PLOUGHING MATCH

Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26800, 4 August 1952, Page 9

PLOUGHING MATCH

YOUNG FARMERS’ SOUTH ISLAND CHAMPIONSHIP The following were the results of the South Island Young Farmers’ Clubs' championship ploughing match, held in conjunction with the Sheffield Club's match, on Mr R. C. Townshend’s property at Waddington:— Open Classes Class I.—Two or three furrows, open: W. Redmond (Courtenay) 1, C. E. Read (West Melton) 2, W. Bradley (Courtenay) 3. Best feering: W. Redmond 1. Best finish; C. E. Read. Straightest ploughing: W. Redmond. Class ll.—Coulter cut: T. H. Blackley (Rakaia) 1, A. V. Inch (Upper Riccarton) 2, H. R. Boag (Rakaia) 3. Best finish, feering, and straightest ploughing: A. V. Inch. Championship Classes Class A.—Double furrow, horse or tractor: J. D. Wylie (Claremont) 1, D. W. Smith (Sheffield) 2,'A. T. Searle (Sheffield) 3. Feering and finish: J. D. Wylie. Straightest ploughing: D. W. Smith. Class B.—Three furrow, horse or tractor: D. Smith (Sheffield) 1, J. Cullen (Sheffield) 2, D. Mulholland (Darfield) 3. Feering and finish: D. Smith. Straightest ploughing: D. Mulholland. Class C.—Four furrows: A. J. Marshall (Ashburton) 1, G. E. Wright (Sheffield) 2. N. Q. Wright (Sheffield) 3. Feering: D. W. Syme. Feering and straightest ploughing: A. J. Marshall. Class D.—Tractor mounted: L. G. Ward (Swannanoa) 1, M. Wilson .2, L. E. Roper 3. Feering, finish and straightest ploughing: L. G. Ward. Champion Ploughman.—J. D. Wylie, 174 points, 1; L. G. Ward, 173, 2; A. J. Marshall, 166, 3. Special Classes.—Best ins and outs tn classes A, B, C, D: D. W. Smith. Best feering on the ground in classes A, B. C. D: L. G. Ward. Best feering in classes 1 and 2: W. Redmond. Best finish in classes A, B, C, D.: J. □. Wylie. Best finish in classes 1 and 2: C. E. Read. Straightest ploughing on ground: W. Redmond. Youngest ploughman: D. Smith. Dog trials resulted:— Open—R. M. Wilson’s Mac Again, 92 points, 1; R. A. C. Burns’s Moss, 86, 2; R. M. Wilson’s Trump, 83. 3. Maiden.—A. D. Asquith’s Day, 63, 1; G. Ellery, 59, 2; R. Inkersell, 55, 3. Young Farmers’ Club.—M. R. Wilson's Meg. 65, 1; B. Wright, 44, 2. Liner Arawa Delayed.—The Shaw Savill liner, Arawa, left Southampton to-day for Australia and New Zealand nearly 48 hours late, after repairs to one of her turbines. Coach tours were arranged for the 274 passengers while the repairs were carried out.:— London, August 2.