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2023 National Championships - Saturday 17 June - Live Streaming
The 2023 National Outdoor Tug of War Championships will be streamed live on YouTube on Saturday 17 June with competitions starting at 09.30am and running through the day.
Programme of Events:
- Men 560kg and Ladies 500kg
- Men 640kg and Ladies 540kg
- Men 600kg and Ladies 520kg
- Men 680kg and Ladies 560kg
- Mixed 580kg
- Men 720kg
- Men Catchweight (no weight limit)
There will also be a junior mixed 520kg and a junior GENSB rules competition. Timings will be confirmed closer to the time (and we will update the above schedule accordingly). The YouTube stream is available below or can be viewed directly on YouTube at 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT7n9m_o0dw
Click here for the results of the 2023 National Indoor Tug of War Championships held in Bakewell on Saturday 2 December.
Click here for the results of the 2023 AAA Indoor Tug of War Championships
Click here for the results of the first three indoor tug of war competitions of the 2023 indoor tug of war season, which have all been held in Bakewell.
The Tug of War Association is saddened to learn of the passing of former Felton Eccles Coach and Sandhurst puller, Kirk Scott.
The funeral will take place at Easthampstead Park Crematorium South Road, Bracknell, Wokingham RG40 3DW on Thursday 23rd November 2023 at 2:30pm.
You can read a short tribute to Kirk by clicking here.
The Tug of War Association is in the process of putting together the fixture list for the 2024 Season.
If your club / area / show / event / young farmers club, etc. wishes to hold an event during 2024, then please contact the TOWA Secretary with details of your venue, proposed dates, etc.
Please click here for details about minimum standards expected for events as well as an application form to submit your event.
Please ensure that you apply for a date before 18 November 2023
Click here for the results of the 2023 GENSB international junior tug of war tournament held in Germany from an England perspective.
England will be hosting this event at Keele University in Staffordshire on 24 August 2024 - watch this space for further info!
Click here for the results of the British and Irish Championships held in Scotland
Click here for the results of the 2023 National League
Click here for the results of the South West Open Tug of War Competition held in Wrington, Bristol on Sunday 16 July.
Click here for the results of the 2023 Inter County Tug of War Championships held in Sandhurst, Berkshire on Sunday 9 July.
Click here for the results of the 2023 mixed national tug of war championships held in Bridlington on Saturday 17 June.
Click here for the results of the 2023 mens national tug of war championships held in Bridlington on Saturday 17 June.
Click here for the results of the 2023 ladies national tug of war championships held in Bridlington on Saturday 17 June.
Click here for the results of the national junior tug of war championships held in Bridlington on Saturday 17 June
Click here for the results of the Midland Open Championships
Click here for the results of Felton Eccles' annual open competition.
Click here for the results from Melton Mowbray Ladies Annual Open Competition
Click here for our tribute to Mr Peter Craft, who has sadly passed away.
Click here for the results of Lincoln TOWCs annual open competition.
The TOWA Secretary has recently sent puller registration forms to all club secretaries for the 2023 outdoor tug of war season. Puller registrations must be completed in advance of TOWA Championships, and must be submitted along with the puller registration fees, which are £10 per puller. There is no registration fee for junior pullers (aged 18 and under).
The deadline to register your pullers are as follows:
- AAA Championships - puller registration deadline - Friday 28th April
- National Outdoor Championships - puller registration deadline - Wednesday 17 May
Account Number: 37013963
Bank Sort Code: 54-30-27
Please note the information below regarding some changes to upcoming fixtures:
There has been a change of venue for the Melton Mowbray Ladies Open competition on Sunday 23rd April. The venue will now be as follows:
Fernleys Ice Cream
Brickfield Farm
Whissendine Road
Leesthorpe
Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire,
LE14 2XJ
Other competition details remain as advertised.
Upper Eden TOWC have decided to cancel their Kendal Saturday night competition on the 29th of April due to clashing with the YFC AGM.
