{"id":1799,"date":"2026-02-20T18:23:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scotstest.com\/dev\/highlandgames.com\/?page_id=1799"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:30:12","slug":"tug-o-war","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scotstest.com\/dev\/highlandgames.com\/tug-o-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Tug O&#8217;War"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1799\" class=\"elementor elementor-1799\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4d179f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a4d179f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24bb651 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24bb651\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2026 International Tug O\u2019 War Competition \n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa3bd4e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fa3bd4e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f14df13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f14df13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scotstest.com\/dev\/highlandgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/sasd_hdr-tug-o-war-2-rnf1ics94ibfbeox3ju9ppqfyi5opad8cckiisksts.png\" title=\"sasd_hdr-tug-o-war-2\" alt=\"sasd_hdr-tug-o-war-2\" loading=\"lazy\" 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