Programme of Events for 2007 National Ploughing Championships

Tuesday 25 th September 2007 :

9.00 am Trade Machinery & Livestock Exhibition Opens

EVENTS : European Commission Forums Land Rover Terrapod

Vintage Exhibition Threshing

10.00 am ICA Demonstrations - Women's Health by HSE

Entertainment Programme starts on Bandstand with Eimer Dunne Ensemble

10.30 am National Ploughing Classes begin:

· Intermediate

· Under 28 Conventional

· Under 21

· 3 Furrow Match

· Vintage, 2 Furrow Trailer

· Under 40 Horse Class

· Under 28 Reversible

11.00am Stihl Timbersports Series - Hot Saw warm up, Irish Relay, Safety Equipment Demo,

Martin Komerack Spring Board, Single Buck Demo, Spike Milton Hot Saw

Workshop in Horse Racing Ireland marquee hosted by Hector O'hEochagain

ICA Demonstrations - Winter Hanging Basket by Model Garden Centre

Entertainment on Bandstand - Sean Norman

11.00 am "Whose land is it anyway?" ICMSA Seminar in Conference Centre (Stand No.M314a)

11-12.30pm Neven Maguire Cookery Demonstration - Irish Farmers Association stand

11.45 am Entertainment on Bandstand - Garda Band

12.00noon "Opening of 2007 Championships by President Mary McAleese , Blessing of Grounds by

Bishop Jim Moriarty, Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin & Bishop Roy Warke .

Ciara Colonan Ryan - Harpist Sean Ryan - Tinwhistle

ICA Demonstrations - Holistic Shop, Clara

12.30pm Fashion Show

2.00pm Stihl Timbersports Series - Hot Saw warm up, Irish Relay, Safety Equipment Demo, Martin Komerack Spring Board, Single Buck Demo, Spike Milton Hot Saw

ICA Demonstrations - Road Safety by Jenny McLoughlan

Entertainment on Bandstand - P.J. Murrihy

2-3.30pm Neven Maguire Cookery Demonstration - Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food Stand

2.30pm Ploughing Competitions Finish

Workshop in Horse Racing Ireland marquee hosted by

Hector O'hEochagain

3.00pm Fashion Show

ICA Demonstrations - Herbalist Emett Walsh

Entertainment on Bandstand - Eimer Dunne Ensemble

4.00pm ICA Demonstrations - Turf by Tom Ruane

Entertainment on Bandstand - Sean Norman

4.30pm Workshop in Horse Racing Ireland Marquee hosted by Hector O'hEochagain

5.00 pm Entertainment on Bandstand - P.J. Murrihy

6.00 PM    Ploughing Competition Results Announced

6.30 PM CLOSEDOWN

 

Wednesday 26 th September:

9.00 am Trade Machinery & Livestock Exhibition Opens

EVENTS : European Commission Forums

Land Rover Terrapod

Vintage Exhibition

Threshing

10.00 am ICA Demonstrations - Story telling by Attracta & Paddy Heeney

ENTERTAINMENT ON BANDSTAND - Meet the Feckers

10.30 am National Ploughing Classes begin:

· Supreme Senior Conventional Tractor Class (Day 1)

· Junior

· Farmerette

· Visitors (Day 1)

· Senior Horse Class

· Senior Reversible

· Vintage, 2 Furrow Mounted

· Loy Digging

11.00am Stihl Timbersports Series - Irish Championships including Official Judge (continued at 2 pm )

Workshop in Horse Racing Ireland marquee hosted by Hector O'hEochagain

ICA Demonstrations - Bernardos

Nevin Maguire Cookery Demonstration - Bord Bia stand

ENTERTAINMENT ON BANDSTAND - Knock Hill Billys

11.00am Seminar in NPA Conference Centre (Stand No. M314a)

"Environmental Issues in Agriculture" Keynote speaker Michael Hamell ,DG Environmental

"Market Situation for Beef and Veal at EU Level" Keynote speaker Manuel Florez Droop, DG AGRI

Chairman: Martin Territt , Director, European Commission Representation in Ireland