Oxney Vines Cross have amended the weight classes for their open competition on Sunday 30th April. The weight classes will be as follows
Mens 600K, 640K and 680. There will be no catchweight competition as previously advertised.
Ladies & Youth 520K, 540K and 560K (no weight entry money will be charged for 540K and 560K)
Mixed 4 x 4 600K
£8 per team per weight class.
Venue details and weigh in and start times remain as previously advertised.
The organisers ask that those teams intended to attend this event to please confirm attendance in advance of the event.
Click here for the results of the East of England Open Championships
Click here for the result of Bosley Tug of War Clubs annual open competition.
Click here for the results of the 2023 Far Western Area Training League
Click here for a report from the England Junior Teams recent tour of South Africa in Memory of Tom Allan
Click here for the results from the first competition of the 2023 FWA Training League event held in Offwell, Devon.
Results and photos in the report courtesy of Nick Major
Tug of War Association is saddened to learn of the passing of Sandhurst Tug of War Club member Reg Keeling.
Reg started training with Sandhurst Tug of War Club as a 16 year old with his brothers Tony and Barry in 1979.
Within the next few years he progressed to being a regular in the main team, winning his first international medal at The European open 560kg competition in Folkestone.
For 40 years Reg was an integral part of Sandhurst Tug of War club, going on to represent England on numerous occasions.
Reg was a club man through and through and he and his whole family supported the club for many years.
The family have shared details of Reg’s funeral and would love for anyone who knew him to join the family in saying a final farewell.
The funeral is at 1.30 pm on Tuesday 14th March at:
Easthampstead Park.
Braccan Chapel
South Road
Bracknell
RG40 3DW
http://www.tugofwar.co.uk/under-23-tug-of-war. 
www.tugofwar.co.uk/fixtures to see the indoor and outdoor tug of war fixtures that are planned to take place throughout the season. Most events are "open" competitions and all teams are welcome and encouraged to go along and support these events. Supporters are very much encouraged to go along and support the teams at these events as well.
At the Tug of War Association AGM held recently, Awards of Merit were announced and presented to the recipients. Those people receiving awards were Steve Bowler, Mick Copper and Clem Sorrell. The Award of Merit is the highest honour of the Tug of War Association and is only awarded for long and distinguished service to tug of war. In addition, the TOWA has introduced a new award – an “outstanding achievement” award to be presented to people who had made an outstanding contribution to the sport over the previous 12 months. The first recipient of this award is Joe Birch.
Click here to read more about these nominations and awards.
Gavin Corden) by email to gavin.corden@btinternet.com by 28 February then we can look at arranging some dates for online timekeeper/recorders courses.A documentary about tug of war was recently shown in Northern Ireland, and follows the Garvagh club through the summer of 2022 in their build up to the Northern Ireland Championships. This documentary is 30 minutes long and is currently available to view by anyone elsewhere in the UK on the BBC iplayer. A link to the programme is provided below:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0dmmhn7/true-north-series-14-pull
The Tug of War Association is sad to learn of the passing of the following former pullers:
Ray Creamer
Ray passed away on 11 December and was a puller with the very successful Beech Hill Blues tug of war team from Luton during the 1970's and 1980's.
The funeral is taking place at St. Patrick’s Church, Mohill, Ireland on Tuesday morning, 3rd January 2023 for Funeral Mass at 12 noon followed by burial in the adjoining cemetery. Ray's Funeral Mass will be live streamed on www.churchtv.ie/mohill
Michael (Mick) Cafferkey
Mick was the driving force and heartbeat of Croydon tug of war club for many, many years and oversaw the most successful period the club ever had, in the late eighties and early nineties, which culminated with a national outdoor 680kg title and a silver medal at the World Championships. He was an immensely proud Mayo man, from Ballycroy, Ireland, and as gentle a man off the rope as he was powerful on it. He is remembered fondly by all that knew him at Croydon Tug of War for his humour and decency.
Dave Dawson
Dave pulled for Lincoln TOWC in the mid to late eighties. Dave was in the squad that travelled to South Africa and he pulled in numerous events in Europe. Dave started his tug of war career at Algarkirk and went on to pull for Lincoln.
