Northwich Festival

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Northwich Festival 2005
Every Year over the August Bank holiday weekend, the Moss Farm site hosts an annual ‘Festival of Sport’. Now called the Northwich Festival it is organised jointly by Northwich Rugby Club, Vale Royal Borough Council, Cheshire County Council. Not just a sporting event the Festival is a landmark event in the local calendar featuring not just sports events but entertainment for all the family.

The sun eventually broke through after lunch and a bumper crowd descended on Moss Farm for the Bank Holiday Monday section of the Northwich Festival.

The crowd were transfixed with the revamped Cheshire Strongman Contest as eleven burley contestants fought it out for the coveted title. Mark Preece had put together a gruelling competion which went down to the wire with unknown quantity Clive Lyne, aged 25yrs, from Heywood Greater Manchester clinching the £500 first prize by being the only competitor to complete the last event. Seven times previous winner Paul Hayes, (Manchester) was pushed into second place and local lads Ben Bishop, (Leftwich) and Andy Walter, (Middlewich) tied for third place.

Preece and Festival Director Tim Pickering have big plans for expanding next years contest with the possibility of holding regional qualifiers with the final at Moss Farm.

The Children's races were won by Owen Harvey, Daniel Forster, Sam Dutton and Asley Tolley, (boys). Bethany Violet and Jaclyn Clarke won the girls events.

Northwich RUFC retained the Tug of War Championship by beating a team from Manchester in a thrilling final.

Body Builders Paul Sutton and Bernie Cooper gave a warm up display in preparation for their participation in the Mr Universe Contest at Southport in October.

On Sunday Kaylie MacDean 11yrs won the Miss Northwich Festival. Danielle Haseldene 8yrs won the Miss Summer Festival and Connor Jones 7yrs won the Mr Muscleman contest, all three come from Winsford.

On Sunday night Dave Jones from Congleton won the Song from the Heart of Cheshire competition and Andrew Stubbs also from Congleton was runner up.

Northwich RUFC Chairman Sam Naylor said, " All in all this was a fabulous weekend which really does put Vale Royal on the Map. We will continue to work with our many partners, particularly the Borough Council, to ensure that the Northwich Festival continues to be the Best Value for Money Event in the Northwich Social Calendar."

Information about last years Festival with photographs of the event are on the following page. 2004 Festival

Ladies Rugby Tournament
The RFUW and Northwich Rugby Club are pleased to announce a Ladies 2005 Ten’s Championship. This will be open to all teams in the local area and beyond and will take place at Northwich Rugby Club, Moss Farm, Northwich on Saturday 27th August from 11am until approximately 5pm.

Senior Competition
This is a Senior Competition and there are spaces for 48 teams to battle to become the Rugby Ten’s Champions! That same evening there is entertainment from the famous Irish band ‘The Bog Trotters’. So for teams wishing to stay and enjoy entertainment and company of Northwich Rugby Club there are camping pitches available for players. Costs are included in the entry cost which is £50 per team. Entry for all participating players to ‘The Bog Trotters’ gig is also included in the entry fees.

Registration
To register for the event please complete and return an application form. You can download a copy in Word or Adobe format below. Places are limited and it’s first come first served, so get your entries in quickly. The closing date for entries is Friday 15th July 2005.

Registration form (Word)      Registration form
Registration form (Adobe-pdf)  Registration form

Tournament Structure
The tournament will be organised into a league structure with knockout games. Concluding with a main tournament winner, a Plate competition winner and ‘Best of the Rest’ competition. So there’s plenty of games for everyone.

Further information
For further information or news keep an eye out here on this website, or email Phil Clarke PhilClarke@rfu.com or telephone Yvonne Bradley on 07919 321064. For directions to Moss Farm click here.
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UK Strongest Man
If you are interested in learning about other ‘Strongman’ or Powerlifting events across the UK you can visit Robert Universe’s web site. Robert Universe organise the UK Strongman of the Year events. Click on this link for details. Robert Universe

Tyre flip

Cheshire Strongman
This will be the 19th Year Northwich Rugby Club have run an annual Strongman event. This year the contest will feature the following challenges :-

- Medley tyre flip/Farmers Walk

- Arm over arm vehicle pull

- Beer Barrel Load onto Dumper Truck

- Lorry pull with harness

- Van Dead lift

- Anvil Carry

Contestants compete for £700 of prize money. If you’d like to enter please contact Tim Pickering at tpickering@northwichrufc.co.uk or 07885 046499

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Vehicle pull