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BRITISH AND IRISH OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Up to 2015, the British and Irish Outdoor Championships was previously known as the UK Outdoor Championships. In 2016, the UK Outdoor Championships was expanded to include the Republic of Ireland and re-named the British and Irish Championships

SENIOR MEN

     England - Gold Medallists
600 Kilos1980 - Represented by Beech Hill Blues
1981 - Represented by Isle of Oxney
1982 - Represented by Leek
1983 - Represented by Oxney
1984 - Represented by Oxney
1985 - Represented by Oxney
1986 - Represented by Oxney
1987 - Represented by Oxney
1988 - Represented by Oxney
1989 - Represented by Oxney
1990 - Represented by Oxney
1991 - Represented by Oxney
1992 - Represented by Harrow
1994 - Represented by Sheen
1995 - Represented by Norton
1996 - Represented by G & R
1997 - Represented by Sandhurst
1998 - Represented by G & R
1999 - Represented by Felton Eccles
2000 - Represented by Sandhurst
2001 - Represented by Sandhurst
2002 - Represented by Sandhurst
2003 - Represented by Norton
2005 - Represented by Sandhurst
2006 - Represented by Norton
2007 - Represented by Norton
2008 - Represented by Norton
2009 - Represented by Norton
2010 - Represented by Bosley
2011 - Represented by Norton
2012 - Represented by Norton
2016 - Represented by Norton
2017 - Represented by Felton Eccles
640 Kilos- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1982 - Represented by Lincoln
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
680 Kilos1980 - Represented by Bosley
1981 - Represented by Earl of Essex
1982 - Represented by Gateway
1983 - Represented by Gateway
1984 - Represented by Gateway
1985 - Represented by Bosley
1986 - Represented by Kilroe
1987 - Represented by Kilroe
1988 - Represented by Kilroe
1989 - Represented by Kilroe
1990 - Represented by Kilroe
1991 - Represented by Kilroe
1992 - Represented by Kilroe
1993 - Represented by Oxney
1994 - Represented by Oxney
1995 - Represented by Oxney
1996 - Represented by St Pats
1997 - Represented by Bosley
1998 - Represented by Bosley
1999 - Represented by Bosley
2000 - Represented by Felton Eccles
2001 - Represented by St Pats
2002 - Represented by Congleton
2003 - Represented by Felton Eccles
2004 - Represented by Felton Eccles
2005 - Represented by Congleton
2006 - Represented by Feton Eccles
2007 - Represented by Felton Eccles
2008 - Represented by Bosley
2009 - Represented by Bosley
2010 - Represented by Felton Eccles
2011 - Represented by Sheen
2012 - Represented by Felton Eccles
2015 - Represented by Lincoln
2016 - Represented by Lincoln
2017 - Represented by Lincoln

SENIOR LADIES

       England - Gold Medallists      
560 Kilos1999 - Represented by Bedford Ladies
2001 - Represented by Kilroe Ladies
2003 - Represented by Kilroe Ladies
2004 - Represented by Bedford Ladies
2005 - Represented by Belvoir Vale Ladies
2006 - Represented by Bedford Ladies
2007 - Represented by Sheen Ladies
2008 - Represented by Sheen Ladies
2011 - Represented by Sheen Ladies
2014 - Represented by a composite team
2015 - Represented by a composite team
2017 - Represented by Haldon Ladies
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
520 Kilos2007 - Represented by Bedford Ladies
2008 - Represented by Team Army Ladies
2011 - Represented by Sheen Ladies
2012 - Represented by Sheen Ladies
2014 - Represented by Bedford Ladies
2015 - Represented by Kilroe Ladies
2017 - Represented by Kilroe Ladies

MIXED

     England - Gold Medallists
600 kilos 4+42011 - Represented by Bedford Ladies
2012 - Represented by Bedford Ladies
2013 - Represented by Holland TOWC
2014 - Represented by Holland TOWC
2015 - Represented by Kilroe Ladies
2016 - Represented by Norton
2017 - Represented by Kilroe Ladies


YOUTH

England - Gold Medallists
Junior Male 560 kilos2014 - Represented by Somerset ACF
2013 - Represented by Gloucester and Somerset ACF
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Junior Female 520kg2015 - Represented by a composite team
2014 - Represented by Gloucester ACF


BRITISH AND IRISH INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Up to 2015, the British and Irish Indoor Championships was previously known as the UK Indoor Championships. In 2016, the UK Indoor Championships was expanded to include the Republic of Ireland and re-named the British and Irish Championships

     England - Gold Medallists    
600 Kilos1988 - Represented by BAC
1989 - Represented by BAC
1990 - Represented by Leek
1991 - Represented by Leek
1992 - Represented by Uppertown
1993 - Represented by Norton
1994 - Represented by BAC
1995 - Represented by Norton
1996 - Represented by Norton
1997 - Represented by Uppertown
1998 - Represented by Sheen
1999 - Represented by Kilroe
2000 - Represented by Kilroe
2001 - Represented by Kilroe
2002 - Represented by Kilroe
2003 - Represented by Kilroe
2012 - Represented by Kilroe
2013 - Represented by Sheen
2014 - Represented by Norton
680 Kilos- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1988 - Represented by Sheen
1989 - Represented by Beech Hill Blues
1990 - Represented by Sheen
1991 - Represented by Beech Hill Blues
1992 - Represented by Kilroe
1993 - Represented by Sheen
1994 - Represented by Raunds
1995 - Represented by Sheen
1996 - Represented by Kilroe
1997 - Represented by Raunds
1998 - Represented by Raunds
1999 - Represented by BAC
2001 - Represented by BAC
2002 - Represented by Sheen
2005 - Represented by Sheen
2009 - Represented by Sheen
2010 - Represented by Sheen
2012 - Represented by Sheen
2013 - Represented by a composite team
2016 - Represented by Uppertown

