Ploughing Seminars

As part of the Ploughing Academy, the Society of Ploughmen have been organising seminars to help judges to work on the same level across the country.  This makes the standard of judging less varied in the level of points awarded for different aspects.  Hopefully,  judges will work together and learn from each others' experiences, making the quality of judging throughout the country better overall.

These seminars are also extremely beneficial to ploughmen and women as they are with the judges, looking at closely at what the judges are looking for in their ploughing and their reasoning behind it.  Both experienced and novice ploughmen have benefited from attending the seminars.

The Society of Ploughmen holds a list of judges who are nominated by affiliated societies throughout Great Britain.  This list is available to all affiliated societies on request when choosing judges for their own match.

Our first seminar took place in February 2003 near Doncaster, South Yorkshire and since then well over 50 seminars have been held throughout the country with hundreds of judges and ploughmen from throughout the Great Britain attending. 

Different styles of ploughing plots are completed by some of the country's top ploughmen and judged by the expert group leaders, and then in turn by all the attendees.  These are then discussed in detail, in groups, with the team leaders.  ~Afterwards, everyone receives a certificate of attendance and also a breakdown of their own scores to compare with the group leaders.  Even if you don't plough with the style of ploughs there, much of what you see is relevant to other styles of ploughing the knowledge gained can be taken from one style to another.  We have received very positive comments from people who have attended past seminars, all saying how helpful they have been.

Further judges seminars will be organised in future and any forthcoming ones will be listed below.

Next Seminars:

Saturday 29th March 2025 at Chebsey, near Stafford, Staffordshire
Includes Vintage Mounted, Vintage Trailed and Reversible Ploughing.

Please email - info@ploughmen.co.uk - or telephone 01302 852469 (in office hours) for further details of seminars or to register your interest in future ones.

 

 

Training Days

As part of the Ploughing Academy, the Society of Ploughmen will be organising a Training Day for ploughmen and women. 

The day will be structured as follows: during the morning plough settings will be looked at in depth with technical advice which will apply to all styles of ploughs.  In the afternoon two or three ploughmen will complete plots with attendees in groups in the field with Team Leaders - watching, discussing and learning about what is being done, why and how it could be improved.   

Although ploughing plots will be limited to a few types of ploughs, advice on settings and in the field will cover a broad spectrum which will apply to all styles of ploughing.

Next Training Day:

                        To be arranged
 

Please email - info@ploughmen.co.uk - or telephone 01302 852469 (in office hours) for further details of training days or to register your interest in future ones.