STEPHEN Rogers know what his right arm's for - and it going to get him to the 2000 Olympic Games!

On Saturday at the 1997 British Amateur Armwrestling Championships he showed just why he's up with the best.

The 38 years-old heating engineer came third in his weight at the Monaco Ballroom.

And in three-weeks time he will be travelling to Belgium for a European tournament.

But that's only the beginning!

"There's talk of the sport being an exhibition event at the next Olympics in Sydney - and I'm going to be there," said a confident Stephen - known as Captain Scarlet in the sport.

Stephen, who is No 1 in the country at his weight for left-arm wrestling, only started in the sport two years ago. And within three months he was ranked No 3 in Great Britain.

Now he's passing on his expertise to son Adam who is Open Class champion for under 11s.

Nancy Winders of the Monaco Ballroom said: "Arm wrestling is a fast developing sport both among competitors and spectators. We are delighted to have played host to this year's championships."

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