Indoor Season 2023-24

British & Irish Championships Sat 13 January /Sun 14th January

The Scottish Tug of War Association had the pleasure in hosting this Championships which were held at J&S Montgomery in Beith Ayrshire.

We had teams from England, Ireland, N Ireland and Scotland in both Gents and Ladies teams competing.

Sat Results Closed Championships

600kg Gents

1st Ireland A, 2nd Scotaland A , 3rd N Ireland A , 4th Scotland B.

350kg Ladies

1st Scotland , 2nd England A , 3rd England B.

680kg Gents

1st Ireland A , 2nd England A , 3rd England B.

580kg Mixed

1st Scotland , 2nd England A , 3rd England B.

Scotland A Silver 600kg	Scotland Gold 375kg

Sunday Open Club results .

Mens 640kg 1st Clonmany B, 2nd Cockhill, 3rd Ayrshire

Ladies 350kg 1st Clonmany B, 2nd Ayrshire, 3rd Sheen

Mens 580kg 1st Cockhill, 2nd Ritchill l,3rd Ayrshire

Mens 680kg 1st Cockhill, 2nd Clonmany B, 3rd Tinto

Ladies 5 aside 350kg 1st Clonmany B, 2nd Ayrshire, 3rd Sheen

Mixed 4 x 4 580kg 1st Ayrshire, 2nd Sheen

Lizzie from Tinto TOWC with her medals

Tinto 680kg Bronze Medal	Ayrshire 640kg Bronze Medal

If we can just wish all our Scottish pullers all the best in the next World Championships which will take place in Sweden next month

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Sunday 9th December.

Our final competition this year was our Indoor National Championship which were held in Beith ,Ayrshire and we had the 600kg,640kg& 680kgt itles to be competed for.

With teams from Ayrshire, Cornhill & Tinto taking part. The 600kg was the first weight to be decided and it was between Ayrshire & Cornhill after a very competitive pull it was Ayrshire who took the medals being crowned National Indoor Champions at 600kg 2023.

We then moved on to the 680kg where we had Ayrshire,Cornhill & Tinto ready to battle it out, after some great pulling from all 3 clubs we ended with a great final between Ayrshire & Tinto, again with Ayrshire pulling some great ends they ended this weight as National Champions at 680kg.

Our Final weight of the day was the 640kg where again battles between Ayrshire,Cornhill & Tinto took place. The final took place between Ayrshire & Tinto and once again Ayrshire took this title as well being crowned 640kg National Indoor Champions once again. A great days pulling was had by all our pullers and this was a great day for our young pullers who now are getting more experience on the rope in preparation for the next competition.

The next competion will be the British & Irish Indoor Championships which will be held over the weekend 13th - 14th January and will be hosted by the Scottish Tug of War Association and will take place at Beith , Ayrshire .

Details to follow.

600kg Gold Ayrshire, Silver Cornhill

640kg Gold Ayrshire, Silver Tinto, Bronze Cornhill

680kg Gold Ayrshire, Silver Cornhill, Bronze Tinto.

The first competion of the Indoor season was held at Inverbervie on Sun 26th November where we had the 580kg Mixed with teams from Ayrshire & Cornhill competing for the title.

Although we had only 2 teams it was still a great days pulling with a lot of new pullers from the clubs which will have seen there first time of pulling at this level. Ayrshire TOWC achieved Gold on the day..Cornhill TOWC took the Silver .

We then had a mixed competition between all the pullers from the clubs which gave the new pullers more time on the rope.

Our next big day is the Indoor Nationals on Sunday 10th December which will take place in Beith. We will have teams from Ayrshire,Cornhill & Tinto competing in the 560kg,600kg,640kg & 680kg .

Ayrshire TOWC Mixed 580kg Gold

Cornhill TOWC Mixed 580kg Silver

Ayrshire TOWC in action

Cornhill TOWC in action

Cornhill TOWC Squad

World Outdoor Championships Switzerland.

We had club teams over representing in the Club Championships and Closed Championships from Ayrshire, Cornhill & Kinneff a full report will be published later.

Cornhill Squad

Kinneff TOWC in action 560kg

Ayrshire Juniors

Cornhill 560kg in action

Cornhill day of rest

Cornhill TOWC Bronze medallists in the Closed World Championship

Kinneff in action 560kg

Ayrshire Juniors World Club Champions 480kgs

640kg Represented by Cornhill TOWC

480kg Represented by Ayrshire TOWC

640kg 4th position in the World Championships

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Saturday 12th August.

