HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1997-08-27, Page 13THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27,1997 PAGE 13.
70th Huron County Plowing Match brings queens home
The 70th annual Huron County
Plowing Match was held on
Thursday, Aug. 21 and Friday,
Aug. 22 outside of Seaforth. The
hosts were McIntosh Poultry Farms
Ltd. and George and Ruth
Townsend.
Eleven plowers took part in the
Junior Match on Thursday, while
30 plowers (10 junior and 20
senior) took part on Friday. There
were three horse powers and 11
Queen of the Furrow contestants. A
total of 59 lands were plowed.
Furrow were present on Friday,
from as far away as Niagara Falls.
The following is a list of trophy
winners: Pat O'Rourke, Dubl.n;
Paul Dodds, Seaforth; Carmen
Weppler, Clifford; Gerrid Dalton,
Walton; Jason Hugill, Seaforth;
Paul Dodds, Seaforth; George
Townsend, Seaforth; Winston
Roberts, Toronto; Leslie Darrington,
Elora; Don Wilson, Woodstock;
Ruth Darrington, Elora; Andrew
MacRobbie, Mount Forest; Junior
Champion Plowperson, Darcy
Flanagan, Dublin; Reserve, Jason
Hugill, Seaforth; Senior Champion
Plowperson, Paul Dodds, Seaforth;
Reserve, Bill Fotheringham,
Seaforth; Ross Gordon Trophy for
best crown on junior day, Gerald
Corbett, Exeter; Don Dodds
Trophy for high score out of
county, Carmen Weppler, Clifford;
Most Original Antique Tractor,
(Fordson), Don Wilson, Wood-
stock; Queen of the Furrow,
Stephanie MacDonald, daughter of
Brian and Susan, Seaforth; First
Runner-up, Mary Feldskov,
daughter of Holger and Marion,
Fordwich.Fifteen former Queens of the
President of the Huron County Plowmen's Association Graeme Craig takes his turn at
turning the sod during the 70th Annual Huron County Plowing Match, Aug. 21 and 22.
New representative
Stephanie McDonald, daughter of Brian and Susan
McDonald of RR4, Seaforth, was chosen as the Huron
County Queen of the Furrow at the Aug. 22 competition.
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By Corey Rintoul
The fifth meeting of the Brussels,
Belgrave 4-H Beef Club was held
on Monday, Aug. 11 at Kim
Higgins's.
The 4-H members arrived al
Kim's about 7:30 p.m. and headed
to the bam to judge sheep. Kim and
Paul talked about what you should
look for in this type of animal.
The members each gave their
own reasons for placing the
animals the way they did.
Kim invited all the members into
the house where they discussed the
Seaforth Judging Competition on
Aug. 19. After talking about the
judging competition Kim had
menus made up for everyone to
judge.
We closed the meeting with the
4-H motto.
The next meeting for the
Brussels, Belgrave 4-H Beef Club
will be held on Friday, SepL 5 at
Paul Coultes's.
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