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Northern Ireland Ploughing Association (NIPA) will again hold their International Ploughing Championships on Friday, 18th and Saturday, 19th August, on land kindly granted by Richard and Leona Kane, producers of the world famous Broighter Gold Rapeseed Oil, 80 Broighter Road, Myroe,
Limavady, BT49 9DY.
The NIPA are the governing body of competition ploughing across Northern Ireland uniting 21 affiliated ploughing societies across the country with approximately 500 members.
The event is set to be a great day out for all the family and will showcase qualified competitors from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland competing in six different classes including World Style Conventional, World Style Reversible, Vintage Classes and Horse Class.
As well as World, European and International class ploughing we will also host the Northern Ireland Vintage Ploughing Competition which will see qualifiers
from this event representing Northern Ireland at European Vintage level.
There will be a horse ploughing class on the Saturday and this will give spectators a view of the heritage where ploughing started with horses and ploughmen showing their skills from very young to the more mature competitor.
Young Farmer’s Fencing and Soil Assessment Competition
One of the highlights of the event will be the Young Farmers Clubs of Ulster Fencing and Soil Assessment competition which will take place on the Saturday and will have Young Farmers from across the province competing in this highly skilled competition.
This event will offer a great couple of days for all the family.
Enquiries and trade enquiries can be made through the secretary, Alison Armstrong, email: alison4armstrong@gmail.com
This year the Association have the honour of hosting the International Ploughing Chamionships and the Northern Ireland Vintage Ploughing Chamionships on Friday, 18th and Saturday, 19th August, 2023 on land kindly granted by the Kane Family who are the world famous producers of Broighter Gold Rapeseed Oil, at 80 Broighter Road, Myroe, Limavady.
This event will showcase some of the top ploughmen from the North and South of Ireland who will compete to be Northern Ireland Champions in World Class Conventional and World Class Reversible classes.
The NIPA will again host the Northern Ireland Vintage Ploughing Championships which will qualify the winners to take part in the European Ploughing Championships. As well as these classes there is the very popular horse class which will be on show on Saturday.
The championships will also host the very popular Young Farmers Clubs of Ulster Fencing and Soil Assessment competition which is one of the highlights of the Young Farmers calendar and we are very proud to have this excellent attraction at our competition.
There will be trade stands, children's entertainment and craft stalls to provide something for all the family
Gates open 10am
Prices Adults £5, Children under 13 children go free.
FREE car parking
For enquiries or trade applications please email at alison4armstrong@gmail.com
This event will showcase some of the top ploughmen from the North and South of Ireland who will compete to be Northern Ireland Champions in World Class Conventional and World Class Reversible classes.
The NIPA will again host the Northern Ireland Vintage Ploughing Championships which will qualify the winners to take part in the European Ploughing Championships. As well as these classes there is the very popular horse class which will be on show on Saturday.
The championships will also host the very popular Young Farmers Clubs of Ulster Fencing and Soil Assessment competition which is one of the highlights of the Young Farmers calendar and we are very proud to have this excellent attraction at our competition.
There will be trade stands, children's entertainment and craft stalls to provide something for all the family
Gates open 10am
Prices Adults £5, Children under 13 children go free.
FREE car parking
For enquiries or trade applications please email at alison4armstrong@gmail.com