Nigel Vickers from Sarn, Malpas, Cheshire, was crowned Supreme Champion in this year’s British National Ploughing Championships
Nigel was awarded the Supreme Championship after winning the Conventional Plough-Off Final using a Ford 5030/Kverneland combination with 282 points, 10 points ahead of Simon Witty, an ex-world champion from Scarborough, North Yorkshire, and his son, Stuart Vickers in third place with 269 points.
The Reversible Plough-Off Final was a particularly close contest, with Euron Griffith of Pwllheli, Gwynedd, pipping Peter Alderslade of East Boldon, Tyne and Wear, on the countback system.
Richard Ingram, from Atherstone, Warwickshire, won the vintage ploughing competition with a Massey Ferguson 35 and Ransome TS54. The reigning European Trailing Ploughing Champion, John Crowder of Sturton by Stow, Lincolnshire, easily won the Vintage Trailing Final with his Fordson N/Ransome RSLD combination.
The Classic Plough-Off Final was won by Carl Fretwell of Penistone, South Yorkshire, using a David Brown 880 tractor and Ransome TS86 plough. Timothy Hurley from Pensford, North Somerset, won the Classic Reversible Plough-Off Final with 287 points,
Other champions included Martin Kerswell of Fordingbridge, Hampshire, who won both horse ploughing classes over the weekend with his Percherons, Pierre and Gringo, and was named British Horse Ploughing Champion. Shaun Garrod of Attleborough, Norfolk, took the Overall High Cut Champion title using a Fordson Dexta and Ransome RSLM and James Chapman from Driffield, East Yorkshire, was named Young Farmers Champion.
The results will also determine England’s representatives at forthcoming international competitions in 2027. Peter Alderslade and Nigel Vickers will compete in the World Ploughing Contest in Kenya, while Estonia beckons Michael Chappell and Will Tupper for the European Reversible Championships. John Crowder, Richard Ingram, Carl Fretwell and Timothy Hurley have qualified for the European Vintage Championships in Germany.
Next year’s Championships move to Northumberland when the event will be held at Mindrum Mill on 9th & 10th October 2027.
