The Tug-of-War Association in England established in 1959 was much younger then the Swedish association, but the clubs had a long experience in national competitions organized by the Amateur Athletic Association. After the Baltic Games 1964, England was able to organize the first European Championships in 1965 at Crystal Palace, London. In total England hosted 9 TWIF Championships and participated in 244 TWIF competitions. They won two World Games titles for Great Britain, 37 World titles and 24 European titles. George Hutton, the initiator of TWIF, was active in the TWIF Executive Committee until 1990 after serving TWIF for 30 years. Currently Mr. Tony Martin is TWIF Senior Vice President, a position that has also been fulfilled by Peter Baker. Two TWIF Secretaries General were from England, the first TWIF Secretary General Mr Bill Hillyard and later Mr. Peter Edlin who also served TWIF in the position of Vice President.