Regions

The OAA divides the province into 6 distinct regions for the "Ontario's Strongest Armwrestling Region" award. The regions are listed below.

Eastern Ontario, which includes the following census divisions:

• Ottawa

• Frontenac

• Hastings

• Lanark

• Leeds and Grenville

• Lennox and Addington

• Prescott and Russell

• Prince Edward

• Renfrew

• Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry

The main cities in Eastern Ontario are Ottawa, Kingston, Belleville, Petawawa, Hawkesbury, and Cornwall.
 

Northern Ontario, which includes the following census divisions:

• Manitoulin

• Parry Sound

• Nipissing

• Algoma

• Sudbury

• Greater Sudbury

• Timiskaming

• Cochrane

• Thunder Bay

• Kenora

• Rainy River

The main cities in Northern Ontario are Thunder Bay, Sault Ste-Marie, Sudbury, Timmins, and North Bay.

 

Central Ontario, which includes the following census divisions:

• Muskoka

• Haliburton

• Kawartha Lakes

• Northumberland

• Peterborough

• Durham

The main cities in Central Ontario are Oshawa, Port Perry, Peterborough, Gravenhurst, and Bracebridge.

 

Golden Horseshoe, which includes the following census divisions:

• Niagara

• Hamilton

• Halton

• Peel

• York

• Toronto

The main cities in the Golden Horseshoe are Newmarket, Toronto, Oakville, Hamilton, St-Catharines, and Niagara Falls.

 

Western Ontario, which includes the following census divisions:

• Huron

• Perth

• Bruce

• Grey

• Waterloo

• Wellington

• Dufferin

• Simcoe

The main cities in Western Ontario are Wasaga Beach, Collingwood, Barrie, Owen Sound, Stratford, Guelph, Waterloo, and Kitchener.
 

Southern Ontario, which includes the following census divisions:

• Essex

• Chatham-Kent

• Lambton

• Elgin

• Middlesex

• Oxford

• Brant

• Norfolk

• Haldimand

The main cities in Southern Ontario are Windsor, Sarnia, Leamington, London, Woodstock, and Brantford.
 

Anyone can compete in these events, but OAA members will also accumulate points for their region. The points are earned in the following manner.

• One point is awarded for each arm the competitor pulls with at a tournament. For instance, if a competitor pulls will both the right and left arms, he automatically earns 2 points. However, if he pulls more than one class with the same arm, he only earns 1 point for that arm.
• Additional points are awarded to armwrestlers who finish in the top five in their category. 1^st place = 5 points; 2^nd place = 4 points; 3^rd place = 3 points; 4^th place = 2 points; 5^th place = 1 point. If a competitor pulls two categories with the same arm, he is only awarded points for one category (the one with the higher placing).

At the end of the year at the Provincial Championships, the pullers from the region with the most points will be awarded the title of "Ontario's Strongest Armwrestling Region". (The Provincial Championships also count for points, but only members who have competed in at least one of the six regional championship events will accumulate points.)

To see the CURRENT region standings for the 2009-2010 OAA season, click here.

To see the FINAL region standings for the 2008-2009 OAA season, click here.

To see the FINAL region standings for the 2007-2008 OAA season, click here.

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