NEW YORK GOLDEN ARM SERIES FINAL EMPIRE STATE TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS XXVII

Held at the
Port Authority Bus Terminal

8th Avenue and 42nd Street New York, New York

WHITE CASTLE HAMBURGERS & KTU 103.5 FM

 

NY-1 TV NEWS REPORTER ROGER CLARK AND KAREN PICKEL FROM
RIDGEWOOD, NY COME TO GRIPS AT THE PORT AUTHORITY BUS TERMINAL
AS NYAWA PRESIDENT GENE CAMP REFEREES THE MATCH.

 

2004 EMPIRE STATE AWARDS DISLPAY

 

EARLY MORNING WEIGH-IN AND REGISTRATION AT THE
PORT AUTHORITY BUS TERMINAL

 

THE DAYS SUPER STARS
2004 NYC ARM WRESTLER OF THE YEAR, 2004 MALE MVP AWARD WINNER
AND SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION SHAUN FREEMAN (CENTER) FROM
MASPETH, NY. WOMENS MVP INES MALDONADO (LEFT) FROM ROCKAWAY, NY AND ARM- STAR AWARD WINNER RICHARD CALERO FROM THE BRONX

 

THE COME BACK OF THE YEAR
SHAUN FREEMAN FROM MASPETH, NY (RIGHT) LOST HIS FIRST MATCH TO YET UNBEATEN SEAN RINGGOLD AKA "THE ROCHAWAY FLASH" BUT CAME BACK TO WIN TWO SRTAIGHT MATCHES IN THE FINALS AS THE MEDIA CAPTURES THE MOMENT AND THE AUDIENCE OVERPOWERES THE SOUND WAVES

 

LEFT HAND STAR
JOHN RUGGIERO FROM SCHENECTADY, NY. (RIGHT) WINS THE LEFT HAND
CHAMPIONSHIP OVER SHAUN FREEMAN FROM MASPETH, NY.

 

WOMEN POWER
INES MALDONADO FROM ROCKAWAY, QUEENS (LEFT) WINS FINAL MATCH
OVER KAREN PICKEL FROM RIDGEWOOD, NY.

 

RUSSIAN STRONG ARM
RUSSIAN STAR ALEXANDER POZDNYAKOV ( RIGHT) TOOK SECOND PLACE
TODAY. SEEN HERE WITH IN MATCH WITH CHRIS PERKA FROM RIDGEWOOD, NY.

 

150 LB. LIGHTWEIGHT CLASS
1ST PLACE ALEX ZLOGZOWER MANHATTAN, NY.
2ND PLACE VARDAN KRPEYAN DUMONT, NJ.
3RD PLACE UMIT KIYAK BROOKLYN, NY.

175 LB. MIDDLEWEIGHT CLASS
+ARM-STAR AWARD WINNER 1ST PLACE RICHARD CALERO BRONX, NY.
2ND PLACE ALEX JOSOWITZ BROOKLYN, NY.
3RD PLACE SCOTT LATELLA SCHENECTADY, NY.

 

175 LB. LEFT HAND WEIGHT CLASS
ARM-STAR AWARD WINNER +1ST PLACE RICHARD CALERO BRONX, NY.
2ND PLACE BEN DWYER ESPERANCE, NY.
3RD PLACE GABRIAL YAK FLUSHING, NY.

 

200 LB. HEAVYWEIGHT CLASS
1ST PLACE CHARLES LINK YONKERS, NY
2ND PLACE ALEXANDER POZDNYAKOV SOLIKAMSK, RUSSIA
3RD PLACE JOSEPH CRUZ SHIRLEY, NY.

 

MASTER (R) 45+ OPEN WEIGHT CLASS
1ST PLACE BARRY LEVINE OLD BETHPAGE, NY.
2ND PLACE MICHAEL DEGRAFFENDREID SOUTH OZONE PARK, NY.
3RD PLACE BOB SPIELER BROOKLYN, NY.

 

SUPER HEAVY OPEN WEIGHT CLASS
MVP 1ST PLACE SHAUN FREEMAN MASPETH, NY.
2ND PLACE SAEN RINGGOLD ROCKAWAY, NY
3RD PLACE ROB SASSO SCHENECTADY, NY.

 

SUPER HEAVY LEFT HAND OPEN WEIGHT CLASS
1ST PLACE JOHN RUGGIERO SCHENECTADY, NY.
2ND PLACE SHAUN FREEMAN MASPETH, NY.
3RD PLACE KEVIN NELSON HOLBROOK, NY.

 

WOMENS {R} OPEN WEIGHT CLASS
MVP 1ST PLACE INES MALDONADO ARVERNE, ROCKAWAY, NY.
2ND PLACE KAREN PICKEL RIDGEWOOD, NY.
3RD PLACE EMMA BARNETT MANHATTAN, NY. (NOT IN PHOTO)