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Taken from IAWA.UK Facebook Posts, December 17, 2025

Results – The 2025 Old Time Strongman World Championships – 13^th December

Venues: Derby England, Lebanon PA USA, Perth W Australia, Denver, Colorado USA, and Guest Lifters Venue: Belfast, Ireland

A fantastic 42 Lifters took part from England, Ireland, Australia and USA. A great big thank you goes out to all who were involved at all of the venues. It was a truly amazing day. It bodes well for the future of IAWA….Well done Everyone!

The results have been submitted to the Records Registrar for checking on Records. The Irish team did not have any officials as their leader Stevie is still recovering from heart surgery, but they still took part to lift as guests which was amazing, and though they were just guests they were meticulous about observing all the correct rules of competition and platform attire, so thank you to Dolores and Simon. The wheels are in motion for getting qualified officials for them soon, Dolores is already studying the rule book.

NATIONS TEAM EVENT RESULTS:

Team Event – Based on the Top 7 Scoring (as USA had 7 complete lifters totals)

1        England     3427 Amended Points
2        Australia    2531 Amended Points
3        USA            2412 Amended Points

Guest Lifter Irish Team – For Comparison – 2738 Amended Points (would have placed them Second!)

TOP TEN INDIVIDUAL RANKED LIFTERS OVERALL:

1  Chloe Brennan         ENG            613.03
2  Mark Haydock         ENG            593.19
3  David Reeve             AUS            553.62
4  Olivia Clarksmith     ENG            482.25
5  Joshua Davidson      ENG            472.26
6  Barry Bryan              USA            432.23
7  Emily Haydock         ENG            426.35
8  Jamie Oates             ENG            422.17
9  Paul Hallam              ENG            419.90
10 Matt Jones              ENG            403.260

Top Irish Guest Lifters for Comparison: 
Delores McGuckin 463 pts and Stanley Hamilton 448 pts would both have made the top ten listings

BEST LIFTER TITLES

Best Male Junior:                  Leo Moss ENG
Best Female Junior:              Emily Haydock ENG
Best Female Open:
1 Chloe Brennan ENG           2 Olivia Clark Smith ENG      3 Kayliegh Lamb ENG
Best Female Masters:
1 Claire Vize Cowper ENG    2 Kim Van Wagner USA        3 Melanie Deighton AUS
Best Male Open Division:
1 Josh Davidson ENG            2 Matt Jones ENG
Best Male Master:
1 Mark Haydock ENG           2 David Reeve AUS               3 Barry Bryan USA
Irish Guest Comparison:
Delores McGuckin could have been best Female Master
Carl Arbuthnot could have been best Male Junior

BEST LIFTER TITLES PER AGE GROUP:

Best Junior                             Emily Haydock             ENG
Best Open Division                Chloe Brennan             ENG
Best Master 40+                    Jamie Oates                  ENG
Best Master 45+                    Paul Hallam                  ENG
Best Master 50+                    Mark Haydock              ENG
Best Master 55+                    Kim Van Wagner          USA
Best Master 60+                    Mike Locondro             USA
Best Master 65+                    Barry Bryan                  USA
Best Master 70+                    Steve Sherwood           ENG
Best Master 75+                    Barry Pensyl                 USA
Best Master 80+                    David Reeve                 AUS

TOP TEN LIFTERS – HACKENSCMIDT FLOOR PRESS

1       Chloe Brennan             ENG            156.52
2       Barry Bryan                  USA            145.47
3       David Reeve                 AUS            142.56
4       Josh Davidson              ENG            139.93
5       Mark Haydock             ENG            139.84
6       Jarrod Fobes                USA            137.05
7       Olivia Clarksmith         ENG            132.12
8       Peter Phillips                AUS            120.77
9       Paul Hallam                  ENG            114.10
10     Emily Haydock             ENG            113.01

Guest Lifters Ireland Comparison – None would make the top ten

TOP TEN LIFTERS – PEOPLES DEADLIFT

1       Mark Haydock             ENG            369.90
2       Chloe Brennan             ENG            339.12
3       David Reeve                 AUS            319.98
4       Olivia Clarksmith         ENG            251.04
5       Emily Haydock             ENG            246.56
6       Joshua Davidson          ENG            244.87
7       Jamie Oates                 ENG            229.53
8       Steve Sherwood          ENG            226.85
9       Charlie Carrabott         AUS            224.32
10     Barry Bryan                  USA            215.04

Guest Lifters Ireland Comparison – Delores 276 – Stanley 249

TOP TEN LIFTERS – DUMBELL TO SHOULDER

1       Chloe Brennan             ENG            117.39
2       Matt Jones                   ENG            111.80
3       Olivia Clarksmith         ENG            99.09
4       Paul Hallam                  ENG            95.85
5       David Reeve                 AUS            91.08
6       Jamie Oates                 ENG            90.17
7       Joshua Davidson          ENG            87.46
8       Steve Sherwood          ENG            85.07
9       Mark Haydock              ENG            83.45
10     Claire Vize Cowper      ENG            77.93

Guest Lifters Ireland Camparison – Delores 107 – Stanley 101 – Samuel 94

The Steve Schmidt Backbreaker Pentathon was held on December 6 – 7 at Clark’s Gym in Columbia, MO and remotely. This event has been held annually for over 30 years, and the name was inspired by the legendary Steve Schmidt, whose records in many of these lifts may never be broken.

