What’s the most you have ever Won?

[Farmersboy]

Pair of wellies

 

[Lowland1]

My wife was the vet for some racing stables. When we first started going out we went to the races. One of her trainers gave her a good tip so against my better judgment and that of my dead nana who believed betting was the devil’s work I put the equivalent of £20 on a dead cert at 20 to 1 . Obviously it won so £ 400 to the good but ignoring Grandma turning in her grave we went for a slap up meal. On coming out of the restaurant I found someone had taken my spare wheel and jack from the Land Rover. God telling me never gamble again advice I have heeded from then on.

 

[haymaker80]

Won 28t of nitram in a farmers weekly competition 15-20 years ago.

 

[glasshouse]

The first iacs cheque was like a lottery win.
On top of the best harvest we ever had.
I can still remember the look the teller girl gave me when she opened it.

 

[Paddington]

Won a pallet load of molasses licks from a FW competition. They said they were going to come round with a photographer to take a picture, but the courier couldn't get up the drive and just dumped it on the road !

 

[Gulli]

Won £50 on a guess the weight comp for some beltex sheep at a show, 0.5kgs out, only entered because the guy on the stand made some smart comment about how I should know as I had a Harper Adams jacket on.
£50 quid on a sweepstake for the champions league final a couple of years ago, had a couple of 200/300 pound wins at poker and in casinos but nothing major.
Paid off my student overdraft with matched betting too

 

[Sid]

As above
Ford ranger
3.2lt auto

Couple months ago on a agri draw


Good timing, cause my wife had just told me that my 3 door pug 206 was "unsuitable" for when cake monster junior arrives

How much "cake" can you get in the back?

 

[PostHarvest]

Years ago, when working for a small engineering company, we won the football pools as a syndicate. Total winning was £0.82 split 8 ways. It didn't even buy us a glass of lemonade and 8 straws.

 

[Sid]

Funny how threads can jog your memory, I went to a United Breeders (AI firm) when working in Ontario.
All names were entered in draw, I won first prize of 20 straws of a bull who's name I can't remember.
Boss paid me for the straws and stuck them in his AI flask

 

[exmoor dave]

How much "cake" can you get in the back?

Legally..... 1 metric ton I believe...... AKA 5days supply of cake

 

[exmoor dave]

Funny how threads can jog your memory, I went to a United Breeders (AI firm) when working in Ontario.
All names were entered in draw, I won first prize of 20 straws of a bull who's name I can't remember.
Boss paid me for the straws and stuck them in his AI flask

Hahaha! You've jogged my memory, a couple years ago, we ran a event with Genus, a evening presentation on the advantages of Beef AI.
There was a draw too, Exmoor tom won something like 5 straws of a angus of his choice
I won procedures for 5 animals (I had to buy the straws)

 

[Phil P]

Legally..... 1 metric ton I believe...... AKA 5days supply of cake

Wish I could get 5 days out of a ton of cake lucky if that lasts the weekend

 

[br jones]

Whilst out playing cribbage in the local league many moons ago ,we were playing at the legion club ,well after the match, me our landlord and my playing mate said quid each in the fruit machine ,it was a 100 quid job and hey presto,

 

[startinghandle]

Friends won a brand new massey 390 in the farmers weekly

Was it maintained properly as something for nothing could be neglected

 

[mixed breed]

Three pallets of black 750 stretch film, was around 2005, entered competition at the grassland event, sold one pallet off to neighbor who did a lot of contract wrapping at the time, Gave the proceeds to Leukemia research, as they did so much good work for my late mother.

 

[Scholsey]

Set of callaway irons and a putter in the only golf competition I have ever played in with a prize for a hole in one, and I got my first and only ever hole in one.

Had to agree to do a lie detector test to claim the prize and get witness statements, wasn’t worth the hassle to be honest.

 

[glasshouse]

Set of callaway irons and a putter in the only golf competition I have ever played in with a prize for a hole in one, and I got my first and only ever hole in one.

Had to agree to do a lie detector test to claim the prize and get witness statements, wasn’t worth the hassle to be honest.

I would have told them to eff off

 

[matthew]

Was runner up in a comp. a few years ago. Didn’t get the landrover, but OH had 1 tonne of sugar beet.
Next one was a trip to USA. Didn’t make that as ended up in intensive care after a drunken old bat hit the back of my (parked) car.
Don’t remember even entering No3 but we ended up with a double deck sheep trailer.
Last year the big hamper at Christmas from our swimming pool raffle.

 

[unlacedgecko]

During an autumn night in 1984 I was the meanest fastest sperm there, and won the race.

And its been downhill ever since

 

[Tubbylew]

Friends won a brand new massey 390 in the farmers weekly

Was there not somone on here raffling a 6920 back in the summer?