2002 British Results

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52^nd BRITISH NATIONAL PLOUGHING CHAMPIONSHIPS

WILSIC, DONCASTER, SOUTH YORKSHIRE

12^th& 13^th OCTOBER 2002

R E S U L T S

REVERSIBLE FINAL PLOUGH-OFF

1^st	19	JAMES WITTY, Malton, North Yorkshire	487 points
2^nd	21	JOHN HILL, Hoylandswaine, South Yorkshire	449 points
3^rd	13	SIMON WITTY, Malton, North Yorkshire	446 points

CONVENTIONAL FINAL PLOUGH-OFF

1^st	91	NIGEL VICKERS, Whitchurch, North Wales	372 points
2^nd	41	DAVID CHAPPELL, Hatfield, South Yorkshire	369 points
3^rd	80	ADRIAN BREWER, Wadebridge, Cornwall	368 points

JAMES WITTY and DAVID CHAPPELL will represent England in the 2003 World Ploughing Contest to be held in Canada

Class 1 One Way Ploughing

1^st	19	JAMES WITTY, Malton, North Yorkshire	498 points
2^nd	13	SIMON WITTY, Malton, North Yorkshire	488 points
3^rd	18	ANDREW MITCHELL, Forfar, Angus, Scotland	480 points
4^th	21	JOHN HILL, Hoylandswaine, South Yorkshire	468 points
5^th	16	ANDY GREENHILL, Forteviot, Perth, Scotland	462 points

Class 2A Semi Digger Work (2 Or More Furrows)

1^st	41	DAVID CHAPPELL, Doncaster, S Yorkshire	398 points
2^nd	44	ALWYN DAVIES, Ledbury, Herefordshire	379 points
3^rd	43	DON WOODHOUSE, Retford, Nottinghamshire	372 points
4^th	35	JAMES ROBSON, Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire	368 points
5^th	47	JOHN BENNION, Ledbury, Herefordshire	364 points

Class 2B Semi Digger Work (2 Or More Furrows)

1st	74	WILLIAM TONKIN, Cheriton Fitzpaine, Devon	357 points
2^nd	62	INGRAM BARRELL, Garway, Herefordshire	351 points
3^rd	63	ROWLAND GLANVILLE, St Columb, Cornwall	348 points
4^th	72	RAYMOND GOODWIN, Builth Wells, Powys	345 points
5^th	56	BRENIG BRYAN, Narberth, Pembrokeshire	341 points

Class 2C Semi Digger Work (2 Or More Furrows)

1^st=	80	ADRIAN BREWER, Wadebridge, Cornwall	382 points
1^st=	91	NIGEL VICKERS, Whitchurch, North Wales	382 points
3^rd	81	GEOFFREY FRETWELL, Penistone, S Yorkshire	379 points
4^th	88	IAN WILSON, Penyffordd, Chester, Wales	364 points
5^th	89	HARVEY MILNES, Penistone, South Yorkshire	362 points

Class 3 National Vintage Ploughing Championships - Trailing Ploughs

1^st	118	KEITH WILLIAMS, Kings Caple, Herefordshire	393 points
2^nd	113	MICHAEL WATKINS, Maltby, South Yorkshire	380 points
3^rd	107	RAYMOND ALDERSON, Bolam, Co Durham	379 points
4^th	110	JOHN MILNES, Penistone, South Yorkshire	366 points
5^th	116	IAN CRADOCK, Trowbridge, Wiltshire	364 points

Class 4 Horse Ploughing - General Purpose Work

1^st	124	JIM ELLIOTT, Montgomery, Powys	201 points
2^nd	130	JIM REYNOLDS, Llandysul, Ceredigion, Wales	181 points
3^rd	120	JOHN FAIRBAIRN, Berwick, Northumberland	172 points
4^th	135	ROY PRESCOTT, Ormskirk, Lancashire	162 points
5^th	125	PETER BRASSETT, Beamish, Co Durham	133 points

Class 5 Horticultural Ploughing Championship � Saturday

1^st	145	GRAHAM BROWN, Lutterworth, Leicestershire	177 points
2^nd	146	ANDRIAN MARSHALL, Oakham, Rutland	163 points
3^rd	143	PETER COTTON, Horncastle, Lincolnshire	160 points

Class 6 National Young Farmers Ploughing Championships � Reversible Ploughing

1^st	155	DUNCAN KIRBY, Malton, North Yorkshire	443 points
2^nd	150	IAN BREWER, St Issey, Wadebridge, Cornwall	428 points
3^rd	149	ANDREW RUTHERFORD, Carlisle, Cumbria	401 points
4^th	151	ANDREW VINCENT, Mansfield, Notts	386 points
5^th	157	KEITH PAYNE, Llangarron,Herefordshire	383 points

Class 7 National Young Farmers Ploughing Championships � Conventional Ploughing

1^st	158	DEWI ELFED JONES, Corwen, Denbighshire	400 points
2^nd	163	ASHLEY BOYLES, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire	387 points
3^rd	160	DANIEL TREWERN, Penzance, Cornwall	377 points
4^th	166	ROBERT IREDALE, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire	363 points
5^th	161	ROBERT MORLEY, Stickford, Lincolnshire	334 points

Class 8 Oat Seed Furrow Work (Tractors)

1^st	168	ANDREW HEWITT, Aylmerton, Norfolk	174 points
2^nd	167	JACK SWALES, Yarm, North Yorkshire	171 points
3^rd	175	DEREK NEEDHAM, Kings Lynn, Norfolk	168 points
4^th	178	JOHN MILNES, Penistone, South Yorkshire	165 points
5^th	170	MERVYN VOWLES, North Somerset	162 points

