One Australian couple's wedding reception had it all: speeches, cake……….tug-of-war, a potato-sack race……..you know, the usual. When Melbourne couple Brett Borland, 30, and Georgie Abela, 31, were preparing to tie the knot, they couldn't decide on what their new last name would be as a married couple. "We plan to have a family and want everyone to have the same last name, but Georgie wasn't sold on parting with her surname and I was open to taking her last name,” said Brett. Borland and Abela each come from large families and wanted them to mingle at the wedding, so the couple came up with an idea to help address both issues: They hosted a "Battle of the Surname" at their wedding reception, an all-day series of competitive games for their families to play against each other. The winning family would determine the couple's new last name. After competing in tug-of-war, a potato sack race, a soccer shoot-out and a twerk contest, the Borland family took home the trophy, and the couple took home their family name. "To be honest, everyone really locked in, which we absolutely knew would happen," Borland said. "The stakes were high, and everyone rose to the occasion." The Borlands shared the "Battle of the Surname" on social media with the caption, "Two names enter, one name leaves," inspiring a few other couples to do something similar at their own nuptials.
