Ploughing Championships

Jurassic Cyclist 24

Anyone going or have been????

micraX

Jurassic Cyclist 24 wrote: »

Anyone going or have been????

Yes and yes. Never see much of the actual ploughing, and there has been a big reduction in the amount of free stuff since the economic downturn sadly.

Nekarsulm

Last time I went (2011) kid (6 y o) did a runner. Took 2 hours to find her. (no bother on her, and had blagged a bag of pop corn from a stall, some how, and made her way to the amusement park area) You can imagine the scene in the car on the way home. So after about an hour of me getting scolded, I declared that I would only return to the Ploughing, when she was old enough to drive me herself. So roll on Ploughing 2023!

Kovu

micraX wrote: »

Yes and yes. Never see much of the actual ploughing, and there has been a big reduction in the amount of free stuff since the economic downturn sadly.

Not just the economic downturn but the huge rise in the number of busloads with teenagers going up for the craic and pestering all the stands for free stuff. Actual interested parties/possible customers couldn't get a word in edgeways.

micraX

.Kovu. wrote: »

Not just the economic downturn but the huge rise in the number of busloads with teenagers going up for the craic and pestering all the stands for free stuff. Actual interested parties/possible customers couldn't get a word in edgeways.

They are still going to go around looking. Haha

Kovu

micraX wrote: »

They are still going to go around looking. Haha

Don't I know! I was one of them once upon a time!:D

Jurassic Cyclist 24

Yeah not many go for the ploughing just the free stuff and food and drink but that's part of it

Reggie.

.Kovu. wrote: »

Don't I know! I was one of them once upon a time!:D

So your part of the problem then

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

We live about a ten min walk (through fields) to it, so well walk over since the traffic is mental and it'll take hours otherwise HA, was good Craic last year

Kovu

Reggie. wrote: »

So your part of the problem then

Was part of the problem. Sure haven't I grown up and got sense.....

oh....carry on.

Jurassic Cyclist 24

.Kovu. wrote: »

Was part of the problem. Sure haven't I grown up and got sense.....

Ah but still wouldn't turn down something free

Reggie.

.Kovu. wrote: »

Was part of the problem. Sure haven't I grown up and got sense.....

oh....carry on.

Sometimes I wonder

Lambofdave

The ploughing is nothing more then a money racket for the NPA(or certain people in it) and lost its true agricultural roots a long time ago, over priced admission first place and then chuggers hassling you as you walk the badly laid out site and don't get me started on the hawkers.

The machinery companies would be better spending their budgets on running a working demo instead of paying through the nose for a few square metres.

Farrell

Haven't been since Wexford.
Booked off 24th, herself wants to pester some stalls for quotes on home improvements.
Guess I'll be carrying himself (must start training - be a long day).
No interest in the main event, more the new gadgets (big child)

whelan2

Farrell wrote: »

Haven't been since Wexford.
Booked off 24th, herself wants to pester some stalls for quotes on home improvements.
Guess I'll be carrying himself (must start training - be a long day).
No interest in the main event, more the new gadgets (big child)

dont bring a buggy anyway, i learnt the hard way:mad:

_Brian

We pop along for the crack.
Would see a bit of the ploughing, specially of it's not too far from the main area. Like watching te horses ploughing.

If the stupid bus loads of kids weren't there it would be a better day for all. Surely the schools know full well that they will make a nusience of themselves.

Oh.
And anyone bringing small kids is just crazy, as for those bringing toddlers/baby's in buggeys, that's just insaine!

whelan2

_Brian wrote: »

We pop along for the crack.
Would see a bit of the ploughing, specially of it's not too far from the main area. Like watching te horses ploughing.

If the stupid bus loads of kids weren't there it would be a better day for all. Surely the schools know full well that they will make a nusience of themselves.

Oh.
And anyone bringing small kids is just crazy, as for those bringing toddlers/baby's in buggeys, that's just insaine!

i think the school kids are only there to get the numbers up, if they where not there the attendance figures would be alot smaller

Sam Kade

Glebee wrote: »

Where is it in this year???

Same location as last year.

.Kovu. wrote: »

Not just the economic downturn but the huge rise in the number of busloads with teenagers going up for the craic and pestering all the stands for free stuff. Actual interested parties/possible customers couldn't get a word in edgeways.

Teenagers are annoying when the ploughing comes around they act as if they were locked in a small room all year and then let loose :mad:

Fully grown adults act like vultures with any bit of free food :mad: Last year I was in a super valu tent with 4 others when the man behind the counter put brown bread out the vultures came from every angle and devoured the lot. The thing about it was there was only a small door in the tent how did the vultures know the food was coming at that moment?

My wife got a free burger at one tent and a vulture asked where she got it she said in there but you have to pay for it the vulture went on her way looking for any free food

frazzledhome

Sam Kade wrote: »

Same location as last year.

Teenagers are annoying when the ploughing comes around they act as if they were locked in a small room all year and then let loose :mad:

Fully grown adults act like vultures with any bit of free food :mad: Last year I was in a super valu tent with 4 others when the man behind the counter put brown bread out the vultures came from every angle and devoured the lot. The thing about it was there was only a small door in the tent how did the vultures know the food was coming at that moment?

