STORM TRACKER: Follow 'Storm Amy' as it bears down on Ireland amid brutal forecast
Search
06 Sept 2025
Search
06 Sept 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
Strongwoman and Strongman! Jack Harkin pictured with his fiancé Jade Hoare who is competing for the title of Europe's Strongest Woman in the under 82kg category at the Excel Arena in London this week
Longford’s Jade Hoare is competing at the Official Strongman Games European Championships for the title of Europe's Strongest Woman in the under 82kg category this weekend in London.
The big event is being held in the Excel Arena in London and it begins on Friday and is a 3 day competition. So Jade will be competing on Friday, Saturday & Sunday. The athletes will go head to head in six events held across the 3 days.
Day 1 consists of a 90kg Log Press which has to be taken from the floor and pressed overhead for reps and a Super Yoke run with 260kg.
Day 2 first event is a sandbag steeplechase with two 100kg sandbags followed by a deadlift ladder starting at 170kg, second bar is 190kg, third bar is 210kg and finishing at 230kg.
The final day events are a 120kg Shield Carry and ending the day on Powerstairs which consists of four implements weighing 120kg, 130kg, 130kg & 150kg and each have to be lifted up 3 steps.
29-year-old Jade is currently living in Aughnacliffe but was born in Longford town. She has won Ireland’s Strongest Woman in the under 82kg category for the last two years.
The European Championships are being live streamed on OfficialStrongman.com
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
