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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 378825

                                                         External link opens in new tab or windowKitchenerdavid56@gmail.com

                                                    Column

                                                    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
                                                    Ian Grant
                                                    Tel: 01933 625040

                                                    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 - Joe Birch

                                                    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


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                                                    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
                                                    Tel: 07515 760932

                                                    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: 07949 788364                        
                                                    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 378825
                                                    email: Kitchenerdavid56@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


                                                    Brian Penn

                                                    Tel: 01276 38190


                                                    Area No 8 - Devon and Cornwall


                                                    Simon Wallace
                                                    Tel: 07476 220180

                                                    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

                                                    Holly Griffiths

                                                    Tel: 07470 438835

                                                    email: snowboard007@icloud.com


                                                    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


                                                    Lt. Col. Aled Evans

                                                    Tel: 07797 418683


                                                    National Federation of Young Farmers


                                                    Dave Hamer
                                                    Tel: 07817 681286


                                                    What we do


                                                    TOWA Correspondence Address:

                                                    Mick Copper

                                                    TOWA Secretary

                                                    11 Holmfield Drive, Raunds, Northamptonshire, England

                                                    NN9 6PB

                                                    Services


                                                    Telephone the Secretary:

                                                    01933 622639

                                                    Feedback

                                                    E-mail the Secretary:

                                                    mick.copper@tiscali.co.uk

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