Tug of War Association
Posted on 9th February, 2012 by Chaz
Amateur organisation affiliated to the British Athletics Federation, founded in 1958, with the object of developing Tug-of-War.
End being decided by the toss of a coin. The object is to pull the opposing team a distance of four metres. Teams can be disqualified for persistently infringing the rules. The rules are available on the rules page, but if you stay in a proper pulling position, i.e. facing forwards with both hands on the rope, do not sit down and do not lock the rope across your body you should be OK.Tug of War competitions are organised in weight classes where each team of eight pullers must not exceed the