President's Bulletin: Updated 9th Augusts 2025

Valhalla 4 will be broadcast tonight (Saturday 9th August) on ARMGODS.COM . Despite having bought a ticket I'll be watching remotely before setting out to sea sometime before the end & will have to catch up with the rest in a few days time. I'm going to miss out on the backstage antics, the mishaps & the visceral feel of the Welsh audience who will bay like wolves when their local heroes step up to challenge their foes. 

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I've been involved in a few of these things & I can tell you it ain't easy. The logistics of getting every bit of kit into the right place, organising the people to turn up on time & then broadcasting it all live is stressful. Paul Maiden has a vision of how it should go & the team around try to make it work despite some of the drunken pullers on the card who will turn up late having paid attention to nothing previously & then want to know what is going on last minute. Paul's better at keeping his patience than I am that's for sure. Someone is going to have to herd these cats into the right place so the show is seamless & there will be technical wizardry to make it all watchable for Joe Sofa or Dan Earthquake to watch at home (or work). Music, lights, sparks, smoke, vids, cameras. These things don't run themselves. 

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Judge Dredd Jim Beech has the task of being in the middle of the action - it's a big responsibility to be the ref/enforcer & one of the pair from each match is going home disappointed. Some will want someone to blame for not winning & when you're the ref it's often you that gets the shade. I've had my share. I've never claimed to be the best referee but sometimes I've been the only one willing to do it. My response is always the same: "Keep your elbow on the pad, pin your opponent cleanly after the ref says go & we call you winner." Everything else means you need to train harder, get stronger, adapt your technique, work on your timing. Or blame me. I won't lose sleep over it, neither will Jim. Good luck Jim. 

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So the action starts 6pm, those new to what Armgods shows are like can tune in for free to their youtube channel to watch some of the action previously. Do you really need to be convinced? Good luck to all the pullers - especially the ones I like. The rest of you - not so much. 

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I'll repost all the usual recent stuff in the next few days once the dust has settled. 

 

See you down the road.  ​