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Asked whether he had any idea he would get these results, Bradley modestly replied that he didn’t realise that he was so strong.

I asked what he did for work – he is a night worker at Tescos. Did this involve lots of lifting? Not really. Asked what he planned to do with these result – definitely join a rowing club.

And any advice to anyone else who may not think that they have any talent and so aren’t bothering with sport? Try everything once – you never know what you might achieve.

Making sure we’d got Bradley’s details, I shook his hand goodbye – and got an insight into the strength in that grip!!

Steve Backley tries rowing:



And finds it all quite amusing: