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2025 World Championships
on 4-7 September 2025, England will be hosting the TWIF World Championships.
The event will be taking place at Nottingham University and information about the event can be found at 
www.tugofwar2025.com
The event will include an open club competition and all clubs from home and abroad are invited to take part in the open competition. Entries, accommodation bookings and accreditation is now open, and everyone is encouraged to book early. Visit the event web site to book in and enter!
In the meantime, you can follow the event on social media by searching for @tugofwar2025 on Facebook and Instagram - please give these pages a follow if you use social media.
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01/06/2025 - York TOWC Open Competition Results
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01/06/2025 - Sandhurst TOWC Open Competition Results
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25/05/2025 - Shropshire Open Championships Results
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18/05/2025 - Felton Eccles TOWC Open Competition Results
The results:
Catchweight - 1st- Lincoln - 2nd - G&B
Ladies/youth 560 - 1st- Bedford - 2nd - Cornhill
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27/04/2025 - Melton Ladies Open Competition Results
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20/04/2025 - Lincoln TOWC Open Competition Results
Winners and runners up from each weight were as follows:
Ladies and youth 560 - winners - Melton Mowbray - r/up - Bedford Ladies.
13/04/2025 - East of England Open Competition Results
East Anglia Tug of War Club A and B, Felton Eccles Tug Of War Club, Army, Anstey TOW, Oxney Vines Cross, Bosley Tug of War Club with Bedford Ladies Tug of War also taking part in the men’s 600Felton Eccles youth tow
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06/04/2025 - Bosley TOWC Open Competition Results
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30/03/2025 - East Anglia TOWC Open Competition Results
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Tony Martin
Rest in peace, Tony—you were truly one of a kind.
Tony’s funeral will take place on Thursday 17th April at 1pm at Gloucester Cemeteries & Crematorium, Field Cottage, Coney Hill Rd, Gloucester GL4 4PA. Followed by a buffet etc to celebrate his life at the Birchall Memorial Institute, (BMI Club), 8 Bondend Rd, Upton St Leonards, Gloucester GL4 8AG.
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John Herty
The TOWA is sad to report the death of John Herty after a long battle with illness.
John was involved in the sport of tug of war for a huge number of years, competing with a number of teams during this time, including Albright and Wilson, St Pats, Congleton, Bosley and Lincoln winning many medals, and above all, winning many friends along the way.
Rest in peace John.
We will share any funeral details when known.
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Tug of War Association AGM
The Tug of War Association AGM will take place on Saturday 25 January 2025 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Birmingham NEC, Pendigo Way, Birmingham, B40 1PS.
All club representatives and individual members are encouraged to attend. If your club secretary is unable to attend, then a stand-in representative may attend to vote on a club's behalf, provided they have a signed letter of authority to do so.
Anyone involved in tug of war may attend the AGM, however only paid up members may vote.
With the TOWA hosting the 2025 European Championships in Nottingham, we will be looking for volunteers to help out with staging this event, so please do make sure you come along to the AGM to find out more and we will tell you how to get involved.
We look forward to seeing everyone at the AGM!
Please note that car parking is free at the hotel, provided you sign in and enter your vehicle registration at the hotel reception
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Tug of War Coaches Course - 23 February 2025
This years tug of war coaches course will be held in conjunction with Army Tug of War on 23 February 2024 at Larkhill Garrison, Wiltshire.
If you are looking to get into coaching, have recently started a team, or have been asked to take on a coaching role for a Young Farmers team, army regiment, etc. then you are encouraged to enrol and take part in the course.
For more information and to sign up, click on the link or use the QR code - https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=7WB3vlNZS0iuldChbfoJ5YP5-9TA5GNKqQzS0KXR1RlUM0FOOTJNWldSRFFZRjBIN0U3VktPUEYwSS4u&origin=QRCode
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Tug of War Judges Course - 22-23 February 2025
The Tug of War Association is running its next Judges Course on the weekend of 22/23 February.
The Tug of War Association only has a small pool of judges and we require more officials to help officiate at various local and national events around the country, as well as other events such as YFC rallies and the NFYFC national finals.
If you are a retired puller and want to stay involved in the sport, then why not be part of the action in the middle of the arena by becoming a tug of war judge at our events?