My wife got a free burger at one tent and a vulture asked where she got it she said in there but you have to pay for it the vulture went on her way looking for any free food

Lol, brilliant answer. I hate the freeloaders really let themselves down with bad manners.

I go to meet people. Love going on my own. I only go if its close by.

Reggie.

frazzledhome wrote: »

Lol, brilliant answer. I hate the freeloaders really let themselves down with bad manners.

I go to meet people. Love going on my own. I only go if its close by.

I always go on my own one day and go with the wife on another

Greengrass1

Reggie. wrote: »

I always go on my own one day and go with the wife on another

One day is enough for me. Only show we go to now or tullamore. Want to get a quote for a crush and meal bin. Our old wooden crush isn't going to last much longer

Reggie.

Greengrass1 wrote: »

One day is enough for me. Only show we go to now or tullamore. Want to get a quote for a crush and meal bin. Our old wooden crush isn't going to last much longer

Tullamore is grand for that as the crowds do be smaller but might not be the same amount of companies at it tho

frazzledhome

Greengrass1 wrote: »

One day is enough for me. Only show we go to now or tullamore. Want to get a quote for a crush and meal bin. Our old wooden crush isn't going to last much longer

I don't understand this at all. If you picked up the phone this morning you'd get a quote for both by lunch

Reggie.

frazzledhome wrote: »

I don't understand this at all. If you picked up the phone this morning you'd get a quote for both by lunch

Ah he's just looking for an excuse to go

whelan2

frazzledhome wrote: »

I don't understand this at all. If you picked up the phone this morning you'd get a quote for both by lunch

last time i went to ploughing i wanted to look at 2 things, i had great intentions of getting prices from different stands etc, didnt work that way andas frazzled said it would have been better to email/ring around for a few quotes, drove for the guts of 5 hours and was none the wiser. Also found alot of reps at stands very ignorant , you would be half way through getting prices off them and they would go on to someone else.

Greengrass1

frazzledhome wrote: »

I don't understand this at all. If you picked up the phone this morning you'd get a quote for both by lunch

Nice to see the product there and ye come across other company's too

rangler1

frazzledhome wrote: »

I don't understand this at all. If you picked up the phone this morning you'd get a quote for both by lunch

We're simple people......we count the 'ploughing' as a day out

whelan2

frazzledhome wrote: »

I don't understand this at all. If you picked up the phone this morning you'd get a quote for both by lunch

not this morning its a bank holiday:p

Sam Kade

Reggie. wrote: »

I always go on my own one day and go with the wife on another

One day with the wife on board is plenty all they want to do is go into every tent with clothes or jewellery :mad: except Whelan of course she would be more farming orientated

whelan2

the best bit of any year i went to the ploughing was the lads putting the fergie 20 together and being timed. Was brilliant to see

Reggie.

Sam Kade wrote: »

One day with the wife on board is plenty all they want to do is go into every tent with clothes or jewellery :mad: except Whelan of course she would be more farming orientated

We divide and conquer. Sent her on her way and meet up at a certain time

whelan2

Sam Kade wrote: »

One day with the wife on board is plenty all they want to do is go into every tent with clothes or jewellery :mad: except Whelan of course she would be more farming orientated

hate those tents, could they not just have a massive shed with all those stands, cant get into those tents and cant get out of them either

Sam Kade

whelan2 wrote: »

the best bit of any year i went to the ploughing was the lads putting the fergie 20 together and being timed. Was brilliant to see

I went to a threshing in the neighbouring parish a few years back and they had the fergie taken apart ready to put it back together. We were waiting ages and nothing happening someone said it will be 15 minutes go into the hall for tea first went in for tea and when we came out sure enough one of the mechanics was starting it up after putting it back together :mad: a neighbour told me they did it in 10-15 minutes can't remember which.

Sam Kade

Reggie. wrote: »

We divide and conquer. Sent her on her way and meet up at a certain time

It's the only solution

john8984

Yes I am going. I was there last year, it was very easy to get in and out of the site, a great location and well managed by the stewards and Gardai.
Always a great exhibition and well worth a visit.

Reggie.

john8984 wrote: »

Yes I am going. I was there last year, it was very easy to get in and out of the site, a great location and well managed by the stewards and Gardai.
Always a great exhibition and well worth a visit.

Great spot for it alright. Routes were great compared to other years

dzer2

Will be there 10 days before hand then we have a stand for the 3 days and then 7 days after

Greengrass1

dzer2 wrote: »

Will be there 10 days before hand then we have a stand for the 3 days and then 7 days after

Youll be busy in September so. Must be a big stand?

Reggie.

dzer2 wrote: »

Will be there 10 days before hand then we have a stand for the 3 days and then 7 days after

Are ya building the site or putting in a stand

dzer2

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Youll be busy in September so. Must be a big stand?

