Members of the NIPA were joined by MLA Robbie Butler, local Councillors Alan Martin and Allan Ewart MBE and the Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly for a visit to the site of the upcoming 82nd International Ploughing Championships which will take place on the 25th and 26th of September 2026
Pictured above is NIPA President David Wallace, Councillor Alan Martin, Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly, NIPA Chairman Adrian Jamison, Robbie Butler MLA, NIPA Vice Chairman David Wright, Mrs Pear Lilley (Landowner), Councillor Alan Ewart MBE and Ronald Coulter BEM (Landowner). Missing from picture – other landowners George & David Megarry
At the ploughing, catering will be supplied by St John’s Parish Church Royal Hillsborough. So after the site visit, members of the NIPA and guests supported a big breakfast at the church hall. Pictured is the Deputy First Minister, members of the NIPA, Rev Elaine Pentland and congregation of St Johns Parish Church who look forward to the upcoming match
Pictured with the advertisement trailer, Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pemgelly, Ronald Coulter BEM (Landowner), Mrs Pearl Lilley (Landowner), President David Wallace, Reggie Lilburn (Farmer who rents land from Mrs Lilley), Chairman Adrian Jamison, Vice Chairman David Wright and Chairman if the NIVPA Robert Acheson.