As the last member of the British countries Scotland joined TWIF in 1981 and participated in the European Championships 1981 in Folkestone. Tug-of-war sport in Scotland existed long as is part of the famous Highland Games. It had however taken quite some time before the clubs agreed to establish a Scottish Association. The Scottish teams are predominantly active in the indoor discipline and participated in 90 international competitions. They won 11 World titles all in the indoor discipline and were the hosts of the Indoor World Championships 2004 in Glasgow.