Bosley TOWC Open Competition Results 7/04/2024
Bosley Tug of War Club’s annual competition took place on Sunday 7 April, and given the recent and persistent rain, the venue was changed at the last minute and the competition was held at Cauldon Low Village Hall over the border in Staffordshire, who were very fortunately able to provide a venue at the last minute.
Photo: Sandbach
The teams that attended were as follows:
Mens competitions – Bosley, East Anglia, Melton Mowbray, Kilroe, Lincoln (A and B), Upper Eden (A and B), York, Orleton, Holland, Sandbach. Bedford Ladies also competed in the mens 600kg competition.
Ladies/Youth – Army Ladies, Bedford Ladies, Melton Mowbray, Waterhouses, Holland, Kilroe, East Anglia, Orleton, Upper Eden (A and B), Bosley
Mixed – East Anglia, Bedford, Bosley (A and B), Melton Mowbray, Orleton (A and B), Upper Eden (A and B), Lincoln, Holland, Beeston
YFC Competitions – Sandbach, Beeston, Penistone, Pennine, Waterhouses, Sedbergh, Orleton
Photo: Penistone
There was a lot of tug of war to get through on the day with so many entries, and despite the poor weather forecast, we only had a couple of rain showers, but otherwise it was a blustery day and the ground held up well despite all the recent wet weather.
Photo: East Anglia
In most of the competitions, the weights were split into two groups, with just the catchweight being run as a single group. There was a lot of competitive pulling which was great to see so early in the season and hopefully we will see more good competition in the coming weeks. Towards the end of the day, as time was getting on, some teams needed to withdraw, but those weights were still competitive nonetheless.
Photo: York
A couple of highlights were the mens 680kg final where Kilroe put up a well fought final against Lincoln, coming close to levelling the score on the second only to run out of steam and Lincoln come through to take the win. There was also a great final in the ladies/youth 520 kilos competition which went to 3 ends between Bosley and Kilroe, with Bosley taking the first end, Kilroe the second and Bosley the third end. There was also some good sporting behavior in the 600kg competition, with Lincoln entering the weight with two 7 man teams. After Lincoln A picked up an injury on route to the final, they had no spare substitutes available, so Upper Eden A dropped one puller from their 8 man team so we had a 6 vs 7 final, which Upper Eden won by 2 ends to 0.
Photo: Beeston
Well done to all of the teams who took part, and a huge thanks to the small band of officials who were out on the field all day to keep things running – Gavin Corden, Karl Bonahan, Mick Scull, Ray Fray-Smith, Mark Williams, Caroline Kenny and newly qualified judge Tom.
Photo: Upper Eden Juniors
Also huge thanks and well done to Bosley TOWC who managed to secure another venue at the very last minute (due to flooding issues at their original venue) to ensure that this event could go ahead. Given the number of teams that attended, it would have been a huge shame if this event had to be cancelled.
Photos taken on the day by Jamie Dewsberry can be found on his Facebook page by 
clicking here.
Photo: Army Ladies
The overall results on the day were as follows:
Men
| Catchweight – winners – Lincoln – runners up – Upper Eden (no final, straight group)
Group Results | |
| Group 1 1. Lincoln 2. Upper Eden 3. York 4. Melton Mowbray |
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| YFC Men Catchweight – winners – Penistone – runners up – Sandbach (no final, straight group)
Group Results | |
| Group 1 1. Penistone 2. Sandbach 3. Beeston |
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| 600 – winners – Upper Eden A – runners up – Lincoln (2 ends to 0 in final)
Group Results | |
| Group 1 1. Lincoln A 2. Bosley 3. York 4. Bedford Ladies 5. Upper Eden B 6. Holland | Group 2 1. Upper Eden A 2. East Anglia 3. Kilroe 4. Lincoln B 5. Melton Mowbray |
| 680 – winners – Lincoln – runners up – Kilroe (2 ends to 0 in final)
Group Results | |
| Group 1 1. Lincoln 2. Upper Eden 3. Bosley 4. York | Group 2 1. Kilroe 2. Melton Mowbray 3. Orleton 4. Sandbach (withdrew) |
| 640 – winners – East Anglia – runners up – Bosley (2 ends to 0 in final)
Group Results | |
| Group 1 1. Bosley 2. Upper Eden B 3. Lincoln (withdrew) | Group 2 1. East Anglia 2. Upper Eden A 3. Kilroe |
Ladies/Youth
| 560 – winners - Bedford Ladies – runners up – Melton Mowbray (2 ends to 0 in final)
Group Results | |
| Group 1 1. Bedford Ladies 2. Kilroe 3. Holland 4. Army Ladies 5. Waterhouses | Group 2 1. Meltom Mowbray 2. Bosley 3. Upper Eden 4. East Anglia
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| 6 a side catchweight – winners – Army Ladies – runners up – Sedbergh (no final, straight group)
Group Results | |
| Group 1 1. Army Ladies 2. Sedbergh 3. Beeston 4. Waterhouses 5. Pennine 6. Orleton |
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| 520 – winners – Bosley – runners up – Kilroe (2 ends to 1 in the final)
Group Results | |
| Group 1 1. Kilroe 2. Bedford Ladies 3. Upper Eden A 4. Army Ladies 5. Melton Mowbray | Group 2 1. Bosley 2. Upper Eden B 3. Holland 4. East Anglia 5. Beeston |
| 540 – winners – Melton Mowbray – runners up – Upper Eden B (2 ends to 0 in final)
Group Results | |
| Group 1 1. Melton Mowbray 2. Upper Eden 3. Army Ladies 4. Kilroe | Group 2 1. Upper Eden B 2. Bosley 3. Holland 4. East Anglia |
| GENSB – winners – Kilroe – runners up – Upper Eden (no final, straight group)
Group Results | |
| Group 1 1. Kilroe 2. Upper Eden 3. Orleton |
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Mixed
| Mixed 580 – winners – Bedford – runners up – Lincoln (2 ends to 0 in final)
Group Results | |
| Group 1 1. Bedford 2. Bosley A 3. East Anglia 4. Melton Mowbray 5. Upper Eden B 6. Orleton B | Group 2 1. Lincoln 2. Upper Eden A 3. Orleton A 4. Holland 5. Bosley B 6. Beeston |
