2000 World Contest

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47^th WORLD PLOUGHING CONTEST
Lincoln, England - 16^th & 17^th September 2000
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REVERSIBLE PLOUGHING
First day Second day Overall
Stubble Grassland Points

1^st	JOHN HILL, England	1^st	179.25	1^st	180.25	359.5
2^nd	PETER ULRICH, Switzerland	3^rd	164.25	3^rd	171.25	335.5
3^rd	WILLIAM MORRISON, Scotland	6^th	152.75	2^nd	177.5	330.25
4^th	GEERT VANDEVELDE, Belgium	2^nd	164.5	5^th	164.75	329.25
5^th	UELI HAGEN, Switzerland	5^th	153.5	4^th	168	321.5
6^th	TROELS DETLEFSEN, Denmark	8^th	146.75	6^th	156.75	303.5
7^th	JOAKIM ZETTERBERG, Sweden	4^th	160	7^th	139.5	299.5
8^th	HARALD BOHNSDALEN, Norway	7^th	149.75	8^th	139.25	289
9^th	MAURICE DONVAL, France	9^th	131.5	10^th	111.25	242.75
10^th	TON MEUWISSEN, Netherlands	10^th	131.25	10^th	111.25	242.5
11^th	MICHAEL PODEHL, Germany	11^th	111.25	9^th	129	240.25
12^th	RAMANTAS GARUCKAS, Lithuania	13^th	74.75	12^th	100.5	175.25
13^th	JAROSLAV BACISIN, Slovak Republic	12^th	76	13^th	92.25	168.25

CONVENTIONAL PLOUGHING
First day Second day Overall
Stubble Grassland Points

1^st	HENRY THEGAN, Denmark	5^th	153.25	1^st	184.5	337.75
2^nd	ANDREW MORRISON, Scotland	3^rd	166	2^nd	171	337
3^rd	DAVID GILL, Northern Ireland	1^st	179.5	6^th	156	335.5
4^th	DAVID WRIGHT, Northern Ireland	2^nd	166.75	6^th	156	322.75
5^th	CHARLES BATEMAN, Rep. of Ireland	7^th	149	4^th	161.25	310.25
6^th	JOSEF GELHART, Austria	12^th	142.25	3^rd	167.25	309.5
7^th	EVAN WATKIN, Wales	6^th	150.75	5^th	158.25	309
8^th	PETER LANZ, Austria	14^th	138.25	8^th	154.25	292.5
9^th	GIOVANNI CIREGIA, Italy	9^th	146.75	13^th	144.5	291.25
10^th	HARALD HUSER, Norway	11^th	143.25	11^th	146.5	289.75
11^th	DAVID ENGLAND, Zimbabwe	4^th	156	20^th	133	289
11^th	IAN WILSON, Wales	10^th	146.25	14^th	142.75	289
13^th	MAIT PAJO, Estonia	12^th	142.25	16^th	141.5	283.75
14^th	MARKO ITALEHTO, Finland	8^th	147.25	22^nd	129.75	277
15^th	ANTON FILAK, Slovenia	19^th	125.5	18^th	135.5	261
16^th	BRETT LOUGHRIDGE, Australia	20^th	122.25	19^th	134.25	256.5
17^th	KAI WOMMELSDORF, Germany	26^th	103.25	32^nd	147.75	251
18^th	IAN SMITH, Australia	18^th	127.5	24^th	123	250
19^th	GIOSEPPE FIOCCHI, Italy	16^th	130.75	27^th	115.75	246.5
20^th	IVAN MAW, New Zealand	22^nd	113.75	23^rd	125.25	239
21^st	MICHAEL MALZER, Zimbabwe	16^th	130.75	32^nd	104.25	235
21^st	HAR MEUWISSEN, Netherlands	28^th	102	20^th	133	235
23^rd	GEOFFREY FRETWELL, England	31^st	91.5	15^th	142	233.5
24^th	JOZE SVER, Slovenia	38^th	80.25	9^th	149.25	229.5
25^th	JOHN SLATTERY, Republic of Ireland	37^th	81.75	12^th	145.25	227
26^th	JAROSLAV DEMO, Slovak Republic	15^th	131.5	38^th	94.25	225.75
27^th	MIROSLAV ONDRUSEK, Czech Republic	24^th	110.25	30^th	113.5	223.75
28^th	CONRAD GRUBER, U.S.A.	21^st	120.5	34^th	101.25	221.75
29^th	DIRK ADRIANSSEN, Belgium	25^th	108.75	31^st	109.5	218.25
30^th	VILLU VILBUK, Estonia	32^nd	90	25^th	121.75	211.75
31st	HERBERT ENHOLM, Finland	33rd	88.25	25th	121.75	210
32nd	GREG TIMBERS, Canada	30th	93	29th	115.25	208.25
33rd	JOHN WATT, New Zealand	23rd	113.5	40th	91.75	205.25
34th	NILS GORANSSON, Sweden	35th	82.25	28th	118.25	200.5
35th	EDGARS KONONS, Latvia	27th	102.75	39th	92.5	195.25
36th	ANGEL-LUIS MORENO, Spain	35th	82.25	35th	100.5	182.75
37th	ANTONIN KRATKY, Czech Republic	46th	41.75	17th	140.5	182.25
38th	MARK IRARU, Kenya	29th	95.5	43rd	84.75	180.25
39th	LUCIEN RACCURT, France	40th	76.25	33rd	103.25	179.5
40th	PEDRO-ANDRES LORENZO, Spain	34th	82.5	37th	96.75	179.25
41st	KEN FERGUSON, Canada	41st	72.5	36th	97.25	169.75
42nd	GARBIR FARKAS, Hungary	42nd	65.75	41st	89.75	155.5
43rd	VYTAYTAS STAUGA, Lithuania	39th	79.25	45th	74	153.25
44th	AINARS MOZEIKO, Latvia	44th	54.5	42nd	85.25	139.75
45th	MARVIN GOPLEN, USA	43rd	57.75	44th	81.25	139
46th	LASZLO FARSANG, Hungary	45th	46.75	46th	67.25	114
47th	ISAAC K KIPSOKEI, Kenya	47th	-17.75	47th	41	23.25

