Sports Expo Ireland updated info/scheduale

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Sports Expo Ireland

Sunday June 6th @ Limerick Race Course 10am-7pm

Taking place for the first time Sports Expo Ireland has been organised by Danesfort Event Management Ltd who have built a national sports expo around an international event. After securing the international competition Strongman Champions League we set out a plan to make this event a national event which will take place in Limerick for the next 5 years.
Our aim is to run an expo unlike any other in the country where people will be amazed and enthused by the expo and it will encourage them to take up a sport, try new activities and think about the fun that they can have.
Strongman Champions League Ireland is our main event and it will feature twelve athletes nine of whom competed at the 2009 Worlds Strongest Man competition including the reigning Worlds Strongest Man Zydrunas Savickas from Lithuania. Strongman Champions League Ireland will be televised on 16 television channels around the world and will attract a national media interest as it is the first major strongman competition in Ireland.
Athletes will compete in events such as the celtic cross walk, car dead lift, truck pull, Viking press, loading medley and a super yoke and farmers walk medley which will result in a very intense and enjoyable show. We have attracted some of the biggest names in strongman Zydrunas Savickas, Ervin Katona, Agris Kazelniks, Kevin Nee, Travis Ortmayer and Johanes Arsjo all of whom are amongst the top strongmen in the world.
Athletes
1. Zydrunas Savickas – Lithuania, reigning Worlds Strongest Man.
2. Terry Holland – England, currently winning the Strongman Champions League series.
3. Ervin Katona – Serbia
4. Agris Kazelniks – Latvia
5. Travis Ortmayer – America, atlas stones world record holder Travis is called the Texas Stoneman
6. Kevin Nee – America, the youngest ever competitor at Worlds Strongest Man
7. Johanes Arsjo – Sweeden
8. Fames Fennelly – Ireland, 2009 and 2010 Republic Of Irelands Strongest Man
9. Dave Warner – Ireland, 4 times Irelands Strongest Man
10. Rafal Wilk Vel Wilczynski – Poland, now living in Co. Carlow Rafal has competed for team Poland
11. Wild card entry from Body Power strongman competition being held in the UK on the 23rd May
12. To be confirmed


Irelands Strongest Man Under 105kg will take place from 10am to 12pm at Sports Expo Ireland. Whilst under 105kg athletes would sometimes be considered small in strongman most people will be pleasantly surprised by the fierce competition for the national title. Under 105kg athletes will give a demonstration in strength, athleticism and character in what will surely be a tightly fought contest.
Events for this competition include the farmers walk, atlas stone for reps, dead lift, log press and husafeld stone. The line up includes Martin Gallen who finished 2nd and Angelo Ienneta who finished 4th in the 2010 Republic of Irelands Strongest Man competition

Demonstrations , Moving away from strongman a major part of Sports Expo Ireland is the 60 displays which will be given by teams, groups and organisations from around the country. We have been very fortunate to attract a very diverse range of sports people to take part in the demonstrations which will include
1. The Irish national Kendo team, Ireland’s national team will demonstrate the ancient art of samurai sword fighting kendo.
2. IKMA – International Krav Maga Association, the Israeli special force’s martial art will be demonstrated by members of the international association.
3. Bijou School of Dance, hip hop, free style and slow dance by a south side based dance troop made up of underprivileged children.
4. Trojan Gym Club, from Dublin one of the countries leading gymnastics display teams.
5. Irish Parkour Instructors, free running has shot to fame watch how the pros do it, falling, jumping, and tumbling ect.
6. Yoga Therapy Ireland, demonstrations in Yoga techniques and positions.
7. AKAI – Allstyles Kickboxing Association of Ireland, kickboxing demonstrations in techniques, sparing and weapons from the national association.
8. Wild Geese Martial Arts , demonstrations by one of Irelands biggest martial arts clubs in doce pares eskrima, kenpo cubano, judo, muay thai, ju jitsu
9. Shahira Dance,
10. Zumba fitness, zumba fitness classes demonstration a new crazey sweeping the country.
11. Tang So Do – Master Des Galligan and his team from Limerick will demonstrate Korean Karate
12. Limerick Skate Board team, local skate boarders demonstrating some of there moves.

