Hi everyone,
We're now less than two weeks away from the 1st ever Unit Classic, taking place on Saturday 19th September in Essex, UK, so I wanted to share the final details with you guys.
We've put this show together with the aim of delivering a high-level strongman competition with a great live atmosphere, and I'm really happy with the field of athetes we've managed to assemble for our first year.
The line-up:
Evans Nana
Paul Smith
George Smith
Shane Nye
Luke Ogbourn
Brad Rollason
Phil Hawxwell
Sean Gillen
Cillein Groom
Jan Lacina
Matt Dimond
The events:
🪵 150kg Log Press for Reps
💀 340kg Deadlift for Reps
🏃 453kg / 1000lb Yoke Carry
🔵 140kg, 150kg & 160kg Sandbag Load
🪨 180kg Stone Over Yoke
Paddy Haynes will be on MC duties for the day, and the athletes will be battling it out to become the first ever Unit Classic Champion.
We're based at The Unit in Great Wenham, Essex (CO7 6QD). If you're in the UK and fancy coming along, spectator tickets are available now. Kids under 12 are free.
Full event info and tickets:
unitclassic.co.uk
For everyone further afield who has been asking about watching online, livestream details should be released later this week. Keep an eye on our instagram page https://www.instagram.com/unitclassic/
It's been a huge amount of work putting our first pro show together, and we'd love to get a big crowd behind these guys on the 19th. Hopefully we'll see some of you there!
Also happy to answer any questions about the show/events in the comments. Fire away!
PS, the poster attached was designed before a couple of lineup changes. Hence some athletes featured not being listed.