The funeral will take place at Surfleet Crematorium, Gosberton Road, Surfleet, nr Spalding, Lincolnshire on the 30th December at 1 pm. There will be a wake afterwards at the Black Bull, London Road, Kirton, Lincolnshire, PE20 1JE
Our thoughts are with all of the families, friends and team mates of these men at this sad time.
The Tug of War Association will be running a Judges Course on the weekend of 18-19 February 2023 at Staffordshire County Showground in conjunction with the National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs.
Further details on applying for the course for TOWA members will be provided in due course, however if you are a past and present puller/coach with a Young Farmers Club and are interested in becoming a judge to help officiate at the many YFC Tug of War Competitions that take place around the country, then please apply for your place via the NFYC web site using this link - https://www.nfyfc.org.uk/NFYFCnews/national_news?articleid=13088. The closing date for YFC members to apply for the judges course is Thursday 14 January 2023. Please note that the NFYC web site should only be used to apply for the course for YFC members.
If you are a TOWA Member or a former puller with a TOWA club and wish to take part in a judges course, then please notify the TOWA officials and records secretary Gavin Corden with an email expressing your interest - gavin.corden@btinternet.com.
Likewise, the TOWA will also be looking to arrange a timekeeper/recorders course and a coaches course. Again, if you are interested in a recorders course or coaches course, then please email Gavin Corden to express your interest - gavin.corden@btinternet.com
Please pass the details on to anyone you know who you think may be a suitable candidate and would be interested in judges, coaches or recorders courses.
Click here for the results of the 2022 National Indoor Tug of War Championships held in Bakewell on Saturday 3 December.
The Tug of War Association is saddened to learn of the passing of Ellenor (“Nell”) Miller recently at the age of 96.
Nell became the first ever female judge within the Tug of War Association during the 1970’s, judging at many events in her own area in the North East as well as at national tug of war competitions, including the TOWA National Championships, travelling around the country and judging with her husband John.
Our thoughts are with the Miller family and their friends at this sad time.
You can download and read the latest TWIF Magazine, which includes some pictures, articles and results from the 2022 World Outdoor Tug of War Championships via the link below.
Open Competition Results Summary
http://www.tugofwar.co.uk/join-the-towaCatchweight - Winners - Sheen - Runners Up - Uppertown
620kg - Winners - Bosley - Runners Up - Uppertown
600kg - Winners - Bosley - Runners Up - Sheen A
The first indoor competition of 2022 took place in Bakewell on Sunday 30 October, with Uppertown, Sheen (A and B) Kilroe and Bosley taking part. Even though the number of teams taking part on the indoor circuit is lower than on the outdoor, it was great to see lots of new faces taking part on the indoor circuit for the first time. There was some good hard fought ends with the final results as follows:
Catchweight - winners - Sheen - runners up - Kilroe
620 - winners - Uppertown - runners up - Bosley
680 - winners - Sheen A - runners up - Sheen B
600 - winners - Uppertown - runners up - Sheen
640 - winners - Kilroe - runners up - Bosley
Officials on the day were Gavin Corden, Pete Dyer, Mick Scull, Wendy Dyer and Rachel Lewis.
See you all at Bakewell for the second indoor competition of the season on Sunday 6 November!
The Tug of War Association is saddened to learn of the devastating news about one of our junior pullers, Tom Allan, who tragically died recently. Tom played a successful part of the England Junior Team at the recent World Championships, winning a bronze medal in the junior mixed competition. Our thoughts are with Tom's family, friends and team mates at this very sad time. Rest in peace Tom.
As a mark of respect and to honour Tom's memory in Tug of War, Tom's parents would love any pullers attending the funeral to come wearing England TOW pulling shirts, black trousers/skirt and smart shoes.
A tribute to Tom by the England Junior Team Manager, Joe Birch can be read below:
The results from the 2022 World Outdoor Tug of War Championships can be found on our international news page
Click here for the results of the 2022 National League!