British & Irish Tug of War Championships was held in Elgin and it was hosted by the Scottish Tug of War Association and we had teams from England,Ireland, N Ireland ,Scotland & Wales competing both Gents and Ladies teams taking part. We had Ladies teams in the 520kg & 560kg categories competing . In the Gents we had 600kg & 680kg teams . lastly we had a mixed 580kg category that took place with again all teams taking part.

Results.

520kg Gold England A, Silver England B, Bronze Scotland A.

560kg Gold England A, Silver England B , BronzeScotland A

600kg Gold England A, Silver Scotland A, Bronze England B.

680kg Gold England A, Silver Scotland A, Bronze England B

Mixed 580kg Gold England A, Silver Scotland A, Bronze England C

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Sunday 14th August

Open Club Championships

Ladies

520kg Gold Bedford, Silver Army, Bronze Cornhill

560kg Gold Army, Silver Bedford, Bronze Cornhill

Gents

560kg Gold Cornhill, Silver Garvagh, Bronze Felton

600kg Gold Lincoln, Silver Cornhill, Bronze Bancran

640kg Gold Lincoln, Silver Cornhill, Bronze Bancran

680kg Gold Lincoln, Silver Cornhill, Bronze Befrordshire

700kg Gold Cornhill, Silver Ballinstoe, Bronze Cornhill

Mixed 580kg Gold Lincoln, Silver Bedfordshire, Bronze Ayrshire

After a great weekend of pulling for Country and Clubs all teams will now looking to the European Championships which will be held in Switzerland in 2 weeks time. We wish all teams who will be atttending te Championships good luck.

A special mention must go to Cornhill TOWC who had there best results over the full weekend in many years getting a total of 13 medals out of 14 weights competed for.

Sunday 6th July

Scottish National Championship took place at Stonehaven Highland Games and what a result from Cornhill TOWC taking 9 Gold medals in the competition.

Full report and Photo,s to follow.

Ladies

500kg, 1st Cornhill. 2nd Ayrshire.3rd Brechin

520kg,1st Cornhill. 2nd Ayrshire.3rd Brechin.

540kg, 1st Cornhill. 2nd Ayrshire.3rd Brechin.

560kg, 1st Cornhill. 2nd Brechin. 3rd Ayrshire.

Gents.

560kg, 1st Cornhill. 2nd Ayrshire. 3rd Strathearn.

600kg, 1st Cornhill. 2nd Ayrshire. 3rd Tinto.

640kg, 1st Cornhill. 2nd Ayrshire. 3rd Elgin.

680kg, 1st Cornhill. 2nd Tinto. 3rd Tinto.

700kg, 1st Cornhill.2nd Tinto. 3rd Ayrshire.

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Sat 1st July.

Fettercairn Show is where we had our 1st National Championship Weight the Mixed 580kg and a great days pulling took place with teams fron Ayrshire, Cornhill A & B, Kinneff & Tinto .

After a hard competition Cornhill again took the Gold medal against Ayrshire to win the Mixed 580kg.

Results,

Mixed 580kg . 1st Cornhill, 2nd Ayrshire, 3rd Cornhill B

C/W 1st. Tinto,2nd Cornhill, 3rd Kinneff

C/W Ladies. 1st Mixed team. 2nd Cornhill

Sat 24th June

The final of the Young Farmers C/W Gents and Ladies took place at the Royal Highland Show on probably the hotest day for Tug of War this season.

We had a total of 10 teams in the Gents and the same in the Ladies all trying to become Higland Show Winners.

In the Ladies we saw Callander YF Club who have been improving every year take the title of Highland Show Winners not dropping an end the whole competition.

In the Gents another up and coming club Lesmahagow who took the title with a very hard 3 ender against Strathearn.

Results.

Gents, 1st Lesmahagow, 2nd Strathearn, 3rd Lanark, 4th Crossroads.

Ladies, 1st Callander, 2nd Strathbogie, 3rd Carluke, 4th SSS.

Any Junior Puller or under 23 puller who wishes to have a go at our great sport you can find all the details and programmes for this year below.

Juniors & Under 23

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Sat 10th June.

The Angus Show was a good day for pulling some good Tug of War with the weather being on our side. We had teams from Ayrshire, Brechin, Cornhill , Fife & Kinross & Tinto ladies and gents pulling in a mixture of weights.

Ladies C/W, 1st Fife & Kinross, 2nd Cornhill , 3rd Brechin

Mens C/W, 1st Cornhill, 2nd Tinto, 3rd Ayrshire

Mixed 600kg, 1st Cornhill A, 2nd Ayrshire,3rd Cornhill B.

Ladies 540kg, 1st Cornhill, 2nd Fife & Kinross.

Mixed 600kg, 1st Conhill, 2nd Tinto, 3rd Fife & Kinross.

