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Competition Ploughing
Who's at the national this year ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ley253" data-source="post: 5592452" data-attributes="member: 4681"><p>I can see your points, but I think your view is a little coloured by history. </p><p> You mention the nomination /need to qualify system, well its not quite as you see it, the world style man has to be nominated and there are only so many societies that can do this, and of those, a home grown man would take preference, the others can attend as many qualifiers as they wish, thus having many bites at the cherry. Years ago, it was the other way around, world style had to win the local affiliated societies match to gain the nomination. You dont mention the fact that the high cut plough both days, but pay two entry fees! There are rumblings that the plough off finalist should do the same!</p><p> You mention plot condition, unless the site is surveyed just after harvest, and during cultivations, its unlikely that problem areas will be obvious, after all, I believe you ploughed up a lump of metal, you didnt see it, so how was the SOP supposed to? I have suggested a drone be used on future sites, to look for cropmarks which could show up problem areas, and also that old maps should be studied, doing that would have pointed out the forgotten yard found at Bishops Lydeard the first time we were there.</p><p> It was, and I believe still is, the SOPs reason for existance, to find world conventional and reversable contestants to represent the country. All else has been added on, I can remember when the national did indeed have just two classes, I ploughed in the first national to have a vintage class.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ley253, post: 5592452, member: 4681"] I can see your points, but I think your view is a little coloured by history. You mention the nomination /need to qualify system, well its not quite as you see it, the world style man has to be nominated and there are only so many societies that can do this, and of those, a home grown man would take preference, the others can attend as many qualifiers as they wish, thus having many bites at the cherry. Years ago, it was the other way around, world style had to win the local affiliated societies match to gain the nomination. You dont mention the fact that the high cut plough both days, but pay two entry fees! There are rumblings that the plough off finalist should do the same! You mention plot condition, unless the site is surveyed just after harvest, and during cultivations, its unlikely that problem areas will be obvious, after all, I believe you ploughed up a lump of metal, you didnt see it, so how was the SOP supposed to? I have suggested a drone be used on future sites, to look for cropmarks which could show up problem areas, and also that old maps should be studied, doing that would have pointed out the forgotten yard found at Bishops Lydeard the first time we were there. It was, and I believe still is, the SOPs reason for existance, to find world conventional and reversable contestants to represent the country. All else has been added on, I can remember when the national did indeed have just two classes, I ploughed in the first national to have a vintage class. [/QUOTE]
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