02.02.10
The BTPA agm was held on the 31st of Jan in Weedon. The main point's that were decided were the following An introduction of a new Class:- |
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19.10.09
The Midland Club is back up and running After having a very successful get together earlier in the year David Jones And Mark Pacey are Pushing for a new pull early next year... You can also become a member to help build the club back to it's former glory. Watch this space for more info as it comesDownload the form and send it back tot he address on the bottom Midlands Club Membership form
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05.10.09
On Wednesday 11th November at 7.30pm the
Simply Red team is holding an open night for the local Contractors
Mechanical Plant Association, if anyone else is interested in coming you
are most welcome.
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23.09.09
The Aug Pull at Great Eccleston was well attended and went very well with the two Euro cup Classes going down a storm.. The minis went down to the wire with the last pull deciding the fait of Little Dan.. The BWA racing team were over the moon after Mr Rob Armisted took home the 09 Euro cup championship ! If you missed it you missed out on the best pull of the year!The Euro Champs were held in Holland this year in a small village called Bakel. A very nice venue and some good pulling action..In the Superstocks both of Mr Clarke's Tractors were not on top form with Red fever blowing a turbo. But David Jones on Just Smoky keeping the Uk team in the running managed a strong 3rd place.In the Mini's Mark Pacey took the motor out of risky business to put in to The Gambler and got a respectable 8th place. But Mr Rob Armisted kept the Good run going finishing 3rd on Little DanIn the 3.5 Mods Both uk pullers did not have the best of days .. with Mr Whittingham having a wild ride on Snoopy. Desperate Dan also had a poor run in the pull off only getting 9th placeOn the Sunday the 2.5 Mods Ashley On Black Gold continued his problems with lose head bolts and could not make it out for his second attempt another disappointing 12th place.The Prostocks was a really Close class.. The with the top of |Europe there out uk Boys found it hard going. Rough Justice having oil problems in the pull off only got a 15th place. Ice bear laid down a strong pass 13th place. Mr Eccles on Simply Red with a to light front end struggled to keep it in a straight line 17th.As always the 4.5 Mod fished the two days pulling and again Desperate Dan not having the best of run's managed a 7th place.Keep your eyes peeled for news on next years pulls. Also Hopfully the midlands Club getting a pull up and running
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31.08.09
The Summing up and Remarks of the Coroner, Dr. James Adeley, in the inquest into the death of Jan Van Alphen , driver of Popeye are available to read here and here
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03.07.09 July News !! Again its been to long since the last update .... Sorry I must try harder!! First up some Euro Cup news... Bernay was a bit of a nightmare! Only the SuperStocks and the 4.5 mods Being able to pull due to bad weather.. Our 3 superstocks did well with Red Fever coming a close second. Red alert 5th and Just Smokey 7th. Then over in Made the rain nearly stopped play again.. the pull happened but only just a late! Lucky for Rob Armistead it did he came away with a 3rd in the minis. Not so good for Balck Gold he went out of bounds and was Disq. In the prostocks Ted on Rough Justice was out highest finisher with an 8th check out TP.com for the point standing.Back in the UK the midlands club have had a meet up to try and get some pulling going on down there again.. and things look promising with the idea of a pull coming to us next year!! |
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26.05.09 Euro cup News update The Euro Cup season got underway over the last few weekend.. The only Uk rep out was the Current European champion, Black gold in the 2.5 Mod class. Ashley and the team got off to a good solid start taking a 3rd place behind Green Sprit and Rocket science from the NL. Keep up the good work boys. and don't forget the final round for the 2.5 Mod (and mini's) will be held at our very own Great Eccleson ... |
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05.05.09 News update Lots has been going on in the British tractor pulling world over the past few months and due to my Computer failure i have not been on top of it . So I will try and get you all up to date:First of Mr Rob Uphill has
sold his tractor "The Huntsman" to the
ARGO pulling team
in Italy
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09.03.09 Ahoy 09 Quite a few British Teams were in Action at the Ahoy stadium Rotterdam Last weekend.First up was the Superstock'sMr Clark with his two machines and Dave Jones on Just smoky. Smoky was up first.. he struggled to get away from the line at first and shut off before the white flag, he was dragged back for his "second bite of the cherry" he got away much better then dragged the sledge right out the far end! But the guys on track decided it was to light and reset the sledge !? Next up was Geoff on Red Alert he got it away in good style but then a fuel line blew off.. But as he was test puller he could come back.. At that point in the pits it was all hands on for the Brit guys, most of the BWA racing team were in there helping out Jonesy or the Clark pulling team. Peter on red fever was up next and he got it out the end no problem. Then Just smokys turn again another full pull, Geoff's fuel line was fixed but he could not managed a full pull. The motor was not