After the ploughing was finished up on Saturday afternoon and all judging completed, the Mayor from Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council held an awards ceremony to present the 2026 NIPA trophies.
Results
Conventional
1st – Frank Cullen (ROI)
2nd – Andrew Gill
3rd – Martin Kehoe (ROI)
Reversible
1st – Liam O’Driscoll (ROI)
2nd – James Coulter
3rd – Jack Wright
Horse Class
1st – David Andrews
2nd – Declan Ferris
Vintage Class
1st – David Grattan (NI Vintage Champion)
2nd – William Gill
3rd – Seamus Crossan
Classic Class
1st – Alan Simms (ROI)
2nd – Nigel Gamble
3rd – Ben Jamison
Representatives from NIPA to represent at the World Ploughing Contest 2027, to be held in Kenya is James Coulter (reversible) and Andrew Gill (conventional)
Representatives from NIPA to represent at the European Reversible Ploughing Contest 2027, to be held in Estonia is Jack Wright and Adrian Jamison
Representatives from the NIVPA to represent at the European Vintage Ploughing Contest 2027, to be held in Germany is David Grattan, William Gill and Nigel Gamble.
