OSG European Championships

August 2-3, 2025

2025 OSG European Championships comes to York Barbican

York Barbican

York Barbican, Paragon St, York, North Yorkshire, YO10 4AH

Events - Saturday

Axle Deadlift

Athletes will deadlift an axle for as many reps as possible within a 60 sec time limit.

  • • Athletes will compete head-to-head (2 lanes).

    • 60 second time limit.

    • Total reps completed is your score.

    • Athlete begins hands on the bar or strapped in.

    • Athlete must wait for judge’s command to receive a good rep.

    • No lift will count unless a down signal is received from the judge.

    • To receive the down command, athlete must demonstrate full lockout with their hips and knees locked out, and their shoulders neutral.

    • You are NOT ALLOWED to drop the bar from lockout. Your knees and/or hips must unlock before you let go. Judge will have discretion to remove a good lift due to letting go of the bar from lockout.

    • Conventional stance only. Hands must be outside of feet and knees.

    • Deadlift suits and powerlifting briefs are allowed.

    • No baby powder, oils, or any other friction aid is allowed to be applied to your legs.

    • Lifting straps and chalk are allowed. (Figure 8 straps are allowed, but thumbs must remain in contact with the bar.)

Log Clean & Press

Athletes will clean and press a log from pads for as many reps as possible within a 60 sec time limit.

  • • Athletes will compete head-to-head (2 lanes).

    • 60 second time limit.

    • Total reps completed is your score.

    • Athlete begins at a starting line.

    • Athlete must wait for judge’s command to receive a good rep.

    • No lift will count unless a down signal is received from the judge.

    • To receive the down command, feet must be in line with each other and head must be in line with the arms. Elbow, knees, and hips must be locked out and stable.

    • Each rep must begin from the ground.

    • Log is not allowed to touch or rest on the athletes head.

    • No straps, hooks, tacky, tack towels, or grip shirts allowed.

    • No built up belts or loose prong/buckles in the front.

Sandbag Toss

Athletes will throw a series of sandbags over a crossbar in the fastest time within a 60 sec time limit.

  • • Height for all men’s crossbars will be 4.6m / 15ft.

    • Height for all women’s crossbars will be 4m / 13ft.

    • Athletes will start the event touching one of the uprights.

    • Once time begins, athletes will toss each sandbag over the crossbar from lightest to heaviest.

    • In case an athlete is unable to finish all of the sandbags, split times will be taken on each bag when it hits the ground behind the crossbar.

    • Credit for heavier bags will not be given until all lighter bags are successfully tossed over the crossbar.

    • In the unlikely event a sandbag gets stuck on the top of the crossbar, the athlete will be allowed to move to the next sandbag. If the sandbag remains stuck, the athlete will receive credit for the sandbag. If the sandbag falls down on the ‘athlete side’ of the crossbar after previously being stuck, the athlete will not get credit for that sandbag and must throw the sandbag again. If the sandbag falls off the crossbar on the ‘athlete side’ within 15 seconds after time has stopped, the athlete will not get credit for the fallen sandbag.

Events - Sunday

Yoke Carry

Athletes will carry a yoke down a 20m / 65.5ft course down and back as fast as possible within a 60 sec time limit.

  • • Athletes will compete head-to-head (2 lanes).

    • 60 second time limit.

    • Time and total distance completed is your score.

    • Time stops when both feet of the yoke break the line.

    • Athlete begins under the yoke.

    • Unlimited drops allowed.

    • No grip shirts allowed.

Sandbag Steeplechase

Athletes will carry a series of 2 sandbags 10m / 33ft and load them over a bar. Then, they will run around the bar and proceed to carry the sandbags 10m / 33ft and load them onto a platform within a 60-second time limit.

  • • Athletes will compete head-to-head (2 lanes).

    • 60 second time limit.

    • Time and number of bags completed is your score.

    • Time stops when the last sandbag is loaded to the platform and the athlete’s hands are off.

    • If an athlete is unable to finish loading both sandbags on the platform, split times will be taken at each sandbag load.

    • Athlete begins on a line.

    • Gloves and chalk are allowed.

    • No grip shirts allowed.

    • Bar and platform height will be 122cm / 48in

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Schedule

This schedule includes approximate times and is subject to changes at any time.

Friday, Aug 1

Athlete Weigh-In & Check-in

10:00am - 5:00pm

Saturday, Aug 2

Final Athlete check-In

8:00am - 9:00am

Axle Deadlift

10:00am - 12:00pm

 

Log Clean & Press

12:00pm - 2:00pm

Sandbag Toss

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Sunday, Aug 3

Yoke Carry

10:00am - 12:00pm

Sandbag Steeplechase

12:00pm - 2:00pm

 

Awards

2:00pm - 3:00pm

Athletes

Men

Mens - Open

  • William Relf (England)

  • Fredrik Johansson (Sweden)

  • Marek Czajkowski (Poland)

  • Dawid Pakulski (Poland)

  • Tom Place (England)

  • Jamie Butler (Wales)

  • Jan Lacina (Czech Republic)

  • Matyas Funiok (Czech Republic)

  • Peter Reinthaler (Austria)

  • William Jones (Wales)

  • Jack Osborn (England)

  • Oleh Pylypiak (Ukraine)

  • Luboš Klinecký (Czech Republic)

  • Mitch Flowers (England)

  • Ryan Bennett (England)

Mens - 231lb/105kg

  • Scott McGowan (England)

  • Thomas Owens (England)

  • Martin Horký (Czech Republic)

  • Craig Hughes (England)

  • Marcus Collins (England)

  • Steven Dutton (England)

