Big Summer BCROSS Games 2017

On the weekend of 19-20 August athletes from all over the country came to České Budějovice.

Sports competitions, where the best all-round athlete and team were sought.

Strength, fitness, gymnastic training, endurance and mental resilience played a big role in the whole competition.

A total of 150 competitors took part in the race, we broke last year's limit. The race was divided into individual and team categories. When the Saturday day belonged to individuals, they were further divided into SPORT and ELITE category.

Elite category was at our races for the very first time. We are glad that the guys came and made a good show, motivating both the fans and the racers themselves.
Sunday day belonged to the teams, consisting of two boys and one girl. In total, 30 teams in the sport and 4 elite teams competed against each other.

Both days they started on the outdoor swimming pool, which was a great addition to the race. For the individuals, which numbered 40, each had to swim a total of 150m, interspersed with kettlebell work and English.

For the team, we were looking for team spirit above all and tailored the disciplines to suit this. Each member had to give it their best.
A summary of all the WODs can be found here.

Saturday's weather was not quite ideal and after the swim the organisers decided to reschedule everything. They were ready for the wet version. This was followed by a short move to BcrossGym, where everything continued as planned.

The next events tested our strength and endurance. The athletes tried to find their max within 4 minutes on the C&J and the elite athletes on the SNATCH. Where strength work was followed by barbell work.

Michal Neruda got 120kg over his head, Adriana Machova lifted the biggest weight of the girls - 80kg and won the powerlifting in the sport category.
On the other hand, the elite athletes were flying the same on snatch. Michal Micka even with 125, Renato Concolino 120kg, people in the gym supported as much as they could.

For the first time we used the sled during the race, which we engaged in the third wod. We hope it was another nice diversion. The athletes gave it quite a workout.
The athletes had another exercise besides pushing and pulling the sled on each side, double unders or double jumps over the jump rope and bupree box jump.
For the elite athletes, a 32kg KTB was involved, combining a swing and also a burpee boxjump.

The fourth elite WOD was also lovely to watch, the athletes had to pedal 30cal on the Assault bike, then move to the rower and cover 1km. In the rest of the 6min time, they had to perform the maximum number of celan squats (repositioning to squat) with 100kg.
It was a battle for every rep, the whole hall was very loud. There were 3 fighters Petr Schlegel, Ondra POkorný and Renato Concolino who lifted 6 reps. Michal Mička was in the fight with 5 reps.

The highlight of the whole day was the last 5 wod, where both categories were decided until the last second and repetition. Michal Benek edged out Martin Neruda by a single point in the sport category, with Tonda Radouch completing the final three.

Among the girls, it can be said that the skillful Adriana Machova won the race with a big lead. The second and third places were fought for in the morning round. The ranking was decided by a better time in the 5th WOD by only 15s, which Tereza Fostova had over Marketa Mikesova.

The elite category still gives us chills. Renato entered the final from 4th place, Pokorny 3rd, Micka 2nd and Petr Schlegel 1st.
Wod for elite was slightly different, head judge David Hajek prepared:
9min AMRAP
9x thruster, bar MU, AB cal,HS walk
For the whole 9 min the tension in the arena could be cut, with Petr Schlegel and Michal Micka to the fore, competing for one rep the whole time.
Ondra Pokorný and Renato had the same battle for the 3rd and 4th spots.

The fans were cheering as much as they could and the athletes were pulling a lot forward, it was really something to watch, it was a great fight till the last second.
The winner was Petr Š., who did one MU more than Michal M.
In the fight for 3rd place Renato C. beat Ondra Pokorny by two reps.

SPORT men | women
1. Marek Benek | Adriána Machová
2. Michal Neruda | Tereza Forstová
3. Antonín Radouch | Markéta Mikešová

ELITE
1. Petr Schlegel
2. Michal Mička
3. Renato Concolino

Sunday team

A busy weekend for the organizing team, who have been on their feet since Friday. First two days of racing, so at least we get to experience what it's like.

Sunday's weather is already favorable and the whole race is taking place in the stadium. Once again, we start with a swim and the teams can't wait for the water.
Everyone has to swim 100m in any way they want, while one swims, the others do 20 synchro English push-ups, the next round 30 synchro push-ups and finally 40 squats with a jump.
Akafuka team from Pilsen did the best with a time of 4:29.

All the action then moved to the stadium where the main arena was.

In the second workout the teams were looking for maximum weights for C&J and Snatch, they had 6minutes for each exercise where they had to alternate.

We saw some great performances, Michal Micka showed us an easy 150C&J, Renato 140 and many fighters were close to 130! Of the girls, Sonia Karaskova did great, she is very strong and got 105kg over her head!

The powerlifting was clearly dominated by CF IrnoLand BLACK.

The third wod was fitness based. We used the Rowline oars and assalt bike from our partner. Where 100 calories had to be run on everything, always with an active rest for one athlete, finishing with a 400m relay run.
Michal Mička ran out the winner for his team, going into the last 400 with a big loss to Vláďa Brzokoupil from the GetUp Brno team.

The 4 and 5 wod were again nicely team matched, with synchronous English, trapeze exercises, plus barbell work.

Everything finished according to schedule and at 17:30 the announcement was made.

SPORT ELITE
1. TEAM FIREFIGHTER CF IRON LAND BLAK
2. Pilsen Akafuka GetUp Brno
3. Martians and Stanik Uf frutti di mare

During the whole weekend we collected voluntary entrance fees for the children's home Horní Planá. We managed to collect over 3.000,-Kč
We handed over the money straight away, thank you to everyone who contributed. We have already distributed 15 thousand crowns from the voluntary entries to the homes.

During the day we also thought about the children, we prepared games for them for the whole day, they were most happy with the bouncy castle provided by our partner Partners.

We are glad that the event was a success and so many competitors came. Again, we know what we need to improve and fine-tune. We are happy for any feedback. It is the only way we can move forward.

We are looking forward to the next event in December, we will bring you more information in early October.

All photos from the event can be found on our FB.

We will definitely repeat the Big Summer Games next year, it's a great event we are already looking forward to.

It's worth mentioning our partners, without whom it wouldn't have had the same level, we are incredibly happy for them.

Website and bodybuilding.com magazine
RockTape and úleva.eu for their services to the competitors
Botyoblečení.cz for the equipment for the organizing team, prizes and support during the competition.
Lucullus for catering during the race and refreshments
Kiss radio for media support
Evropa2 for media support
Stronggear for complete equipment
Bártová Ironworks
BcrossGym for the great facilities
Vykov steal s.r.o. silver partner
biggest thanks to the main partner - Partners

We are looking forward to the next race which is planned for December.