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New Bobcat & Doosan Products at Ireland Ploughing Show

Posted on 15/08/2017 by National Ploughing Association

At this year’s National Ploughing Championships, taking place in Screggan, Tullamore, Co Offaly in Ireland from 19-21 September 2016, Limerick-based Doosan Bobcat dealer, Adare Machinery, will be showing a wide array of new Bobcat and Doosan products for the farming and construction/rental markets.

Attended by a record 283,000 visitors in 2016, the National Ploughing Championships is the largest Outdoor Exhibition and Agricultural Trade Show in Europe, showcasing a huge range of new agricultural and construction equipment for the Irish market.

First Showing for New Bobcat Telehandler

Visitors to the Adare stand will be able to see for the first time the new Bobcat TL34.65HF Agri telehandler designed for the agriculture industry, a brand new high productivity model providing a maximum lift capacity of 3.4 tonne at a maximum lift height of 6.42 m.

In this model, HF/High Flow Technology, also available on the larger TL38.70HF telehandler, offers outstanding hydraulic capabilities and performance with a class-leading 190 l/min load sensing pump (150 l/min at the auxiliary line) and flow sharing distributor. This allows the operator to work at significantly lower speeds, consume less fuel and benefit from remarkably shorter working cycles.

These telehandlers are part of a new range of Bobcat Stage IV compliant telehandlers combining models for both farming and the rental and construction industries. The new telehandlers are powered by a Bobcat D34 Stage IV/Tier 4 final compliant diesel engine developed and manufactured in-house for use in the new range, resulting in optimised performance throughout.

Backed by a 3-year warranty, a standard feature of the new range, the Bobcat TL34.65HF Agri telehandler will be joined on the Adare stand by a wide selection of Bobcat compact excavators running from the E10 to the E45 models and Bobcat skid-steer loaders including the S70, S450 and S590 models. All of the Bobcat machines will be equipped with different attachments from a choice of over 80 types of Bobcat attachment for use with the Bobcat compact equipment range.

The Doosan products on the Adare stand include the DX140LC-5 14 tonne crawler excavator, the DX160W-5 16 tonne wheeled excavator and the DL300-5 and DL450-5 wheel loaders.

Like all new Doosan Stage IV compliant machines, these models feature a distinctive machine styling scheme marking the many design advances they incorporate, which go well beyond simply meeting Stage IV emission regulations and set a new benchmark for construction equipment worldwide.

These new generation machines provide significantly higher performance in every area than the previous generation machines, combining enhanced comfort and controllability together with new features to boost fuel efficiency, uptime and return on investment, with a focus on increased power, robustness and agility.

Award-winning Family-run Dealership

Adare Machinery is an award-winning machinery dealership established by David and Marian Cuddy in 1984, which has developed into a fully-fledged family enterprise, with son, William, and daughter, Caroline, involved in the running of the business. Together with an excellent team of staff, the Cuddys continue to innovate, expand and grow the business.

As an Authorised Dealer for Doosan Bobcat EMEA, Adare Machinery has exclusivity for sales and service in Munster and Connacht for Doosan crawler and wheeled excavators from 3 to 53 tonne and the Doosan range of wheel loader models with bucket capacities from 1.9 to 4.8 m3. For the Bobcat range, Adare Machinery is the Authorised Dealer for the whole of Ireland.

Operating out of state-of-the-art premises at Patrickswell near the city of Limerick, Adare Machinery is also offering service and warranty work on all existing Doosan and Bobcat machines in its area, backed by a full selection of genuine accessories and parts.

For more information about Doosan construction equipment, visit the website www.doosanequipment.eu

For more information about Bobcat and Bobcat products, visit the website www.bobcat.com

EIR Speeds Championships

Posted on 09/08/2017 by National Ploughing Association

Speeds of up to 1,000Mbs Available to all Exhibitors

As the first of over 30 kilometres of trakway for the 86^th National Ploughing Championships is currently being laid to transform a green field in Screggan, Co. Offaly into the bustling hub that will become #Ploughing17. This year there will be an additional 5 kilometres of track to greatly enhance visitor experience. The NPA are also delighted to re-connect again with open eir as the communications sponsor for this year’s Ploughing.

As Europe’s largest outdoor event this is a major technical undertaking, last year’s event was attended by 283,000 visitors and this year there will be over 1,700 exhibitors. The National Ploughing Championships will take place this year from Tuesday 19^th of September to Thursday 21^st of September.

Anna May McHugh, NPA Managing Director said “Staying connected and in touch has never been more important than in this modern age, which is why we are thrilled to renew our communications partnership with open eir. Improving visitor experience is always a priority for the National Ploughing Championships and this year is no exception with open eir providing free charging units for mobile devices and wifi hotspots located throughout the site for attendees to use.”