Reggie. wrote: »

Are ya building the site or putting in a stand

Helping with the site.

Zr105

frazzledhome wrote: »

I don't understand this at all. If you picked up the phone this morning you'd get a quote for both by lunch

Id normally agree but we wondered around all the different crushes at the ploughing the year before we changed the head gate here and it was only from playing around with them and looking at the options out there that we knew we were happy with the gate. Cant fault the one we got but some of the ones we looked at at the ploughin were atrocious IMO.. Also picked up several handy ideas looking at the way they have the races set up, stuff like that you cant always pick up on from a catalogue or over the phone.

_Brian

The ploughing is being ruined and its either greed or ego from what I can see..
The constant need to have bigger numbers each year means that they are bringing in all sorts of tat and attracting the wrong people and stands..

Get rid of the funfair, toys and clothes other than farming or work clothing. Personally I don't see the need for a bar either.
Schools need to be told to keep the bus loads of kids in the damn schools and teach manners for the day. Does it really need a stage with tin whistles and irish dancers ?? Really the stage would be better for the lads rebuilding the 20's where we could all see it clearly..

holidaygirl

We go most years for one day, I've never seen any fashion or the likes! We also had a buggy with us last year and it was great young lad well capable of walking but he could hop in and out at his leisure and we had a nice rucksack of stuff in the basket. I seen plenty with buggies that were not suited to the terrain that certInly wouldn't make it easy. Buggy was actually handy at time to get through crowds! Over the years we have gotten better prices for various things than you would outside of the event. There is usually a few things we want to do so check out the site maps before we go have an idea of where they are, bits it's also nice to have a gander at alternatives.

jt65

Zr105 wrote: »

Id normally agree but we wondered around all the different crushes at the ploughing the year before we changed the head gate here and it was only from playing around with them and looking at the options out there that we knew we were happy with the gate. Cant fault the one we got but some of the ones we looked at at the ploughin were atrocious IMO.. Also picked up several handy ideas looking at the way they have the races set up, stuff like that you cant always pick up on from a catalogue or over the phone.

measuring tape , note pad and camera phone ,

have picked up many ideas & saved a lot of €,s by going diy with same.

Zr105

jt65 wrote: »

measuring tape , note pad and camera phone ,

have picked up many ideas & saved a lot of €,s by going diy with same.

I dont bother to much with the tape! Did engineering in college so i tend to take the basic idea of what I've seen and try to improve on it if i can! Often times something I've seen will be mulled around in my head over time and will eventually be brought into life

hopefully ill be heading this year and on my list is looking at the way that some of the crushes can be narrowed in quick and simply for calves! Already have an simple idea floating about but it could be fidly so looking to improve! Also want to look at a few sliding backing gates for the crush to but think there's only really one that I've seen before!

Farrell

I thought I saw something years ago in the journal to narrow the crush to work with calves.

sandydan

we always went from once the kids were 6 years old they were like sat navs looked at map for hours before going in and once they were able to use mobiles were able to direct you around no problem. i took son and daughter and eldest daughter went with mammy to fashion shows , stove stands and household,food stands, health stores etc, were house renovating so ideal and offers were far better at ploughing than instore. as for kids they should go with parents not buses ,went all time until Wexford a few years ago- knew road would be disaster and havent been since, yet all three still ask are we going this year and are in mid twenties now still consider it family outing,we stayed B&B and made a mini holiday of it.considering it this year (age catching up i guess,same as hurling championships)

have2flushtwice

Theres a thread called guntherin, look it up, theres a great backing gate on it. It sits on the side bar.

Zr105 wrote: »

I dont bother to much with the tape! Did engineering in college so i tend to take the basic idea of what I've seen and try to improve on it if i can! Often times something I've seen will be mulled around in my head over time and will eventually be brought into life

hopefully ill be heading this year and on my list is looking at the way that some of the crushes can be narrowed in quick and simply for calves! Already have an simple idea floating about but it could be fidly so looking to improve! Also want to look at a few sliding backing gates for the crush to but think there's only really one that I've seen before!

have2flushtwice

Theres a thread called guntherin, look it up, theres a great backing gate on it. It sits on the side bar.

Zr105 wrote: »

I dont bother to much with the tape! Did engineering in college so i tend to take the basic idea of what I've seen and try to improve on it if i can! Often times something I've seen will be mulled around in my head over time and will eventually be brought into life

hopefully ill be heading this year and on my list is looking at the way that some of the crushes can be narrowed in quick and simply for calves! Already have an simple idea floating about but it could be fidly so looking to improve! Also want to look at a few sliding backing gates for the crush to but think there's only really one that I've seen before!

sandydan

would any of you change the layout of stands, you arrive back to middle lane shall we say not near Ploughing Headquarters stand but 200 metres away and wind up walking in circles to figure which is row D or E or E or F if you didn't know what trade stand is on what row.ie the trade stands are entered in catalogue listing alphabetically or am i the only amadawn getting confused

RoscommonTom

I'll go along too, Ive been four Or five I'd the last few years, good place to get some ideas and the craic is normally mighty