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September 2000

WORLD PLOUGHING 2000

14 – 17 September 2000 – Lincolnshire Showground, Lincoln

P R E S S R E L E A S E

WIN FOR ENGLAND PLOUGHMAN CAPS TEN YEARS OF WORLD PLOUGHING SUCCESS.

After the torrential rain of the previous two days the crowds turned out to see England�s John Hill become the new World Reversible Ploughing Champion. The 43-year-old farmer from Hoylandswaine in South Yorkshire dominated his class in the 47th World Ploughing Contest, held at the Lincolnshire Showground on September 16th and 17th.

Winning on both stubble and grass John Hill clinched the title with an aggregate score of 359.5 points. Twenty four points ahead of the runner up, Switzerland�s Peter Ulrich (Massey Ferguson/Kverneland). A huge margin at this level. Scotland�s William Morrison (John Deere/Kverneland) was third with 330.25 points.

John Hill, who ploughed with a Lemken plough and a New Holland tractor, has now ploughed in ten World Ploughing Contests and won the World reversible title three times in the past eight years. "My first World Contest was at Horncastle in 1984 when I was a Young Farmer," he said after the awards ceremony. "There�s nothing better than winning in front of a home crowd," he added, "and being back in Lincolnshire and almost on the same site makes this a very special occasion for me."

John�s reward for his success is the Golden Furrows Challenge Trophy (donated by the Kverneland Plough Company) and two Lemken Perpetual Trophies, one each for winning on stubble and grass.

England�s competitor in the World Conventional Ploughing Championship, Geoff Fretwell, had a miserable time and finished 23rd overall. He drew a poor stubble plot on the first day and had endless trouble with soil sticking to his plough, finishing well out of contention for the top spot. A position from which he was unable to recover.

The torrential rain that marred the British National Ploughing Championships, if anything helped the World ploughmen by making the grass land slightly less hard than it had been during practice. Even so, the random stickiness of the soil combined with varying amounts of stone everywhere made the going difficult for many competitors.

.75 of a point robs battling Scot of World Championship

Scotland�s ploughing brothers, Andrew and William Morrison, from Banff, were both amongst the World ploughing medal winners.

In a nail-biting finish in the conventional ploughing class, Andrew Morrison (Case IH/Kverneland) failed by a whisker to become the new World Champion. A mere three quarters of a point separating him from the eventual winner, Henry Thegen of Denmark, whose aggregate score for the two days was 337.75 points. Henry ploughed with a Case IH tractor and Kverneland plough.

Meanwhile, in the reversible class, William Morrison (John Deere/Kverneland) finished in third place. These results make this Scotland�s best performance at a World Ploughing Contest so far.

Northern Ireland challenge fades

At the end of the first day Ulstermen David Gill and David Wright were lying first and second respectively in the conventional ploughing class and it looked as though they might land an historic double victory for Northern Ireland. But it was not to be. David Gill eventually finishing third (335.50) and David Wright fourth (322.75).

All 30 participating nations made it to Lincolnshire for the World Ploughing Contest, which moves to Denmark in 2001.