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                                                TOWA Committee


                                                Executive Officers


                                                Column

                                                Mike Callaghan

                                                President


                                                     01249 713368 

                                                Pete Dyer

                                                Chairman


                                                     01934 823462

                                                     External link opens in new tab or windowpete@dyermail.co.uk 

                                                David Kitchener

                                                Vice Chairman


                                                     01234 720086

                                                     External link opens in new tab or windowmarion.kitchener53@gmail.com 

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                                                Mick Copper

                                                Honorary General Secretary


                                                     01933 622639 
                                                     External link opens in new tab or windowmick.copper@tiscali.co.uk 

                                                Adele Hamer

                                                Treasurer


                                                     01422 823397 

                                                     adele.hamer@hotmail.com

                                                Gavin Corden

                                                Officials and Records Secretary


                                                    07791 807875

                                                     External link opens in new tab or windowgavin.corden@btinternet.com        


                                                Non Executive Officers

                                                Press Officer
                                                Alan Knott
                                                Tel: 07976 591222
                                                email: alan_p_knott@hotmail.com     

                                                Schools and Youth Organisations Liaison Officer
                                                Tim Tatler
                                                Tel: 01935 474943
                                                email: timtatler525@gmail.com

                                                Child Protection Officer
                                                Martin Mulcahy
                                                Tel: 01279 410140

                                                England Team Managers
                                                Senior Manager - Stafford Chipperfield
                                                Under 23 Manager (Men) - Dave Knott
                                                Under 23 Manager (Ladies) - David Kitchener
                                                Junior Manager - Alec Masson

                                                Championships Secretary
                                                Mick Grimston
                                                Tel: 01205 369753             
                                                email: External link opens in new tab or windowmickgrimston@gmail.com

                                                Doping Control Officer
                                                David Kitchener


                                                Area Representatives



                                                The Tug of War Association is split into 10 areas, each of which have two representatives who sit on the TOWA General Committee. These are your local contacts who can assist you with any events or training which you may be organising, or they can air any views and concerns of members at TOWA General Committee.

                                                We also have a representatives for HM Forces and the National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs on the General Committee as tug of war is a big part of the sporting calendar within the Forces and Young Farmers.

                                                Our area representatives are as follows:


                                                Area 1 - Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Humberside:


                                                Rachel Lewis
                                                e-mail: rachellewis25@hotmail.co.uk


                                                Alex Birch
                                                Tel: 07595 618300


                                                Area 2 - Staffordshire, Shropshire, Hereford & Worcester, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, and West Midlands


                                                Dave Knott
                                                Tel
                                                : 01538 385752
                                                Mob: 07779 852610
                                                e-mail: External link opens in new tab or windowbigknotty720@gmail.com

                                                Gavin Corden
                                                Tel: 07791 807875
                                                email: External link opens in new tab or windowgavin.corden@btinternet.com     

                                                Area Secretary:
                                                Roger Beardsmore
                                                Tel: 01952 510735                        
                                                email: tugger68@outlook.com


                                                Area No 3 - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Oxfordshire, Bristol and Avon


                                                Peter Dyer
                                                Tel: 01934 823462
                                                email: External link opens in new tab or windowpete@dyermail.co.uk

                                                Martin Collins
                                                email: martinleecollins@hotmail.co.uk

                                                Area secretary:
                                                Wendy Dyer
                                                Tel: 01934 823462 
                                                email: wendy@dyermail.co.uk


                                                Area No 4 - Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire


                                                John Gracie
                                                Tel:
                                                07736 675640
                                                email:
                                                External link opens in new tab or windowjohn@gracie.co.uk


                                                Gaz Wyatt
                                                Tel:
                                                07867 912400


                                                Area No 5 - Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Bedfordshire


                                                Mick Grimston
                                                Tel: 01205 369753             
                                                email: External link opens in new tab or windowmickgrimston@gmail.com

                                                Dave Kitchener
                                                Tel: 01234 720086
                                                email: External link opens in new tab or windowmarion.kitchener53@gmail.com


                                                Area No 6 - Surrey, Kent and Sussex


                                                Alan Ludkin
                                                Tel: 01304 617660                  
                                                email: External link opens in new tab or windowalan.ludkin@hotmail.co.uk

                                                Mick Hutchison
                                                Tel: 07850 382619
                                                email: External link opens in new tab or windowmikehutch59@hotmail.com

                                                Area secretary:
                                                Peter Tuckwell
                                                Tel: 0208 9791816
                                                email: External link opens in new tab or windowpeter.tuckwell@btinternet.com


                                                Area No 7 - Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Hertfordshire and Middlesex


                                                Peter Craft
                                                Tel: 01494 783057
                                                email: p.craft@sky.com


                                                Area No 8 - Devon and Cornwall


                                                Kevin Frain
                                                Tel: 01566 772715

                                                John Neal MBE
                                                Tel: 01752 480689
                                                Mob: 07710 361472

                                                Area No 9 - Cumbria, Northumberland, Durham, Cleveland, Tyne and Wear


                                                Joe Birch
                                                Tel: 01228 658595
                                                email: External link opens in new tab or windowjoebirch@icloud.com

                                                James Metcalfe

                                                Tel: 07788 142890


                                                Area No 10 - Cheshire, Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside


                                                Alan Knott
                                                Tel: 07976 591222
                                                E-mail: External link opens in new tab or windowalan_p_knott@hotmail.com 


                                                HM Forces


                                                Nick Robson

                                                E-mail: nick.robson669@mod.gov.uk


                                                National Federation of Young Farmers


                                                Dave Hamer
                                                Tel: 01422 823397












                                                What we do


                                                TOWA Correspondence Address:

                                                Mick Copper

                                                TOWA Secretary

                                                11 Holmfield Drive, Raunds, Northamptonshire, England

                                                NN9 6PB

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                                                Telephone the Secretary:

                                                01933 622639

                                                Feedback

                                                E-mail the Secretary:

                                                mick.copper@tiscali.co.uk

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