for the Homelink Trophy
Pulling ten tons of tramcar or lifting a small family saloon - just two of the very testing events in a spectacular competition of strength, stamina and character. Introduced by Donny MacLeod from the grounds of Nottingham Castle and the National Tramway Museum, Crich.
The competitors: from Edinburgh Chris Black
(hammer thrower, bronze medallist, Commonwealth Games) from Swansea John Burns
(weight lifter, twice Commonwealth Games gold medallist) from Holbeach Geoff Capes
(ex-Olympic shot putter, now Highland Games Athlete - currently ' Europe's Strongest Man') from Coleraine Allan Crossley
(former British light-heavy and heavyweight arm-wrestling champion) from Newcastle upon Tyne Peter
Gordon (British Police shot putt hammer champion) from Edinburgh Jack Hynd
(weight lifter, Commonwealth Games bronze medallist) from Tottenham Peter Welch
(power lifter and body builder, third in Britain's Strongest Man 1982) from Penge Steve Zetolofsky (Commonwealth powerlifting squat record holder)
Produced in association with TRANS WORLD INTERNATIONAL
Engineering manager GORDON WIIITE Production team
SANDRA CLARK , BOB WILD
Television presentation SIMON BETTS