Day Two of the 95th National Ploughing Championships saw another huge crowd descend on Screggan, with visitors enjoying a packed programme of ploughing, livestock, food, fashion and entertainment as attendance reached 91,000.

The ploughing fields were once again at the heart of the action, with Senior Conventional and Senior Reversible classes getting underway alongside the Farmerette Conventional Plough Class, horse and vintage classes. The Five Nations Competition also concluded today.

The Certified Irish Angus Schools Competition was another highlight of Day Two. The competition challenges second-level students to rear five Irish Angus calves over 18 months while completing a research project.

Five finalist school groups each received five calves at the National Ploughing Championships to bring home and rear. Students benefit from the proceeds when the animals are sold, while the overall winners receive a bursary towards further education.

The National Brown Bread Baking Competition, sponsored by Euronics in association with the ICA and NPA, also continued today, with two more Junior semi-finalists securing their places in tomorrow’s final. Cara Wall, aged 15, and Aoife Ruddock, aged 15, will join 12-year-old Callum McKeague and 15-year-old Lucy Tate in the Junior final.

In the Senior competition, Olivia Nash and Saragh Davitt also progressed to tomorrow’s final, joined by Tuesday’s finalists Therese Lonergan and Ann Loftus.

Fashion was another major attraction throughout the day, with shows from the Celia Holman Lee Model Agency, while the Most Appropriately Dressed Lady & Gentleman competition drew plenty of attention at the Fashion Show Marquee.