The 2025 Stonelifting Awards Info

These are the first ever Stonelifting Awards brought to you by Maximum Iron. The awards are to celebrate stonelifting, to recognise the people who make it great, and to shine a light onto some of stonelifting's lesser known who deserve recognition.

It's not just about awarding winners though. We will be giving certificates to people we believe have put in effort, gone above and beyond for stonelifting, done something special, or just deserve one. 

There will be an Awards Show, in December, shown here; and on YouTube. The show will not just announce the winners, but take a look at stonelifters, stones and locations from all over the world. You don't want to miss it!

There will also be coverage of The Awards in Stones Magazine Issue 6. The magazine is of extremely high quality, and limited to 250 copies. Secure yours here.

How the awards will work

Nominations closed at midnight (UK time) on Sunday the 2nd of November 2025. All nominations are here.

The public vote opened on Sunday 9th of November, and ended on Sunday 23rd of November. Only the winner from each category will automatically be entered into the Awards final selection. Here are The People's Choice Top 3 Results:

• Lifetime Achievement (Special Trophy & Prize Money provided by Maximum Iron)

1. 1. 1. Peter Martin
      2. Dr. Bill Crawford
      3. Jamie McGregor

• Best Junior Stonelifter [16-21] (Sponsored by Alan Fryer)

1. 1. 1. Joshua McNeil
      2. Erik Williams
      3. Cuan Gallagher

• Best Female Stonelifter (Sponsored by Transition Fitness)

1. 1. 1. Sandra Bradley
      2. Hannah Linzay
      3. Izzy Tait

• Best Male Stonelifter (Sponsored by Transition Fitness)

1. 1. 1. Andy Crawford
      2. Mike Christiansen
      3. Travel Lift Stones Repeat

• Best Masters' Stonelifter Over 50 (Sponsored by scottishstonesofstrngth.co.uk)

1. 1. 1. Dolores McGukin
      2. Paul Wood 

• • Masters Over 60

1. 1. 1. Steven Weiner
      2. Mark Sherriffs

• • Masters Over 70

1. 1. 1. Enzo Donadio
      2. Vince Gazzara

• Best Newcomer (Sponsored by The McGregor Stonelifting Games)

1. 1. 1. Liam Brown
      2. Dave Grant
      3. Bryan Clifford

• Best Stonelifting Competition (Sponsored by SB Strength & Performance)

1. 1. 1. Dinnie and Jan Todd Games
      2. McGregor Stonelifting Games
      3. World's Strongest Stonelifter Fefor

• Historical Preservation (Sponsored by James Grahame)

1. 1. 1. Indiana Stones
      2. Jamie McGregor
      3. Andy Downes

• Most Inspirational Stonelifter (Sponsored by Tom Wilde)

1. 1. 1. Andy Crawford
      2. Nicolas Wintle
      3. John Valgeir Williams

• Best Modern Stone

1. 1. 1. Big Rusty
      2. Devil's Potato
      3. Cloch Ban

• Best Modern Stonelifting Location

1. 1. 1. Loch Loyne
      2. McDonald Stones of Glencoe
      3. Little Cottonwood Canyon

• Best Stonelifting Product

1. 1. 1. Cerberus Dinnie and Nicol Pins
      2. Cerberus Sandstone Sandbag
      3. Atlas Endurance Dragon Stones

• Best Single Stonelift (Sponsored by Steven Weiner)

1. 1. 1. Harry's Gym - Bewkley Blue Stone
      2. Luke Stoltman - Ardvorlich Stone
      3. Hannah Linzay - Husafell Stone Walk

• • Best Stone to Chest

1. 1. 1. Andy Crawford
      2. Travel Lift Stones Repeat
      3. Zach McGuire

• • Best Stone to Shoulder

1. 1. 1. Andy Crawford
      2. Ross Mackintosh
      3. Dave Nisbet

• Best Atlas Stone Run

1. 1. 1. Tom Stoltman
      2. Hannah Linzay
      3. Dave Walsh

• Best Single Atlas Stone Lift

1. 1. 1. Nicole Genrich
      2. Nancy Johnson
      3. Adam Kostuch

• Best Podcast (Sponsored by John Gibb)

1. 1. 1. Stones of Strength
      2. Health Oddity
      3. Stone Lore 

• • Best Podcast Athlete Episode

1. 1. 1. Learning to Die - Indiana Stones
      2. Stones of Strength - The Stonelifting Traveller
      3. Stones of Strength - Sandra Bradley

• • Best Podcast Stone Episode

1. 1. 1. Stones of Strength - Iceland
      2. Stone Lore - Flag of Denn
      3. Stone Lore - War Yoga Greek Stones

• Best Documentary

1. 1. 1. Made of Stone
      2. Stone of Strength
      3. Greetings from New England

Only the winner from each category will automatically be entered into the Awards final selection, and will receive a People's Choice Award Certificate. Judges will then decide another 2 (from the full list of nominations) to go through in the final selection. These 3 will then be judged to find the overall category winner. 

All 3 in the final selection will receive an Award Certificate with gold foiled stamp (Provided by Maximum Iron). If the category was sponsored their certificate will be framed, with an Award Plaque. If any prize money was donated this will also be sent out to the winner.

You can sponsor an award here. You can add prize money to that award by sending a tip when completing the order. You can also donate to the total prize fund here. This will be spread to different awards, depending on how much is received. (If it's a smaller total it will go to the main awards, a larger total will go to all awards).

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