Class 9 National Vintage Ploughing Championships - Hydraulic

1^st	196	MICHAEL ARMITAGE, Peterborough, Cambs	356 points
2^nd	191	ROBERT DOUGLAS, Jedburgh, Scotland	351 points
3^rd	183	RAYMOND EDMONDSON, Morpeth,N�umberland	337 points
4^th	200	DAVID WHITE, Eggborough, Goole, E Yorkshire	335 points
5^th	194	RALPH HORNER, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire	328 points

Class 10 National Vintage Ploughing Championships � Classic Ploughs

1^st	208	ROBERT BUTLIN, Southam, Warwickshire	340 points
2^nd	212	COLIN DUGGAN, Ballasalla, Isle of Man	332 points
3^rd	210	BRIAN HOWARD, Barnsley, South Yorkshire	331 points
4^th	202	CARL FRETWELL, Penistone, South Yorkshire	329 points
5^th	209	DAVID PARRY, Market Drayton, Shropshire	328 points

Class 11 Horse Ploughing - Oat Seed Furrow Work

1^st	224	JIM ELLIOTT, Montgomery, Powys	160 points
2^nd	214	JIM REYNOLDS, Llandysul, Ceredigion, Wales	157 points
3^rd	225	JOHN FAIRBAIRN, Berwick, Northumberland	143 points
4^th	216	ROY PRESCOTT, Ormskirk, Lancashire	136 points
5^th	218	PETER BRASSETT, Beamish, Co Durham	122 points

Class 12 Horticultural Ploughing Championship - Sunday

1^st	235	BRIAN CARTER, Knutsford, Cheshire	183 points
2^nd	233	PETER COTTON, Horncastle, Lincolnshire	168 points
3^rd	239	ADRIAN MARSHALL, Oakham, Rutland	161 points

Class 13 Crawler Tractor Ploughing

1^st	243	JOHN WEBB, Great Waltham, Chelmsford, Essex	199 points
2^nd	244	DAVID EASTLEY, E Allington, Totnes, S Devon	190 points
3^rd	246	COLIN FENNER, Hawkwell, Essex	178 points

PRESS RELEASE October 2002

52nd BRITISH NATIONAL PLOUGHING CHAMPIONSHIPS
WILSIC, DONCASTER, SOUTH YORKSHIRE
12th & 13th OCTOBER 2002

Nigel Vickers has become the first Welshman to win the British National Conventional Ploughing Championship since Raymond Goodwin took the title in 1987. Nigel, who is from Whitchurch in North Wales, won the Championship with a score of 372 points, beating Yorkshireman David Chappell into second place by the narrow margin of three points. Third, and only a point behind, was Adrian Brewer from Cornwall.

David Chappell will now represent England in the Conventional Ploughing Championship at next year�s World Ploughing Contest in Canada, where he will be partnered by James Witty in the Reversible Class.

James Witty, who comes from Malton in North Yorkshire, maintained his family�s dominance of the Reversible Ploughing Class by winning the British National Reversible title with a score of 487 points. This was more than enough to give him victory over second-placed fellow Yorkshireman John Hill, by the massive margin of 38 points. James� brother, Simon, finished a distant third with 436 points. John Hill, a former triple World Ploughing Champion and European Reversible Champion and Simon Witty, himself a former European Reversible Champion, will represent England at the 2003 European Reversible Ploughing Championships.

Jim Elliott from Montgomery, Wales swept all before him in the horse ploughing classes, winning both the General Purpose and Oat Seed Furrow Classes and taking the overall Championship title with an aggregate score of 361 points. Fellow Welshmen Jim Reynolds was second and John Fairbairn from Berwick upon Tweed third.

In the National Young Farmers Championship, Duncan Kirby from Malton, North Yorkshire won the Reversible Ploughing title with five more points than runner-up Ian Brewer from Cornwall. Third and just one point behind was Andrew Rutherford from Carlisle.

The National Young Farmers Conventional Ploughing Championship was won convincingly by Dewi Elfed Jones of Corwen, Denbighshire with a score of 400 points. Second was Ashley Boyles of Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, and third was Cornishman Daniel Trewern.

With three classes this year in the National Vintage Ploughing Championship, a record entry was assured. Herefordshire ploughman Keith Williams was the victor in the Trailing Ploughs Class, with Yorkshireman Michael Watkins coming second.

The Vintage Hydraulic Ploughs Class was won by Michael Armitage from Peterborough who was closely followed into second place by Scotsman Robert Douglas. Third was Raymond Edmondson of Morpeth, Northumberland.

The Classic Ploughs Class, new to the Championships this year, was won by Robert Butlin from Warwickshire. Just one point separated second and third places: Colin Duggan from the Isle of Man and Yorkshireman Brian Howard from Barnsley. The title of Overall Vintage Champion was taken by Keith Williams.

Although heavy over-night rain on Friday and throughout Saturday morning kept the crowds away it did not affect the ploughing. A cold, dry day on Sunday saw spectators crowding in and the day�s total just reaching 8,000, making the total attendance for the two days a fraction under 11,000.

Commenting upon the Championships, Ken Chappell, Executive Director of the Society of Ploughmen and organiser of the event said: �Although the first day�s attendance was disappointing because of the weather, the quality of ploughing over the two days was outstanding. I think the cancellation of last year�s event due to foot & mouth sharpened the competitors� appetite. The tight scoring in some of the classes certainly seems to suggest this.� He also thanked the Championships� sponsors - including main sponsors National Grid, Total Butler, Goodyear and Firestone. �Without their help it would be a hard job staging these Championships every year,� he said.

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