Class 1 - Horse Ploughing, General Purpose
Prize Money: 1st £50.00, 2nd £35.00, 3rd £20.00, and £200 for every competitor completing his/her work
Ploughing rules and Regulations to follow National Guidelines. Minimum depth 13cms.
Local classes: Entries will be taken within a 15-mile radius of Bridgwater and any student attending Bridgwater and Taunton College or Brymore School. All ploughs in Local Classes 11 & 16 are for commercial ploughs only.
OPEN CLASSES
Class 2 - High Cut
Prize Money: 1st £50.00, 2nd £35.00, 3rd £20.00, 4th £10.00
Ploughing rules and Regulations to follow National Guidelines. Minimum depth 13cms.
Class 3 - Semi Digger Ploughing
Prize Money: 1st Prize £50.00, 2nd £35.00, 3rd £20.00, 4th £10.00
Ploughing rules and Regulations to follow National Guidelines. Minimum depth to be confirmed.
Class 4 - Vintage Trailed Plough
Prize Money: 1st £50.00, 2nd £35.00, 3rd £20.00, 4th £10.00
National Guidelines. Minimum depth 15cms, maximum depth 8 inches / 20cms.
Class 5 - Vintage Mounted
Prize Money: 1st £50.00, 2nd £35.00, 3rd £20.00, 4th £10.00
National Guidelines. Minimum depth 15cms, maximum depth 20cms.
Class 6 - Classic
Prize Money: 1st £50.00, 2nd £35.00, 3rd £20.00, 4th £10.00
National Guidelines. Minimum depth 17cms, maximum depth 7 inches / 20cms.
Class 7 - T20 Ferguson tractors and ploughs manufactured prior to December 1975
Prize Money: 1st £50.00, 2nd £35.00, 3rd £20.00, 4th £10.00
National Guidelines. Minimum depth 15cms.
Class 8 - Open Classic Reversible Parallel Plots
Prize Money: 1st £50.00, 2nd £35.00, 3rd £20.00, 4th £10.00
National Guidelines. Minimum depth 17cms, maximum depth 20cms.
Class 9 - Open Horticultural
Prize Money: 1st £50.00, 2nd £35.00, 3rd £20.00, 4th £10.00
National Guidelines. Minimum depth 12cms.
Class 10 - Open Reversible
Prize Money: 1st £50.00, 2nd £35.00, 3rd £20.00, 4th £10.00
Number of furrows to be entered on Entry Form. National Guidelines. Minimum depth 20cms.
LOCAL CLASSES
Class 11 - Reversible Ploughing for Commercial Ploughs
Prize Money: 1st £30.00, 2nd £25.00, 3rd £20.00, 4th £10.00
Commercial ploughs only, minimum three furrows. Number of furrows to be stated on Entry Form. Minimum depth 15cms, maximum depth 8 inches / 20cms.
Class 12 - Vintage/Classic Trailed/Mounted
Prize Money: 1st £30.00, 2nd £25.00, 3rd £20.00, 4th £10.00
Minimum depth 15cms, maximum depth 8 inches / 20cms.
Class 14 - Conventional
Prize Money: 1st £30.00, 2nd £25.00, 3rd £20.00, 4th £10.00
Minimum depth 15cms, maximum depth 20cms.
Class 15 - Novice Class
Prize Money: 1st £30.00, 2nd £25.00, 3rd £20.00, 4th £10.00
Conventional ploughs only. Help may be given. Open to anyone who has never won a 1st prize in previous Bridgwater and District Ploughing Matches. Minimum depth 15cms, maximum depth 20cms. Number of furrows to be specified on Entry Form.
Class 16 - Novice Reversible
Prize Money: 1st £30.00, 2nd £25.00, 3rd £20.00, 4th £10.00
Help may be given. Open to anyone who has never won a 1st prize in a previous Bridgwater & District Ploughing Match. Minimum depth 15cms, maximum depth 20cms. Number of furrows to be specified on Entry Form.
LOCAL PROVENDER CLASSES - HAY & STRAW AS HARVESTED IN 2026
Class 18 - 2026 Meadow Hay
Prize Money: 1st £10.00, 2nd £5.00, 3rd £3.00
For the best bale or slab of 2026 Meadow Hay, any shape or size, not artificially dried.
Class 19 - 2026 Barley Straw
Prize Money: 1st £10.00, 2nd £5.00, 3rd £3.00
For the best bale or slab of 2026 Barley Straw, any shape or size, not artificially dried.
Class 20 - 2026 Oat Straw
Prize Money: 1st £10.00, 2nd £5.00, 3rd £3.00
For the best bale or slab of 2026 Oat Straw, any shape or size, not artificially dried.
Class 21 - 2026 Grass Silage (Bale)
Prize Money: 1st £10.00, 2nd £5.00, 3rd £3.00
For the best 5kg sample of 2026 Grass Silage made in a bale.
Class 22 - 2026 Grass Silage (Pit)
Prize Money: 1st £10.00, 2nd £5.00, 3rd £3.00
For the best 5kg sample of 2026 Grass Silage made in a pit.
Class 23 - 2026 Maize Silage
Prize Money: 1st £10.00, 2nd £5.00, 3rd £3.00
For the best 5kg sample of clamp or bale 2026 Maize Silage.
Class 24 - 2026 Whole Crop Silage
Prize Money: 1st £10.00, 2nd £5.00, 3rd £3.00
For the best 5kg sample of clamp or bale 2026 Whole Crop Silage.
Class 25 - Six Stalks of 2026 Maize
Prize Money: 1st £10.00, 2nd £5.00, 3rd £3.00
Roots to be left on. For the best 6 stalks of maize drawn from not less than half an acre. Cobs to be untouched.
LOCAL CEREALS, PEAS OR BEANS AS HARVESTED IN 2026
Class 26 - 2026 Barley
Prize Money: 1st £10.00, 2nd £5.00, 3rd £3.00
For the best sample of 2026 Barley.
Class 27 - 2026 Wheat
Prize Money: 1st £10.00, 2nd £5.00, 3rd £3.00
For the best sample of 2026 Wheat.
Class 28 - 2026 Milling Wheat
Prize Money: 1st £10.00, 2nd £5.00, 3rd £3.00
For the best sample of 2026 Milling Wheat.
Class 29 - 2026 Oats
Prize Money: 1st £10.00, 2nd £5.00, 3rd £3.00
For the best sample of 2026 Oats.
Class 30 - 2026 Peas & Beans
Prize Money: 1st £10.00, 2nd £5.00, 3rd £3.00
For the best sample of 2026 Peas or Beans.
Class 31 - 2026 Oil Seed Rape
Prize Money: 1st £10.00, 2nd £5.00, 3rd £3.00
For the best sample of 2026 Oil Seed Rape.
GROWING CROPS SECTION - CLOSING DATE MONDAY 31st AUGUST 2026
Class 32 - Best Acre of Ley
Prize Money: 1st £10.00, 2nd £5.00, 3rd £3.00
For the best acre of Ley.
Class 33 - Best Acre of Maize
Prize Money: 1st 3 Bags of Seed, 2nd 2 Bags of Seed, 3rd 1 Bag of Seed
For the best acre of maize suitable for silage. Sponsored by Willow Green Agriculture (Terry Bartcher).
Class 34 - Collective Exhibit
Prize Money: Winner £20.00
A collective exhibit of a collection from Classes 18-31 with a minimum of 6 individual items.