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Waikato ploughman takes 14th place at World Ploughing Contest by Denise Gunn
Waikato ploughman Malcolm Taylor has finished in 14th place at the 59th World Ploughing Contest in Biograd na Moru, Croatia Competing in the reversible section, the Putaruru farmer came 15th in the stubble section and eighth in the grass, taking him into 14th place overall with 312.5 points. Practise areas for the ploughmen were made available on a 1200ha livestock and cropping farm close to the contest site. The farm employs around 1000 staff and the produce is sold to local retailers and transported to other parts of Europe. The ploughing area was a reclaimed lake, drained in 1945. In the lead-up to the competition, Mr Taylor and New Zealand’s other representative, Murray Redmond from
Methven, practised under the guidance of coaches Alan Wallace and Bruce Redmond. Mr Wallace, also from the Waikato, was New Zealand’s first World Ploughing Champion after winning the title in Ireland in 1981. With very little rain in the months prior to the competition and the fire risk extreme, ground conditions were dry and dusty. Although rain fell the day before the competition and showers along with a cold wind continued the next day, the stubble ploughed well. Mr Redmond placed 13th on the
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stubble and sixth on the grass, moving him into eighth overall with 316 points. He also won the first time competitor class at the event. Scotsman Andrew Mitchell won the conventional section with 402.5 points and Yves Thievon of France took out the reversible plough on 401.5 points. On the New Zealand Ploughing Association’s website, team manager Paul Murphy thanked the competitors and coaches for Photo: NZ Ploughing Association their untiring devotion to their Malcolm Taylor ploughing in hot and dry conditions work under extremely hot and changing dramatically through the field.” dry conditions. Mr Taylor planned to travel to compete “Both Malcolm and Murray can be proud of their achievements with changing in Wales at the conclusion of the competition. ground conditions due to rain,” he said. “There was quite a bit of the luck of the draw with the ground conditions
The World Ploughing Contest will be held in Canada next year.
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