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RESULTS of the 59 th BRITISH NATIONAL PLOUGHING CHAMPIONSHIPS

SOHAM, near ELY, CAMBRIDGESHIRE - 10th & 11th OCTOBER 2009

REVERSIBLE FINAL PLOUGH-OFF 1st COLIN BOWEN, Clun, Craven Arms, Shropshire 312 points 2nd PETER ALDERSLADE, East Bolden, Tyne & Wear 271 points rd 3 STEVEN BOWEN, Clun, Craven Arms, Shropshire 256 points CONVENTIONAL FINAL PLOUGH-OFF 1st SIMON WITTY, Hunmanby, Filey, North Yorkshire 232 points 2nd JAMES WITTY, East Lutton, Malton, North Yorkshire 231 points 3rd NIGEL VICKERS, Whitchurch, Shropshire 228 points

COLIN BOWEN and SIMON WITTY will represent England in the 2010 World Ploughing Contest to be held in New Zealand.

Class 1 One Way Ploughing Points Class 6 Horse Ploughing - General Purpose Work Points 1st COLIN BOWEN, Clun, Craven Arms, Shropshire 300 1st JAMES ELLIOTT, Beamish, Co Durham 218 2nd PETER ALDERSLADE, East Bolden, Tyne & Wear 287 2nd JOHN FAIRBAIRN, Berwick upon Tweed 216 3rd MARK WILLIAMS, St Columb, Cornwall 279 3rd STEVEN GLAVIN, Selby, North Yorkshire 167 4th STEVEN BOWEN, Clun, Craven Arms, Shropshire 274 4th MARTIN KERSWELL, Buckfastleigh, Devon 166 5th EDWARD GRIFFIN, Stamford, Lincolnshire 256 5th MALCOLM KERSWELL, Buckfastleigh, Devon 157

Class 2 National Young Farmers Ploughing Class 7 Trailed Vintage Ploughing Championships Championships – Reversible Ploughing 1st MICHAEL WATKINS, Maltby, South Yorkshire 242 st 1 IAN BREWER, Wadebridge, Cornwall 277 2nd RAYMOND ALDERSON, Bolam, Co Durham 211 nd 2 JAMES FOVARGUE, Coleorton, Leicestershire 218 3rd ANDREW BUCKLEY, Darliston, Shropshire 207 rd 3 WILLIAM BURGESS, Northwich, Cheshire 215 4th HENRY TAYLOR, Grindleton, Lancashire 206 th 4 ALLAN BOWEN, Clun, Craven Arms, Shropshire 208 5th JOHN HODGES, Malmesbury, Wiltshire 200 5th KEITH PAYNE, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire 168 Class 8 Hydraulic Vintage Ploughing Championships Class 3A Semi Digger Work (2 Or More Furrows) 1st RICHARD INGRAM, Atherstone, Warwickshire 247 1st NIGEL VICKERS, Whitchurch, Shropshire 248 2nd MICHAEL ARMITAGE, Thornhaugh, Peterboro’ 214 2nd SIMON WITTY, Filey, North Yorkshire 235 3rd GLYN MORGAN, Builth Wells, Powys, Wales 212 3rd DON WOODHOUSE, Retford, Nottinghamshire 226 4th COLIN HEARD, Holsworthy, Devon 212 4th TIM WAUDBY, Stow, Lincolnshire 217 5th DAVID WOOD, Eyemouth, Berwickshire 209 5th ASHLEY BOYLES, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire 210 Class 9 Classic Ploughing Championships Class 3B Semi Digger Work (2 Or More Furrows) 1st MICHAEL HOLLOWAY, Montgomery, Powys 236 1st GEOFF FRETWELL, Penistone, South Yorkshire 243 2nd STUART BURDEN, Rotherham, South Yorkshire 235 2nd JAMES WITTY, East Lutton, Malton, N Yorkshire 240 3rd STUART FORSYTH, Berwick on Tweed 225 3rd ALWYN DAVIES, Ledbury, Herefordshire 219 4th DAVID AUCKLAND, Huddersfield, Yorkshire 214 4th JOHN HILL, Hoylandswaine, South Yorkshire 214 5th DAVID GREENWOOD, Leeds, West Yorkshire 213 5th ADRIAN BREWER, Wadebridge, Cornwall 213 Class 10 Oat Seed Furrow Work (Tractors) Class 4A National Young Farmers Ploughing st Championships – Conventional Ploughing 1 JOHN MILNES, Penistone, South Yorkshire 225 2nd ROBERT IRVING, Truro, Cornwall 225 1st DONALD TONKIN, Crediton, Devon 235 3rd DEREK NEEDHAM, Clenchwharton, Norfolk 203 2nd ROBERT LAYBOURN, Pontefract, W. Yorkshire 215 rd 4th PETER STONE, Kingsbridge, Devon 197 3 NICK DAVENPORT, Wakefield, West Yorkshire 213 th th 5 STEPHEN SWALES, Yarm, North Yorkshire 195 4 BEN CRADOCK, Wrington, North Somerset 166 5th MATTHEW GRINDLING, Cottenham, Cambs 165 Class 11 Horse Ploughing - Oat Seed Furrow Work

1st JAMES ELLIOTT, Stanley, Co Durham 234 Class 4B National Young Farmers Ploughing nd Championships – Vintage & Classic Ploughing 2 JOHN FAIRBAIRN, Berwick upon Tweed 216 rd st 3 MALCOLM KERSWELL, Buckfastleigh, Devon 196 1 DEBORAH WATSON, Hallington, Newcastle 215 th nd 4 MARTIN KERSWELL, Buckfastleigh, Devon 188 2 STUART VICKERS, Whitchurch, Shropshire 189 th rd 5 STEVEN GLAVIN, Selby, North Yorkshire 168 3 MATTHEW WHITEHEAD, Penrith, Cumbria 189 4th JAMES SEAL, Soham, Cambridgeshire 186 Class 12 Crawler Tractor Ploughing 5th GAVIN BRADFORD, Haddenham, Cambridgeshire 179 st 1 JOHN WEBB, Great Waltham, Essex 216 nd Class 5 Oat Seed Furrow Work (Tractors) 2 COLIN FENNER, Hawkewell, Essex 212 rd st 3 DAVID WILLIAMS , Willingale, Ongar, Essex 163 1 ROBERT IRVING, Truro, Cornwall 222 th nd 4 RALPH STEVENS, Horsmonden, Kent 146 2 STEPHEN SWALES, Yarm, North Yorkshire 211 th rd 5 COLIN JOHNSON, Thorne, Doncaster, S Yorks 143 3 RAY ALDERSON, Bolam, Darlington, Co Durham 189 4th JOHN MILNES, Penistone, South Yorkshire 188 Overall Vintage Ploughing Champion – Richard Ingram 5th PETER COPEMAN, Gayton, Kings Lynn, Norfolk 184 ______Overall British Horse Ploughing Champion – James Elliott In the case of a tie, the countback system is used to find the place winner Overall National YF Ploughing Champion – Donald Tonkin