PLOUGHING                 

50th ALL WALES PLOUGHING & HEDGING AND 11Tth EROPEAN VINTAGE PLOUGHING CHAMPIONSHIPS 

HOSTED BY RVVC

19th & 20th SEPTEMBER 2008

The 50^th Anniversary of the Welsh Ploughing Association was celebrated in style with Radnor Valley Vintage Club (RVVC) hosting the All Wales and European Vintage

 Ploughing Championships. The event was held at Hindwell and Walton Court Farms, the original farms used in the first match held by the founding society, the Radnor Valley Ploughing Society back in 1958.

AGCO who now own Massey Ferguson, who are also celebrating their 50^th birthday, were the main sponsors of the event. 

RVVC member Les Goodwin who was Chief Steward at this event was also celebrating the 50^th anniversary of

winning the world ploughing championships in Germany in 1958.

In glorious sunshine and in the picturesque location at the foot of the Radnor Hills some 200 plus ploughmen from all over European and 7 teams of shire horses ploughed over two days. This unprecedented number of ploughing entries is even more than attend the British National Ploughing Championships.

The European vintage classes took place on the Friday with Noel Price and Glyn Morgan finishing third and fourth respectively.

A full detailed list of the results is below, but for photographs please will be added to the Events page in due course.

11^th European Ploughing Championships

Vintage Conventional Plough Championship 

Overall Placings:

1^st Place Michael Watkins,  England - 280.3 Points

2^nd Place Michael Armitage, England - 264.5 Points

3^rd Place Noel Price, Wales - 252.5 Points

  4^th Place Glyn Morgan, Wales - 242.5 Points  

Vintage Trailer Ploughs

1^st Place Michael Watkins, England - 280.3 Points

2^nd Place Noel Price, Wales - 252.5 Points

3^rd Place Keith Lyall, Scotland - 241.8 Points

4^th Place John Costain, Isle of Man - 229.5 Points

Vintage Mounted Ploughs

1^st Place Michael Armitage, England - 264.5 Points

2^nd Place Glyn Morgan, Wales - 242.5 Points

3^rd Place Frankie Davison, Northern Ireland - 241.0 Points

4^th Place Michael Shanahan, Republic of Ireland - 234.5 Points

Vintage Reversible Plough Championship

1^st Place Jan de Pinth, Netherlands - 299.8 Points

2^nd Place Mercer Ward, Northern Ireland - 288.0 Points

3^rd Place  Willy Laleman Belgium - 265.6 Points

4^th Place Bouldt Elmer, Belgium - 264.4 Points

50^th All Wales Ploughing & Hedging Championships

TRACTOR PLOUGHING

Class 1 Semi-Digger – World Style

1^st Evan Watkin, Welshpool - 235

2^nd Rhodri George, Haverfordwest - 227

3^rd Clive Nixon, Llandrindod Wells – 206

Class 2 Semi-Digger – World Style – Under 26

1^st Iestyn James, Cardigan - 249

2^nd Donald Tonkin, Devon - 231

Class 3 Reversible – World Style

1^st D Elfed Jones, Denbingshire - 321

2^nd Wyn Jones, Ceredigion - 291

                     3^rd Colin Bowen, Shropshire – 288                      

Class 4 General Purpose or Semi-Digger (Classic) 1960-1976

1^st Michael G Holloway, Montgommery - 112

2^nd Jeremy Jacobs, South Glamorgan - 106

3^rd Grif Jones, Gwynedd – 97

Class 5 Vintage Ploughing – Trailer

1^st Michael J Watkins, Rotherham - 98

2^nd Keith Williams, Hereford - 93

3^rd David Bryant, Gloucestershire - 92

Class 6 Vintage Ploughing – Hydraulic

1^st Michael Armitage, Peterborough - 114

2^ndAnthony Bradley, Monmouthshire - 112

3^rd Glyn Morgan, Powys - 102

3^rd John Lewis, Powys - 102

Class 7 High Cut (FRIDAY)

1^st Raymond Alderson, Co. Durham - 111

2^nd Robert Barbour Irving, Cornwall – 109

3^rd John Milnes, Sheffield – 105

Class 8 High Cut (SATURDAY)

1^st Robert Barbour Irving, Co, Durham - 110 

2^nd Derek Needham, Norfolk - 108

3^rd Peter Stone, Kingsbridge – 102  

Class 10 Open Vintage Reversible

1^st Mercer Ward, Co. Down - 104

2^nd Jan de Pinth, Neatherlands - 103

3^rd Willy Laleman, Belgium – 88

Class 11  Ferguson T20 with Standard Ferguson Plough + top link

1^st Richard Emlyn Jones, Powys - 111

2^nd Keith Williams, Hereford - 110

3^rd Gwynfor Parry, Abergele – 96

Class 12 Single Furrow Plough with Vinatge Garden Tractor                     

1^st  David Williams, Bedworth, - 104

2^nd David Price, Powys - 82

3^rd Mike Powell, Hereford - 81

Class 13 Horse Ploughing – General Purpose (Friday)

1^st Peter Brassett, Co. Durham - 117

2^nd Kim Williams - 107

3^rd John Fletcher, Cardigan – 84

Class 14 Horse Ploughing – High Cut

1^st Peter Brassett, Co. Durham - 110

2^nd John Fletcher, Cardigan - 105

3^rd Roger Smith, Crickhowell - 102

    Best Turnout (Horse Ploughing)

1^st Brian Davies, Shropshire

     Best Working Team of Horses

1^st John Fletcher, Cardigan

WIRE FENCING

Class 15 Open Pairs

1^st Glyn Arrowsmith, Hereford - 95

2^nd Peter Lewis, Pembrokeshire – 91

3^rd Meirion Davies, Carmarthen – 81

HEDGING

Class 17 Radnor Ditch Crop & Pleach Style, Open Championship

1^st Andrew Evans, Powys - 93

2^nd T A Evans, Powys – 84

Class 18 Brecon Ditch Crop & Pleach Style, Open Championship

1^st Gwyn Davies, Powys

2^nd Graham Smith, Monmouthshire

3^rd Elwyn Davies, Powys

Class 19 Montgomery style 

1^st Richard David Lewis, Powys - 82

Class 20 Open Any Other Style

1st Andrew R Morris, Powys – 68

Class 21  Open 26 and Under

1^st Gethin Jones, Powys – 78

2^nd Richard Thomas Gethin, Powys – 77

Champion Welsh Tractor Ploughman

  Evan Watkin

Reserve Welsh Champion Ploughman

     Rhodri George  

The Evan Davies Trophy

 Best Young Ploughman under 26 years on 1 January 2000 for the best work in any class

Iestyn Euros James

Border Fine Arts

Champion Horse Ploughman – Wales

John Fletcher

The Richard & Heather March Trophy

Best work in semi –digger under 26 class

  Iestyn Euros James  

The Monmouthshire Perpetual Trophy

Highest placed Monmouthshire ploughman 

Anthony Bradley  

C.L.A Trophy

Champion Hedger

Andrew Evans