1st June 2025 Update
OPERATIONAL ADJUSTMENTS: All enquiries to www.paa-armwrestling.com/contact will be read by Vice President Tom Atherton & Secretary Hollie Stewart. I've instructed them to ignore the ridiculous, obvious & malicious. All social media platforms currently used are being configured to go to the same destination. Reading information already published on the PAA website is quicker than typing & awaiting a reply. Hollie has set up a group chat on this platform https://www.armgods.com/group/paa-live-group-chat/discussion where updates will appear with a facility for questions to be answered by her & Tom. Those who get tired reading my shit can get the summary there instead.
Elliott Eccles offered to step in to keep things going despite having a lot of road ahead of him as a contender for everything. Already a World Champion, he has the potential to be the best of us. It would be easy to lean on him too much now & sabotage this. Instead, we've appointed him Vice President with a brief of Innovation & Progression. He's going to look at how things can be improved for the long term & help us do it. He's a President for the future.
Amanda Brown has also joined the board to provide operational support. This strengthens the team - we are all volunteers who live in different places with domestic concerns outside of armwrestling.
ARMGODS are making their online registration expertise available to the PAA so that entry to competitions can be made beforehand online & via the ARMGODS APP with no need to sign papers or bring money. That won't suit everybody - cash & pens still available. It's been suggested before but I did not have the means to make it work. Now it's possible.
There are going to be changes to how Nationals are run - Tom Atherton will take the lead & a combination of available Vice Presidents & helpful volunteers will be assisting. When Nationals are on the final say will be with him, not me. We'll let you know all the changes in due course.
ARMGODS TRIPLE CROWN. The biggest amount of prize money ever offered in UK Armwrestling is up for grabs on Saturday 14th June. Someone is going home with £5000, whilst other amounts & prizes are available. I don't know if there will ever be anything this big again - it certainly won't if you don't support it. Details as ever are on the events calendar, entry via ARMGODS.com.
ROADWARRIOR SCURTU VIOREL is leaving the UK & it is a sad farewell - he's travelled more miles with me on the roads of Britain than anyone else & there has been a lot of singing & laughing. The rumour is that the IFA EUROS will be in Romania next year. Send him your best wishes for a safe journey home & maybe we'll see him there.
See you down the road.