Congratulations to Tony and Sue Martin who have recently received the freedom of the City of London. Please click here to read more.
Click the link below to download the TWIF Monthly Focus which covers the recent World Games held in Alabama, USA where Great Britain won gold and silver medals.
We wish all of our teams the very best of luck and to those representing England for the first time, we hope you enjoy the experience and learn a lot from this event!
Click here for the results of the 2022 Inter County Tug of War Championships held at the Cheshire Game and Angling Fair.
The Team GB tug of war team made history at the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, USA by winning the mixed weight class which was staged at the World Games for the very first time!
Click here for a full report from the event covering the mens 640kg, ladies 540kg and mixed 580kg!
Image credit Dawson Martin / Dustin Massey Studios for the World Games 2022
This week, The World Games is taking place in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. This event is held every year for IOC recognised sports that are not yet on the Olympic Programme, and tug of war is one such sport.
Tug of war has been on every World Games programme and features the top 6 countries in each weight category. Great Britain will be represented in all three weight classes (Men 640kg, ladies 540g and mixed 580kg) and will be represented by Lincoln and Bedford. We wish our teams the very best of luck.
The competitions take place on Thursday 14, Friday 15 and Saturday 16 July – the schedule events and links for the live streaming are available by clicking here. Please share the info with all of your friends and supporters!
Click here for a report from the 2022 National Outdoor Tug of War Championships hjeld in Bedford over the weekend.
It was a really exciting competition, and all of the teams treated us to a great day of sport.
Links to the recorded live streaming are also available within this article. The streaming is behind a 99p paywall, but is worth a watch if you want to look back at how your teams did or if you were unable to get to the championships on the day!
We will this year be streaming the National Tug of War Championships via Facebook!
This will be pay per view charged at 99p per viewer.
There will be two streams on the day given that there is a time limit for live streaming of 8 hours.
Part 1 of the National Tug of War Championships will include the first group of weight classes, with competitions scheduled to start at 9.30am GMT.
The part 1 stream will include the following weight classes:
- Men 640kg, 560kg, 720kg
- Ladies 500kg, 540kg and 520kg
The link to the part 1 stream is accessible by clicking here
The part 2 stream will follow (from approx. 1pm, although this could start a little later) and will include the following weight classes:
- Men 600kg and 680kg
- Ladies 560kg
- Mixed 580kg
The link to the part 2 stream is accessible by clicking here
Each stream will be subject to a separate 99p charge but once you have paid to access the stream you will be able to dip in and dip out or re-join if you lose connection. Payment of the streaming fee can be made using a credit or debit card. Payments can be made in advance of the event so you can access the stream straight away when it is available.
Once the streaming is completed, it will remain online and available on Facebook to anyone who has paid for the stream to watch it back again.
Please share this information around to your friends and supporters who can't attend the event in person so that they can log on and support you online on the day!
Click here for the results from the open competitions held at Otley Show in Yorkshire and Cressage in Shropshire over the weekend
Click here for the results from the open competition held in Daventry over the weekend.
Click here for the results of the 2022 AAA Outdoor Championships and the Midland Area Open Championships held in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Click here to read about a very successful open international tug of war tournament hosted by Felton Eccles TOWC to celebrate their 75th anniversary.
Well done to all of the clubs and officials from home and abroad who took part in the event, and a big well done to the organisers for staging a great event!
Click here for the results of three outdoor tug of war events which took place on 23 and 24 April hosted by Upper Eden, Melton Mowbray Ladies and Oxney Vines Cross
Click here for the results of Lincoln TOWC annual open competition held on Easter Sunday.
Click here for the results and photos from the East of England Championships held in Kempston, Bedford over the weekend.
Click here for the results from Bosley's annual open tug of war competition held in Cheshire over the weekend.
The latest TWIF newsletter can be downloaded and read by clicking the link below.
Click here for the results from the third round of the Dorset Training League.
Results and photos courtesy of Nick Major.
