Excerpts from: The
KW Record
Susan Mohammad - Record Staff
Monday July 18, 2005
CAMBRIDGE, ON - July 16, 2005
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Team
Zorra grind their teeth in the pouring rain and lean back as one
member hollers out "Get your feet in boy!"
All eight members
ignore the worsening weather; instead they dig their feet into the
mud and pull back chanting, "Yes, yes, yes, yes."
The Toronto Highlanders hold
out and as they curse and stomp, the rain gets harder and the
lightning starts. Team Zorra slides a little, then tenses up
as a unit, resisting the muscle power on the other end.
The barbaric grunting is
mixed with the sounds of cheering spectators and finally muddy
knees give a little and the rope gives way, handing team Zorra the
win.
Although the inclement
weather frequently caused rain delays throughout the men's 720K
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women's
cwt programs earlier in the day, it was only in the
mid-afternoon when the lightning became severe and flooding began
on the field that it was necessary for league officials to stop
the event. "Remaining on a flooded track under a grove
of trees is not the place to be in such a severe thunder
storm!" said league president, Malcolm Monteith.
Monteith, a former resident of the area
remembered other occasions at Churchill Park where such storms
produced direct lightning hits and dangerous situations in the
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MEN'S CWT EVENT RESULTS (not completed):
| TEAM |
Set
1 |
Set
2 |
Set
3 |
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Win |
Loss |
Points |
%
Wins |
| Army Team |
0 |
Bye |
3 |
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2 |
2 |
3 |
50.0% |
| Zorra |
3 |
3 |
2 |
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6 |
1 |
8 |
85.7% |
| Nissouri |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
6 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Peel Police |
3 |
3 |
0 |
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4 |
2 |
6 |
66.7% |
| South Easthope |
2 |
0 |
1 |
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3 |
5 |
3 |
37.5% |
| Highlanders |
1 |
0 |
Bye |
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1 |
4 |
1 |
7.5% |
| Bluewater |
Bye |
3 |
3 |
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4 |
0 |
6 |
100.0% |
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Highlanders from Toronto in Catchweight Division
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Brad Diehl of South-
Easthope 720K team
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MEN'S 720K EVENT RESULTS:
| TEAM |
Wt |
Win |
Loss |
Points |
Rank |
| Bluewater - A |
717k |
6 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
| South Easthope |
719k |
4 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
| Zorra |
717k |
3 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
| Bluewater - B |
647k |
0 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
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Ron Totten gives results
in Men's 720K event
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Alex Inglis of Moffat pulls in lead
position for Kids' Team A
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"KID'S PULL" A BIG HIT AT
CAMBRIDGE
About
20 kids from the grandstands were thrilled when asked if they
wanted to come on the field for a competition after the
completion of the Men's 720K event in the morning.
"This is good for public relations and it helps to get
the audience involved," said Ron Totten, one of the
members of the OTOWA coordinating committee who was
responsible for organizing tug-of-war at the Cambridge
Games. Totten, has been a long-time advocate of
children's participation at such events.
Team members from the
Ontario league were close by during the competition to help
the children pull properly and to ensure their safety. |
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WOMEN'S CWT EVENT RESULTS:
| TEAM |
Win |
Loss |
Points |
Rank |
| Nissouri |
6 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
| Peel Police |
4 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
| Zorra |
2 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
| Bluewater |
1 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
Complete
results for this and all other events can be found by clicking
on the 2005 Results on
the front page of the CATOWA COMMUNICATOR. |
Nissouri Ladies Team finish in first place
in Women's cwt
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