For more information and to sign up, click on the link or use the QR code -https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=DQSIkWdsW0yxEjajBLZtrQAAAAAAAAAAAANAAdOYWApUQTY0TkhHQVpETEc2SDRDOFBZTEw1Q1NZVy4u&origin=QRCode
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Renew Your TOWA Membership for 2025
http://www.tugofwar.co.uk/join-the-towa
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Gill Thomas
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07/12/2024 - National Indoor Tug of War Championships Results
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17/11/2024 - Indoor Tug of War - Event 4 Results
Teams competing - Uppertown, Sheen (A and B), Kilroe, Bosley - Ladies and Youth - Sheen, Kilroe, Penhow
Results
Catchweight - winners - Sheen - runners up - Kilroe
600 - winners - Uppertown - runners up - Sheen A
680 - winners - Kilroe - runners up - Sheen A
580 - winners - Uppertown - runners up - Bosley
640 - winners - Uppertown - runners up - Sheen A
Ladies/youth 520 - winners - Sheen - runners up - Penhow
Ladies/youth 560 - winners - Sheen - runners up - Penhow
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10/11/2024 - AAA Indoor Tug of War Championships Results
Teams competing - Uppertown, Kilroe, Sheen (A and B), Bosley (A and B), Kilroe Juniors, Sheen Juniors
This weekend, the AAA indoor tug of war championships took place in Bakewell, with the closed weights of 640kg and catchweight being held, and this year, we were also able to stage the junior AAA competition for the first time. There was some close competition between the teams and some very exciting matches between the teams in the open and closed competitions. The final results were as follows:
AAA Closed
Catchweight - Gold - Sheen - Silver - Kilroe
640kg - Gold - Uppertown - Silver - Sheen
Junior 520kg - Gold - Sheen - Silver - Kilroe
Open Competition
600kg - winners - Bosley A - runners up - Kilroe
620kg - winners - Uppertown - runners up - Bosley A
680kg - winners - Kilroe - runners up - Uppertown
Ladies/youth 520kg - winners - Kilroe - runners up - Sheen
Ladies/youth 560kg - winners - Kilroe - runners up - Sheen
Congratulations to everyone who took part and made it an exciting day of competition!
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3/11/2024 - Indoor Tug of War Results
Teams competing - Sheen (A and B), Uppertown, Kilroe, Bosley
Catchweight - winners - Sheen A - runners up - Bosley
600 - winners - Bosley - runners up - Uppertown
680 - winners - Sheen A - runners up - Bosley
620 - winners - Bosley - runners up - Uppertown
640 - winners - Bosley - runners up - Sheen A
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Host a Tug of War Event in 2025
The 2025 fixture list will be finalised during November, so please make sure you apply to hold your events as soon as possible.
Click here for further details and minimum requirements for event venues and application forms.
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Host the 2025 National Tug of War Championships
The Tug of War Association are looking for venues to host future national tug of war championships. Click here for more details about venue requirements and the dates of the championships for the next few seasons. Please ensure that any submissions are made in good time so that venues can be inspected for their suitability prior to a decision being made.
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Meet the Teams Representing England at the 2024 World Championships in Mannheim, Germany!
Click here to read about all of the teams competing in Germany at the World Championships on 5 - 8 September 2024
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24/08/2024 - TOWA Hosts Successful GENSB Junior International Tournament at Keele University!
This weekend, The Tug of War Association had the honour of hosting GENSB 2024 at Keele University in Staffordshire.
It was wonderful too see so many young people taking part, including 8 junior teams from England, with some fantastic performances from each and every one of them.
The TOWA very much wants to continue to increase junior participation further, and we would like to see more senior clubs currently without full junior teams continue to get out there and recruit junior pullers to their teams. GENSB takes place in the Netherlands next year, and of course there will be our national championships where we run junior men, junior ladies, junior mixed and GENSB weight classes, and we very much encourage all clubs and Young Farmers Clubs to enter those.
Then in September 2025, there is the small matter of England hosting the 2025 European Championships in Nottingham that will include the World Junior and Under 23 Championships where there will be both a club competition and the international competition. We would like to see a high level of participation from England junior teams competing in the open club competition in Nottingham, and we will be publishing more information about this event and how to participate very soon, so watch this space for further details.
Let’s keep working together and growing participation in junior tug of war!
Click here for a full report from the event from an English perspective.
