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Raivis Bazjuks and Lizzie Singer have been crowned Guernsey’s Strongest.
And along the way to taking the men’s and women’s overall titles, they both produced record setting performances in the tyre deadlift.
Bazjuks, back after injury, set his win up with a new Channel Island best of 360kg, with Singer recording another fresh mark of 210kg.
Guernsey’s Strongest was held on the Cambridge Berth, a new venue that proved popular with everyone taking part in the different categories.
Novice: Adrian Lancaster
Masters: Gareth Dawe
Inters: Elliot Coutu
Open and Overall Guernseys Strongest Man: Raivis Bazjuks
Novice: Tiffany-Anna Matthews
Inters: Hannah Winslade
Open and Overall Guernseys Strongest Woman: Lizzie Singer
Among the five rounds competitors got the chance to pull a truck with weights ranging between 3.5 and 8 tonnes.
Plans are in place to help build on the success of this year’s contest and encourage more into the sport.
“We are going to run some single element events throughout the year to encourage more potential competitors to come along and have a taste of what the competitions are like if they are nervous of entering the main event,” said organiser Gail Girard.
“There are a lot more of the local gyms that have started to invest in some Strongman/woman equipment, which is exciting.
“I would recommend reaching out to trainers or members at the gym to see if there is anyone there that has experience in competing or training strength specifically. There are also some very good online coaches that can help.
“We have a great online community through our Facebook page (Guernsey's Strongest) where competitions, group classes, coaches can be found along with questions answered.”
The group is fully reliant on sponsorship to enable the competitions to take place.
Anyone wanting to support the 2025 event can email guernseysstrongest@gmail.com.
“We would love the ability to offer assistance to local competitors who are going off island to represent Guernsey in competitions at quite high levels as the cost to travel to compete is very high. We would of course also like to welcome again competitors from the other islands or the UK, but the cost and travel reliability does put them off sadly.”
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