Ploughing 2023: Day 3 results

Day Three of this year’s National Ploughing Championships (NPC) at Ratheniska, Co. Laois yesterday (Thursday, September 21) saw the sun come out and ground conditions improve significantly for all competitors.

62,500 people attended the final day of the three-day event yesterday, the National Ploughing Association (NPA) confirmed.

This brought the total number of visitors to the event to 200,550 this year.

Ploughing results

A summary of the results from all the classes held on the day follows:

Senior Conventional Test Match

1^st: Eamonn Treacy, Carlow;

2^nd: Gary Simms, Donegal;

3^rd: Sean Keating, Wexford.

Kverneland Reversible Test Match

1^st: Jer Coakley, Cork West;

2^nd: John Whelan, Wexford;

3^rd: Liam O’Driscoll, Cork West.

Junior A Conventional Plough Class

1^st: Barry White, Dublin;

2^nd: John O’Brien, Tipperary South;

3^rd: Michael P Donegan, Kerry;

4^th: Jonathon Murray, Offaly;

4^th: Ethan Harding, Tipperary North.

Junior B Conventional Plough Class

1^st: Seamus McConnon, Monaghan;

2^nd: Michael J Donegan, Kerry;

3^rd: Derek Kelly, Kildare;

4^th: Sean Gilligan, Galway;

5^th: Ciaran McConnon, Monaghan.

Standard 3-Furrow Reversible Plough Class

1^st: Timothy Lawlor, Cork West;

2^nd: Frankie Gowing, Offaly;

3^rd: Paul Doran, Wexford.

Macra 2-Furrow Conventional Plough Class

1^st: Shane Caulfield, Wexford;

2^nd: Aoife Hennessy, Kilkenny;

3^rd: William Mulcahy – Imokilly.

Special Horse Plough Class

1^st: James Kilgarrif, Galway;

2^nd: Jeremiah Delaney, Cork East;

3^rd: Moss Trant, Kerry;

4^th: Les Hanbidge, Wicklow.

Vintage Single Furrow Mounted Plough Class

1^st: Eoin Buttle, Dublin;

2^nd: Gordon Jennings, Cork West;

3^rd: Willie Hayden, Wexford;

4^th: Trevor Fleming, Cork East.

Vintage Single Furrow Pedestrian Plough Class

1^st: Gavin Duffy, Meath;

2^nd: Joe Kehoe, Wexford;

3^rd: Benny Usher, Dublin.