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Felton Eccles
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A Founding member of the Tug of War Association, this hard team from Somerset
and won for themselves and as England representatives (ER):
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World Titles 1 (ER)
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UK Titles 1 (ER)
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TWIF Open Club Titles 2
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National Titles 10
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National Youth Titles 1
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Inter County Titles 1
The club is still active.
Harlow Sportscentre (Front to Back): (Courtesy of The Martin Mulcahy Collection)#01
Association National Championships, 88st Champions Back Row: Front Row: (Courtesy of the ToWA) #06
TWIF World Open Championships, Rochester, USA 640K Bronze Back Row: Jon Walman, Dave Viner, Paul Roach, Steve , Robbie Gale. Front Row: Des French, Colin Reed, Kirk Scott (Coach), Martin Collins, Fred Worle. (Courtesy of the ToWA)#07
Harlow Sportscentre (Front to Back): (Courtesy of The Martin Mulcahy Collection)#01
Flagg
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Folkestone
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TWIF World open Club Championships, Basel, Switzerland. 720K Bronze Winners Back Row: Alan Ludkin, Nigel Summers, ?, ?, Vic Ludkin Front Row: ?, ? , Pat O'Brien (Coach), ?, ? (Courtesy of The Martin Mulcahy Collection)#01
TWIF World open Club Championships, Basel, Switzerland. 720K Bronze Winners Back Row: Alan Ludkin, Nigel Summers, ?, ?, Vic Ludkin Front Row: ?, ? , Pat O'Brien (Coach), ?, ? (Courtesy of The Martin Mulcahy Collection)#01
Force 8
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Kessingland Weekender, Suffolk. (Courtesy of The Paul Cotgrove Collection)#01
Kessingland Weekender, Suffolk. (Courtesy of The Paul Cotgrove Collection)#01
Ford Sports
This Essex club was associated with the Ford motor plant in Dagenham.
One of the founding members of the Association in 1958, they had a good reputation and came close many times to gaining National honours.
Small Electric Motors Competition. Witney, Oxfordshire Runners Up (Back to Front): Norman Lee (Anchor), Brendan Daly , Peter Romano, Gerry Driscoll, William Barrett (Coach) (Courtesy of The Noman Lee Collection)#01
Venue Unknown (Front to Back): Daniel Sullivan, William Byrne, Gerry Driscoll, ? , ? , Peter Romano, Brendan Daly, Norman Lee, William Barrett (Coach) (Courtesy of The Norman Lee Collection)#02
Small Electric Motors Competition. Witney, Oxfordshire Runners Up (Back to Front): Norman Lee (Anchor), Brendan Daly , Peter Romano, Gerry Driscoll, William Barrett (Coach) (Courtesy of The Noman Lee Collection)#01
Forge Lane
Founded around 1964, the club was based in Ashburnham, Sussex. A renowned lightweight team, they were known or their dogged style that saw them beat sides much heavier than themselves. Always a hard team to beat they performed well at National level, winning 2 88 stone(560k) titles and numerous silver and bronze medals.
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National Titles 2
Association National Championships, 88st Champions Back Row: Front Row: (Courtesy of the ToWA)#01
Association National Championships, 88st Champions Back Row: Front Row: (Courtesy of the ToWA)#02
Association National Championships, 88st Champions Back Row: Front Row: (Courtesy of the ToWA)#01