Teams, groups and clubs from around the country and ranging from national teams to local clubs will demonstrate the best there sport has to offer.



Classes we hope that all the demonstrations will motivate the public into trying one of the many classes open to the public. There are a range of classes available to the public through out the day including
1. Krav maga classes for men, women and children who will teach some basic self defence moves in the martial art developed and used by the Israeli Special Forces.
2. Parkour - free running for adults and children teaching some basic skills and correct technique for falling, jumping etc Seen as an extreme sport parkour is very safe when properly thought and practised come see how it’s done.
3. Kettle Bell classes where once the secret of elite Russian athletes but have become more widely available and are now in most gyms. To get the most out of them you have to know how to use them for men we have classes aimed at strength and conditioning with techniques and programmes. For women they will be demonstrating techniques and exercises aimed at burning and toning.
4. Boot camp Ireland will also be on hand to put you through your paces at a military style fitness boot camp. A craze which has really swept the nation fitness boot camps use military style approaches to motivate its participants into giving 100% and getting the best results from its classes, taking place throughout the day are you brave enough?.
Exhibition Stands If it is all getting a bit too hands on maybe some retail therapy is in order at the 30 stands at the Expo. We have all types of companies exhibiting at Sports Expo Ireland ranging from sports stores, sports equipment, specialist sports suppliers, health food stores and sports nutrition all selling and promoting there products and services.
1. USN – Ultimate Sports Nutrition.
2. Kinetica, sports nutrition company.
3. AM Nutrition.
4. Impact Supplements.
5. Carlton Castletroy Park Hotel, promoting there gym and health club.
6. Yoga Therapy Ireland, promoting there classes and services.
7. Andrea Cullen, nutritionist.
8. Fiona Hoban, promoting her book Take a Weight Off.
9. I.A.C.I – Iron Assylum Clothing Ireland selling clothing.
10. Evolution Gym and Personal Training based at the South Court Hotel, Limerick boast a team of personal trainers with expertise’s in all different fields, from weight loss to elite sport specific training, providing the best knowledge to help you reach your personal goals. The Evolution team will be on hand to answer queries and advice you on how to achieve your personal goals, no matter how big or small, also on the day FREE body fat analysis, weight monitoring, spinal check, nutritional and supplementation advice plus much more.
11. Dorian Yates Nutrition.
12. Kettle bells Ireland, selling kettle bells.
13. Botanica, selling natural skincare products.
14. ??????????, are a Limerick based production company who film sports events for sports clubs.


Seminars So you have seen some new sports and are feeling very enthusiastic and are feeling positive now all you need is a little information to really get you going so why not attend one of the seminars taking place at Sports Expo Ireland. Seminar speakers include
1. Fiona Hoban author of Take a Weight off who is a leading weight physiologist and will speak about her book and how we should be dealing with weight issues.
2. Richard Rocker who is a professional sports adviser and coach will be talking about how to put all the components together with training, rest, nutrition and every day life whether you are training for your summer holidays or a big match.
3. Andrea Cullen who is the former Munster rugby team’s nutritionist and is a leading nutritionist in Ireland will be discussing how what you eat can result in beauty from within giving you a healthy positive feeling and look.
4. Michael O Doherty Plexus Healthcare who works with Michael Flatley and who’s alternative treatments where credit in curing Flatley after 3 years of illness will discuss his treatments and how alternative medicines can change your life.
5. Caroline Pearce anex international athlete who went on to the television show Gladiators and was the character Ice has also worked and continues to work as fitness model a> Caroline also has a masters degree in sports and nutrition

Kilometres for Kids is an initiative by the Crumlin Children’s Hospital. Local charity Cycle 4 Sick Children which is run by Limerick cyclist Liam Mulcahy who collects for various charities who have helped his daughter Sophie will be running the Kilometres for Kids cycle at Sports Expo Ireland. Liam and his team will have 10 exercise bikes on hand and will be asking people to cycle a kilometre and donate a euro for Crumlin Children’s Hospital. Prizes will be given for the fastest kilometre by a man and woman and most kilometres riding. Get in the spirit of the sports expo and cycle a kilometre.






