Lyndhurst Golf Club was the centre of action this weekend with the running of the Golden Plough held in somewhat cold conditions.
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Traditionally held at Eugowra, this year's event made a return at Lyndhurst Golf Club and Team Penning Grounds with one of the events organisers Cowra's Jason Gavenlock taking out the Golden Plough.
It was Gavenlock's second win in the event. He was also successful in 2019.
And there was more than just the coveted Golden Plough itself: there were events for the novice, ladies and even junior events last Saturday before the running of the Golden Plough on Sunday.
Gabby Dray won the Junior Plough trophy and congratulations to Karina Berzins on taking home the Ladies Ploughing trophy.
Jason Gavenlock's pair of Australian Draught Horses worked carefully and confidently to plough a near perfect plot and take out the Golden Plough.
Steve Johnson from Larne Draught Horse Stud was at the event talking about draught horses, how he works them and how he looks after them.
The full results from the weekend's events are:
THE GOLDEN PLOUGH
1st- Jason Gavenlock
2nd- Aleks Berzins
3rd- Darren Gavin
LADIES PLOUGH
1st- Karina Berzins
2nd- Gina Dray
3rd- Melinda Gavin
JUNIOR PLOUGH
1st- Gabby Dray
2nd- Lilly Gavenlock
JUNIOR LONG REINING
1st- Georgie Dray - Dolly
2nd- Lilly Gavenlock - Jiggy
3rd- Gabby Dray - Clyde
LONG REINING
1st- Aleks Berzins - Margaret
2nd- Melinda Gavin - Gracie
3rd- Darren Gavin - Gracie and Jason Gavenlock - Jiggy
SLED OBSTACLE
1st- Jason Gavenlock - Jiggy
2nd- Aleks Berzins - Margaret
3rd- Darren Gavin - Gracie
LOG OBSTACLE
1st- Jason Gavenlock - Jiggy
2nd- Aleks Berzins - Margaret
3rd- Darren Gavin - Gracie
LOG SNIG
1st- Darren Gavin - Mack
2nd- Melinda Gavin - Gracie
3rd- Jason Gavenlock - Jiggy
The coveted title is awarded to the ploughman and two-horse team with the best single furrow.
The event also featured a demonstration of traditional, horse-powered chaff-cutting and on Saturday night a dinner was held at the Golf Club with entertainment by Eugowra's Bill Norris.
Mark Logan
Started working in newspapers in the 1990's in the darkroom of the Pastoral Times in Deniliquin before moving to Millthorpe in 2003. Soon after arriving I started as a photographer at the CWD. Now a journalist at the Blayney Chronicle.
Started working in newspapers in the 1990's in the darkroom of the Pastoral Times in Deniliquin before moving to Millthorpe in 2003. Soon after arriving I started as a photographer at the CWD. Now a journalist at the Blayney Chronicle.
