Updated Rankings

[Jeff Miller]

I think we need to have a Western list out here (because we know the people), and the Eastern list is done by an Eastern person. Probably good to have one person in charge of combining the two lists together, which is where the judgment will come into play; but solid logic will govern the majority of the two major lists.

[evanbourgoin]

i like the idea of an eastern and western ranking. i would also like to see it go top 20 again. i know this is alot of work but it gives the guys just starting out something to shoot for, promoting growth and encouraging new pullers

[Andrew Grant]

Besides nationals and the MGC, pullers don't travel outside their region. Even when two closely ranked pullers do attend the same event they may not get a chance to face each other.

Rankings are a great tool to promote our sport, if they are active and feature pullers that occasionally face each other. Right now this can happen effectively at a regionally level but isn't happening at a national level.

I like the idea of having a rankings for each of the geographical regions in which we compete. It would help build the sport locally.

We already have Ontario rankings. Western rankings would be great.

The national rankings would have to be mesh together of the regional rankings for the system to be consistent and valid.

[Eric Roussin]

Separate rankings for different parts of the country are a great idea. I'm just not convinced multiple people need to be involved in developing any given set. At one time I developed rankings for Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec, and these were on InTheHook, but due to lack of perceived interest and prompt tournament resutls, I stopped maintaining them. However many individual sets are developed, you need one person to wrap them up into the Canadian rankings, and these should be updated whenever any of the regional rankings are updated.

Traditionally after Nationals there were significant rankings adjustments. For the remainder of the year, most of the changes involved moving Ontario pullers around, which had the consequence of either pushing western pullers up or down. There will always be some speculation involved, because we so rarely get to see certain match-ups, as Andrew has pointed out.

Do I hear Jeff or Andrew volunteering to develop and maintain Western rankings?

[mwiggins]

it never hurts to try something new. good things can come of it. eastern and western regional rankings sound great. it will help the new arm wrestlers set easier targets

[Andrew Grant]

Western Ranking Eligibility List


I've started compiling a list of active pullers from the west. Over 80 pullers listed so far. Please scrutinize and suggest additions/corrections.

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242
198
176
154

Brent Parcels
Cameron Bacon
Chris Beauchmin
John Lovell
Landon Fillion
Perry Rzenoski
Ryan Espey
Tyler Hayward
Tyson Cote

Andrew Grant
Brad Farand
Corey Butcha
Cory Ellis
Craig Burguoyne
Gilles Michaud
Jason Steeves
Keenan Kohout
Kim Korchosky
Mark Harrison
Matt Mask
Mike Rooney
Pat Rehill
Pete Durning
Rob Low
Scott Larouque
Shad Hunter
Steve Kauppi
Tom Pacincski
Tyrrell Wojocichowsky

Allan Heinricks
Clayton Faulkaner
Curtis Klashnisky
Dante Dall’Antonia,
Darrell Steffensen
Del Mudryk
Derek Penner
Jason Tibok
Jeff Miller
JP Pare
Kayne Hemsing
Layton Keddy
Lorne Roberts
Neil Looker
Russ Geisbriecht
Shane Bauch
Willy Frame

Adam Koenig
Anthony D
Brain Manson
Curtis Ludwig
Damien Luxon
Dan Gallo
Darry Belyk ( L )
Dean Torresen
Ethan Jung
Gary MacDonald
Jason Matthews
Jason Roy
Jim Findley
Kelly Leitch
Neil Manson
Ollie Parki
Perry Bruhm
Stephane Heroux
Terry DeBeats
Todd Stanley

Dan Marfei
Dave Jones
Dustin Leitch
Gerry Beaudry
Gord Squire
Jared Bortsmayer
Kyle Roy
Malon Hicks
Matt Wiggins
Nathon Jones
Nick Penner
Scott Cusitar
Stan Scott
Trent Monk
Vern Martel ( R )
Ward Drake

[Eric Roussin]

Great stuff, Andrew. Are you using a 12-month rule to determine eligibility?

[Eric Roussin]

Possible additions. You may have already excluded some of these names, as it's possible many of them have competed only one time.

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Ben Skorepa
Brad Schmidt
Darcy Backer
Germain Corral
Gerry Beaudry
James Cameron
Jesse Dormuth
Kevin Kemper
Ryan Zukowski
Trever Harder
Tyler Blue

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Alex Maritsas
Brent Wiebe
Cameron Noel
Dean Loziak
Fraser Benoit (not sure if competed in the past 12 months)
Hosan Abidalkhrem
Marcus Zerr
Mark Thomas
Michael Barrett
Pete Kelly
Phil Kwan
Russell Judd
Sean Vincent
Stuart Harder
Tony Senger


242

Adam Luka
Kevin Komula
Tyson Haggerty
Tyrone McGillivray

243+

Chris Conrad

199+

Adam Fillion
Bjorn Torgenson
Cole Monkman
Dee Séguin
Justin Hancock
Ray Bourgoin
Robin Boyachek

Unknown Weight

Peter Kirlew
Audie Leavitt
Bohdan Marfei
Blaine Schnell

[Andrew Grant]

I didn't apply any specific eligibility rules; just trying to get a list established.


