Sunday 27th August – 33rd Federation National Championships – Burntwood, Staffs.

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Wow.. what a day, the weather was amazing, an out and out frazzler…. but despite the heat the pulling was electric also.

Well done to Shaun and LCS for putting on the venue. Chief Judge was Steve Gardner with Karen Gardner acting as recorder. Assistant Judges were John Lennon, Steve Goss and Kev Wilson.

450 kilos Gold winners were 3 Regt with Triple F in Silver and Diesel Power in Bronze positions

525 kilos Gold Winners were Olney with 3 Regt in Silver and Triple F in Bronze position.

450 3+4 Gold medal Winners were LCS with Diesel Power in Silver and Olney in Bronze positions

480 Kilos Gold Medal Winners 3 Regt with Olney in Silver and Triple F in Bronze position.

C/W Gold Medal Winners were Triple F with Olney taking a silver and 3 Regt taking Bronze

The Winners of the ‘Most Sporting Team Trophy’ were Diesel Power who had arrived with a bare six, and pulled with that very light team in all weights!

See Results Page for full details and medal winning team photos!

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Get Ready for the Big One!

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COMING UP…….

Federation National Championships…

Sunday 27th August

Venue: – LCS TOWC Hosts: Burntwood Rugby Club
The Sportsway, Burntwood, Staffordshire WS7 3PH

450kg,480kg,525kg,CW, 450kg 3×3

£10.00 P.W. W.I. 11.00, F.P. 12.00.

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Final Standings and Award Winners for the 2017 National League

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The Overall Final Results of the Federation 2017 National League after all 7 legs:

2017 450k: Diesel Power, Shropshire 11pts, R/Up LCS 11 pts, 3rd Deisel Power B 6pts

2017 480k: Triple F, Bucks 14pts, R/up Deisel Power 10pts, 3rd LCS 7pts

2017 525k: LCS, West Midlands 18pts, R/up Deisel Power 13pts, 3rd Triple F12 pts

2017 C/W: LCS, West Midlands 15pts, R/up Triple F 11pts, 3rd Olney 4pts

2017 450 3+3: Olney, Bucks. 5pts R/up Deisel 3pts 3rd LCS 2pts

Well done to all the teams that took part in the National League Events:

LCS 53pts, Triple F 41, Deisel Power 38, Olney 25, Halkyn 15, 3 Rect RLC 11, LCS B 8, Deisel B 8, LCS C 4, Nantwich 4, Blunham 2, St Pats 2, Triple F B 1

The Overall 2017 Season Champion of Champions Trophy was awarded and presented to: LCS

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National League Finals – Sunday 13th August – Newport Pagnall

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Much fun was had at the final league event with the Sky Sports Cameras certainly causing a stir. The business of the day though was to win as many points as possible to add to the seasons totals and see who would be crowned the Champions of each weight class and who would win the R.W. Ebdon Champion of Champions Shield:

The Final League Days Results were:

450 kilos: Winners LCS R/Up Olney
480 kilos: Winners RLC (3 Regt.) R/Up Triple F 3rd LCS
525 kilos: Winers RLC R/Up Triple F 3rd LCS 4th Olney
C/W: Winners RLC + Triple F 3rd LCS 4th Olney
450 3+3: Winners Olney R/Up LCS

Overall Winners on the day RLC (3 Regt) R/up Triple F 3rd LCS

See Results Page for Full Details!

The 2017 Inter Counties Championships – Sunday 30th July – Heckington Show

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Appalling ground conditions on the show field did not deter or hamper the event in any way and the competition was started on time at 12 noon. Six teams contested the five weights: Hadleigh, LCS, Triple F, Royal Marines, Conningsby and Diesel Power. The event was sponsored in the medals by Dave Ling for which the Federation are very grateful. The judges were Steve Gardner and Dave Ling and the recorder was Karen Gardner. During the event Dave Ling conducted a children’s fun pull which saw him judging the pull with about 30 to 40 kids taking part and each one received a medal, again provided by Dave Ling. This year was the 150th Annual Show at Heckington…the longest running continual held show of its type in the Country!

A great day was had by all with some thrilling pulling. All teams pulled well, the medal winning results were as follows…..