12.00noon ICA Demonstrations - Flower Arranging by Joan Ennis

ENTERTAINMENT ON BANDSTAND - Eimer Dunne Ensemble

12.30pm Fashion Show

Nevin Maguire Cookery Demonstration - Bord Bia stand

1.00pm ICA Demonstrations - Historical Society of Tullamore - Stephen McNeill

ENTERTAINMENT ON BANDSTAND - P.J. Murrihy

2..00pm Stihl Timbersports Series - Irish Championships

ICA Demonstrations - Making a Will, Inheritance Tax by Lucy Harnet

Nevin Maguire Cookery Demonstration - Bord Bia stand

ENTERTAINMENT ON BANDSTAND - Duets

2.30pm Ploughing Competitions Finish

Workshop in Horse Racing Ireland marquee hosted by Hector O'hEochagain

3.00pm ICA Demonstrations - Flower Arranging by Joan Ennis

Fashion Show

MOST APPROPRIATELY DRESSED COUPLE

ENTERTAINMENT ON BANDSTAND - Knock Hill Billys

3.30pm Nevin Maguire Cookery Demonstration - Bord Bia stand

4.00pm ICA Demonstrations - Bog Oak by Betty O'Gorman

ENTERTAINMENT ON BANDSTAND - Declan Nerney

4.30pm Workshop in Horse Racing Ireland Marquee hosted by Hector O'hEochagain

5.00pm ENTERTAINMENT ON BANDSTAND - P.J. Murrihy

6.00pm Ploughing Competitions Results Announced

6.30pm CLOSEDOWN


Thursday 27 th September:

9.00 am Trade Machinery & Livestock Exhibition Opens

EVENTS : European Commission Forums

Land Rover Terrapod

Vintage Exhibition

Threshing

10.00 am ICA Demonstrations - Men's Health by HSE

ENTERTAINMENT ON BANDSTAND - Eimer Dunne Ensemble

10.30 am National Ploughing Classes begin:

· Supreme Senior Conventional Tractor Class (Day 2)

· Standard 3 Furrow

· Standard 3 Furrow Reversible

· Visitors (Day 2)

· Special Horse Class

· Vintage, Single Furrow Vintage Mounted

· Kverneland Reversible Test

11.00am Stihl Timbersports Series - Hot Saw warm up, Irish Relay, Safety Equipment Demo, Martin Komerack Spring Board, Single Buck Demo, Spike Milton Hot Saw

Workshop in Horse Racing Ireland marquee hosted by Hector O'hEochagain

11.00am ICA Demonstrations - Environmental Office - Reduce, Reuse & Recycle

ENTERTAINMENT ON BANDSTAND - Rahan Comhaltas

12.00noon ICA Demonstrations - Holistic Shop, Clara

ENTERTAINMENT ON BANDSTAND - Meet the Feckers

12.30pm Fashion Show

1.00pm ICA Demonstrations - The Occasional Hat by Imelda Byrne

ENTERTAINMENT ON BANDSTAND - P.J. Murrihy

2.00pm ICA Demonstrations - Health & Safety at Home

Stihl Timbersports Series - Hot Saw warm up, Irish Relay, Safety Equipment Demo,

Martin Komerack Spring Board, Single Buck Demo, Spike Milton Hot Saw

ENTERTAINMENT ON BANDSTAND - Rahan Comhaltas

2.30pm Ploughing Competitions Finish

2.30pm Workshop in Horse Racing Ireland marquee hosted by Hector O'hEochagain

3.00pm Fashion Show

ICA Demonstrations - Third World Self Help by David Murray

ENTERTAINMENT ON BANDSTAND - Meet the Feckers

4.00pm ENTERTAINMENT ON BANDSTAND - P.J. Murrihy

4.30pm Workshop in Horse Racing Ireland Marquee hosted by Hector O'hEochagain

5.00pm ENTERTAINMENT ON BANDSTAND - Mountbolus Pipe Band

6.00pm Ploughing Competition Results Announced

6.30pm CLOSEDOWN

9.00pm Competitors Banquet and Presentation of Trophies in The Bridge House, Tullamore (ticket only)