WATERLOO SCHOOLS FEATURE TUG-OF-WAR
AT ANNUAL TRACK & FIELD EVENT

KITCHENER, ON - June 4, 2004

      The Waterloo Region District School Board held its annual track and field meet on May 27th through June 1st at Centennial Stadium in Kitchener.  The event which has been a tradition in the region since the inception of county boards in 1969, is open to all grades 7 and 8 students from the 33 schools across the Region of Waterloo.  The schools are organized into four divisions according to size and the 8 schools in each division (9 in division D) compete in a wide variety of track & field events including tug-of-war.

         During each of the four days of the tournament, the winners of the events were awarded ribbons for first, second and third place.  Those participants achieving first place were subsequently invited to compete at the county finals held on Thursday, June 4th.  For tug-of-war, this year marked the first time that tug-of-war had advanced winning teams to the county finals.

Officials Ron Totten & Tom Kempel prepare for Waterloo Schools tug event

Since 1997, the tug-of-war competition has been administered by the Ontario Tug-of-War Association (OTOWA).  Malcolm Monteith, a retired teacher and administrator with the former Waterloo County Board of Education, along with Julie Lobsinger, a teacher with the Board, coordinated this year's event.  Monteith was the referee for the 4 day tournament and was assisted by Ron Totten from Embro and Tom Kempel from Kitchener.  All are veteran members of the Ontario League.

The divisional results for the tournament are as follows:

[ DIVISION A | DIVISION B | DIVISION C | DIVISION D | COUNTY FINALS ]

DIVISION D (Boys) - May 27, 2004:
Preliminary Points Round - (Single Round Robin)

Final Round (Best 2 of 3)

DIVISION D (Girls) - May 27, 2004:
Preliminary Points Round - (Single Round Robin)

* A sudden death pull-off was held to break the 3 way tie for third place.  Conestogo withdrew from the race and finished in 5th place.  Linwood defeated Floradale in a pull lasting 13 seconds to finish 3rd with Floradale ending up in 4th position.

Final Round (Best 2 of 3)

DIVISION C (Boys) - May 28, 2004:
Preliminary Points Round - (Single Round Robin)

Final Round (Best 2 of 3)

DIVISION C (Girls) - May 28, 2004:
Preliminary Points Round - (Single Round Robin)

Final Round (Best 2 of 3)

DIVISION B (Boys) - May 31, 2004:
Preliminary Points Round - (Single Round Robin)

Final Round (Best 2 of 3)

DIVISION B (Girls) - May 31, 2004:
Preliminary Points Round - (Single Round Robin)

Final Round (Best 2 of 3)

DIVISION A (Boys) - June 1, 2004:
Preliminary Points Round - (Single Round Robin)

Final Round (Best 2 of 3)

TEAM WINS LOSSES POINTS POSITION Sunnyside 2 0 3 1 Laurentian 0 2 0 2           Stanley Park -- -- -- 3

Division "A" Boys Champions Sunnyside Senior Public School

DIVISION A (Girls) - June 1, 2004:
Preliminary Points Round - (Single Round Robin)

* A sudden death pull-off was held to break the 3 way tie for second place.  Sunnyside defeated Margaret Ave. in 18 seconds leaving them in 4th place.  Sunnyside went on to  defeat Queensmount in a pull lasting 24 seconds to finish 2nd.  Queensmount ended up in 3th position.

Final Round (Best 2 of 3)

Division "A" Girls Champions Laurentian Senior Public School

TEAM WINS LOSSES POINTS POSITION Laurentian 2 1 2 1 Sunnyside 1 2 1 2           Queensmount -- -- -- 3

COUNTY FINALS (Boys) - June 4, 2004:
(Best 2 of 3)

COUNTY FINALS (Girls) - June 4, 2004:
(Best 2 of 3)

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Editor: M. L. Monteith
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