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Helen Jennings and Lynn Grooby eye each other anxiously as as they compete against winning a place on the zap chair — a cunningly wired chair which provided brief moments of discomforture

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And this is what happened on the zap chair. Vicki Delaney, of Stoke, rockets skyward

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A lot of effort goes into the tug-o-war by this bunch of strong guys. Actually, we're not sure if the blokes at the other end were stronger or not

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Hard at work, knitting peggy squares from the fleece, were Georgina Brydon, Sandra Hart, Susan Blanche and Christine Dale

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Remember Lynn Grooby, from one of the above photos? Well, Lynn won a place on the hot seat. And she can't wait for the fireworks, by the look of it

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Contestants in the hay throwing competition get stuck in. It might look easy, but it wasn't. Obviously, some of the teams had practised before entering the competition arena

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Not all the hay-throwing was confined to competition

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And here's hay in yer face

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This looks like Bevan Tutty getting a helping hand onto the hay stack

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Here's another group of knitters. Jillian Miles, Margaret Bowman and Anne Catterall

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This is the life; feet up and knitting. Maureen Duggan makes light work of the peggy squares

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Winners of the peggy squares' competition were Raelyn Christoffersen, Sue Nicholson and Kathy Legg, the Salvation Army team

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Tub Newport was one of the expert hay throwers

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And this group had sawing down to a fine art. Anchoring the log is Tub Newport, while Bruce Childs and Roger Nicholson get stuck in. They were members of the Nelson Baptist team

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Gordon Smith and Robert Neale poured out the perspiration in the sawing relay