Peak District Highland Games Womens Report and Results– Matlock 29th August 2021

 

This year the crowd were treated to a new addition to the competition to mark the Peak District Highland Games 5^th year  at Matlock Farm Park with a women’s category running alongside the men’s to represent the sport of strongwomen and the fantastic athletes on this circuit. This was a mixed weight category to demonstrate different strongwomen.

Up stepped powerful Nicky Walters (Guinness World record holder and active strongwoman),  the sensational pocket rocket Chloe Brennan (England’s U64kg bodyweight champion), and wildcard entry 15 year old Millie Thornton after a great showing at the Lincoln truck pull event last month we co ran with strongman and Promoter Dave Johnson.

Nicky Walter stone of destiny

The crowd ramped up a level getting behind all 3 athletes as they took on the caber toss, stone throw, stone of destiny and truck pull, with Chloe Brennan taking up the challenge to lift the honorary Dinnie Stones as her last event.

 

Chloe Brennan stone of destiny

In the caber toss all athletes were given some practice sessions with a smaller caber and some guidance from the more experienced athletes such as Jake Rideout who shared some tips with the women (quietly and out of earshot of his competitors).

The sport of strongwoman and strongmen is a competitive one but a sport where you will witness the guys and gals encouraging each other to get the best score they can in events, something fans have commented on after the competition. You will often see competitors running alongside a fellow competitor shouting words of encouragement.

In the stone throw Millie Thornton threw a 3 metre 40 best in her first ever full competition the crowd getting behind Millie aka Millie Con Carne as her Dad (and winner of the Men's Peak District Highland Games) encouraged her.  This earned her 3^rd place. Great to see Millie at such a young age perform under the pressure of a big competition.

Millie Thornton 15 years old pulling 4 tonne tractor

 

Next up Chloe Brennan threw a 3 meter 60 throw, the lightest competitor of the whole pack, man beast crew, photographer crew and probably a lot of the crowd at only 10 stone, proving weight doesn’t mean less power, and later on she proved just that in what we would get to witness.

But it was Nicky Walters with a clear win with a fantastic throw of 4 meters 50 earning the points with a wide margin.

The tractor pull win was taken by the ever impressive Chloe Brennan pulling the 4 tonnes across 20 meters in 17.14 secs, the crowd packing the runway strip to experience this classic world’s strongest man event. Chloe compensating with sheer upper and lower body strength to pull the tractor home.

In second place experienced athlete Nicky Walters hit a time of 17.33 sec time pulling the tractor, just a whisper behind Chloe with nothing much between the two at this stage.

Millie Thornton treated the crowd with a 19.75 time tractor pull, more than credible and up against two very experienced athletes in Nicky and Chloe. Something she has been training with her Dad Dave Thornton, arguable one of the best vehicle pullers in the region if not the Country.

In the caber toss Nicky tossed the caber the furthest by 1 meter with a 6 meter 90 throw beating Chloe’s best of 5 meters 90 and in third place Millie  Con Carne with a 4m 40 throw. Literally a meter between all athletes, a clear win for Nicky Walters.

 

 

Millie Thornton stone throw

 

In the stone of destiny it was Chloe who took the win with a super quick pick up and run down the course in a time of 10 seconds flat. Nicky coming in with a time of 10.27 seconds and Millie unable to pick up the stone. It was fantastic to see Nicky and Chloe encouraging and helping her give it a go which was great to see.

 

Concluding the women’s competition saw Nicky and Chloe tied on 10 points each decided on countback (margin of wins) settling the positions with Nicky in 1^st place, Chloe in a close second and Millie in 3rd surely gaining valuable competition experience. 

Big credits to Nicky here and all the athletes who were learning on the job in the events and displaying some fantastic fetes of strength.

 

Nicky Walters stone throw

 

 

 

Bonus event Chloe Brennan lays claims to be the first woman ever to lift the honorary Peak District Dinnie Stones 

 

 

             Chloe Brennan amazing honorary dinnie stone lift

 

After positioning the stones to Chloe’s preference she shocked the whole man beast team, venue staff, athletes and crowd squatting low and incredibly becoming the first woman to ever lift the honorary dinnie stones clear off the floor in front of an electrifying crowd spurring her on, many surprised faces amongst us all. Just wow.

 

Full results

 

Name	Stone throw - distance	Tractor pull - time	Caber Toss - distance	Stone of Destiny -time	Points	Position
Nicky Walters	4 meters 50	17.33 secs	6  meter 90	10.27 secs	10	1st (countback)
Chloe Brennan	3 meters 60	17.14. secs	5  meter 90	10. secs	10	2nd
Millie Thornton	3 meters 40	19.75 secs	4 meter 40	--	4	3rd

 

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