Insured for Scotland?

The 2011 affiliation period expires at the end of January. Any club wishing to compete in Scotland next month must affiliate by the 31st of January for the association to approve their entry in the open club event. All pullers competing in Scotland should be registered with a club (therefore registered with the association) in order to [...]

World indoor championships, Scotland

Happy New Year to you all, Could I please ask you to encourage your teams to let me know  the requirements for Accommodation if they require it and also could pullers start to get Accredited. Time is passing and would appreciate your help in this matter, don’t want to be doing everything in the last [...]

World 640kg Roll of Honour

Click here for the 640kg roll of honour at the World Outdoor championships.

European championships, Minehead

Click here to see the full results book. Click here to see photos from the championships (Note: there are 5 pages of photos). Click here to see videos from finals and bronze medal pull-offs during the championship. Click here to see an article from the Farmers Journal Country Living magazine during the championships in Minehead. Click here [...]

Disappointing close to the championships for Ireland

The Ireland ladies 520kg team were the highlight to a rather disappointing day for the Irish panel as the European championships drew to a close today. The management were forced to make a change due to a last minute injury but nonetheless they performed very well. The first pull of the day on top of the ground against England [...]

Ireland win 680kg gold

Click here to see the first end. Click here to see the second end. Click here to see the third and deciding end.

Ireland retain 680kg European title

Nine team took part in the men’s 680kg championship this morning as the European closed championship kicked off. Ireland pulled well in this competition but were made to work hard against many of the teams. The Irish lost one end to Netherlands and an end to Sweden in finishing second place. In the semi finals [...]

Bronze for Boley at 640kg

The five Irish teams who took part in the 640kg competition were Boley, Lakehill, Glenhill, Gortletteragh & Donoughmore. The two Cork teams pulled extremely well just missing out on qualification finishing third in their groups. Gortletteragh were drawn in a group of death which included Engelberg & Eibergen and failed to qualify. Lakehill pulled very well to [...]

Poor day one for Irish teams

In a cruel twist of fate arch rivals Boley & Lakehill were drawn in the same group in the 680kg competition and faced each other in the first pull of the day, a repeat of the final from two years ago. This was a grueling contest with Lakehill winning rope in both ends but Boley doing enough [...]

Great trunout for Killylough celebrations

There was a great turnout of teams yesterday as the Killylough club celebrated their 40th anniversary in Tydavnet. The clubs who attended were Ballinagh, Bancran, Binnian View, Boley, Boyneside, Brideswell, Fairywater, Glenhill, Gills, Gortletteragh, Killylough, Lakehill, Lavalley, Leo’s Boys, Mountain View, Taughmaconnell, Rockies, Slaneysiders & Staleptons. 12 teams took part in the 640kg senior competition [...]

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