Scottish Ploughing Championships
Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th October 2009
Farnell Mains, Brechin
By kind permission of South Esk Farms.
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The Mitchell family triumphed for a third year in a row at the 46th Scottish Ploughing Championships. Andrew Mitchell Jnr took the Conventional title for the fourth time in a row and Andrew Mitchell Snr, current Reversible World Champion, won the Reversible title for the third time in a row and fifth time in total.
John Winter, from Garvald in East Lothian, won the Vintage Mounted section and lifted the Vintage Champion trophy.
Peter Brassett travelled from Stanley, County Durham, to take the Horse Championship.
Andrew Mitchell - Reversible World Champion 2008
Andrew wins back World title he last won in 1997.
Andrew Mitchell Jnr - 4th in World Conventional ploughing championships.
The first Scottish Championships match took place at Newmiln, Tibbermore, Perthshire on 23 November 1963.
The Scottish Championship Ploughing Association became affiliated to the World Ploughing Championships in 1991. From that date, Scotland has been represented in her own right, with the winners of the Scottish Ploughing Championships competing all over the world.
The Scottish Championships are held annually in October - in a different area of the country every year - with the aim of promoting the importance of good ploughing.
Ploughing is, first and foremost, the most important primary cultivation for arable farming in preparing for the production of vegetable and cereal growing, leading to brewing and distilling processes. We consider the art of ploughing to be highly important and a tradition to be actively encouraged if it is to survive. In these days of quality control & trace ability, it’s most important that the start of production is right and it all starts with the plough!
The late Bob Anderson of Lauder, stalwart of the Scottish Ploughing committee, was the first Scotsman to win the British Ploughing Championship and went on to be the only Scotsman to represent Great Britain in the World Championships on two occasions.
Dave Carnegie, from Laurencekirk, was World Champion in 1996 and Andrew Mitchell, from Forfar, won in 1997. Andrew & Willie Morrison, brothers from Banff, came within 1 point of winning - Andrew in 2000 and Willie in 2002.
Andrew Mitchell won the European Reversible Ploughing Contest in
1999 and 2000.
With thanks to East Lothian Council for their support of the 2008 Championships.
Scottish Championship Ploughing Association