MEGA-MUSCLE will be flexed in a clash of the titans at Pocklington Football Club this weekend.

The Balk Lane ground will be full of bulk when it hosts the Samson's Giants, a tournament for some of Britain's strongest men.

The event has been organised by Rob Dixon, a former competitor in both the World's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man competitions which attracted large world-wide television audiences.

This will be the third such tournament promoted by Dixon, who has quit the circuit to concentrate on promoting and the previous years have attracted crowds topping 2,000.

He told the Evening Press he was hoping for an even bigger response to this year's event at Pocklington FC on Sunday, when 14 of Britain's beefiest battlers will tackle six muscle-stretching events.

Among the competitors will be Mark Westaby from Healaugh, near Tadcaster, who weighs in at 25 stone and stands 6ft 4in tall. He finished third last year and was looking forward to an even keener standard when the heavyweights resume hostilities.

Trained by Dixon at the Fit As A Fiddle gymnasium in Pocklington and Samson and Delilah gym in Haxby, Westaby enthused: "With Rob being a former world's strongest man competitor it's a privilege to be trained by him. He has helped me enormously.

"This event is bigger than before and will certainly be better so I'm really looking forward to it."

The gates open at 10am and the action starts at 11.30am running through the entire day when various other stalls and attractions will be in place. The cost is £6 for adults and £2 for children and a £500 donation will go to the Candlelighters charity.

Updated: 10:34 Tuesday, July 20, 2004