58th BRITISH NATIONAL PLOUGHING CHAMPIONSHIPS

MARDEN, near TONBRIDGE, KENT - 11th & 12th OCTOBER 2008 R E S U L T S

REVERSIBLE FINAL PLOUGH-OFF 1st PETER ALDERSLADE, East Bolden, Tyne & Wear 315 points 2nd COLIN BOWEN, Clun, Arms, Shropshire 310 points rd 3 IAN BREWER, St Issey, Wadebridge, Cornwall 270 points CONVENTIONAL FINAL PLOUGH-OFF 1st ASHLEY BOYLES, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire 244 points 2nd JOHN HILL, Hoylandswaine, Sheffield, South 234 points 3rd DON WOODHOUSE, Retford, Nottinghamshire 234 points

PETER ALDERLSADE and ASHLEY BOYLES will represent in the 2009 World Ploughing Contest to be held in Slovenia.

Class 1 One Way Ploughing Points Class 6 Horse Ploughing - General Purpose Work Points st 1 COLIN BOWEN, Clun, Craven Arms, Shropshire 308 1st PETER BRASSETT, Beamish, Co Durham 103 nd 2 PETER ALDERSLADE, East Bolden, Tyne & Wear 295 2nd IAN WILLIAMS, Polegate, East Sussex 84 rd 3 MARK WILLIAMS, St Columb, Cornwall 282 3rd WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Newton Abbott, Devon 80 th 4 EDWARD GRIFFIN, Stamford, Lincolnshire 259 4th MARTIN KERSWELL, Buckfastleigh, Devon 73 th 5 ALAN CRITCHLOW, Foston, Derbyshire 244 5th STEVE GOODWIN, Sheppey, Kent 61

Class 2 National Young Farmers Ploughing Championships – Reversible Ploughing Class 7 National Vintage Ploughing Championships – Trailing Ploughs 1st IAN BREWER, Wadebridge, Cornwall 297 st 2nd STEVEN BOWEN, Craven Arms, Shropshire 270 1 JOHN MILNES, Penistone, South Yorkshire 237 nd 3rd JOHN STONEHOUSE, Scarborough, N Yorkshire 201 2 MICHAEL WATKINS, Maltby, South Yorkshire 232 rd 4th RICH HAMBLING, Much Marcle, Herefordshire 185 3 RAYMOND ALDERSON, Bolam, Co Durham 226 th 4 JOHN HODGES, Malmesbury, Wiltshire 196 Class 3A Semi Digger Work (2 Or More Furrows) 5th NORMAN CLARKE, Lowdham, Nottinghamshire 194 1st JOHN HILL, Hoylandswaine, South Yorkshire 246 2nd DON WOODHOUSE, Retford, Nottinghamshire 241 Class 8 National Vintage Ploughing Championships – 3rd ALWYN DAVIES, Ledbury, Herefordshire 236 Hydraulic Ploughs 4th JAMES WITTY, East Lutton, 218 1st RICHARD INGRAM, Atherstone, Warwickshire 248 5th SIMON WITTY, East Lutton, North Yorkshire 217 2nd MICHAEL ARMITAGE, Thornhaugh, Peterboro’ 238 rd Class 3B Semi Digger Work (2 Or More Furrows) 3 GLYN MORGAN, Builth Wells, Powys, Wales 219 4th PHILIP ALLMAN, Stafford, Staffordshire 216 1st GEOFF FRETWELL, Penistone, South Yorkshire 239 5th MICHAEL MOORE, Southminster, Essex 208 2nd IAN WILSON, Penyfford, North Wales 232 rd 3 ASHLEY BOYLES, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire 229 Class 9 National Vintage Ploughing Championships – 4th ROWLAND GLANVILLE, St Columb, Cornwall 223 th Classic Ploughs 5 DAVID CHAPPELL, Doncaster, South Yorkshire 214 st 1 STUART FORSYTH, Berwick on Tweed 224 Class 4A National Young Farmers Ploughing 2nd ROGER INGHAM, , North Yorkshire 212 Championships – Conventional Ploughing 3rd STUART BURDEN, Rotherham, South Yorkshire 211 1st DONALD TONKIN, Crediton, Devon 227 4th DAVID THOMLINSON, Escrick, 193 2nd NICK DAVENPORT, Wakefield, West Yorkshire 226 5th TONY WEST, Okehampton, Devon 192 3rd ROBERT IREDALE, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire 209 4th ROBERT LAYBOURN, Pontefract, W. Yorkshire 201 Class 10 Horse Ploughing - Oat Seed Furrow Work 5th BEN CRADOCK, Wrington, North Somerset 175 1st PETER BRASSETT, Stanley, Co Durham 117

2nd MALCOLM KERSWELL, Buckfastleigh, Devon 99 Class 4B National Young Farmers Ploughing rd Championships – Conventional Ploughing 3 IAN WILLIAMS, Polegate, East Sussex 98 th st 4 MARTIN KERSWELL, Buckfastleigh, Devon 92 1 PHILIP THOMPSON, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire 195 th 2nd DEBORAH WATSON, Hallington, Newcastle 171 5 RANDOLPH HISCOCK, Shaftesbury, Dorset 90

3rd MATTHEW WHITEHEAD, Penrith, Cumbria 157 th Class 11 Crawler Tractor Ploughing 4 ASHLEY CRADOCK, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 150 st th 1 JOHN WEBB, Great Waltham, Essex 215 5 JAKE HOOPER, Shaftesbury, Dorset 146 nd 2 COLIN FENNER, Hawkewell, Essex 213 Class 5 Oat Seed Furrow Work (Tractors) 3rd DAVID EASTLEY, Totnes, Devon 206 1st ROBERT IRVING, Truro, Cornwall 109 4th GRAHAM SOPER, Totnes, Devon 188 2nd JOHN MILNES, Penistone, South Yorkshire 108 5th GARY RUTTER, Waterlooville, Hampshire 188 rd 3 RAY ALDERSON, Bolam, Darlington, Co Durham 107 Overall Vintage Ploughing Champion - John Milnes 4th RICHARD PARROTT, Cottenham, Cambs 106 5th DEREK NEEDHAM, Clenchwharton, Norfolk 100 Overall British Horse Ploughing Champion - Peter Brassett

______Overall National YF Ploughing Champion -Ian Brewer In the case of a tie, the countback system is used to find the place winner