Tug of war to compete sporadically starting in the 1960s and would become regular participants as sorority teams in the mid-1980s. The Hope College Pull is an annual tug-of-war contest held across the Black River in Holland, Michigan on the fourth Saturday after Labor Day. Competitors are 40 members of the freshman and sophomore classes. Two teams of eight, whose total mass must not exceed a maximum weight as determined for the class, align themselves at the end of a rope approximately in circumference. The rope is marked with a "centre line" and two markings to either side of the centre line. The
Tug of War Federation of India member of the South Asian Tug of War Federation since 2000. The TWFI had a budget of for expenses in the 2017-18 fiscal year. The TWFI is active in attempting to spread the sport of tug of war in neighbouring countries. The TWFI helped introduce tug of war in Sri Lanka and Nepal, and also helped establish national federations in those nations. The TWFI is also helping Bangladesh establish a national federation. The TWFI is also in the initial stages of establishing federations in The Maldives Republic, Afghanistan, Iran and Bhutan. Tug of War Federation of India The Tug of