IDFPA – Irish Drug Free Powelifting Association, national bench press competition. Some of Ireland’s best lifters will compete in this national competition which qualifies lifters for both European and World championships.
Lets Go Summer Camps who are one of Irelands biggest summer camps will be providing some free children’s games and activities throughout the day.
Paintball range, ever wanted to try paintballing? Well now is your chance at the paintball range.
Sports Expo Ireland will also have a host of other activities such as a climbing wall, children’s entertainment, archery and much more to try out.
We hope Sports Expo Ireland will attract both avid sports enthusiasts and curious onlookers to what is sure to be a great day out for all the family.

d-gal

will be there with AM Nutrition, launching a number of new supplements. Boardsies make sure ye come up for a chat, you wont get much better advice on training/diet/supps than at this stand
Really looking forward to this, will be a great day

weeman2

AM Nutrition will have loads of deals, samples and freebies i am told

d-gal

weeman2 wrote: »

AM Nutrition will have loads of deals, samples and freebies i am told

Loads of them, releasing Cellucor on the day there so lots of freebies with that.
Main lines should be Cellucor, Axis Labs, Scivation, MHP and also possibilities on VPX and Sci Mentor.
Again there will be a lot of discussion on all the products and the reasons why AM Nutrition have chosen these products and not others

gfinn

Originally the Strongman was advertised as a 2 day event, Sat and Sun, is it now just Sunday?

weeman2

Yes unfortunatlet so this was due to two factors athlete availability and the recession.

It is much more important for us to run a great event than get two days gate recipts our goal in this is to bring WSM to Ireland and the only way to do that is get people interested in the sport by running very enjoyable and great value events.

I hope you agree that what we have lined up is pretty good for €20

gfinn

I think its a great line up...and one day suits me better anyway. I just wanted to make sure I didn't miss anything by not showing up on Sat!

weeman2

This is a great event for anybody interested in sports in general but especialy for people looking for info about sports supplements. Seminar speaker Andrea Cullen will be on hand all day to offer advice and answer questions, Andrea is the former Munster nutritionist. There are also loads of supplement stands who will be happy to answer questions.

There is loads for women also especialy the seminars.

weeman2

7 days to go remember you can pay at the turnstiles

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_JOE_

Super lifting today. It was a thoroughly enjoyable and well organised event.

Impressed by many of the 105kg novices, and a big shout out to Stevie Collins who placed third in his first event.

Many of the lifters at the IDFPA came with one goal in mind, and that was to hit their qualifying total for the worlds; therefore, many of the lifters merely did what was required to qualify and went no further.
The usual lifters however impressed at the bench press challenge, notable the beast that is James O' Connell, hitting 210kg raw bench.

The Strongmen are huge, bigger than you'd imagine! i was sitting in the cafeteria with the lifters, and my god do they put away some amount of food! Got a good few pics of the event, and many of the lifters. Terry Hollands and the Big Z were neck and neck for the whole event, sitting on 56 and 55 points respectively coming into the final event, but Zavicas managed to sneak it in the end!

Good day on the whole, saw the Bro and a few mates lift, got a few free testers etc, and class Iron Asylum gear!

Congratulations to all involved!

Hanley

Who won the strongman? How'd Shane Brodie do?

And Stevie's such a little freak. I hate him at tiems because of it.

weeman2

SCL was a draw with Terry Hollands and Zydrunas Savickas both tied even after a countback this is the first time it ever happened.

squod

Any pics or vids would be appreciated. @ Weeman, is there gonna be a dvd?