Back in 1995 the Holmfirth branch of English Springer Spaniel Rescue Society was in desperate need of Funds. They had a small field and a limited amount of agility equipment but they did not have anyone with enough time to organize any training.  So they approached Ben and Tina (who at the time were Dog Wardens) with the idea that an agility club would be an ideal way to raise funds for the rescue society.

From this ‘Springer's’ was born!! From our little windy field on the tops of Holmfirth, we moved into Woodnook indoor area, and as we grew we found our current venue, where again we train in outdoors. We are now based at Crosland Moor in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.

From our modest beginnings of 6 pieces of equipment and as many members, we are now comparatively well equipped, and have 60 or so full time members.    We make an annual donation to the English Springer Spaniel Rescue to commemorate our formation.

We originally formed the club for any dog and owner to enjoy the sports of agility and Flyball the idea being that any pet dog owner can come to Springer's and experience training in other disciplines. All of the dogs at our club are pet dogs; the majority are rescued and so have come from many different backgrounds with a tale to tell.  Many are very nervous when they come to us, and their owners are a great credit to them having put in hours of time and patience with their pals.

We later expanded the club activities to include Flyball training.  We perform  displays at many of our local shows and galas, In addition to this we regularly take our dogs to Hydrotherapy sessions, add all this to our very active social life (camping walking charity fundraising partying etc etc) throw it all in the pot and then see what our club is all about.

More recently a number of our members have entered the competitive world of Flyball and Agility and have gained many successes. At the 2007 Crufts Show we had teams in the YKC finals of the Agility team competition and the Flyball competition, gaining 4th and 7th place respectively.  This was no mean accomplishment when looking at our teams of cross bred & rescue dogs competing against a Myriad of collies!

Now we look forward to building on our successes and carrying on with our policy of enjoying what we do as individual members of the club, but without loosing sight of our original aims and the fact that we are a club.