2008 British

58^th BRITISH NATIONAL PLOUGHING CHAMPIONSHIPS

MARDEN, near TONBRIDGE, KENT - 11^th& 12^th OCTOBER 2008

REVERSIBLE FINAL PLOUGH-OFF

1st PETER ALDERSLADE, East Bolden, Tyne & Wear 315 points

2nd COLIN BOWEN, Clun, Craven Arms, Shropshire 310 points

3rd IAN BREWER, St Issey, Wadebridge, Cornwall 270 points

1st ASHLEY BOYLES, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire 244 points

2nd JOHN HILL, Hoylandswaine, Sheffield, South Yorkshire 234 points

3rd DON WOODHOUSE, Retford, Nottinghamshire 234 points

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

Class 1 One Way Ploughing

1^st	COLIN BOWEN, Clun, Craven Arms, Shropshire	308
2^nd	PETER ALDERSLADE, East Bolden, Tyne & Wear	295
3^rd	MARK WILLIAMS, St Columb, Cornwall	282
4^th	EDWARD GRIFFIN, Stamford, Lincolnshire	259
5^th	ALAN CRITCHLOW, Foston, Derbyshire	244

Class 2 National Young Farmers Ploughing Championships - Reversible

1^st	IAN BREWER, Wadebridge, Cornwall	297
2^nd	STEVEN BOWEN, Craven Arms, Shropshire	270
3^rd	JOHN STONEHOUSE, Scarborough, N Yorks	201
4^th	RICH HAMBLING, Much Marcle, Herefordshire	185

Class 3A Semi Digger Work (2 Or More Furrows)

1^st	JOHN HILL, Hoylandswaine, South Yorkshire	246
2^nd	DON WOODHOUSE, Retford, Notts	241
3^rd	ALWYN DAVIES, Ledbury, Herefordshire	236
4^th	JAMES WITTY, East Lutton, North Yorkshire	218
5^th	SIMON WITTY, East Lutton, North Yorkshire	217

Class 3B Semi Digger Work (2 Or More Furrows)

1^st	GEOFF FRETWELL, Penistone, South Yorks	239
2^nd	IAN WILSON, Penyfford, North Wales	232
3^rd	ASHLEY BOYLES, Market Rasen, Lincs	229
4^th	ROWLAND GLANVILLE, St Columb, Cornwall	223
5^th	DAVID CHAPPELL, Doncaster, South Yorks	214

Class 4A National Young Farmers Ploughing Championships � Conventional Ploughing

1^st	DONALD TONKIN, Crediton, Devon	227
2^nd	NICK DAVENPORT, Wakefield, West Yorkshire	226
3^rd	ROBERT IREDALE, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire	209
4^th	ROBERT LAYBOURN, Pontefract, Yorkshire	201
5^th	BEN CRADOCK, Wrington, Somerset	175

Class 4B National Young Farmers Ploughing

1^st	PHILIP THOMPSON, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire	195
2^nd	DEBORAH WATSON, Hallington, Newcastle	171
3^rd	MATTHEW WHITEHEAD, Penrith, Cumbria	157
4^th	ASHLEY CRACOCK, Trowbridge, Wiltshire	150
5^th	JAKE HOOPER, Shaftesbury, Dorset	146

Class 5 Oat Seed Furrow Work (Tractors)

1^st	ROBERT IRVING, Truro, Cornwall	109
2^nd	JOHN MILNES, Penistone, South Yorks	108
3^rd	RAY ALDERSON, Darlington, Co Durham	107
4th	RICHARD PARROTT, Cottenham, Cambs	106
5^th	DEREK NEEDHAM, Clenchwhart, Norfolk	100

Class 6 Horse Ploughing - General Purpose Work

1^st	PETER BRASSETT, Beamish, Co Durham	103
2^nd	IAN WILLIAMS, Polegate, East Sussex	84
3^rd	WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Newton Abbott, Devon	80
4^th	MARTIN KERSWELL, Buckfastleigh, Devon	73
5^th	STEVE GOODWIN, Sheppey, Kent	61

Class 7 National Vintage Ploughing Championships � Trailing Ploughs

1^st	JOHN MILNES, Penistone, South Yorkshire	237
2^nd	MICHAEL WATKINS, Maltby, South Yorkshire	232
3^rd	RAYMOND ALDERSON, Bolam, Co Durham	226
4^th	JOHN HODGES, Malmesbury, Wiltshire	196
5^th	NORMAN CLARKE, Lowdham, Nottinghamshire	194

Class 8 National Vintage Ploughing Championships � Hydraulic Ploughs

1^st	RICHARD INGRAM, Atherstone, Warks	248
2^nd	MICHAEL ARMITAGE, Peterborough	238
3^rd	GLYN MORGAN, Builth Wells, Powys, Wales	219
4^th	PHILIP ALLMAN, Stafford, Staffordshire	216
5^th	MICHAEL MOORE, Southminster, Essex	208

Class 9 National Vintage Ploughing Championships �

1^st	STUART FORSYTH, Berwick on Tweed	224
2^nd	ROGER INGHAM, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire	212
3^rd	STUART BURDEN, Rotherham, South Yorkshire	211
4^th	DAVID THOMLINSON, Escrick, York	193
5^th	TONY WEST, Okehampton, Devon	192

Class 10 Horse Ploughing - Oat Seed Furrow Work

1^st	PETER BRASSETT, Stanley, Co Durham	117
2^nd	MALCOLM KERSWELL, Buckfastleigh, Devon	99
3^rd	IAN WILLIAMS, Polegate, East Sussex	98
4^th	MARTIN KERSWELL, Buckfastleigh, Devon	92
5^th	RANDOLPH HISCOCK, Shaftesbury, Dorset	90

Class 11 Crawler Tractor Ploughing

1^st	JOHN WEBB, Great Waltham, Essex	215
2^nd	COLIN FENNER, Hawkewell, Essex	213
3^rd	DAVID EASTLEY, Totnes, Devon	206
4^th	GRAHAM SOPER, Totnes, Devon	188
5^th	GARY RUTTER, Waterlooville, Hampshire	188

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In the case of a tie, the countback system is used to find the place winner

Overall British National Vintage Ploughing Champion - John Milnes

Overall British Horse Ploughing Champion - Peter Brassett

Overall National Young Farmers Ploughing Champion - Ian Brewer