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Thread #134205 Message #3201340
Posted By: Ross Campbell
03-Aug-11 - 08:21 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Last Clydesdales (Archie Webster)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Last Clydesdales (Archie Webster)
(Copied from the Dunbrae/Denbrae thread)
Obviously a lot of ploughing still going on!
NO4715 : Denbrae Farm near to Denhead, Fife, Great Britain
And:-
" 2009
DMR Club Ploughing Match
Was finally held on Sunday 11th January 2009 at Denbrae Farm. Cupar KY15 4PZ
The results were:
Case Tractor Class:
1. George Mellville
International Tractor Class
1. Rab Birrell. 2. Gary Sands 3.Stuart Forsyth
David Brown Tractor Class
1.John Winter 2.Robert Mckechnie 3.Jim Harrow
Junior DB/IH Plough
1.Raymond Smart 2.Willie Greive 3.Jim Harrow Snr."
So no more horse classes.
There are still a few people keeping the craft of horse-ploughing alive:
The Northern Ireland Vintage Ploughing Association will be running The European Vintage Ploughing Championships on the 2nd and 3rd of September, 2011. Events include:-
• European Vintage Tractor & Ploughing Championships
• European Horse Ploughing Championships
Ross