running well it looked like damage could have been done in the first run.Pull off time.. Red Fever could not catch the distance of the Well done deer so that left him 5th. Just Smoky was "on it" and just got piped to the top by bits and Pieces. So Just Smoky 2nd, Red Fever 5th, Red Alert 7th..Next Up the 2wdI missed this class due to getting ready to pull with Desperate Dan.. I Spoke to Risky Business Boys after the event Mark and Andy were happy with there 6th place "the best of the rest" said Mark " after all we don't have a top dollar motor in there like others" Andy added.. The Sledge Hammer boys taking the will again they seam to have found a few extra meters more than the other Dutch boys!Trucks, No Uk pullers in action3.5 ModWell this was a busy class for the BWA racing team ... We were warming up the motors in the pits when the number two motor stopped!! The fault was soon diagnosed but to fix it the front motor had to come off! So Desperate Dan was dropped 6 places and it was All hands on deck yet again :-) So yet again i missed the first part of the class, The sledge was set heavy with only Lambada getting out the end. With a 1 tractor left to run we got DD back in to the closed pits and had a ok run getting to 56.67m.After the brake the evening session startedFirst up was the Prostocks.Again no Uk pullers in action this year.. you need to spend serious serious money if you want to keep up with the top Europe Prostock boys! They set the sledge a little heavy we could have done with more than two in the pull off, Just Sigma Power and Bukke Bruse getting out the far end and only the Fin Tractor making it back to the pull off.Next the Minis or 950kg mods not sure witch name i cool with!Lambada was test puller and just scratched it out the end so the sledge was made lighter. Mr pacey on the Dealer was next up but the earth cable came loose and the spark was cutting in and out then when he came back for his second go didn't lock in and missed the full line Andy Miler on the Gambler did the opposite he locked in really well but just couldn't keep inbounds. Little Dan was last on and just managed to get past the full pull mark. So 6 in total in the pull off. Reny Mission Impossible laid down an amazing run taking the lead buy 7m! Hot Head broke his crank after 3.44m. Gompie and Wild Toy could not make it back, So the last pull was Little Dan and like in the first run struggled to lock in but still managed 3rd place.Last class of the day 4.5 ModSome good runs from Popeye, Iwan and the American guest Show No Mercy (who ran under wight) but not good enough to get in the pull off. More wows for Desperate Dan as Brian was backing to the sledge he could tell there was something wrong the drive line. so he eased the throttle in quite gently.. nothing let go luckily untill the end of the pull when the right hand wheel was locked. Broken gear in Hub! So just the two power tractors in the pull off Green Spirit and Lambada.. and with Green Spirit kicking a rod out about 50m it was an easy win of Lambada.Yet another good day of pulling at Ahoy and it looked like it was busier than years past .. next indoor pull Arnhem |
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05.03.09 Country Channel TV is on Tractor pullings side!! Country channel tv have made an exciting partnership with Rural tv on sky channel 279. Rfd tv show American Grand national truck and tractor pulling and is one programme Dave Jones have pushed to get this side on european tv. With the new partnership countrychannel.tv will be sending programmes back to america to be viewed on rfd tv also. Countrychannel with be following the British teams at Ahoy this weekend.Not only that things are moving fast between the two Channels.... USA and Euro pulling on sky 279 next week check out the schedule Here |
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05.03.09 Euro Cup competitors list is out The full list of Euro cup competitors is out and as expected the 2.5 Mod class has proved really popular bring on Great Eccleston Aug Pull full list Here thanks to Pulling world |
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27.02.09 Magnum force sold Ian Ross has sold one of the best diesel SupperStock tractors in Europe... But don't worry it has not gone far the Red Bull boys have decided to move up the stock ladder. They have taken over ownership of the IH tractor and will be running the tractor this coming season. Ian is not leaving that easy, he will be helping out the Red Bull team during the season showing them the ropes. So good luck to the Red Bull boys learn all you can from Mr Ross he knows a thing or two about that tractor! |
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Euro cup The first draft list of British tractors competing in the Euro cup is out...
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18.02.09 AGM news The Btpa Agm was held a few weeks ago.. it was well attended and some good positive topics were discussed the membership system has been changed slightly hopefully to make it a bit more simple to understand. They should be e-mailed out to all members asap and they Are now available to download from this site click Here |
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Black Gold 2.5 t Modified European Champion
Black Gold , driven by Peter Wilkins
triumphed at the European Championships held in Bryne, Norway last
weekend. Black Gold won the 2.5 t Modified class against stiff competition
from Green Spirit and Black Power, who had been champion for the last 8
years. Congratulations to Ashley Middleton and the team for all their hard
work, this making it the 3rd time the team have been European
Champions.
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