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start of their 1998 seasonThere is apparently a group in Australia that conducts weight pulls. They are not affiliated with IWPA, but it sounds like their rules are not unlike ours; and possibly based upon some of ours. Since they are south of the equator, their seasons are opposite of ours. They pull from about March through September. It sounds like they may have one or less pulls per month.
One such individual, Brett Jarvis, forwarded to me the results of one of their pulls. The following table is an html conversion of the Excel spreadsheet sent by Brett. It is in metric units as used in Australia.
I also converted to English units and it follows this table. Or download the Excel sheet including both units.
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| Weight Pull | ||||||
| AMCV Weight Pull Results - 27 September 1997 | ||||||
| Class | Place | Handler | Dog | Dog's Weight (kg) | Weight Pulled (kg) | Weight to weight ratio |
| 27kg or less | 1 | Merv | Tundra (SH) | 22.5 | 706 | 31.38 |
| 2 | Sue | Chinka (Akita) | 27 | 244 | 9.04 | |
| 27-36 | 1 | Bill | Hawkeye | 32 | 1000 | 31.25 |
| 2 | Eric | Rosie | 35 | 580 | 16.57 | |
| 3 | Bettina | Lupa | 31 | 286 | 9.23 | |
| 4 | Mario | Ceejay | 31 | 244 | 7.87 | |
| 37-45 | 1 | Merv | Taurus | 45 | 1176 | 26.13 |
| 2 | Brett | Thunda | 43 | 706 | 16.42 | |
| 3 | Terri | Sheeba | 42 | 580 | 13.81 | |
| 4 | Rachelle | Yanu | 45 | 538 | 11.96 | |
| 5 | Mario | Taj | 40 | withdrawn | na | |
| 6 | Sarah | Samson | 44 | np | na | |
| 46-55 | 1 | Barry | Thawe | 46 | 874 | 19.00 |
| 2 | Stan | Zoki | 53 | 748 | 14.11 | |
| 3 | Noel | Bear | 47 | 664 | 14.13 | |
| 4 | Glen | Turtle | 47 | 538 | 11.45 | |
| 5 | Rob | Indi | 47 | 244 | 5.19 | |
| over 55 | 1 | Donna | Bear | 65 | 622 | 9.57 |
| Conditions: | Bright Sun, Taill wind, approx 19 degrees | Ground was damp to dry, well compacted | ||||
The following table is the same as the above metric table, but converted to English units. I rounded all to one decimal place.
| Weight Pull | ||||||
| AMCV Weight Pull Results - 27 September 1997 | ||||||
| Class | Place | Handler | Dog | Dog's Weight (lb) | Weight Pulled (lb) | Weight to weight ratio |
| 59.5# or less | 1 | Merv | Tundra (SH) | 49.6 | 1556.5 | 31.38 |
| 2 | Sue | Chinka (Akita) | 59.5 | 537.9 | 9.04 | |
| 59.5-79.4 | 1 | Bill | Hawkeye | 70.5 | 2204.6 | 31.25 |
| 2 | Eric | Rosie | 77.2 | 1278.7 | 16.57 | |
| 3 | Bettina | Lupa | 68.3 | 630.5 | 9.23 | |
| 4 | Mario | Ceejay | 68.3 | 537.9 | 7.87 | |
| 81.6-99.2 | 1 | Merv | Taurus | 99.2 | 2592.6 | 26.13 |
| 2 | Brett | Thunda | 94.8 | 1556.5 | 16.42 | |
| 3 | Terri | Sheeba | 92.6 | 1278.7 | 13.81 | |
| 4 | Rachelle | Yanu | 99.2 | 1186.1 | 11.96 | |
| 5 | Mario | Taj | 88.2 | withdrawn | na | |
| 6 | Sarah | Samson | 97.0 | np | na | |
| 101.4-121.3 | 1 | Barry | Thawe | 101.4 | 1926.8 | 19.00 |
| 2 | Stan | Zoki | 116.8 | 1649.1 | 14.11 | |
| 3 | Noel | Bear | 103.6 | 1463.9 | 14.13 | |
| 4 | Glen | Turtle | 103.6 | 1186.1 | 11.45 | |
| 5 | Rob | Indi | 103.6 | 537.9 | 5.19 | |
| over 121.3 | 1 | Donna | Bear | 143.3 | 1371.3 | 9.57 |
| Conditions: | Bright Sun, Taill wind, approx 66 degrees | Ground was damp to dry, well compacted | ||||
Last Updated on 1/31/98
By Ronald E. Bowser
Email: samoyed@eskimo.com