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10/11 August 2024 - British and Irish Outdoor Tug of War Championships Results
Click here for the results of the 2024 British and Irish Championships which were held on 10/11 August and hosted by the Tug of War Association in Melton Mowbray with the kind support of Melton Mowbray Ladies TOWC and Lincoln TOWC.
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21/07/2024 - South West Area Open Results
Click here for the South West Open Tug of War Competition held in Wrington, near Bristol, Somerset.
14/07/2024 - 2024 Inter County Tug of War Championships Results
Click here for the results of the 2024 Inter County Tug of War Championships hosted by Oxney Vines Cross.
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15/06/2024 - Mens National Tug of War Championships Results
Click here for the results of the mens competitions at the 2024 National Championships held in Offwell, Devon over the weekend.
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15/06/2024 - Womens National Tug of War Championships Results
Click here for the results of the womens competitions at the 2024 National Championships held in Offwell, Devon over the weekend.
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15/06/2024 - National Junior Tug of War Championships Results
Click here for the results of the junior competitions at the 2024 National Championships held in Offwell, Devon over the weekend.
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2024 National Outdoor Tug of War Championships - Saturday 15 June - Live Streaming
On Saturday 15 June, we will be live streaming the national championships in Devon on our YouTube Channel. Competitions will commence at 09.30am and you can watch below:
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GENSB 2024 - Keele University, Staffordshire, England
On 24 August, England will be hosting the annual GENSB junior international club competition in Staffordshire.
Information relating to the 2024 GENSB youth international tug of war tournament is now available on the GENSB web site at www.gensb.eu.
The registration deadline is 19th July 2024
You can enter your team into the competition and book accommodation by e-mailing GENSB2024@outlook.com
This event is open to any junior tug of war team to enter, so don't delay - get your junior teams together and enter! It will be a great weekend of junior tug of war!
18/05/2024 - Devon County Show Tug of War Competition Results
Click here for the tug of war results from Devon County Show
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12/05/2024 - Sheen Farmers TOWC Open Competition Results
Click here for the results of Sheen Farmers TOWCs open competition.
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05/05/2024 - Midland Championships Results
Click here for the results of the Midland Championships
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27/04/2024 - Junior and Under 23 Training Events
A junior training day and an under 23 training day took place on Saturday 27 April in Devon and Cheshire respectively.
Click here to read more about how everyone got on.
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21/04/2024 - Melton Mowbray Open Competition Results
Click here for the results of Melton Mowbray Ladies TOWCs open competition.
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14/04/2024 - East of England Championships Results
Click here for the results of the East of England Championships
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13/04/2024 - Upper Eden TOWC Open Competition Results
Click here for the results of Upper Eden TOWCs annual open competition.
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07/04/2024 - Bosley TOWC Open Competition Results
Click here for the results of Bosley TOWCs annual open competition.
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07/04/2024 - FWA Training League Week 4 Results
Click here for the results of the final round of the FWA Training League and the overall league results.
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24/03/2024 - FWA Training League Week 3 Results
Click here for the results of the third Far Western Area Training League competition of 2024
Results and photos courtesy of Nick Major
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17/03/2024 - FWA Training League Week 2 Results
Click here for the results of the second Far Western Area Training League competition of 2024
Results and photos courtesy of Nick Major
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10/03/2024 - FWA Training League Week 1 Results
Click here for the results of the first Far Western Area Training League competition of 2024.
Results and photos courtesy of Nick Major.
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2024 Awards
At the Tug of War Association AGM held recently, Awards of Merit were announced and presented to the recipients. Those people receiving awards were Pete Dyer, Wendy Dyer and Dave Knott. 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 presented one of its newer awards – an “outstanding achievement” award to be presented to people who had made an outstanding contribution to the sport over the previous 12 months. This years recipients were Jonathan Capper and Claire Thwaites. You can read more about why these members were nominated and received their awards by clicking here.
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2024 British and Irish Indoor Tug of War Championships Results - 13 and 14 January 2024
The 2024 British and Irish Indoor Tug of War Championships took place over the weekend hosted by the Scottish Tug of War Association at Beith to the south west of Glasgow.
For the first time prior to Covid, England had teams competing at the event, which was a good starting point as this side of tug of war in England has taken longer to recover in terms of participation than the outdoor side of the sport, and after a greater level of participation this year, it was good to see teams and pullers taking part at the British and Irish Championships, which is an important stepping stone for the future.
Click here for the results