Arm wrestlers in Western Canada
Dan Marfei ---- AB ---- 154
Dave Jones ---- BC ---- 154
Dustin Leitch ---- AB ---- 154
Gerry Beaudry ---- BC ---- 154
Gord Squire ---- AB ---- 154
Jared Bortsmayer ---- SK ---- 154
Kyle Roy ---- SK ---- 154
Malon Hicks ---- BC ---- 154
Matt Wiggins ---- BC ---- 154
Nathon Jones ---- BC ---- 154
Nick Penner ---- MB ---- 154
Scott Cusitar ---- MB ---- 154
Stan Scott ---- MB ---- 154
Trent Monk ---- MB ---- 154
Vern Martel ---- BC ---- 154
Ward Drake ---- MB ---- 154
Adam Koenig ---- BC ---- 176
Anthony Dall'Antonia ---- BC ---- 176
Brain Manson ---- AB ---- 176
Curtis Ludwig ---- BC ---- 176
Damien Luxon ---- BC ---- 176
Dan Gallo ---- BC ---- 176
Darry Belyk ---- AB ---- 176
Dean Torresen ---- AB ---- 176
Ethan Jung ---- BC ---- 176
Gary MacDonald ---- AB ---- 176
Jason Matthews ---- SK ---- 176
Jason Roy ---- SK ---- 176
Jim Findley ---- MB ---- 176
Justin Pagdato ---- MB ---- 176
Kelly Leitch ---- AB ---- 176
Michael Barrett ---- MB ---- 176
Neil Manson ---- AB ---- 176
Ollie Parki ---- BC ---- 176
Perry Bruhm ---- AB ---- 176
Stephane Heroux ---- AB ---- 176
Terry DeBeats ---- MB ---- 176
Todd Stanley ---- ---- 176
Tyler Blue ---- MB ---- 176
Allan Heinricks ---- BC ---- 198
Brent Wiebe ---- MB ---- 198
Clayton Faulkaner ---- BC ---- 198
Curtis Klashnisky ---- SK ---- 198
Dante Dall’Antonia ---- BC ---- 198
Darrell Steffensen ---- MB ---- 198
Del Mudryk ---- AB ---- 198
Derek Penner ---- MB ---- 198
Fraser Benoit ---- AB ---- 198
Jason Tibok ---- AB ---- 198
Jeff Miller ---- AB ---- 198
JP Pare ---- AB ---- 198
Kayne Hemsing ---- SK ---- 198
Layton Keddy ---- AB ---- 198
Lorne Roberts ---- AB ---- 198
Mark Thomas ---- MB ---- 198
Neil Looker ---- AB ---- 198
Pete Kelly ---- AB ---- 198
Russ Geisbriecht ---- MB ---- 198
Sean Vincent ---- MB ---- 198
Shane Bauch ---- MB ---- 198
Stuart Harder ---- MB ---- 198
Willy Frame ---- MB ---- 198
Andrew Grant ---- MB ---- 242
Brad Farand ---- MB ---- 242
Corey Butcha ---- AB ---- 242
Cory Ellis ---- AB ---- 242
Craig Burguoyne ---- MB ---- 242
Gilles Michaud ---- MB ---- 242
Jason Steeves ---- AB ---- 242
Justin Thomas ---- MB ---- 242
Keenan Kohout ---- SK ---- 242
Kevin Komula ---- MB ---- 242
Kim Korchosky ---- SK ---- 242
Mark Harrison ---- AB ---- 242
Matt Mask ---- AB ---- 242
Mike Rooney ---- AB ---- 242
Pat Rehill ---- BC ---- 242
Pete Durning ---- BC ---- 242
Rob Low ---- MB ---- 242
Robin Boyachek ---- MB ---- 242
Scott Larouque ---- AB ---- 242
Shad Hunter ---- AB ---- 242
Steve Kauppi ---- AB ---- 242
Tom Pacincski ---- BC ---- 242
Tyrone McGillivray ---- MB ---- 242
Tyrrell Wojocichowsky ---- AB ---- 242
Brent Parcels ---- BC ---- 250
Cameron Bacon ---- MB ---- 250
Chris Beauchmin ---- BC ---- 250
Chris Conrad ---- MB ---- 250
John Lovell ---- SK ---- 250
Landon Fillion ---- MB ---- 250
Perry Rzenoski ---- MB ---- 250
Ryan Espey ---- MB ---- 250
Tyler Hayward ---- AB ---- 250
Tyson Cote ---- SK ---- 250
Adam Fillion ---- ----
Adam Luka ---- AB ----
Alex Maritsas ---- ----
Audie Leavitt ---- AB ----
Ben Skorepa ---- ----
Blaine Schnell ---- AB ----
Brad Schmidt ---- ----
Cameron Noel ---- ----
Cole Monkman ---- ----
Darcy Backer ---- ----
Dean Loziak ---- ----
Dee Séguin ---- MB ----
Hosan Abidalkhrem ---- ----
James Cameron ---- ----
Jared Kolomaya ---- MB ----
Jesse Dormuth ---- ----
Justin Hancock ---- ----
Kevin Kemper ---- ----
Marcus Zerr ---- ----
Mark Shannon ---- AB ----
Peter Kirlew ---- AB ----
Ray Bourgoin ---- MB ----
Russell Judd ---- ----
Ryan Zukowski ---- ----
Sean Kennett ---- AB ----
Tadas Kairys ---- AB ----
Tony Senger ---- AB ----
Trever Harder ---- ----
Tyson Haggerty ---- ----



125 listed

[Jeff Miller]

I'd rather the rankings went to 220 and 220+. There are too many good 220 lbs pullers to get diluted with the heavier guys.