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Alain Quenneville Competes in Cornwall’s

Upcoming Strongman Competition

By Molly Kett season!” Quenneville competed

his first year, which he won, in the
l Quenneville, also known
middleweight division, for those
Aas “Killer” from his thirty
weighing 185 to 220 pounds. He
years of playing local hockey with competed the following year and
the Colts, Comets, and Warriors,
is competing in Cornwall’s 2015 placed third in the heavyweight
division, for those 220 pounds and
Strongman competition this
over.
August.
Now, seventeen years later,
Competing in Strongman
competitions began for Quenneville after being challenged by his wife
Brittany, Quenneville has decided
in 1998, when he was looking
for a new way to train for the to compete in the Strongman event
hockey season. He started doing this August. This year’s event will
Strongman training with his cousin be held at Quest Gym in Cornwall
Mike at Paradise Gym, now known on August 15, with a $50 entrance

in the area as Summit. fee. The competition has five

events: tire flip medley, farmers
“After a few months of hard walk, log press, car deadlift and
work, we both decided to sign up
truck pull. There are 4 divisions,
for the strongman event,” says
including a ladies’ division and the
Quenneville. “We were only doing
it for fun and we both love new winner of each will take away a
challenges. Well, guess what? I cash prize.
won the event! It was an amazing “Everyone is welcome. Come
experience and it was helping me get cheer on this great event and the
stronger and faster for the hockey athletes,” says Quenneville. Al “Killer” Quenneville loves a challenge. Submitted photo

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