The day started with members busy entering their classes into the Farm and Garden Produce Show! There was flower arrangement , home made liquers, cordial and beer, pears, apples, grain samples and lots more.
At 10am it was time for the draw for the ploughing plots. Over 50 ploughmen and woman took part in the competitions including Young Farmers, Ex Young Farmers and other tractor enthusiast!
And so the ploughing begun... Silsoe had 4 individual ploughmen Tom, Fraser, Marcus and Alice plus a team consisting of Elena and Jim with a helper Gordon.
Whilst the ploughing was taking place the visual classes started with YFC members making a scarecrow, cooking a pizza on a gas stove and making a vegetable sculpture.
After lunch and ploughing had finished the tent opened for everyone to see where they had come.
Finally members took part in some main ring events to finish of the day in the it's a knockout competition.
All in all silsoe won 8 cups:
Best Novice Lady Tractor Driver - Elena
Best Lady Tractor Driver - Alice
Member gaining most points overall in the grain classes - Alice
Member gaining most points overall in the Produce Show -Alice
Club entering most ploughmen - Silsoe and Bedford
Best team of 4 Ploughmen -Silsoe
Club gaining most points in the Produce Show - Silsoe
Overall winner of the Day = Silsoe
Tom also came 2nd in the novice ploughing class and 2nd in the Best YFC member Ploughing. Alice came equal 4th in the Best YFC Member Ploughing.
In the evening members enjoyed the after party.
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