| Description |
Press Release - Advisory
For Sunday, August 28th
NEW YORK ARM WRESTLING ASSOCIATION (NYAWA)
Email: nyawa@aol.com - Website: www.nycarms.com
Contact: Gene Camp - NYAWA, 718-544-4592; or Pat Singer - Brighton Jubilee, 718-891-0800
GOING ”˜OVER THE TOP’ IN QUEST FOR BROOKLYN’S STRONGEST ARM!
'KINGSBORO' ARM WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS SET FOR SUNDAY, AUG. 28, 2011
Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, NY. August 4, 2011. The Brighton Neighborhood Association and New York Arm Wrestling Association have joined forces to present the White Castle 29th Annual Brooklyn-Kingsboro Arm Wrestling Championships at the Brighton Jubilee Festival, on Sunday, August 28, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. The event will take place on the festival’s main stage, located at 3264 Coney Island Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11235 off Brighton Beach Avenue going toward the Beach Boardwalk.
More than 100 men and women will compete for the prestigious Brooklyn-Kingsboro Golden Arm Wrestling Championship titles, with the male (Right and Left) and female overall winners to be crowned Brooklyn’s Strongest Arms and receive $100 MVP cash prizes. Contestants should register and weigh-in between 9:30 a.m. and before 12:45 p.m., as the event begins in front of a live, cheering audience at 1:00 p.m. sharp; the final matches begin at 3:30 p.m.
Spectators have the opportunity to watch the event free. Entry fees for contestants are $25 for men and $20 for women and include a FREE White Castle Arm Wrestling T-shirt. Categories are divided into right and left hand weight classes for both amateurs and pros. Awards are given to first, second and third place and winners are invited to compete at the 34th Annual Empire State 'Golden Arm' Tournament of Champions Final to be held at the Port Authority Bus Terminal on November 17, 2011. There are no residency requirements to compete. The proud sponsor is White Castle.
The Brooklyn- Kingboro Arm Wrestling Championships brings together locals from the five NYC Boroughs and Long Island, but also has drawn contestants from far away as Turkey, Brazil, Russia and other distant lands, according to Gene Camp, Founder and President of the New York Arm Wrestling Association. Camp continued, ’I expect some of the best arm wrestlers in the world to compete for this unique Brooklyn Strong Arm title.’ The defending winners of last year’s Brooklyn Strongest Arms are NYC’s King of Arms Giorgi Gelashvili from Sheepshead Bay and NYC’s Queen of Arms Joyce Boone from Carroll Gardens who are both from Brooklyn and currently ranked as the best arm wrestlers in NYC. Both are expected to defend their titles.
Pat Singer, the Executive Director and founder of the Brighton Neighborhood Association said, ’We are very excited to celebrate the 29th Anniversary of the popular Brooklyn-Kingsboro Arm Wrestling Championships at the Brighton Jubilee Festival. Spectators have the opportunity to watch some awesome feats of strength while strolling through one of the oldest and largest festivals in Brooklyn.’ Fans could visit the festival by taking either the Q train or B1 and B68 Buses to Brighton Beach Avenue.
The New York 'Golden Arm' Series consists of up to six preliminary championships and a final. September events include the two-day White Castle 34rd Annual Queensboro Championships on Sept. 17th and 18th at the Queens Farm Museum’s County Fair in Floral Park, Queens, NY. -- For more upcoming events, results, photos and sponsorship opportunities visit the NYAWA website at nycarms.com or call Gene Camp at 718-544-4592. (END)
Contacts: Gene Camp - New York Arm Wrestling Assoc - 718- 544-4592
|