The TOWA has now published an updated anti-doping policy
The Anti-doping policy is available to view by clicking here.
This weekend, the second outdoor tug of war competition of the 2022 season took place at the Dorset Training League.
Click here for the results from the event (results and photos courtesy of Nick Major)
This weekend, the first outdoor tug of war competition of the 2022 season took place at the Dorset Training League.
Click here for the results from the event (results and photos courtesy of Nick Major)
The Tug of War Association is saddened to learn of the sudden passing of TOWA judge and former Telford, St Pats, Raunds, Congleton and Bosley puller Tony Henshaw.
The Tug of War Association is sad to announce the passing of Tony Mitchell on Friday 14th January 2022. Tony pulled anchor for the successful West Pinchbeck side in the 1970’s.
As a birthday treat Tony and family travelled to Finchingfield, Essex for the National League Finals in August 2021.
His granddaughter Toni has written her personal thanks to all those at the event.
“We thank you, and the others that we met in August, for making him feel so special and allowing him to share his memories of the sport he loves to dearly. He has said ever since that it was the best birthday he has ever had and always spoke of it fondly since that day”.
Our thoughts are with Tony’s family and friends at this sad time.
Please see below the communication from TWIF confirming the cancellation of the 2022 World Indoor Tug of War Championships due to be held in the Netherlands.
The 2022 Prohibited List published by WADA is now in force.
Please make sure you check any medication or supplements for banned substances before taking them.
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Click here for the results, photos and videos from the 2021 National Indoor Tug of War Championships!
Click here for the results of the fifth and final indoor open competition of the 2021 Indoor Tug of War season ahead of the 2021 National Indoor Tug of War Championships, which take place on Saturday 4 December in Bakewell.
Click here for the results of the fourth competition of the 2021 Indoor Tug of War season.
Click here for the results of the AAA indoor tug of war championships
Click here for the results of the second week of indoor competition held at Bakewell showground.
Click here for the results of the first weekend of indoor tug of war competition of the 2021 indoor tug of war season at Bakewell Showground.
TOWA Area 5 once again hosted their annual autumn tug of war weekend in Kessingland.
The Area were pleased to see that four clubs entered (Essex, Hadleigh, Sandhurst and Raunds), with one club (Sandhurst) managing to field 3 teams in a number of weight classes.
Again, we were lucky with the weather and everyone enjoyed the pulling. For some pullers this was their first competition and it was pleasing to see a good number of ladies pulling.
We were also pleased to welcome a puller from Switzerland, who has informed us that he will return next year as he enjoyed it so much.
Results:
600kg - Winners - Sandhurst A - Runners Up - Essex
640kg - Winners - Raunds - Runners Up - Sandhurst A
680kg - Winners - Essex - Runners Up - Sandhurst A
600kg mixed - winners - Sandurst A - Runners Up - Essex
620kg - Winners - Sandhurst A - Runners Up - Essex
660kg - Winners - Sandhurst A - Runners Up - Essex
720kg - Winners - Essex - Runners Up - Sandhurst
660kg mixed - Winners - Sandhurst A - Runners Up - Essex
We held a catchweight competition in memory of our Former Area President David Ling and the Trophy was kindly donated by his family. This was won by Essex and runners up were Raunds..
Visit the international news page of this web site for the results from the 2021 World Championships held in Getxo on 16 - 19 September
England tug of war teams will be competing in Getxo in the Basque Country this week.
Click here to see who our representatives are, programme of events and live streaming info!
Below is an announcement on TWIF regarding the recent rule changes on the wearing of belts / protective clothing. A pdf copy of the ruling is also available to download below.
Click here for a feature about Essex TOWC on ITV Anglia talking about their preparations for the forthcoming World Championships in Getxo. The feature includes a video of the news bulletin. The footage was taken at the TOWA national league finals.
On 21-22 August 2021, the British and Irish Tug of War Championships took place in Northern Ireland with both an international competition and an open club competition. It was a great weekend for English teams with a number of gold, silver and bronze medals being won.
