Midlands All-Round – 14th March 2026 – Haven Gym, Grimsby

The Lifters & Officials of 2026 Midlands All-Round

Report by Steve Gardner:

Today was another golden day for All Round Lifting. Sadly we lost a couple of people but still had ten lifters on the platform. Although we were small in number the standard of the lifting displayed by all was just amazing with records falling all the way through, and a couple of the records that went were 30 years old.


Well done again to Chris Bass for putting the event on, everyone had an enjoyable day.


So refreshing to see young Emily and Leo Moss doing so well representing the junior ranks.
Great to have Pandora Holladay back on the platform looking very good and representing the ladies division with Emily and Chloe. Josh Davidson was his usual classy self in the open division, and the evergreen Steve Sherwood was on fire in the masters division along with Gary Ell, Paul Hallam and Mark Haydock.

The top three Overall Best Lifter champions of champions
Chloe Brennan
Mark Haydock
Josh Davidson

Click here for the full results

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Chloe Brennan – Receiving the Bill Jelley Award (Best Open Lifter) from Promoter Chris Bass
Mark Haydock – Receiving the Pete Ready Troph (Best Masters Lifter)
Chloe Brennan – Continental Clean & Jerk
Mark Haydock – Continental Clean & Jerk
Emily Haydock – One Hand Snatch
Chloe Brennan – Front Squat
Emily Haydock – Front Squat
Gary Ell – One Hand Snatch
Josh Davidson – Front Squat
Josh Davidson – One Hand Snatch
Leo Moss – Front Squat
Mark Haydock – Front Squat
Pandora Holladay – Front Squat
Pandora Holladay – One Hand Snatch
Paul Hallam – Front Squat
Rich Metcalf – Front Squat
Rich Metcalf – Continental Clean & Jerk
Steve Sherwood – Continental Clean & Jerk
Steve Sherwood – One Hand Snatch