C/W.   Gold Hadleigh.   Silver LCS.   Bronze Triple F

450 Kilos:   Gold Diesel Power.   Silver Royal Marines   Bronze LCS

525 kilos:    Gold Diesel Power    Silver Royal Marines   Bronze Triple F

480 Kilos:   Gold Diesel Power    Silver LCS. Bromze Triple F

450 3+3:     Gold Diesel Power.   Silver LCS. Bronze Conningsby

So well done to all the teams, and especially well done to Diesel Power representing Shropshire and taking four of the five titles on the day! See Results page for full results and team photos!

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15th July – Maurice Simons Memorial Pull – Eastville, Lincs.

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Saturday 15th July – Eastville Village Hall, Lincs.

The Maurice Simons Memorial Pull

Well done to all the pullers who turned out to make this event a great success…. current and ex pullers of the Federation including pullers who hadn’t touched a rope for years. It was great to have Sharon and members of Maurice’s family with us including Son Mark who was pulling on the rope… well done Mark. Big Thanks to Adam Baxter and Trevor from the Duke of Wellington for organising the event.

Thanks to Shaun for bringing an LCS team with a Triple F flavour thanks to the team known as the Cube, also the Duke of Wellington and Nomads teams which had many ex pullers pulling who came to support the day.

When it was all over the Winners were LCS with the Cube in Second and the Nomads and Duke of Wellington tied in joint third place.

Back at the pub following the raffle and a few drinks it was time for the presentation:

Adam presented the Winners Shield to LCS and Sharon presented the Maurice Simons Memorial Cup to the best placed local team which was the Cube from Sleaford.

An enjoyable afternoon was had by all and there is talk of trying to get ithe event to Spilsby Show for 2018!

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Sharon Simons hands the Maurice Simons Cup to the best performing local team on the day: The Cube team from Sleaford

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LCS Overall Winners

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The Nomads Team – Third Place – some old faces there lol!

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The Cube – Overall Runners Up

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The Duke of Wellington – Overall Joint Third!

Coming Up ……Saturday 15th July at 3 pm

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Address of Venue: Eastville Village Hall, Station Road, Eastville, Boston, Lincs, PE22 8LS. (Festivities after the pulling will take place at the Duke of Wellington, Midville.) and Camping is allowed for the Saturday evening after the event for anyone who would like to stay.

The Event Organisers: Organisers: Adam Baxter and Trevor from the Duke of Wellington.

It has been decided the competition will take the form of a Catchweight Event, and it is open to all, including Novice and made up teams, joined by a few ex pullers…there will be several individuals who remember Maurice who will be along on the day to make up teams with others to take part in this ‘Fun Event’

Maurices family will present a cup which will be presented to the best performing local team, and will likely be kept on display by Trevor at the Duke of Wellington Pub, the venue of many of Maurices most memorable events over the years.

There will be no entry fees for teams, we just ask if people will bring a raffle prize please because the proceeds will pay for the hire and use of the facilities at Eastvill Village Hall. Teams are asked to be present for a draw at 3pm.

PLEASE do your best to come along and help others make it a memorable occasion in memory of Federation Judge Maurice Simons!

A great day at Market Drayton as Diesel Power played host to the Federation National League 6:

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Six teams on the day made for a lot of good pulling: LCS Olney Triple F Diesel Power A & B and Halkyn. The Judging and recording was overseen by Kevin Wilson Chris Pollard Shaun Jose and The Halkyn Team Coach, so thanks guys for your hard work.

The Overall Winners on the day were Diesel Power A with 11 points, LCS were Runners Up with 10 Points and Halkyn in Third Place with 9

Please see the Results Page site for full results, Interesting that no team really dominated on the day with the four weight classes won by four different teams: C/W to LCS, 525 to Halkyn, 480 to Triple F, and the 450 to Diesel Power. Well done to all teams!

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Sunday 18th June Event Cancelled due to Unforseen Circumstances

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Event on Sunday 18th June is cancelled!

The event for this weekend (Leg 5 National League) was due to be hosted by LCS at Burntwood Rugby Club….. due to the whole club and surrounding area including access road being closed off because of a huge sporting event… the event has had to be cancelled. Changing the date to the following Sunday did not suit most of the clubs so the next event will be as per the fixture list:

Sunday 2nd July at Market Drayton… hosted by Diesel Power TOWC…..

Followed by the eagerly awaited Maurice Simmons Memorial event on Saturday 15th July at Eastville village hall nr Boston Lincs (camping overnight available)

And then the Inter Counties Championships at Heckington Show on Sunday 30th July (order tickets from Dave Ling)