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TWIF Indoor World Championships. The Tug of War Indoor World Championships is a tug of war competition organised by the Tug of War International Federation for national teams. It is one of the two main worldwide competitions in the sport and has been held biennially since 2014. TWIF also organizes the TWIF Outdoor World Championships for nations.
Headquarters. Jellum, Netherlands. Membership. 75 countries. President. Dan McCarthy ( Cork, Ireland) Website. www .tugofwar-twif .org. The Tug of War International Federation ( TWIF) is the international governing body for the sport of tug of war .
Tug of war For most of us, tug of war is an activity consigned to school days and summer camp competitions. But, for 20 years, it was a fiercely contested Olympic event.
The Tug of War Outdoor World Championships is a tug of war competition organised by the Tug of War International Federation for national teams. It is the main worldwide competition in the sport and has been held biennially since 2014. TWIF alternates this competition with another biennial world championship, called the TWIF Indoor World ...
Tug of war was contested as a team event in the Summer Olympics at the Games of every Olympiad from 1900 to 1920. Originally the competition was entered by groups called clubs. A country could enter more than one club in the competition, making it possible for one country to earn multiple medals. This happened in 1904, when the United States ...
Tug of war (also known as tug o' war, tug war, rope war, rope pulling, or tugging war) is a sport that pits two teams against each other in a test of strength: teams pull on opposite ends of a rope, with the goal being to bring the rope a certain distance in one direction against the force of the opposing team's pull.
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John Sewell (23 April 1882, Half Morton, Dumfriesshire – 18 July 1947) was a Scottish tug of war competitor who competed for Great Britain and Ireland in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1912 he won the silver medal as part of the joint Metropolitan Police and City of London Police team. Eight years later he won ...