Carolann Lennon, Managing Director at open eir said “We are delighted to once again be the Official Communications Partner at the 2017 National Ploughing Championships. The event is the highlight in the calendar for thousands of people across the country and we are very much looking forward to being a part of that. open eir has strong links with communities across rural Ireland and we continue to invest significantly in communications and broadband networks right across the country. Reliable high speed broadband is crucial to the sustainability of rural Ireland and that’s why our teams are working hard to deliver world class broadband speeds. We understand the critical importance of broadband – for education, for families, for farming and non-farming businesses – and the benefits it brings in terms of employment and quality of life. No other operator is investing more than open eir in broadband rollout.

We hope our sponsorship will also help improve the quality of experience for visitors through our investment in technology at the Championships including our wifi hotspots on site. Do make sure to visit our stand– we’ll have a team of people there providing up to date detailed information on broadband rollout for every town and county and we would be delighted to answer any questions visitors have”.

An extended Trade Arena will see the return of the popular Tented Retail Village with demand necessitating the return of the “Dome” the biggest Arcade ever, with over 120 exhibitors displaying in the one arena plus hundreds more located in specialist Pavilions.

In the ploughing stakes a particularly strong programme has attracted entries from all around the country and Northern Ireland bringing the number preparing to plough in Offaly to 368 over the 3 days. There has been a substantial increase in this year’s Novice class bringing the total to over 20 entrants, which signals great interest in the next generation of ploughers.

All of the firm favourite traditional attractions are set to return this year such as Fashion, Meggers, Sheep Shearing, Hunt Chase, Pony Games, Live Music and Dancing, Vintage Ploughing, Threshing, Sheep Dog Trials, Loy Digging, with celebrities and well known faces everywhere Ploughing 2017 is not to be missed.

€10,000 Baking Prize

Posted on 24/07/2017 by National Ploughing Association

The National Brown Bread Baking competition in-conjunction with Aldi and the ICA has once again sparked great interest throughout the country as hundreds of bakers from every county in Ireland have entered breads of a seriously high quality, to be named as “The Best Brown Bread Baker” in Ireland at this year’s Ploughing Championships in Screggan, Tullamore, Co Offaly.

The twenty seven individual county winners have now qualified for the Regional Final in An Grianán in Termonfeckin, Co. Louth on August 24th where the top 8 winners will be selected to go to the Ploughing Championships for the semi-finals and final in the Aldi Marquee.

This year’s prize pot is very generous, with the winner receiving at least €10,000 in profits whilst also having the prestige of selling their bread in Aldi stores nationwide. Second place will receive €1,000, €500 for third, €300 for fourth and the other semi-finalists will all get €200 each.

NPA Managing Director Anna May McHugh said “We are delighted to be renewing our partnership with Aldi and the ICA given the popularity and success of the Brown Bread Baking competition at Ploughing. The total attendance figures for the 2016 Ploughing Championships came to a record breaking 283,000 and this year’s Championships look set to be bigger and better than ever.”

“The Championships not only provides a national stage for showcasing all things agricultural, but also brings together people from all sectors of Irish society both rural and urban, to enjoy three days immersed in country living.”

Download the list of finalists HERE

Top Oil

Posted on 18/07/2017 by National Ploughing Association

NPA are delighted to once again be partnering with Top Oil as the official fuel sponsor for this year’s Ploughing. Highlighting this successful pairing, over 100 road sign billboards have been erected at strategic locations throughout the country for this epic event which takes place from September 19th to 21st.

With visitor enjoyment levels always at the forefront of the NPA’s consideration this year will see the length of trakway increased to a massive 30km for ease of movement throughout the site in Screggan, Tullamore, Co Offaly.

At this week’s launch, Managing Director of the NPA, Ms Anna May McHugh, along with management staff from Top Oil and the Top Oil mascot Mr Ted, erected the first of these advertisements. As the billboard went up, Ms McHugh spoke of how she looked forward to working very closely with Top Oil in the run up to the Championships and stated “I am delighted that Top Oil have come on board again this year as sponsorship partners of the event. Top Oil are a very well-known brand throughout Ireland and instantly recognisable throughout the rural community”.

“As one of our sponsorship partners, Top Oil bring much to the table in terms of supporting the Championships. As an organisation, they have a great appreciation of the importance and impact events such as the Championships have on both the national economy and the local community.”

Martin Daly, Sales & Marketing Director expressed how Top Oil look forward to this year’s Championships “We are proud to be providing Quality Oil to the local communities of Ireland for over 200 years and are delighted to be supporting this prestigious event for the fourth consecutive year.
There is always great excitement throughout our nationwide network of Top Oil depots and retail sites about the ploughing and this year is no different.

We are really looking forward to once again working closely with The National Ploughing Association and demonstrating the synergies of our two Irish brands and the importance of local communities to each of our businesses, we both believe in quality and safety, value for money and adding to our customers experience, many of which we hope to welcome onto our new look Top Oil stand from the 19th – 21st September.”

Last year’s National Ploughing Championships was attended by a record breaking 283,000 visitors and this year promises to be even better with over 1,700 diverse and exciting exhibitors already booked in.