Click here for the results, some photos, videos and some social media reaction from the clubs taking part.
The 2021 National League Finals were this year hosted by Essex TOWC. A shorter league season took place this year due to a later start to the season.
Our thanks to go Essex TOWC for hosting the league finals, and to all of the teams who took part throughout the season.
The final standings in the National League can be found on the National League page.
The Tug of War Association are looking for venues / shows / public events to host the Tug of War Association National Tug of War Championships in 2022 and beyond.
If you have a venue and you are interested in staging the event, then please click here for further details about what is required.
Please can anyone wishing to put forward a championships venue for 2022 ensure that they are submitted to the TOWA Championships Secretary as early as possible so that the relevant venue can be visited and assessed for its suitability.
Over the weekend of 01 August, Bosley TOWC hosted the Inter County Tug of War Championships in Cheshire
Click here for the competition report, photos, and videos!
The 2021 Tug of War Association National Outdoor Tug of War Championships took place at the Grove RUFC on Saturday, with teams taking part in the mens, ladies and mixed weight classes.
Following a return to competition earlier this year, following a hiatus of over 12 months, it was great to be able to organise a national championship, and it was fantastic to see a good number of teams supporting the event, despite all of the uncertainty around. It was particularly pleasing to see an increase in the number of ladies teams and pullers. Of course, there were some teams who took part in 2019 that were not competing this season, but we hope to see them all get back together and be back out on the circuit in the future.
If the Olympic Games had taken place in 2020, it would have been 100 years after Tug of War was on the program for the last time.
The TWIF Monthly Focus newsletter can be downloaded below.
Over the weekend of 27 June, the TOWA Area 7 Championships took place
This was the final event before the national championships take place on 10 July.
Click here for the competition report, photos, and club reaction on social media!
Over the weekend of 20 June, Felton Eccles TOWC hosted the AAA Outdoor Tug of War Championships alongside their annual open tug of war competition.
It was great to see a much better supported AAA Championships this year compared to previous years.
Click here for the competition report, photos, and club reaction on social media!
Over the weekend of 13 June, Bedford Ladies TOWC hosted their annual open tug of war competition.
It was great to see lots of teams out competing once again, and in glorious sunshine too.
Click here for the competition report, photos, and club reaction on social media!
Click the link below to visit the Silk FM web site to download / listen to their podcast about tug of war, featuring their local club, Bosley
https://www.silk1069.com/on-air/podcasts/silk-sports-club-of-the-week/episode/bosley-tug-of-war/
Over the weekend of 6 June, Sandhurst TOWC hosted their annual open tug of war competition.
It was great to see lots of teams out competing once again, and in glorious sunshine too.
Click here for the competition report, photos, and club reaction on social media!
Please see below for the latest update from TWIF on the preparations for the World Championships in September. At the moment, the intention is still for the event to go ahead and further updates will be provided in due course as the situation evolves.
Over the weekend, the TOWA returned to Cressage for the annual Shropshire Open Tug of War Championships organised by the TOWA Midland Area No.2.
It was great to see teams out competing once again, and in glorious sunshine too.
Click here for the competition report, photos, videos, and club reaction on social media!
Over the week of 24-28 May, UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) organised their annual "Clean Sport Week" campaign. A number of useful resources were published, including:
UK Anti-Doping’s 100% me Clean Sport App, which allows athletes to stay up to date with essential anti doping information, as well as being able to keep track of any medication. These can be downloaded from the following sources:
iOS - https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/clean sport/id842611826
Google Play - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ukad.cleansporttoolkit&hl=en&gl=US
In addition, you can Complete the free Coach Clean or Clean Sport Advisor course on UKADs Clean Sport Hub to brush up on your anti doping knowledge.
https://bit.ly/3tIILWv
The latest TWIF monthly focus newsletter for May has now been published and can be downloaded as a pdf document via the link below.