Photo`s.

All the Young Farmers Qualifiers took place around Scotland to determine which clubs will be going forward to represent at the Royal Highland Show later in the month.

East Area

Gents. 1st Strathearn, 2nd Bathgate, 3rd Fife & Kinross

Ladies, 1st Fife & Kinross, 2nd Fife & Kinross Green, 3rd Brechin

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West Area

Gents. 1st Lesmahagow, 2nd Lanark, 3rd Crossroads, 4th Callendar

Ladies. 1st Callendar, 2nd Biggar, 3rd Carluke, 4th SSSS

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North Area

Gents, 1st East Aberdeenshire,2nd Kinneff, 3rd West Aberdeenshire

Ladies, 1st Strathbogie, 2nd East Aberdeenshire,

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North Open 6 a / side Gents

C/W 1st Cornhill,2nd Elgin, 3rd Strathmore, 4th Kinneff

680kg 1st Cornhill,2nd Elgin, 3rd Kinneff, 4th Strathdee.

North Open Ladies

1st Cornhill B, 2nd Cornhill A, 3rd Strathbogie, 4th East Aberdeenshire

Photo from Qualifiers. / Open

The season has definatley started with all Young Farmers teams now into training for the Area Qualifiers on Sat 3rd June where we will see teams from East ,West & North Young Farmers all trying to qualify to represent at the The Royal Highland Show which takes place at Ingilston on Sat 24th June.

In preparation we have been running training competiton with the view to get more teams and pullers into our sport. All teams will be looking towards the British & Irish Championships which this year will be hosted by the Association and will take place in Elgin on Sat12th & 13th Aug.

All club teams are invited to attend the Open Clubs which will take place on the Sunday. Any teams having a view to represent Scotland at these Championships must first qualify at the Scottish National Championships which will take place on Sunday 16th July at Stonehaven Highland Games.

Kinnneff Open training day Sun 28th May

Teams from Cornhill, Elgin, Kinneff, Fife & Kinross, Ayrshire & Brechin all enjoyed a hard day traing and pulled in 7 weights throughout the day.

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Sun 29th

The Dumfries & Galloway Young Farmers qualifier took place at Barony Campus.

Results

Gents. 1st Lower Nithsdale, 2nd Stewarty, 3rd Annandale

Ladies. 1st Annandale, 2nd Lower Nithsdale, 3rd Stewarty

Mixed. 1st Lower Nithsdale B, 2nd Annandale B ,3rd Stewarty.

We would like thank Barony Campus for allowing us to have the competition on the grounds. Also a big thanks to our Official on the day Mairi Fisher.

We would like to wish all teams the best of luck in the West Area Qualifiers which take place at Newmins Show on Sat 3rd June.

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World Indoor Championshionships Belfast March 08th -11th

Scotland had a successful weekend in Belfast returning with a haul of medals.

Results .

Ayrshire TOWC Gold Mens 640kg

Ayrshire Gold 580kg Mixed

Scotland Silver 580kg Mixed

Scotland 4th Closed 640kg

Scotland 5th Closed 600kg

Scottish National Indoor Championships 2022

We had a great day pulling at J&S Montgomery today for our National Indoor Championships. We had teams from Ayrshire, Brechin, Cornhill & Tinto competing in 580kg Mixed , 600kg,640kg & 680kg.

Ayrshire TOWC managed to come out as winners in all weights and had some hard pulls against the other clubs, Tinto Cornhill & Brechin did not make it easy for Ayrshire . Tinto & Cornhill took the finals to 3 ends. We had a great standard of pulling and it was good to see some of our Younger puller on the rope.

All teams will be looking forward to compete at B&I Championships being held in January over in the Republic of Ireland. Teams are also looking to attend the World Indoor Championships which will take place in Belfast in March 2023.

Results.

580kg Mixed -1st Ayrshire 2nd Brechin

600kg- 1st Ayrshire 2nd Cornhill

640kg -1st Ayrshire 2nd Cornhill 3rd Tinto

680kg -1st Ayrshire 2nd Tinto 3rd Cornhill

Cornhill TOWC	Tinto TOWC

Thursday 15th Sept - Sunday 18th World Championships Closed & Open Clubs.

Scotland sent teams from Ayrshire TOWC & Cornhill TOWC to the recent Championships that were held on Holten Holland . Cornhill took their 560kg team to compete in the Open clubs and also the Closed representing Scotland. They performed extremely well at both competiions and the standard was extremely high.They did not make the podium this time but gained more experience that will assist them in future Championship.