SENIOR LADIES

     England - Gold Medallists
540 Kilos2012 - Represented by Sheen Ladies

MIXED

     England - Gold Medallists
600 kilos 4+42011 - Represented by Sheen Ladies
2012 - Represented by Sheen Ladies
2016 - Represented by Kilroe


EUROPEAN OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

     England - Gold Medallists    
560 Kilos1979 - Represented by Isle of Oxney
2003 - Represented by Norton
2007 - Represented by Sandhurst
2011 - Represented by Norton
600 Kilos- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2009 - Represented by Norton
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
640 Kilos1968 - Represented by Felton Eccles
1971 - Represented by Camberley
1972 - Represented by Sheen
1974 - Represented by Sheen
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
720 Kilos1964 - Represented by Bosley
1965 - Represented by Bosley
1968 - Represented by Bosley
1970 - Represented by Bosley
1972 - Represented by Bosley
1973 - Represented by Bosley
1974 - Represented by Bosley
1979 - Represented by Sheen
1981 - Represented by Bosley
1983 - Represented by Sheen
1987 - Represented by Kilroe
1995 - Represented by St Pats
1999 - Represented by Bosley
2007 - Represented by Congleton
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mixed 600kg2017 - Represented by Kilroe


WORLD OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

     England - Gold Medallists    
560 Kilos1984 - Represented by Oxney
1988 - Represented by Leek
2004 - Represented by Sandhurst
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
640 Kilos1975 - Represented by Sheen
1976 - Represented by Sheen
1978 - Represented by Beech Hill Blues
1980 - Represented by Beech Hill Blues
1986 - Represented by Oxney
1988 - Represented by Oxney
1998 - Represented by Felton Eccles
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
720 Kilos1975 - Represented by Bosley
1976 - Represented by Bosley
1977 - Represented by Sheen
1978 - Represented by Sheen
1980 - Represented by Sheen
1982 - Represented by Gateway
Catchweight
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1984 - Represented by Kilroe
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -


WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

     England - Gold Medallists    
5601991 - Represented by Leek
1993 - Represented by Norton
1997 - Represented by Norton
1999 - Represented by Kilroe
2000 - Represented by Kilroe
2002 - Represented by Kilroe
2004 - Represented by Kilroe
2006 - Represented by Kilroe
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
6002000 - Represented by Norton
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
6401991 - Represented by Sheen
1993 - Represented by Sheen
1997 - Represented by Uppertown
2002 - Represented by Norton
2010 - Represented by Sheen
2012 - Represented by Sheen
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
6801991 - Represented by Beech Hill Blues
1993 - Represented by Kilroe
1997 - Represented by Raunds
1999 - Represented by BAC
2000 - Represented by BAC
2002 - Represented by BAC
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Ladies 5201997 - Represented by Leek Ladies


WORLD GAMES

          Gold          SilverBronze
1981
Santa Clara, USA
Men 640 Kilos OutdoorEngland (represented by Sheen)SwitzerlandNetherlands
Men 720 Kilos OutdoorSwitzerlandNetherlandsEngland
1985
London, UK
Men 640 Kilos OutdoorIrelandSwitzerlandEngland (represented by Lincoln)
Men 720 Kilos OutdoorIrelandEngland (represented by Kilroe)Switzerland
1989
Karlsruhe, Germany
Men 640 Kilos OutdoorSwitzerlandIrelandEngland (represented by Oxney)
Men 720 Kilos OutdoorEngland (represented by Kilroe)SwitzerlandIreland
1993
The Hague, Netherlands
Men 640 Kilos OutdoorSwitzerlandIrelandSpain
Men 720 Kilos OutdoorSwitzerlandIrelandGermany
1997
Lahti, Finland
Men 640 Kilos OutdoorSpainSwitzerlandIreland
Men 720 Kilos OutdoorNetherlandsSwedenIreland
2001
Akita, Japan
Men 600 kilos IndoorEngland (represented by Norton)ScotlandJapan
Men Outdoor 680 KilosNetherlandsSwitzerlandSweden
2005
Duisberg, Germany
Men Outdoor 640 KilosSwitzerlandSwedenGermany
Men Outdoor 680 KilosNetherlandsSwedenIreland
Ladies Indoor 520 KilosChinese TaipeiJapanNetherlands
2009
Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei
Men Outdoor 640 KilosSwitzerlandGermanyNetherlands
Men Outdoor 680 KilosNetherlandsSwitzerlandGreat Britain (represented by Bosley)
Ladies Indoor 520 KilosChinese TaipeiNetherlandsGreat Britain (represented by Sheen Ladies)
2013
Cali, Columbia
Men Outdoor 640 KilosSwitzerlandGreat Britain (represented by Norton)Germany
Men Outdoor 700 KilosNetherlandsSwitzerlandSweden
Ladies Indoor 540 KilosChinese TaipeiNetherlandsSouth Africa
2017
Wroclaw, Poland
Men Outdoor 640 kilosGreat Britain (represented by Norton)SwitzerlandGermany
Men Outdoor 700 KilosSwitzerlandNetherlandsGreat Britain (represented by Lincoln)
Ladies Indoor 540 KilosChinese TaipeiChinaSouth Africa

Note: Ladies tug of war at the World Games was a demonstration event up to 2001. From 2005, ladies tug of war became part of the full programme.