Weight pulling club

The Players Club consists of a group of seven people.

Steve & Ellie & son Jordan Owen.

Ian & Di Patterson.

Dave Wilson.

Chris Carpenter.

Being the first people to bring Competitive sanctioned weight pull to Engalnd in May 2005 we held our first event at an ABA sanctioned show with judges Mark Landers and Steve Lewis under the club Northern Players American Bulldog Club (NPABC) ....The Players Club was formed on 4th november 2006 & was set up for the purpose of hosting sanctioned UPF events in the UK. The Players Club has now been established soley for the purpose of hosting UPF weightpull events. Again this is a non profitable club and does not offer a membership service. Anyone is welcome to attend any of our events. We actively encourge everyone to come along and enjoy this canine sport under the rules set out by the UPF. We also encourage and support anyone wishing to host an event under the UPF rules. We felt the need to establish this club to disassociate weight pull from a club established for just one breed. That being the American Bulldog. The UPF is an all breed federation and hosting pulls under the NPABC has at times, caused confusion. All future pulls hosted by ourselves will be promoted and sponsored under "The Players Club". We would like to stress at this point that the Players Club, does not have the sole rights to host UPF sanctioned events in the UK. We would welcome and support anyone wishing to host their own UPF sanctioned pulls..

The Players Club UK has helped set other clubs together including the Players Club Scotland and Players Club Germany, although we would like to stress we have no involvement in the running of these clubs. We also assisted with Sweden and Denmark in apprenticing judges from both countries, so that they too where able to host sanctioned events.

If you would like to know more about becoming a judge or hosting events please do not hessitate to contact any of the Players Club members.