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                                                    GENSB 2019 - Another Great Showcase for Junior Tug of War


                                                    Saturday 24 August 2019 saw England host their fifth GENSB tournament at St Martin’s Plain Camp, Folkestone. Previous venues in England have been Canterbury (1999, 2004), Newquay (2009) and Folkestone (2014).


                                                    32 teams entered the draw for this year’s competition drawn from 8 different countries plus one multi nation side.


                                                    Country

                                                    Number of Teams

                                                    Basque Country

                                                    3

                                                    Belgium

                                                    4

                                                    England

                                                    2

                                                    Germany

                                                    3

                                                    Republic of Ireland

                                                    1

                                                    Netherlands

                                                    7

                                                    Switzerland

                                                    7

                                                    Wales

                                                    4

                                                    Multi Nation

                                                    1


                                                    The group stage of the competition saw the thirty two teams compete in four groups of eight.


                                                    The opening ceremony took place at 10.15am, leaving time for warm up prior to the 11.00 start. 6 members of Whitney Youth team were selected to carry the championship flag into the arena at the opening ceremony.  On a very hot day and with constant reminders about drinking lots of water, this future generation of athletes performed in true sporting fashion. Win or lose they all gave of their best and came back for more.


                                                    Photo: Flag bearers at the opening ceremony

                                                    Witney, England’s newest squad performed well, despite a couple of injuries prior to the competition, which demanded changes in the line-up, they came a creditable second in Group C.


                                                    In Group C they defeated Ebersecken A (Sui), Eire og (Rep of Ireland), Goiherri (Basque Country), Hay on Wye (Wales), Vriezenveen (Ned), Mix (Multi Nation). Their only defeat was to TTV Powerrangers 1 (Bel) who later in the day emerged as one of the finalists.


                                                    Photo: Witney Juniors from England

                                                    After  the group stage, the competition changed gear with the top four in each group entering the round of 16 for the knock out stage, which contained some excellent pulling.


                                                    The round of 16 saw the following matches take place featuring teams from Germany, England, Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Wales and Ireland:


                                                    TZC Wieden (GER) vs TZfr Dietenbach (GER)

                                                    Witney A (ENG) vs TSV Buch (GER)

                                                    Ebersecken B (SUI) vs Haye on Wye (WAL)

                                                    Stans-Oberdorf (SUI) vs TTV Mertensmannen (BEL)

                                                    Engelberg (SUI) vs TTV Heure (NED)

                                                    TTV Powerrangers 1 (BEL) vs TTV Powerrangers 2 (BEL)

                                                    Waldkirch (SUI) vs Eire OG (ROI)

                                                    Sins (SUI) vs Mosnang (SUI)


                                                    Photo: Bronze medal winners Waldkirch from Switzerland

                                                    Although Witney A were defeated in the round of 16, they did finish in 9th place overall based on average scores. Witney B finished in 29th place. Well done to both teams in their first GENSB.


                                                    TZC Wieden (Germany) continued their fine form in the group stage and worked their way through to the final where they emerged as worthy winner defeating TTV Powerrangers (Belgium) by two straight pulls.


                                                    This was the first GENSB final since 2012 to not have a team from Switzerland competing


                                                    Photo: TTV Powerrangers from Belgum - Silver Medal Winners

                                                    The route to the final:


                                                    Round of 16

                                                    Quarter Finals

                                                    Semi Finals

                                                    Final

                                                    Winner

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                    TZC Wieden

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                    TZFr. Dietenbach

                                                    TZC Wieden

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                    TZC Wieden

                                                     

                                                     

                                                    Witney Youth A  

                                                    TSV Buch

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                    TSV Buch

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                    TZC Wieden

                                                     

                                                    Ebersecken B

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                    Hay-on-Wye

                                                    Ebersecken B

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                    Ebersecken B

                                                     

                                                     

                                                    Stans-Oberdorf

                                                    Stans-Oberdorf

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                    TTV Mertensmannen

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                    TZC Wieden

                                                    Engelberg

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                    TTV Heure

                                                    Engelberg (1)

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                    TTV Powerrangers

                                                     

                                                     

                                                    TTV Powerrangers

                                                    Powerrangers (2)

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                    TTV Powerrangers 2

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                    TTV Powerrangers

                                                     

                                                    Waldkirch

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                    Eire og

                                                    Waldkirch

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                    Waldkirch

                                                     

                                                     

                                                    Sins

                                                    Mosnang

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                    Mosnang

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     


                                                    The bronze medal was taken by the 2017 winner Waldkirch (Sui) who defeated Ebersecken B (Sui) by two straight pulls.


                                                    Photo: TZC Wieden from Germany

                                                    Watch: GENSB 2019 Bronze Medal Pull

                                                    Waldkirch (Switzerland) in the yellow shirts vs Ebersecken B (Switzerland) in the blue and black shirts




                                                    Watch: GENSB 2019 Final

                                                    Wieden (Germany) in the grey and green stripe shirts vs TTV Powerrangers in the red shirts




                                                    After the medal presentation the GENSB flag was lowered and passed to next year’s host Netherlands.


                                                    Photo: TOWA Chairman Pete Dyer handing over the GENSB flag to the Netherlands

                                                    An event like GENSB does not happen by chance and is only successful with the help and co-operation of a band of volunteers, who each knew their role and performed with true professionalism.


                                                    I cannot attempt to name them all for fear of leaving someone out, each person knows the contribution they made to a memorable day.

                                                    But one name we all know- thanks Alec Masson.


                                                    Report by Martin Mulcahy.


                                                    Photo: TZC Wieden on top of the podium with the GENSB Trophy

                                                    Download the GENSB 2019 Results Book:

                                                    GENSB 2019 Results Book.pdf

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