The Canadian Plowing Organization Events
Canadian Plowing Championships
The Canadian Plowing Championships consist of three national plowing championship contests. They are the Senior Plowing Championship with conventional plows, the Senior Plowing Championship with reversible plows and the Junior Plowing Championship with conventional plows.
The 2009 championships took place in Wanham, AB, June 11 - 14, 2009. Again the winners of the senior conventional & reversible competition will represent Canada in the World Plowing Championships from April 14 -18, 2010 in Methven New Zealand. As in the past the winner of the junior championship will receive a one year scholarship at Olds College, Olds Alberta. Click here to see the results of the 2009 Championships.
For more information, please visit http://www.worldploughing.org.
All competitors at the Canadian Plowing Championships are required to follow the Plowing Rules and Regulations and the Safety Policy. Both are available as printer-friendly PDF files. To read them, you will need Adobe's free Reader software, or another equivalent.
Please note that the plowing rules have been updated for 2009
Click here to download the Canadian Plowing Organization Plowing Rules and Regulations.
Click here to download the Canadian Plowing Organization Safety Policy.
Click here to download Adobe Reader.
The 2010 Canadian Plowing Championships
The 2010 Canadian Plowing Championships will take place from August 30th until September 4th inclusive. The various provincial winners from across the country will gather in Mundleville, just west of Rexton New Brunswick on Rte # 470. Rexton is about 35 minutes north of Moncton NB, off Hwy # 11.
The competition will be held on land owned and operated by David Mundle and family. The dairy farm has a milking heard of 60 cows and 60 replacement heifers. They grow 450 acres of hay and 70 acres of grain. They are members of the "Moncton Soil & Crop" and their farm was nominated for farm of the year for 2009.
Tentative schedule for the week includes Welcome & Plot Draw on Tuesday evening, BBQ & Auction on Thursday evening, and Awards banquet on Saturday evening, with all activities taking place at the Rexton Curling Club. Please visit the village web site at www.villageofrexton.com and click on calendar of events.
The 2013 World Plowing Championships
Canada has been awarded the 2013 World Plowing Championships, and this competition will be hosted by Olds College, of Olds Alberta. The dates of this event will be the entire week of July 19 - 28, 2013. Please see www.oldscollege.ca for more information.