UK Anti-Doping's Clean Sport Week webinar: “Sport and its post pandemic landscape” with Nick Pontefract from Sport England next week on Wednesday 26 May at 1pm You can register for the webinar here:
https://bit.ly/3tIILWv
The second competition of the 2021 outdoor season took place over the weekend, hosted by Essex TOWC. Click here for the results.
Tug of war is back! It was great to finally get tug of war competitions going with the first event of the 2021 season taking place in Shropshire over the weekend. It was great to see some new clubs taking part at the event too! Click here for the results and photos!
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The TWIF magazine is to be featured as a "guest publication" on this week's BBC Have I Got News for You on Friday (30 April) at 9pm.
It may not make the final edit for the 30 minute programme on Friday (it is a two hour shoot edited down to 30 minutes), and in the event that it is not, it will hopefully be featured on the extended version of the programme (Have I Got a Bit More News for You) on BBC 2 next Tuesday.
The Tug of War Association are very proud to announce that we have been successful in our bid to host the 2025 TWIF European Tug of War Championships, along with the World Junior and Under 23 Championships!
The venue for this event will be Nottingham University. We will be sharing more details in due course, but this is wonderful news!
The online Congress has finished. The whole meeting went very smoothly, so we are getting used to online meetings, but...
Posted by TWIF on Saturday, April 17, 2021
As TWIF and the Tug of War Association follow WADA Anti-doping rules, there are some useful seminars for pullers and coaches to attend.
Click the link below for further info.
https://www.theworldgames.org/news/The-World-Games-17/WADA-live-webinar-schedule-2119?
This months TWIF Focus newsletter, is now out, with a focus on youth, and includes interviews with young pullers from different countries, including Jacob Hudson of York TOWC.
The newsletter can be downloaded via the link below. Please share with your pullers / youngsters and use it to inspire more people to get involved in tug of war!
Watch the video below for a few memories from over the years.
The Tug of War Association would like to thank all clubs and individual members for your continued support and for renewing your memberships for 2021.
We are optimistic that competitions will be able to resume in some form in the spring, so if you have yet to renew your membership, please make sure you do so so that we have up to date contact details for you and we can keep you up to date with any new updates when more details about any "unlock" are announced by the Government in due course.
If you would like to join the TOWA as a club, associate or individual member, then please contact the treasurer or the secretary for a membership form.
Further details about joining the TOWA can be found by clicking here.
We hope to be able to see you all on the circuit soon.
The latest edition of the TWIF Magazine can be downloaded via the link below:
Click here to read about everything that happened at the 2011 European Championships and to see lots of photos and videos of all of the finals and some of the bronze medal matches from the event!
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In normal times, September would have seen TWIF celebrating its 60th Anniversary at the 2020 World Outdoor Tug of War Championships which were this year due to be held in the Basque Country. The World Championships have been postponed until next year. The Tug of War Association are otherwise proud to have been founder members of TWIF.
In the meantime, TWIF have published a 60th Anniversary Magazine, which can be downloaded below.
17-19 August 2020 marks 100 years since tug of war was last contested at the Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium in 1920 with Great Britain winning the gold medal.
The Tug of War Association would like to see our sport return in the future.
Of course, getting the sport back into the Olympics is a huge task, and we therefore remain humble and realistic and accept that we have some very hard work ahead to reach our ultimate dream of getting our sport back onto one of the worlds biggest sporting platforms.
Click here to read our press release about why we think tug of war should return to the Olympic Games.
If you want to get involved in tug of war by joining an existing club or starting your own team, then please contact us!
Click here to read about the 2010 TWIF 50th Anniverdary World Outdoor Tug of War Championships held in Pretoria, South Africa. The article also includes a highlight video.
Click here to read back on what happened at the 2010 outdoor national tug of war championships held in Warslow, Peak District.
The TOWA is sad to announce the passing of Ernie Cook.
Ernie was a stalwart member of Curzon & Rainham tug of war clubs, where he was the anchorman for many years. He was a great clubman missing very few competitions and will be remembered for his great sense of humour as well as his competitive spirit.
Our thoughts are with his family, friends and team mates at this sad time.