Bedford Ladies Tug of War Club
Welcome!
Bedford Ladies was founded in 1983 as a fun team connected with Debenhams plc sports day and continued from there to pull at fetes and sporting fundays. They joined the Amateur Athletics Association in 1985 and since that time Bedford ladies have had much success, culminating with England representation in European and World Championships.
1988 – represented England in Malmo, Sweden – scoring the first ever points by England Ladies, coming 4th overall.
Since 1988 Bedford Ladies have represented England indoors and outdoors internationally, both at European and World Championships, in the World games and at the United Kingdom Championships.
So far we have achieved – 18 gold medals, 14 silver medals and 9 bronze medals at National Level.
We won gold medals at the UK Tug of War Championships in 1999, 2004 and 2006 representing England.
In 2006 we were invited to Sweden to take part in a training camp and friendly competition. We hope to be able ot repeat this in 2007 and be in the position to invite the Swedish Ladies teams over to Bedford for a return match.
The results of our competition held on 22/4/07 where we had 20 teams competing.
Mens
Catchweight = Bosley Wood Treatment, runners up Norton
600kg = Norton, runners up Lincoln
680kg = Bosley Wood Treatment, runners up Sandhurst
640kg = Norton, runners up Sandhurst Youth and Ladies League = 560kg Sheen, runners up Leicester and Northants Cadets
520kg Belvoir Vale, runners up Bedford Ladies
The date of our next competition will be August 12th in conjunction with South of England Championships.
For further details about what we do, please contact David Kitchener on 01234 720086 or by e-mail: david.kitchener@lineone.net
STOP PRESS:
At the Nationals held at the end of June at the Three Counties Show. We won both weights (520 and 560kg) and will therefore go on to represent England in the UK Championships in August and Europeans in September. Our next home competition is on 12/8/07 at Cutler Hammer.
