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Guinness World Record Holders - World Open 660 4+4 Champions Tug of War Association Silver medallists - Tug of War Federation Gold Medallists Represented England at 720 kilos in 2008 TWIF World Championships Sweden |
Holland Tug of War Club |
Vires Lunclus est Validus - Strength United is Stronger |
Of Barton under Needwood and England (Established 1970) |
END OF SEASON PRESENTATION NIGHT FRIDAY 30th OCTOBER |
Some of the Award Winners on Presentation Evening: Top Left - Pullers Puller: Shaun Jose Top Right -Ladies True Grit Award: Emily Kerry Below Left - Most Improved Puller: Jason Lay Centre- Bronze Award of Honour: Siobhaun Jose Right - Ridware Boys with National Champs Shield MORE PICS ON LATEST NEWS PAGE .... |
It was a super, super evening as members past and present, friends, sponsors and supporters of Holland Tug of War Club assembled at the club to celebrate 40 seasons of tug of war in Barton, with the end of season Presentation Evening. This years event was marking a record season for the club, which saw Holland turn out on 39 occasions, and beat 100 teams and win 244 trophies, and 135 of those were Winners! Over 35 members have represented the club in 2009, and awards were presented to the pullers, amidst rapturous and loud applause: Well Done: Tony Mason Stephen Rowley Alex Mackeller Charlotte Cunningham Jason Lay Tony Lay George Goodwin Brian Cudmore Brian Wheeler Craig Hudson Andy Evans Tom Taberner Tom Hollinshead Lucie Gray Siobhaun Jose Shaun Jose Kevin Wilson Emily Kerry James Kerry James Gardner Tony Watson Tony Gray Karen Gardner Ian Murphy Gavin Corden Steve Gardner and Bill Kerry. After the Club Awards were presented, Karen presented a cheque for £800 to Sandra Gibbons of Burton Breast Care Unit. Following her year of treatment for Breast Cancer Karen had set out to raise funds for the unit that looked after her. This years Barton 4s was a Charity event and Karen raised £477 that day with the help of those assembled. The awards for the Barton 4s were then presented, to Neil Hudson (who travelled from York) James Kerry, and Pete Baker took Susies award for her as she was not able to attend. The Brian Hodgson Memorial Pullers Puller award was presented by Gavin to worthy winner Shaun Jose. James Kerry received the Stephen Bates Memorial Cup for long service to the club, this was presented by Tony and Marj Bates. There was a Bronze Award of Honour presented by Bill, recognising 5 years service to the club, and this award went to Siobhaun Jose, who has been an active, popular and hard working member of the squad. Two new cups were also presented: The Most Improved Puller trophy presented by Gavin, went to a very deserving Jason Lay, who in his first year with the club has achieved many things, and the Holland Ladies True Grit Trophy which is presented to members of the ladies section who have done so much to help fashion the strong ladies section in the club, was presented by Holland's first ever female member: Sarah Bott,and she presented the award to Emily Kerry, in recognition of her 8 years with club. (Sarah Bott was also the first woman to win a national medal at the Federation Championships, winning the Bronze medal in the 600 kilos in 1992) This award was made retrospectivley, and also had the names of other members of the ladies section engraved on it: Sarah Bott Karen Gardner Tracy kerry Catrina Lawrence Tracy Delves Laura Pickford Louise Johnson and Rachel Lewis, a fine list to which Emily is now added. A group photo was taken of the Ridware lads that were present with the National YFs Shield that they won at the Royal Show, and Steve and Bill presented Tony Bates with a special award as a thank you for his continued support! All in all a fantastic night to end a fantastic season - Well Done Everybody, it made you feel proud to be a part of it! |
Holland Tug of War Club On Tour Visit to Titanic Brewery Members of the tug of war team made a memorable visit to the Titanic Brewery at Burslem nr Stoke on Trent on Thursday 10th December. We had a good tour of the establishment and got down to some serious qaulity control (Drinking) - Recomend Ice Berg a super drink, oh and Titanic Stout, and White Star...oh and Steerage e...tc..! We finished on Wreckage which is just 7.2 abv ha ha. Good Times! NEXT BREWERY TRIP ............. 25th Feb - Black Hole Brewery |
Left- The Stephen Bates Memorial Trophy is presented to James Kerry Below - Karen presents Sandra Gibbons of Burton Breast Care Unit with the cheque for £800, the majority of which she raised at the Barton 4s day |
SOME GOOD RANDOM SHOTS FROM 2009 |
Can you name what the teams are and where the pulling was taking place? |
Thursday 21st January - Our Visit to Highgate Brewery, Walsall It was a super evening, a wonderful old Victorian Brewery and great Ale. We had 17 in the visiting group, they put on a good buffet for us and Karens team won the fun quiz. All in all a great evening - Well done Highgate Brewey. |
Next Brewery Trip: (Get your name on the list) Thursday 25th February The Black Hole Brewery, Burton |
Sponsorship Appeal: Times are difficult, but we must still look for Sponsorship to help us fund the clubs running costs. We do a lot of good work ourselves with subscriptions and marvellous fund raising activities throughout the year, but when you consider that we pay £2000 per season on entry fees alone (with running costs at roughly £4000 to £5000) then we see that our subscriptions amount to far less than a third of the amount we need to find each season to compete. If you know anyone who might be prepared to help us with our cause please let the editor know as soon as possible. This year we plan to compete at the World Championships in South Africa in September and Jaggersrust International Tournament in August, this will be a considerable extra expense, any help towards this initiative would be welcome! A BIG BIG THANK YOU TO ROGER MERCER AND MERCER FARMING WHO HAVE ALREADY SPONSORED US £500 FOR 2010! |
Pre Season Training Sunday 7th February Bottom Left: The Tankard Boys Lee and Jason, one is 21 and one is 40 But can you tell which one is which? |