2024 International Tug O’ War Competition
2024 Competing Teams
WOMEN’S TEAMS
- Detroit Rugby Club (2023 Winners)
- Detroit Venom Pro Football
- Others pending
MEN’S TEAMS
- Windsor Police (2023 Winners)
- Livonia Firemen
- U.S. Army
- U.S. Marines
- Detroit Rugby Club
- St. Andrew’s Highlanders
- Air/Space Force (first time participants)
Our Sheriff’s Trophy Tradition
In 1914, Wayne County Sheriff, James Milton Oakman, donated a beautiful silver engraved loving cup to the winning Tug O’ War team at the 65th Annual Highland Games. At that time, Tug O’ War was an official Olympic sport!
~ The American team won the gold medal that year! ~
For the past decade, the winning Tug O’ War teams have been presented with the 1914 Sheriff’s Trophy for the Men’s champions and the 2014 Sheriff’s Trophy to the Women’s champions.
The photos above show Wayne County Sheriff, Benny Napoleon (who died December 17, 2020 from complications of Covid-19), presenting the trophy to the Winning Team in 2010, members of the 1st Battalion, 24th Marines, with then Wayne County Executive, Bob Ficano, and Sheriff, Benny Napoleon. Our Games are held in Wayne County, and these two were big supporters of our Games. (photo credit: Bob Giles)
2023 Champions
Detroit Women’s Rugby Club
Windsor, Ontario Police Service
