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Front: Andrew Campbell, Murray MacCara, Gordon MacDonald, Douglas Tibbel, Weldon Hawboldt
Back: Newell MacKenzie, Ross Smith, Charles Waugh, John MacIntosh, Louw Dykstra, Gordon Muir (Coach)
The Scotsburn tug-of-war team were the champions in the tug-of-war event at the Pictou North Colchester Exhibition for six successive years, from 1952 until their retirement in 1957. Teams they successfully pulled at the Exhibition were Seafoam, Ferguson Industries, Pictou Shipyards, Trenton Car Works, Oxford, Sundridge, Welsford, Abercrombie and Brule. Gordon Muir was the coach.
Scotsburn Tug-of-War Team Members
1951
Gordon MacKenzie, Gerald Smith, Murray MacCara, Foster Graham, Charles Waugh, Billy Stewart, George R. MacLeod, Newell MacKenzie, George MacKenzie, Billy Graham, Gordon Muir (coach) Pictou Advocate September 6, 1951
1952
Gordon MacDonald, Murray MacCara, Newell MacKenzie, Charles Matheson, Charles Waugh, Gerald Smith, Jackie Murray, Douglas Tibbel, Everett Laurie, Billy Stewart, Bordon Douglas (spare), Gordon Muir (coach) Pictou Advocate September 4, 1952
1954
Gerald Smith, John Smees, Ross Smith, Lau Dykstra, Charles Waugh Gordon MacCara, John MacIntosh, Murray MacCara, Andrew Campbell, Eoin Douglas, Everett McCara (spare), Gordon Muir (coach) Pictou Advocate September 9 1954
1955
Eoin Douglas, Bill Foance, Murray MacCara, Gordon MacCara, Gerald Smith, Gerald McCara, John Smees, Lau Dykstra, Blair MacLeod, Douglas Tibbel, Ross Smith (spare), Gordon Muir (coach) Pictou Advocate September 8, 1955
1956
Gordon MacDonald, Murray MacCara, Andrew Campbell, John MacIntosh, Lau Dykstra, Gordon MacCara, Gerald McCara, Russell Graham, Blair MacLeod, L. Rogers, G. MacPhail, Gordon Muir (coach) Evening News September 6, 1956
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