June 24th, 2017 - Minnesota State Championships

[Josh Handeland]

Minnesota Armsports is proud to present the 8th annual Minnesota State Armwrestling Championships! This tournament will be at the Sauerkraut Days in Henderson, MN, just like the past 7 years. This tournament always has a great turnout, over 100 entries the last 4 years. Be sure to mark this one on your calendars!!! We usually have a really good kids turnout as well!!!

Where: Henderson Sauerkraut Days. 200 North 3rd Street Henderson, MN, 56044.
Time: Weigh-ins 1:00pm-2:30pm. 1:00-2:00 for Kids! Tournament start at 2:30pm. Starting with kids

Entry Fee: $20/arm for pro classes, Novice is $15 for first entry (1 arm 1 class), $10 for additional novice classes (so it would cost $25 total to do right and left in 1 weight class). $5/arm for kids.

Weight classes:
Men's Pro Right and Left: 0-154lbs., 155-176lbs., 177-198lbs., 199-220lbs., 221+ lbs.
Men's Novice Right and Left: 0-165lbs., 166-190lbs., 191-220lbs., 221+ lbs.
Women's Pro Right: Open
Women's Pro Left: Open
Kids 17 and under) Right and Left: 0-65 lbs., 66-95 lbs., 96-125 lbs., 126+ lbs.

We will use the honor system for age but if you're son/daughter looks quite a bit older than they really are, please bring id/birth certificate. Please note that boys and girls are run together. Ideally it'd be separate for kids over 13 or 14, but there aren't enough kids to separate genders. I know this may be unfair to the girls, especially the ones in the 126+ weight group, but there's nothing I can do unless more kids enter.

Weight will be rounded up/down to nearest pound, 154.4 counts as 154, 198.4 counts as 198 and so forth, 154.6 means you're too heavy (for 154). There is no clothing allowance but you are allowed to strip down if needed. You may weigh-in as many times as needed. Anyone needing to weigh-in the day before may do so, contact me and it can be arranged.

Kids will be run before novice, after kids we will run any supermatch/challenge matches!!! Novice next, and then pro at the end, after the novice classes are done we will open registration for Pro Classes again for ~10 minutes, then make pro brackets and get started asap!


100% Cash Payback for the top 3 in all Pro Classes as well as plaques for the top 3 in all Pro and Novice Classes! Medals for top 3 in kids classes!!!

This tournament will be run on WAF spec armwrestling tables. We will have 2 tables this year (same as last year)! Chalk and risers will be provided. This tournament is double elimination and is free to watch!

This event is not sanctioned by any umbrella organization but the rules we use are UAL rules.

Any questions, please call Josh Handeland at: 612-801-5612
or email: [e-mail]

If you're not sure whether or not you're eligible for novice feel free to call or email me and ask!!!

[jimvanderwilp]

In your Kid classes do you separate the kids by just weight or weight and age?  Just wanted to know I might be in the area during this event and my 13 year old son would like to do it but he weighs 180 pounds and not sure how he would compete against a 17 year old.  We are from Michigan and have traveled for arm wrestling tournaments.  Thanks

[Josh Handeland]

Hey Jim. I only separate kids by weight. I understand that this is unfair for some kids.... Prior to 2015, I ran kids by age only. This also had some instances which were unfair for example the age group 10-12 you could have a kid that weighs 70 pounds and a kid that weighs 125. The last couple years running kids by age there were certain classes that were empty or only 2 entrants. So i was going to eliminate one division but wasn't sure which one - and I decided to try going by weight instead to see what happened (keeping 4 classes each arm). Since doing this entries have been up - and I've had some complaints but actually less than when I did it by age. At most USA tourneys they run kids by age, but interestingly at most international tournaments they run by weight. Anyways that's my long answer... Hope you are able to make it. Let me know if you have any more questions.

[Josh Handeland]

If anyone wants to weigh in Friday, come to my house between 4 to 7pm!!! You don't need to do this, you can also weigh in Saturday at the tourney of course.
Text or email me for my address. I live in Crystal, MN.

[Josh Handeland]

Another great year!!! We had 134 entries this year, 120 of those being adult entries. We did have one arm break, please keep John McCarthy in your thoughts and prayers. Huge shout out to my referees - Jon Brown, Matt Lee, Dave Hennen, John Grant, and Tony Weikle. My mom and dad for doing brackets, announcing, t-shirt sales, and helping with registration. Joe Drellack for providing tables and for filming the entire event. And, of course, all the pullers for making this event possible. Okay, here are the results:


Kids Right 0-65 lbs:
1) Mason Guentzel
2) Danielle Hughes
3) Austin Lange

Kids Right 66-95 lbs:
1) Easton Clark (Beaston)
2) Braun Conner

Kids Right 96-125 lbs:
1) Lance Smuck
2) Lexi Smuck

Kids Right 126+:
1) Gabe Vezina
2) Brock Conner
3) Abbie Lang

Kids Left 126+:
1) Brock Conner
2) Gabe Vezina
3) Easton Clark (70 lbs. no kids in his class but he wanted to pull so bad he said put me in supers!)


Novice Right 0-165:
1) Jake Stang
2) Chris Nicholas
3) Brock Conner

Novice Right 166-190:
1) Aleksei Kuzmin
2) Ben Schiro
3) Alex Johnson

Novice Right 191-220:
1) Jack Eiken
2) Mackenzie Johnson
3) Brian Jensen

Novice Right 221+:
1) Dan Hughes
2) AJ Teague
3) Chad Hammer

Novice Left 0-165:
1) Chris Nicholas
2) Jake Stang
3) Kai Vue

Novice Left 166-190:
1) Ben Schiro
2) Micky Byrd
3) James Cameron

Novice Left 191-220:
1) Austin Kowalczyk
2) Jack Eiken
3) Brian Jensen

Novice Left 221+:
1) Nate Drobnick
2) Russell Torrez
3) Markus Shafel


Men's Pro Right 0-154:
1) Mike Lindner
2) Tyler Betterman

Men's Pro Right 155-176:
1) Roman Gromov
2) Corey Lyon
3) Mike Lindner

Men's Pro Right 177-198:
1) Jason Remer
2) Roman Gromov
3) Steve Baldwin

Men's Pro Right 199-220:
1) Jason Remer
2) Roman Gromov
3) Nolund Hughes

Men's Pro Right 221+
1) Mark Cichy
2) Rett Houdek
3) John Houston

Men's Pro Left 0-154:
1) Mike Lindner
2) Tyler Betterman
3) Brock Conner

Men's Pro Left 155-176:
1) Roman Gromov
2) Corey Lyon
3) James Conner (Ginger)

Men's Pro Left 177-198:
1) Roman Gromov
2) Jason Remer
3) Tony Weikle

Men's Pro Left 199-220:
1) Jason Remer
2) Nolund Hughes
3) Adam King

Men's Pro Left 221+:
1) Jeff Dabe
2) Mark Cichy
3) Rett Houdek


Women's Pro Right 144+:
1) Devon Schiro
2) Marina Gromov
3) Christina Conner




Match of the Day: Jason Remer vs. Roman Gromov, right handed.