Ayrshire TOWC sent over the Junior members of the club and what a time they had returning as the World Champions in the Ladies 480kg and then following it up with a Silver medal in the Closed Championships competing against the best Junior teams in the World. The mixed 520kg also achieved a 4th position in an exremely hard competition.

World 480kg Club Champions

Ayrshire Mixed

Cornhill 560kg Representing Scotland

Ayrshire Ladies at World Championshps Holland

Some of the future stars of the sport.

Supporters .

Sat 13-14th Aug British & Irish Championships

Scotland sent down teams to Wales to compete at the Championships with pullers from Ayrshire TOWC & Cornhill TOWC both representing in the Closed and Open clubs at the weekend.

Cornhill TOWC representing Scotland in the 600kg & 680kg and Ayrshire ladies in the 520kg & 560kg.

Cornhill TOWC took the Gold medal in the 600kg and did not drop an end the whole competition. They have now been crowned B&I Championships again after winning this title 2 yeras ago. Cornhill them went on to take a Silver medal in the 680kg.They will now be confident in doing well in Holland where they go next month to the World Championships.

Ayrshire ladies also done well in bringing home a Bronze in the 520kg & 560kg which was a great feat considering the standard of the competition was extremely high. They will now be looking toward Holland in September where they will also compete at the World Championshps.

Scotland Squad representing at the B& I Championships.

Cornhill TOWC Gold medal 600kg

Cornhill TOWC Silver medal 680kg

Ayrshire TOWC Ladies Bronze medal 520kg & 560kg

Results

Sunday 14th Aug

The open clubs took place and we had teams from Ayrshire & Cornhill competing. Cornhill had an exceptional day in taking Gold in the 560kg and Silver in the 600kg & 680kg . Ayrshire Ladies reached the semi final in one of the weights but having had a hard day on the Saturday found it tough going.

Ayrshire TOWC	Cornhill TOWC

• Sun 17th Stonehaven Highland Games
• Scottish National Championhips

Cornhill TOWC Winners 560kg,600kg,640kg,680kg.720kg	Ayrshire Winners 500kg,520kg,540kg,560kg
Scottish Tug of War Officials.	Brechin TOWC Silver 560kg

• Sat July 2nd Fettercairn Show
• We had the pleasure of bringing our teams back to a Show that we have supported for a few years now. This being our first competition with a National weight 580kg mixed being fought over. We had teams from Ayrshire, Cornhill, Kinneff, & Brechin-Mearn. We would have had a lot more teams attending but the previous Saturday was the Royal Highland Show where we had an exceptional turnout and some teams dont do competitions every weekend. We will be looking for a large turnout for our Scottish National Championships which will take place a Stonehaven Highland Games on Sunday July 17th, all teams are welcome to attend , please register with our Secretary Emma Bone @ emma.bone@clydevetgroup.co.uk
• Results
• 580kg Mixed 1st Cornhill, 2nd Ayrshire, 3rd Brechin-Mearns
• 500kg Gents 1st Cornhill, 2nd Ayrshire,3rd Kinneff
• 450kg Ladies 1st Ayrshire,2nd Cornhill,3rd Brechin

Cornhill TOWC Gold Mixed 580kg	Ayrshire TOWC Silver Medal 580kg Mixed
Brechin-Mearns TOWC Bronze Medal 580kg Mixed	Cornhill TOWC in action

• Sat June 25th Royal Highland Show.
• The Highland Show saw the final of the Young Farmers Tug of War competition where we had 10 Ladies team and 10 Gents all trying to be crowned the Royal Highland Champions
• An exciting competition where we saw the Ladies fron Brechin Young Farmers win there first title at this Show. In the Gents we saw Carluke Young Farmers take there title as well.
• The semi-finals in the Gents were contested between Biggar,Carluke, Callendar ,& Bathgate A. After some great pulling in the semi`s we had the the final between Biggar YF & Carluke YF . Biggar have won this title on many previous occasions but today it was the strong men of Carluke YF who won the pull.
• The semi - finals in the Ladies were contested between Brechin,Strathbogie, Carluke & Ayr. The final took place between Brechin & Carluke and Brechin came out of this battle to be crowned Highland Show Winners. For the girls from Brechin this was there first every Highland Show Winners and they are very proud to have achieved this after the training they have put in over the years. A mention must go to Strathbogie who came 3rd in this gruelling competition as being a pretty new club to join the Tug of war they performed excellently.
• Gents,
• 1st Carluke. 2nd Biggar ,3rd Callendar. 4th Bathgate A.
• Ladies,
• 1st Brechin. 2nd Carluke, 3rd Strathbogie , 4th Ayr

