He got interested in armwrestling, when he was 12 years old. Back then he lived in a small town, Powasan, in Ontario, Canada. Each year there was a winter fair there, where armwrestling contests wer held. I fought each year and always wound up in the first three – recalls Ford, who will fight in the armfight #44 on 24 th October. - A few years later my family moved to another close-by town, Trout Creek. There I made friends with a neighbor, who's uncle was an armwrestler. This was Neville Beachey. It was at Neville's house that I learned the basics of armwrestling and started competing all over north Ontario. Allen often placed in the first three. He also armwrestled regularily in high school, at every lunchbreak. There were many strong guys in my school ,including Greg Boyes – says Allen. - I wanted to be just as good as him. I started in many tournaments and regularily won trophies, growing stronger every year. Today Allen Ford has a “ton” of trophies, 1 st and 2 nd places mostly,