This year we had entrants from two clubs outside of Columbia, Frank’s Barbell Club, and High Country Vigour. The competition was as spirited as the time of year, which is to say it was fervent and the results were close. In the Women’s Division, all three competitors totaled close to, or over, 2000 lbs in raw weight. When age and weight were considered Lisa Gore held on by 18 points to win the 2025 Women’s Division. Lisa Gore also set age and weight, and All records in each event. Janet Thompson finished second, getting records in two events and tying personal bests in two other events. Allison Lupo set four records as well. Some impressive individual performances can be acknowledged. Lisa Gore’s 1006 lbs in the Back Lift was 5^th best in the USAWA Women’s Division. Allison Lupo’s 700 lb was commendable nearly doubling her previous best. Janet Thompson was the top competitor in the Neck Lift, and all three women lifted 600 or more pounds on the Harness Lift.

The men’s competition was close as well as Dan Jones lifted 216 lbs (only 3%) more than teammate Nils Larson in raw weight. But when age and weight were accounted, Nils Larson is the 2025 Men’s Division Champion and the only lifter to break the 6800-point level! Not only that, Nils set four age and weight records including an impressive 610 lb Neck Lift. Dan Jones finished second but also set two records. His Hand and Thigh lift of 1050 lb was best in the Men’s Division. At third and fourth place, Jeff Wenzel was the third competitor to lift more than 6000 lbs in raw weight, and Frank Ciavattone lifted more than 5500 lbs as well. However, with age and weight figured in, Frank Ciavattone finishes third, and his efforts were rewarded with four age and weight records missing the fifth by a mere 11 lb! This included a second best 380 lb Neck Lift. Thus, Frank’s Gym garnered the top three places among the men. Jeff Wenzel finished fourth, but put up some big numbers including the top Back Lift at 1855 lbs, and second in both the Harness Lift and Hand and Thigh lifts. Team Clark also featured David DeForest and Tony Lupo finishing fifth and sixth. Dave DeForest set two records, one being a second best 380 lb in the Neck Lift. Tony Lupo set two records this year, getting or tying personal bests in all but one lift. Wade Marchand finished seventh as he could not do the Neck Lift, but he still was impressive in setting three records! High Country Vigour’s Sanjiv Gupta contributed as well in spite of the lack of proper equipment, but he showed his mettle in the record day lifts with two different thumbless deadlifts at 300 lbs. These were among the most impressive record day efforts. Well done everyone!            

Four amazing lifters took the platform to remember lifters of USAWA’s past and set or break (19) new records along the way. Denny and Barry have been competing since the early days of USAWA. Mike competed in the mid 1990’s, took a break and has been a frequent competitor in 2024 and 2025. Miles is a relative newcomer, but put up some of the most impressive lifts.

Mile is only the 9th USAWA athlete to set a record in the Pullover & Press with a Wrestler’s Bridge. His 155 pound effort is the 3rd highest all time behind Steve Schmidt (270 pounds) and Michael Rabich (177 pounds).

COMPLETE RESULTS:

Location: Habecker’s Gym, Lebanon, PA
Meet Director: Denny Habecker
Date: November 22, 2025

Officials – Denny Habecker & Barry Pensyl

Miles Pruznick – Age- 33 – 208 Lbs. – 95 Kg. Class – Open
Snatch- 2 Dumbbells – 140 Lbs
Clean & Press – 2 Dumbbells- Heels Together- 140 Lbs
Pullover & Press – Wrestler’s Bridge – 155 Lbs
Cheat Curl – 2 Dumbbells – 176 Lbs
Full Gardner – 100 Lbs

Mike Locondro -63 – 209 Lbs.- 95 Kg. Class -[ 60-64 ]
Peoples Deadlift – 396 Lbs
Good Morning – 151 Lbs
Deadlift – 12″ Heels – 308 Lbs
Anderson Squat – 242 Lbs
Lurich Lift – 215 Lbs

Barry Pensyl – 77 – 125 Lbs. – 60 Kg. Class – [ 75- 79 ]
Kennedy Lift – 270 Lbs
Vertical Bar- 2″ – Right Hand – 85 Lbs
Cheat Curl – 2 Dumbbells – 60 Lbs
Dumbbell to Shoulder – 70 Lbs
Bench Press – Fulton Bar- 88 Lbs

Denny Habecker – 83 – 182.5 Lbs. – 85 Kg. – [ 80- 84 ]
Deadlift-No Thumbs-Overhand Grip – 220 Lbs
Deadlift- No Thumb- Left Hand – 104 Lbs
Clean & Press -Dumbbells- Heels Together- 50 Lbs
Deadlift- Fulton Bar- Left Hand -77 Lbs.