Meet The Team

PC is currently BTPA president, and has passion and enthusiasm for the sport that is borderline addictive, having been involved since the very early years. Clarkie is also a BTPA-approved clutch inspector, a past chairman and knows a thing or two about pulling. The Buckinghamshire farmer is also the go-to man in the UK for super stock advice, and has built plenty of them in his workshop, influencing many along the way.

Joe is the BTPA’s chairman, and is also the BTPA’s head track marshall. An influential member of the board, Joe works closely with the BTPA’s insurer and the ETPC’s sledge inspection team (SIT), to keep a firm grasp on all matters safety-related. He spends his days behind the wheel of his beloved eight-wheel Scania tipper, helping his daughter to build her sand and gravel transport business.

Geoff has been immersed in tractor pulling since the early 1990’s, after becoming involved with the Clarke Pulling Team while writing a tractor pulling book called ‘A Full Pull’. Now shares knowledge and experience with anyone who’ll listen. A freelance machinery journalist, Geoff is handy with a camera, and can write stuff too.

Mel is one of the founder members of the Cumbrian Tractor Pulling Club, and having been BTPA secretary for a number of years, is now involved at director-level. A local government officer, Mel is also actively involved in pulling, with hubby David Todd and their Case IH super farm tractor, Redemption.

Agricultural contractor Josh has experience of track and event organisation, having been a director of the NWTPC. Also competes with dad Kevan with two Griffon-powered Snoopy tractors and is passionate about promoting and growing the sport. Looking to create a wider and more accessible platform for new people - and a younger audience - to get involved in the sport, Josh will get stuck into any job that will help to moving pulling forward.

Graeme is a representative of the Scottish Tractor Pullers Club, and is a third-generation tractor puller which has given him a wealth of knowledge and experience of the sport. Graeme competes in the limited pro stock class with the True Blue team, and the distinctive Ford 8600 tractor. He is also involved with the Performance sledge Team. Off the track, Graeme works as a mechanical engineer in the oil and gas industry.

David is a representative of the Cumbrian Tractor Pulling Club, and also a representative of the farm stock committee. In addition, ‘Toddy’ is also a BTPA-approved clutch inspector. He first started in 1996 as a tow-back driver at Great Eccleston, and now competes with his Case IH super farm tractor called Redemption. Away from the track, Toddy is aftersales manager for JG Paxton and Sons.

Charlie Moston is the BTPA secretary. She grew up around general haulage and now works for a heavy haulage company. Having spectated for many years at pulling events and been involved in vintage tractors and classic lorries, Charlie now finds herself more actively involved in pulling - her husband Giles competes with G-Force, a limited pro stock tractor.

Benjy has been involved in pulling for 22 years, having spent time as a grader driver at local pulls. He joined the BTPA in 2023 to compete nationally and internationally with his limited pro stock Deutz, the NBF Mean n Green. Passionate about growing the sport, Benjy was appointed to the BTPA board in early 2025, to bring new ideas and different thinking to the table. Away from pulling, this agricultural engineer also runs a workshop specialising in Toyota Landcruiser 4x4s.

Kevan is the mainstay of the Snoopy modified pulling team, and along with son Josh, he runs Snoopy 3 and Snoopy 4. Kev has a small arable farm, and carries out some contracting with son Josh. He is also a dealer for the Mitas PowerPull tyres. Kevan brings knowledge and experience to the board, and is enthusiastic about promoting and marketing the sport, to continue to grow the UK audience.

As a volunteer on the Great Eccleston Show Comittee and later its chairman for many years, Alistair has been on the fringes of tractor pulling for a good few years. Having been a pulling fan since being a kid, that long-standing association led him to buy his first tractor, Red Mist, a Limited Pro Stock machine in 2007. As the pulling bug took hold, he progressed to build the IH tractor he now competes with - Oh Bonnie, a 4.5t Super Sport. He is looking to put his skills to good use behind the scenes both technically, with scrutineering, and also to help move the sport forward through promotion and increasing awareness, with a view to increasing the number of points pulls held each year, across the UK. Away from the track, Alistair is a beef farmer from Lancashire.

Andrew started pulling as a teenager in the early 80s, as his uncle Michael and John Walker ran a modified tractor called Turbosonic from 1979 to the late 1980s. Andrew used to drive the grader tractor when involved in the former East Midlands Tractor Pulling Club, with pulls held at the royal Show, Norfolk Show and Lincoln Show. And in 2023, he found himself back on the track once more, having re-started his pulling career initially with Super Farm and now limited Pro Stock. Daughter Emily also competes with her Compact Diesel, Greta’s Nightmare. Andrew’s real job is running the Blagg road planing business alongside his brother Paul, and the pair also scratch about on the family’s 1,400 acres of heavy Nottinghamshire clay.

Dan got into tractor pulling in the late 90’s, after his best mate took him along to a pull one weekend, to help out. Loving the sport, he soon developed a keen interest in the track and became a member of the NWTPC track team in 2001. After spending years developing his skills and knowledge about track preparation, he progressed to head track official for NWTPC in 2021. Dan is also involved with the ETPC as a track official, visiting pulls all over Europe. When he’s not busy on a pulling track, Dan can still be found working soil, as he runs his own groundworks company in Lancashire.