Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: WEDNESDAY, May 16, 1990 TAG: 9005160110 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B3 EDITION: STATE SOURCE: DATELINE: WYTHEVILLE LENGTH: Short
Competitors from Spain, the Netherlands, Scotland, West Germany, England, Japan, Israel, Canada and the United States are scheduled to participate.
Activities will start with a reception Thursday for participants in Elizabeth Brown Memorial Park. Weigh-ins will be held Friday.
Preliminaries start Saturday at 1:30 p.m. with finals getting under way at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $4, with children younger than 12 admitted free.
The competition is sponsored by the World Arm Wrestling Council and will be held at the Wytheville Community Center. The Wytheville Ramada Inn is the host motel.
- Southwest bureau
by CNB