Attempting to maintain two tremendous heavyweight males underneath management whereas they twist one another’s arms could sound daunting, however for Kath Whitaker it is only a pastime.
The 48-year-old, from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, believes she is the UK’s first feminine arm wrestling referee and this month she’ll officiate on the UK’s first skilled nationwide championship.
Kath, who helps a few of south Wales’ high arm wrestlers practice and put together for the competitors, mentioned some perceptions concerning the sport had been fallacious.
“I believe there’s an angle or an opinion of aggression and virtually that it would not be a spot for a girl to be, nevertheless it’s not that in any respect,” she mentioned.
Story by Miriam Barker, video filmed and produced by Nick Hartley
