The Ploughing Match

The Annual Ploughing Match took place on Saturday 15th October at Ilsley Barn Farm, Compton. Click here for full results.

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The 2012 fixture will take place on Saturday 20th October
This is a popular event in our Society calendar and is regularly contested by around 75 local ploughing champions. There are classes for conventional, reversible and horse-drawn ploughs, as well as expanding classes for vintage tractors and ploughs and also vintage horticultural machinery. The Champion of the day qualifies to go forward to the National Ploughing Championships.

Top machinery firms will be demonstrating their latest, most up-to-date, powerful, multi-furrow ploughing units which can turn over in under an hour what it would have taken a horse a day to do.

The "Match" has something for everyone with an interest in the countryside. Farming both old and new can be seen working in front of you, not just static exhibits but demonstrations and, of course, the competitions. We also have a refreshment stall and a bar in which to whet your whistle.

We will continue with our scarecrow competition. There will be a prize for the Nursery or Primary school who come up with the best scarecrow.

The famous RABI “welly wanging” will feature and the highly competitive Cake Making competition will run alongside a Chutney class.