Author: National Ploughing Association

September, 2016: Stop the silent killer in its tracks, is the message from the Irish Heart Foundation as they encourage everyone attending this year’s Ploughing Championships to avail of the free blood pressure checks being offered by their new Mobile Health Unit.

According to the Irish Heart Foundation, early detection is the single most powerful tool in the fight against high blood pressure which is a silent, stealthy and symptomless killer and is a leading cause of stroke, heart disease, premature death and disability in Ireland today, with almost one million people suffering from it.

Their new Mobile Health Unit, staffed by fully qualified nurses, will be present and operating for the three days of this year’s Ploughing Championships and Marese Damery, Health Check Co-ordinator with the Irish Heart Foundation, is urging people to make the most of the service.

Marese said: “Silent and invisible, high blood pressure can seriously damage blood vessels and the heart if left unchecked. People with high blood pressure are three times more likely to have a stroke or heart attack compared to those with healthy or controlled blood pressure.

“The good news is that a simple blood pressure check can be the first step in detecting high blood pressure.”

The only way to know if you have high blood pressure is to get checked and the Irish Heart Foundation is advising all those at this year’s Ploughing Championships to follow the example set by the Minster for Health Simon Harris TD and take the 10 minutes it takes and visit the Mobile Health Unit.

Irish-owned Cheetah Electric Fencing, established in 1973, had announced the launch of the Cheetah Fence Guard at this year’s National Ploughing Championships.

Cheetah Electric Fencing have been providing electric fence energizers and accessories to the Irish and Uk markets for many years, with customers including Glanbia, Aurivo, Dairygold to name a few. Cheetah Fence Guard is designed to provide the end user with a 24/7 monitoring service for their electric fence line. Fence Guard utilizes leading edge microcontroller and GSM technologies designed to operate in very harsh environments.

Features

Fence Guard monitors your fence line activity continuously and notifies the end user via text message when a fault occurs.

Fence Guard allows you to switch your fence energizer on or off remotely using your mobile phone.

Fence Guard has a built in real clock. Fence Guard will automatically check the SIM card credit and notify you if the credit amount needs to be topped up. Fence Guard will also keep the SIM card active even when Fence Guard is not in use.

How it works?

Fence Guard is plugged into the mains and is connected to your fencer and fence line as seen in the image above. The Fence Guard contains a SIM card which is topped up by credit just like the SIM card in a mobile phone. This SIM is how your mobile phone communicates with Fence Guard.

Benefits

There are many benefits to having Fence Guard.

1. Fence Guard allows the farmer know when electric shock on their fence line is low. This is very beneficial to farmers especially if they have an out farm. For example if a branch falls on their fence line or their fence line is knocked down Fence Guard will detect the drop in voltage and will send a text message their phone.
2. Fence Guard allows the farmer to switch on and off their electric fence remotely. This allows them to save time. An example of this would be if the farmer has a mains fencer and their fence line is around a field that is 2 miles from where the fence is plugged in. Before they had to walk back and forth to switch on and off the fencer while the fault was being fixed. Now they can just ring or text the Fence Guard without having to move away from the problem area.
3. The Fence Guard allows farmers to know their fence line voltage reading without going out and physically testing it. The farmer can now just text the Fence Guard and it will send back the voltage reading in a text format.
4. The farmer does not have to worry about checking credit or keeping the SIM active. Fence Guard will automatically keep the SIM active even when the unit is not in use by sending a message to their phone every three months. Fence Guard will check the SIM card credit and notify the farmer is the amount needs to be topped up.

(LocationNo: 711 Row 28, Block 3)

The Tricel stand will be showcasing the latest product line of highly innovative and successful wastewater treatment plants (WWT) over the three day event. Each plant is manufactured to the highest international standards is CE certified and approved to the Irish Annex.

The Tricel Environmental range of Septic tanks & WWT plants offer the utmost in efficient treatment of domestic and commercial wastewater. They are the ideal solution for home owners, and commercial business, where mains drainage is not possible.

Tricel’s range of tanks are suitable for an array of applications including: individual homes, holiday homes, rural dwellings, extension projects, new builds, tank replacements and commercial tanks.

(Technical Support)

Tricel’s technical team will be available for the entire event to answer all wastewater treatment questions, fromnew buildinstallations, replacement tanks and commercial wastewater treatment options.

(Tricel Product line)

The Tricel Novo range of wastewater treatment – Certified to EN12566-3

The Tricel Novo tanks are easy to install and simple to maintain, with results of up to 95% clarification of effluent. These submerged aeration plants use a simple and proven fixed bed technology and are suitable across domestic, commercial or communal applications.

Tricel Puraflo range of wastewater treatment plants – Certified to EN12566-3

This is an eco-friendly and modular WWT system basedon passive bio filtration principals. Puraflo works with your existing Septic Tank, including the Tricel Vento range of septic tanks, where treated effluent requires a higher level of filtration before it returns to the ground. The system operates a peat fibre bio filter making it highly sustainable with very little or no energy consumption. 

Tricel Vento Septic Tank – Certified EN12566-1

The tanks are lightweight, have a super low profile and require little excavation for instalment. Such elements ensure a minimum disruption to the grounds and a smooth and easy transition during the installation process, as well as resulting in lower costs. The unique design of the filtration system helps to achieve an impressive 99.88% efficiency.

(Competition)

The competition will be held during the event with the winner receiving a Tricel Novo treatment system up to the value of €2,000. Entries will be collected throughout the event with the winner announced on the final day.

Zip, Ireland’s favourite firelighter*, is delighted to exhibit at this year’s National Ploughing Championship. Long burning, fast lighting and powerful, the Zip brand lights first time, every time. It’s Zip’s passion for developing the safest, highest performing products, along with the ambition to bring people together that has allowed them to successfully warm Irishhearts and homesfor 80 years.

The Zip stand will feature lots of exciting activities during the 3 day event and visitors will have the opportunity to take part in the competition and prize draws. Zip is passionate about offering products that are convenient, clean & easy to use, so will be giving away samples of the hassle free Starterlog, the revolutionary Stove Logand the Energy+ Block Firelighter.

Zip are also running a competition to give away Limited Edition 80^th Birthday Commemorative Tins,containing 28 High Performance Wrapped Firelighters and the chance to win a share of €15,000!For the adventurers, there is also the chance to ‘Like & Share’ to win an exclusively signed copy of Bear Grylls latest book ‘Extreme Food’.

There really is no other firelighter, Zip, lights first time, every time. Zip will be located at Stand 735, Row 29, Block 4. Give your fire some Zip!