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60th British National Ploughing Championships 

to be held at

Grange de Lings, near Lincoln LN2 3QF


by kind permission of  H R Bourn & Son

on

Saturday & Sunday
9th & 10th October 2010

The site is located just off the junction of the A15 and A1500

Includes:

 Heavy Horse Ploughing ~ Vintage Tractors
Modern Tractor Ploughing ~ Champion Ploughmen & Women
Trade Stands ~ Demonstrations ~ Country Crafts

Local Champion ploughmen from throughout Great Britain are preparing to travel to Lincolnshire on October 9th & 10th, to compete in the 2010 British National Ploughing Championships.

Competitors include past and present British, European and World ploughing champions and competition will be fierce as ploughmen and women will be fighting for the supreme honour of taking the British National titles and representing their country in the 2011 World Ploughing Contest.

Ken Chappell, Executive Director of the Society of Ploughmen, said recently, "We are celebrating the 60th British Championships to Grange de Lings  -  we celebrated the 50th event here along with the World Ploughing Contest in 2000 and it is great to be coming back.  The enthusiasm and support we are getting from our main sponsors - Goodyear and Firestone - and from local people, organisations and the agricultural trade is very encouraging.  It will add up to a ploughing spectacular and provide a great rural day out for all the family to remember".

The National Young Farmers Area Champions will compete on the first day and ploughmen in the conventional and reversible classes will parade to their plots, with the qualifying ploughmen going through to the finals on the second day.  Their prize will be the honour of representing their country in ploughing's international 'Grand Prix' World Ploughing Championships to be held in Sweden in 2011.

Classes for vintage tractor ploughing will be held on the second day, with area champions in hydraulic, trailing and classic ploughing competing for the honour of being British National Vintage Champion and a place to represent England in the 2011 European Vintage Ploughing Championships.

Fun for all the family
The event is not only for ploughmen - visitors will be catered for with an extensive trade stand area and a taste of the past will be supplied with steam ploughing engines; vintage machines at work; rural craft displays; a static display of vintage tractors and agricultural engines; and magnificent shire horses at work demonstrating their ploughing skills.  These magnificently turned out true 'workhorses' will be decorated with ornate brass and leather harness, and undertaking the general purpose work on the first day and the stylish 'high cut' work on the second day, providing an irresistible opportunity for photographers.

In contrast, top machinery firms will be demonstrating their latest, most up-to-date, powerful, multi-furrow ploughing unites which can turn over in far less than an hour what it takes the horses a day to achieve.

Over 15,000 visitors are expected to attend the event from all parts of the country and the site will be sign posted from all major roads in the vicinity.

How to find the site

Click here for a map with the site location

Admission:
    Admission charges to follow
    Special rates for coach parties, paid in advance (please contact us for details)
  

Click here for details of membership to the Society of Ploughmen (includes free admission to the event)

 
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 

FRIDAY 8th OCTOBER 

SATURDAY 9th OCTOBER 

SUNDAY 10th OCTOBER 

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