The latest results of the European Ploughing Championships.
held at Upper Morton, Retford, Nottinghamshire on 1st & 2nd March 2025
by kind permission of Joseph Camm Farming Ltd
Including the European Reversible Ploughing Championships
Click here for the results
and the European Vintage Ploughing Championships
Click here for the results.

The England Ploughing Teams were:
Mick Chappell & Will Tupper (Reversible)
John Crowder (Vintage Trailed), Richard Ingram (Vintage Mounted), Jon Cole (Classic), Steve Watkins & Graham Sutton (Classic Reversible), Lee Gilbert & John Hornsby (Vintage Reversible).

Sonny Smith, Shropshire
European Reversible Ploughing Champion
1989 (Switzerland)
1988 (West Germany)

Ian Wilson, Cheshire
European Reversible Ploughing Champion
1990 (Netherlands)

Peter Waters, Lincolnshire
European Reversible Ploughing Champion
1994 (Germany)

John Hill, North Yorkshire
European Reversible Ploughing Champion
2003 (Germany)
1995 (England)

Simon Witty, North Yorkshire
European Reversible Ploughing Champion
1996 (Belgium)

Ken Chappell MBE, South Yorkshire
European Hydraulic Vintage Ploughing Champion
1998 (Wales) & Overeall Vintage Champion

Ray Alderson, Co Durham
European Trailed Vintage Ploughing Champion
2019 (Scotland)
2017 (Germany) & Overall Vintage Champion
2016 (Wales) & Overall Vintage Champion
2015 (Netherlands)
2000 (England) & Overall Vintage Champion

Keith Williams, Herefordshire
European Trailed Vintage Ploughing Champion
2003 (Denmark) & Overall Vintage Champion

John Milnes, South Yorkshire
European Trailed Vintage Ploughing Champion
2013 (England) & Overall Vintage Champion
2007 (Isle of Man)
2006 (Germany)
2005 (Netherlands) & Overall Vintage Champion
2004 (England) & Overall Vintage Champion

Michael Watkins, South Yorkshire
European Trailed Vintage Ploughing Champion
2009 (Denmark)
2008 (Wales) & Overall Vintage Champion

Richard Ingram, Warwickshire
European Trailed Vintage Ploughing Champion
2025 (England) & Overall Vintage Champion
2019 (Scotland) & Overall Vintage Champion
2013 (England)
2011 (Northern Ireland) & Overall Vintage Champion
2010 (Scotland) & Overall Vintage Champion

John Hodges, Gloucestershire
European Trailed Vintage Ploughing Champion
2011 (Northern Ireland)

Michael Taylor, Leicestershire
European Trailed Vintage Ploughing Champion
2012 (Belgium)

David Greenwood, Yorkshire
European Classic Ploughing Champion
2013 (England)

Stuart Burden, South Yorkshire
European Classic Ploughing Champion
2015 (Netherlands)

Roy Stokes, Shropshire
European Classic Ploughing Champion
2016 (Wales)

Jon Cole, Herefordshire
European Classic Ploughing Champion
2025 (England)
2019 (Scotland)

Graham Sutton, Warwickshire
European Classic Reversible Ploughing Champion
2022 (Northern Ireland)

John Crowder, Lincolnshire
European Trailed Vintage Ploughing Champion
2025 (England)
2024 (Republic of Ireland) & Overall Vintage Champion
2023 (Netherlands)
2022 (Northern Ireland) & Overall Vintage Champion

David Thomlinson, North Yorkshire
European Classic Ploughing Champion
2023 (Netherlands)

Steve Watkins, South Yorkshire
European Classic Reversible Champion
2025 (England)
2024 (Republic of Ireland)
2023 (Netherlands)
Ploughing matches are held across the UK and throughout the year. They offer the chance for both novice and experienced ploughmen and women to take part. It's also a fantastic day out for families and people who enjoy the countryside and rural living.

The high point of the British competition ploughing season is the annual British National Ploughing Championships. With classes for conventional, reversible and horse-drawn ploughs as well as vintage tractors and ploughs.