super Service asevent sponsors. Capital Plaza Hotel as the accommodations sponsor. Allthe others sponsors. Big and small. Every single donation helped a ton.

Thank you to the whole of the KCStrongman Crew for all they did tosupport the event. Eric Todd and Scott Tully for being the head Judgesand tallying score. Ben Moore for MCing the event. DJ Satterfield forhelping with equipment, the sandbags, and harnesses. Becky Thompson forrepresenting Camp Hope and presenting the awards. Heather Boos for theNational Anthem. Aaron Borg for helping me build the varied equipmentand supplying much of the steel. All the family and friends who gavetime and energy. NAS inc. in general, Willie for bringing equipment andfor giving proceeds from NAS Inc. T-shirt sales to the Charity.

Congratulations to each and every competitor who signed up, stepped up,gave there all and put on a hell of a show. It was a close race all dayin all the classes. There were tons of personal records broken and 2NAS Inc. records were broken in the deadlift. First Max Pippa who brokeand went on to SMASH the heavy weight teen record at deadlift.Finishing with a 630 pull and more in the tank. Sam Cox broke the 200and under Deadlift with a strong pull and Tim Nassen show no signs ofhis age

There were a good group of seasoned athletes in attendance as well as5-6 first timers who put forth a heck of an effort. In the endcongratulations to the fellows who came out on top

RESULTS
Masters:
1st place — Tim Nassen, St. Joseph, Mo.
2nd place — Lance Foster, Platte City, Mo.
3rd place — Bobby Bounds, Wetmore

200-pound class:
1st place — Matt Tyler, Wichita
2nd place — Justin Cantwell, Kansas City, Kan.
3rd place — Nathan Hildebrand, Topeka

Middleweights:
1st place — Max Pippa, St. Louis
2nd place — William Duncan, Topeka
3rd place — Jason Oyler, Topeka

Heavyweights:
1st place — Jake Cox, Lawrence
2nd place — Zach Best, Omaha, Neb.
3rd place — Mark Brownson, Johnson County

As is always the case when competing we all take the risk of injury.There is always scrapes and bruises and no one ever wants to see amajor injury. We unfortunately had one such case in the Wheel barrowevent. Jason Bangs suffered a knee injury, I want to thank Jason forthe strong effort he put forth and wish him a strong and speedyrecovery.

When it was said and done there were over 250 in attendance. The TV andlocal paper covered the event. We received a TON of promotion andawareness for strength sports, strongman, as well as the charity “CAMPHOPE” from the day and days preceding the event.

After a final tally we raised a grand total of $2161.00 for theAmerican Cancer Societies Camp Hope that I will present to them in myMothers name as a Memorial. THANK YOU everyone!!!

The following is any of the articles, write ups, etc that are of the event. And I will edited a few more as they come in .

Pics of the event

Articles on the event
http://www.cjonline.com/stories/0210...45553919.shtml
http://www.cjonline.com/stories/0212...46105005.shtml

Promotional Skit
http://blogs.cjonline.com/index.php?entry=6386
Promotional Article
http://www.cjonline.com/stories/0121...38553321.shtml

Various You Tube Videos of the event
axle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfDxH_UJjeE
Tims DL 2nd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj-upZBW3-A
DL Grind (Jason Oyler)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s74Ro_JX_iw
DL record I think
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyairyEppBI
Wheel Barrow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQBXB4d57rU
Wheel barrow 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdOiyd5o4rI

Few More pics
http://s235.photobucket.com/albums/e...albumview=grid

There was also a Live TV spot on the local CBS affiliate, 250+ posters and other materials.

Other mentionables, Mishaps etc.

When you hear a big BOOM an hour prior to the contest coming from overnear the wrecker your set to pull in the event. Check the tires. A flattire makes a 12,000 lb wrecker virtually impossible to pull (sorry guysLOL) Great effort though. Congrats to Matt Tyre LW competitor topulling the truck the furthest.

Its good to remember to find someone to sing the national anthem theday prior to the event, BUT, remember to get a friggin flag. It wasjust silly seeing 200+ people all turning there heads to find flag withnone to be found. Opps

Big John Conner actually has a gravitational Pull. The chili dogs andchicken seemed to move under their own power into his mouth

I’m sure I am forgetting something and someone I assure you I am notmeaning to and I thank each and everyone who was a part of this in anyway.

Just a great time guys I hope you all enjoyed it. It was well worth all the effort in the end. You all put on a hell of a show

Thanks,
Phil