55th BRITISH NATIONAL PLOUGHING CHAMPIONSHIPS

SOHAM, ELY, CAMBRIDGESHIRE - 8th & 9th OCTOBER 2005 R E S U L T S

REVERSIBLE FINAL PLOUGH-OFF 1st SIMON WITTY, East Lutton, Malton, North 304 points 2nd STEWART BUNTING, Skeyton, Norwich, Norfolk 267 points 3rd ANDREW RUTHERFORD, Irthington, Carlisle, Cumbria 263 points

CONVENTIONAL FINAL PLOUGH-OFF 1st JOHN HILL, Hoylandswaine, Sheffield, South Yorkshire 258 points 2nd JAMES WITTY, East Lutton, Malton, 241 points 3rd GEOFF FRETWELL, Penistone, Sheffield, South Yorkshire 236 points

SIMON WITTY and JOHN HILL will represent in the 2006 World Ploughing Contest to be held in the Republic of Ireland.

Class 1 One Way Ploughing Points 1st JIM ELLIOTT, Beamish, Co Durham 216 1st SIMON WITTY, Malton, North Yorkshire 306 2nd JOHN FAIRBAIRN, Berwick, Northumberland 199 rd 2nd PETER ALDERSLADE, East Bolden, Tyne & Wear 292 3 JIM REYNOLDS, Llandysul, Ceredigion, Wales 197 3rd STEWART BUNTING, Skeyton, Norwich, Norfolk 269 4th PETER BRASSETT, Beamish, Co Durham 186 4th IAN WILSON, Penyfford, North Wales 258 5th ROY PRESCOTT, Ormskirk, Lancashire 177 5th ANDREW RUTHERFORD, Carlisle, Cumbria 251 Class 7 National Vintage Ploughing Championships – Class 2 National Young Farmers Ploughing Trailing Ploughs Championships – Reversible Ploughing 1st JOHN MILNES, Penistone, South Yorkshire 247 nd 1st IAN BREWER, Wadebridge, Cornwall 304 2 RAYMOND ALDERSON, Bolam, Co Durham 244 rd 2nd KEITH PAYNE, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire 223 3 BARRY EVANS, Kington, Herefordshire 229 th 3rd WILLIAM HAINES, Chipping Campden, Glos 191 4 DAVID BRYANT, Berkeley, Gloucestershire 229 th 5 KEITH WILLIAMS, Kings Caple, Herefordshire 226 Class 3A Semi Digger Work (2 Or More Furrows) Class 8 National Vintage Ploughing Championships – 1st MICHAEL CHILDERLEY, Willoughby, Leics 256 nd Hydraulic Ploughs 2 ADRIAN BREWER, Wadebridge, Cornwall 253 st rd 1 RICHARD INGRAM, Tamworth, Staffordshire 239 3 DAVID CHAPPELL, Doncaster, South Yorkshire 244 nd th 2 MICHAEL ARMITAGE, Thornhaugh, Peterboro’ 238 4 CARL FRETWELL, Penistone, South Yorkshire 243 rd 5th RAYMOND GOODWIN, Builth Wells, Wales 238 3 GLYN MORGAN, Builth Wells, Powys 222 4th MICHAEL MOORE, Southminster, Essex 215 Class 3B Semi Digger Work (2 Or More Furrows) 5th TONY BRADLEY, Raglan, Monmouth, Wales 215 1st JAMES WITTY, Malton, North Yorkshire 262 2nd GEOFF FRETWELL, Penistone, South Yorkshire 246 Class 9 National Vintage Ploughing Championships – 3rd JOHN HILL, Hoylandswaine, South Yorkshire 244 Classic Ploughs st 4th ALWYN DAVIES, Ledbury, Herefordshire 234 1 BILL YEANDLE, Cheriton Fitzpaine, Devon 227 nd 5th ASHLEY BOYLES, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire 233 2 MICHAEL HOLLOWAY, Montgomery, Powys 226 rd 3 GEOFF SMITH, Stockbridge, Hampshire 220 Class 4 National Young Farmers Ploughing 4th CHRIS GRICE, Malton, North Yorkshire 219 Championships – Conventional Ploughing 5th JOHN BATHGATE, Dunbar, East Lothian 212

1st ROBERT LAYBOURN, Badsworth, W Yorkshire 233 Class 10 Horse Ploughing - Oat Seed Furrow Work 2nd ROBERT IREDALE, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire 223 rd 1st JIM ELLIOTT, Beamish, Co Durham 242 3 JAMES SEAL, Soham, Cambridgeshire 215 nd 4th SCOTT BUNTING, Skeyton, Norwich, Norfolk 206 2 JIM REYNOLDS, Llandysul, Ceredigion, Wales 228 th 3rd JOHN FAIRBAIRN, Berwick, Northumberland 227 5 JOHN HILL, Horningtoft, Dereham, Norfolk 205 th 4 PETER BRASSETT, Stanley, Co Durham 221 th Class 5 Oat Seed Furrow Work (Tractors) 5 ROY PRESCOTT, Ormskirk, Lancashire 203

1st RAY ALDERSON, Bolam, Co Durham 219 nd Class 11 Crawler Tractor Ploughing 2 DEREK NEEDHAM, Kings Lynn, Norfolk 215 st rd 1 JOHN WEBB, Great Waltham, Essex 261 3 STEPHEN SWALES, , North Yorkshire 203 nd th 2 COLIN FENNER, Hawkewell, Essex 242 4 PETER STONE, Kingsbridge, Devon 199 rd th 3 RUSSELL KINGAN, Dumfries, Scotland 211 5 PETER COPEMAN, Kings Lynn, Norfolk 197 th ______4 GARY RUTTER, Waterlooville, Hampshire 209 th 5 DAVID EASTLEY, Totnes, South Devon 208 In the case of a tie, a countback system is used to find the place winners.

Class 6 Horse Ploughing - General Purpose Work Points