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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