  • Kai Ehrhard (Germany)

  • Ulvar Vahter (Estonia)

  • Przemysław Marczewski (Poland)

  • Gavin Bruce (Scotland)

  • Benjamin Machala (Slovakia)

  • Ollie Clarke (England)

  • Matt McKeegan (Ireland)

  • Mark Pearson (England)

  • Nikolaj Joensen (Denmark)

  • Tomáš Plaček (Czech Republic)

  • Luke Williams (Wales)

  • Josh Walton (England)

Mens - 198lb/90kg

  • Dan Benson (England)

  • Nickolas Douville (France)

  • Rodolphe Vanherpen (France)

  • Frank Parks (England)

  • José Gregório (Portugal)

  • Harry Rogers (England)

  • Szymon Peplinski (Poland)

  • Lukáš Váňa (Czech Republic)

  • Connor Smith (England)

  • Filip Zajiček (Czech Republic)

  • Lewis Bates (England)

  • Jonathan Gray (Scotland)

  • Daniel Bedford (England)

  • Matt Dymond (England)

  • David Kent (England)

  • Lewis Bolton (England)

  • Joni Rautiainen (Finland)

  • Viktor Lingman (Sweden)

Mens - 176lb/80kg

  • Finlay Mercer (Scotland)

  • Petr Kalivoda (Czech Republic)

  • Michael Neubauer (Czech Republic)

  • Lee Kelly (Northern Ireland)

  • Craig James (Wales)

  • Adam Rumney (England)

  • Corey Hamblet (England)

  • Jonas Bertschinger (Switzerland)

  • James Lynch (Scotland)

  • Jonny Lawson (England)

  • Dorian Diepeveen (Netherlands)

  • Dean McVie (Scotland)

  • Connor Cowens (England)

  • Richard Molnar (England)

Mens - Masters 40+

  • John Baybutt (England)

  • James Stuart (Jersey, Channel Islands)

  • Andrew Lumley (England)

  • Jarkko Malinen (Finland)

  • Andrew Cairney (Scotland)

  • Castelijns Tjörven (Belgium)

  • James Merry (England)

  • Ryan Gray (England)

  • Richard Turrell (England)

  • Dainius Repšys (Lithuania)

  • David Sanderson (Scotland)

  • Chris Windsor-Price (United Kingdom)

Mens - Masters 50+

  • Ben France (England)

  • Artur Patyk (Poland)

  • Stefan Bergqvist (Sweden)

  • Zydrunas Savickas (Lithuania)

  • George Netherway (England)

  • Scott Lansdowne (England)

  • Gareth Barber (England)

  • Andrew Burns (England)

  • Mark Felix (United Kingdom)

  • Alan O'Connor (United Kingdom)

  • John Else (England)

  • Ivan Murphy (Jersey, Channel Islands)

  • Richard Birchmore (England)

Women

Womens - open

  • Gemma Moore (Ireland)

  • Annabelle Chapman (England)

  • Becky Mills (England)

  • Donna Moore (England)

  • Stephanie Dutton (England)

  • Cassandra Annergren (Sweden)

  • Claire Myler (Wales)

  • Nicole McMillan (Ireland)

  • Maxine Winter (England)

  • Mille Wolfgang Freiberg (Denmark)

  • Jana Roubalova (Czech Republic)

  • Patricia Smit (Netherlands)

  • Jade Crouch (England)

Womens - 180lb / 82kg

  • Holly Ford (England)

  • Leanne Coghlan (England)

  • Emma Grunnill (England)

  • Emily Allan (England)

  • Stacey Pope (England)

  • Shauna Moar (Scotland)

  • Christie Herbert (Scotland)

  • Nicola Ann Bennett (Scotland)

  • Angeline Berva (France)

  • Sabrina Retzer (Germany)

  • Desi Gillespie (England)

Womens - 161lb / 73kg

  • Karin Krchlikova (Slovakia)

  • Eliza Bull (Germany)

  • Tayla Southgate (England)

  • Goldie Lee (England)

  • Mollie Wagstaff (England)

  • Diane Gaughan (Scotland)

  • Elizabeth Seeds (England)

  • Laura Hollywood (England)

  • Jess Tait (England)

  • Laurye Maggio (France)

  • Vilde Skipnes (Norway)

  • Heather Holden (England)

  • Cathy Watson (England)

  • Rosie Abercrombie (England)

  • April Granelli (Wales)

  • Nikki Ellerington (England)

  • Jatta Sipola (Finland)

Womens - 141lb / 64kg

  • Charlotte Hayden (Scotland)

  • Jolene Lewis (Wales)

  • Julia Immel (Germany)

  • Emily Norley (England)

  • Tiffany Peters (England)

  • Scarlett Harvey (England)

  • Agne Zubaviciute (Lithuania)

  • Paula Zikowsky (Austria)

  • Kate Connolly (England)

  • Nadine Cramwinckel (Netherlands)

  • Ellen Davies (England)

  • Dionne Wilson (Scotland)

  • Alessandra Menaglio (Italy)

  • Shannon Smith (England)

  • Tatiana Cousins (Slovakia)

Womens - Masters 40+

  • Annika Karhu (Finland)

  • Ali Davison (Wales)

  • Izzy Tait (Scotland)

  • Leah Pearson (England)

  • Gemma Ferguson (England)

  • Lucy Hardwick (England)

  • Eve Bennett (United Kingdom)

  • Line Hedemann (Denmark)

  • Jerna Rytkönen (Finland)

  • Maria Krzesinska (England)

  • Naomi Hadley (England)

  • Michaela Pearson (England)

  • Andrea Seed (United Kingdom)