Brechin Ladies Gold Winners	Carluke TOWC & Brechin TOWC Highland Winners

• Sat June 11th Stirling Agricultural Show
• After an abscence of 3 years we were able to get some teams to attend the show and it was a very good turnout for the day. Weather conditions a bit blustery but some great pulling took place Gents , Ladies & Mixed competitions took place. We had a 9 team pull in one of the weights so teams had plenty of pulling.
• Results .
• Ladies 410kg
• 1st Ayrshire
• 2nd Carluke
• 3rd Cornhill
• 4th Calendar
• Gents 500kg
• 1st Carluke
• 2nd Cornhill
• 3rd Ayrshire
• 4th Bathgate
• Mixed 600kg
• 1st Cornhill
• 2nd Carluke
• 3rd Ayrshire B
• 4th Ayrshire A
• All teams will be getting ready to compete at the Royal Highland Show in 2 weeks time good luck.
• East Area Qualifier June 4th
• Gents
• 1st Bathgate A
• 2nd Strathearn
• 3rd Aberfeldy
• 4th Bathgate B
• Ladies
• 1st Brechin
• 2nd Aberfeldy
• 3rd Fife A
• 4th Fife B

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• North Area Qualifier June 4th
• Ladies
• 1st Strathbogie
• 2nd East Aberdeenshire
• Gents
• 1st East Aberdeenshire
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• West Area Qualifier May 28th
• Gents
• 1st Carluke
• 2nd Calendar
• 3rd Ayr
• 4th Biggar
• Ladies
• 1st Carlike
• 2nd Biggar
• 3rd Calendar
• 4th Crossroads

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• Lanarkshire Qualifier May 1st
• Gents
• 1st Carluke
• 2nd Lan Dale (Avondale & Lanark YF )
• 3rd Biggar
• Ladies
• 1st Carluke
• 2nd Biggar
• 3rd Avondale
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• Neilston Show
• C/W Gents
• 1st Kilmaurs, 2nd Lesmahagow, 3rd Beith
• C-W Girls
• 1st Calendar, 2nd Avondale, 3rd Kilmaurs
• C/W Mixed
• 1st Kilmaurs B, 2nd Kilmaurs A, 3rd, Beith A
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• Kinneff Training Competition 22nd April
• Ladies 410kg
• 1st Carluke, 2nd Cornhill, 3rd Calendar
• Gents 500kg
• 1st Cornhill, 2nd Callendar,3rd Ayrshire
• Mixed 580kg
• 1st Ayrshire,2nd Cornhill,3rd Banff
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640kg World Championships 2020	Cornhill TOWC Gold 680kg WCI 2020
680kg World Champions 2020	640kg World Champions 2020
AyrshireTOWC World Champions 520kg	Ayrshire Ladies Cape Town
Ayrshire British & Irish Champions 520kg - 2018	Ayrshire Mixed 600kg - 2017
Cornhill TOWC National Champions 2017	Cornhill TOWC B & I Champions
Cornhill TOWC competing at B&I Championships Piper Dam	Cornhill TOWC B&I 600kg Gold winners
Cornhill Ladies representing at B& I Championships	Cornhill Mixed 580kg competing at B& I Champions
Cornhill Ladies representing B& I Championships	Cornhill Ladies B & I Indoor Championships . Piper Dam
Brechin Ladies Scottish Nationals 2021	Brechin TOWC
Elgin TOWC	Elgin TOWC
Elgin TOWC Mixed 580kg	Elgin TOWC 600kg
SSS - TOWC	Tinto TOWC Piper Dam
Ayrshire Ladies Cape Town World Outdoor Championships	Ayrshire TOWC National Champions 560kg
Ayrshire TOWC	Ayrshire Mixed 580kg
Cornhill TOWC Indoor Squad 2019	Biggar YF National Champions
Cornhill TOWC B&I Champions 600kg	Calendar Ladies
Calendar Bronze medal Royal Highland Show	Elgin TOWC
Kinneff TOWC 560kg National Champions - Stirling	Ladies 500kg Representing China 2018 WCI
600kg China WCI 2018	600g in action WCI 2018
640kg Gold Winners WCI 2018	680kg Gold Winners WCI 2018

Mixed 600g China 2018	Mixed Gold medal B&I Championships 2018
600kg Gold medal UK Championships 2009	600kg In action UK Championships 2009
B&I Champions 2018	China WCI Sqaud 2018
Tinto TOWC China 2018	Tinto Indoor Squad 2018
Elgin TOWC Silver medal B& I Championships 2019	Elgin TOWC in action
Cornhill TOWC in action Belfast B& I Championships	680kg B&I Winners Gold medal 2019
B&I Championships Gold Medal