Richhill Tug of War club

World Championships 2012

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:40:24 +0000

Please visit the Richhill Tug of War Club Facebook page to view the photos from the Worlds, having issues with the gallery plugin installed on the website but once it’s rectified I will get them on here as well.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Richhill-Tug-of-War-Club

Also keep an eye on our Youtube channel, I have both the open and closed 560kg events on it so far with more being uploaded.

http://www.youtube.com/user/RichhillTOW

World Championships 2012

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:33:29 +0000

I wasn’t able to get internet access over a the worlds hence no updates. There will be photos uploaded over the next few days as well as videos of the majority of the finals. A big well done to Country Club / Ballyhegan on winning the open 560kg. A select NI team won the closed 560kg which was coached by Sam Rountree and Alan Walker, with 3 Richhill pullers, 3 Country Club and 2 Ballyhegan men on the team. A successful time for the NI squad making it 3 in a row.

Richhill in Local Papers

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:14:46 +0000

In the run up to Richhills trip to the 2012 World Championships Richhill have had a number of features done on them in local papers and will appear in this weeks Ulster Gazette as well as the Dromore Leader.

Below is a link to the Dromore Leader article:

http://www.dromoreleader.co.uk/sport/championships_trip_for_locals_1_3544443

Richhill ready for the Worlds

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:09:01 +0000

Richhill Tug of War Club will be heading to Perth, Scotland aiming to retain the 560kg Closed Championship representing Northern Ireland and will also be taking part in the 560kg Open Championship which they won in 2008.

In the lead up to the World Championships, the national paper, The Newsletter will have a feature on Richhill in Monday mornings paper (13th February), whilst local paper The Ulster Gazette will have a feature on the club in the 23rd February edition of the paper.

In the lead up to the world championships Richhill have ordered new t-shirts and tracksuits from The Beautiful Game, Lurgan which will be unveiled before we head off.

Richhill Tug of War Club would also like to thank the continued support from not just family but the continued financial support from their main sponsors Plant-Mec Ireland as well as their new sponsor, Dalzells of Markethill.

The squad will be heading over on Wednesday 22nd February for the weigh-in of the championships with the Worlds starting the following day.

With access to wi-fi hopefully the website will be updated quickly with Richhill’s results as well as any other championships I’m in attendance at with another club from Northern Ireland, Country Club taking part in the 600kg Championships, both open and closed.

To keep up to date with Richhill Tug of War Club, follow us on facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Richhill-Tug-of-War-Club

Richhill Winning Squad for 2011

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:40:46 +0000

Front Row from left: Sam Rountree, John Macauley, Paddy Donnelly, John Kennedy, Alan McWilliams and Jimmy Morton

Back Row from left: Alan Walker, Willie Rountree, John Shannon, Matthew Foster, Davy Donaldson, Sam Rountree and Colin Reid

2010 560kg World Championship Final in HD

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:34:29 +0000

Find below the final between Northern Ireland and England in the 2010 560kg final in HD and as one video:

Northern Ireland vs England 560kg World Championship Final

Richhill Win 3 Golds

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:58:26 +0000

Having finally got back into the website after a year of being unable to update it, this is a bit overdue.

During the 2011 indoor season Richhill Tug of War Club won 3 of the Northern Ireland Championships, missing out on the 64kg weight category.

As we won the 560kg Championship we have once more chosen to represent Northern Ireland at this weight and will be doing so in Perth, Scotland in February 2012.

Below is the videos from the 600kg Championship final and the 560kg Championship final.

600kg Northern Ireland Tug of War Championship Final

560kg Northern Ireland Tug of War Championship Final 2011

Richhill Finish 3rd

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:12:23 +0000

Richhill failed to win in the 640kg NI Championships. In this instance an out of sorts Richhill team finished in 3rd, the same position they were in after the round robin stage. In the semi-finals they met Country Club who they were beating by in 2 ends. In the 3rd place pull off the pull of the night happened as Finvoy pressurised Richhill, losing out narrowly on the first end, in the second it took 3 attempts for Richhill to win with 2 no pulls. In the final Ballyheegan won their second gold of the year with a comfortable straight ends victory over Country Club.

Richhill Lose Out In Final

Sun, 21 Nov 2010 15:53:07 +0000

Richhill were defeated by Ballyhegan in the final of the 680kg Northern Ireland Championships. In the group stages Ballyhegan defeated Finvoy, Country Club and Richhill to top the group. Richhill defeated Finvoy and then Country Club to secure 2nd place in the group. In the semi finals Richhill faced Country Club and again in a close contest beat them 2 straight. Ballyhegan beat Finvoy in the other semi final to set up an all Co. Armagh final. Richhill, the defending 680kg champions were missing alot of senior pullers as they have taken a year out after winning back to back World Championships which has allowed the youth of Richhill to gain experience as well as a few pullers on the fringes. Ballyhegan won the final 2 straight against a spirited performance by the Richhill team.

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Sam Rountree wins Coach of the Year

Sun, 30 May 2010 20:19:17 +0000

At the recent Armagh Sports Forum Awards Richhill coach Sam Rountree won Coach of the Year after guiding Richhill to their second World Championship crown, a clean sweep in the Northern Ireland Championships and also to the Nigel Memorial Trophy in his first year in charge of the team. Richhill missed out on team of the year to Loughgall.