McGavin, Hern claim top prizes at 97th Huron County Plowing Match

BY SHAWN LOUGHLIN

Clayton Hern and Brian McGavin earned top honours at last week’s Huron County Plowing Match for their prowess in the Junior and Senior divisions, respectively, with many others turning heads as well over the course of the two days near Seaforth.

 

McGavin was named Huron County Champion Senior Plower, followed by Lucas Townsend, the Reserve Champion Plower. Hern was named the Huron County Champion Junior Plower, while Dugald McIntosh was named Reserve Champion Junior Plower. 

 

Also in the Junior Division, Keith DeKroon won the Val-Lea Award as the youngest participant at the match, while Jessalyn Hendriks won both the Warden’s Award/McGavin’s Award and the Huron County Plowmen’s Scholarship Award.
In the Senior Division, Ken Milligan was named the Antique Plowing Champion, while Tom Evans won the Don Dodds Visitors’ Award and John DeKroon won the Best Going Plow Team Award.

 

The rest of the match results are as follows: 

 

• Class 2: Junior Green Class
1. RJ Townsend
2. Keith DeKroon

 

• Class 3: Junior, Intermediate
1. Jessalyn Hendriks
2. Breanna Little
3. Lyndon Little
4. Avery Brown
5. Aiden Hickey

 

• Class 4: Junior, Experienced
1. Clayton Hern
2. Dugald McIntosh
3. Brendan Hickey
4. Austin Brodhaecker
5. Alex Cameron
6. Cole Hugill
7. Darcy Fear
8. Wesley Brown
9. James Speer
10. Carson Little
11. Ben Speer

 

• Class 5: Open, Senior (two-furrow)
1. Brian Davenport
2. Bert Beyens
3. Brian McGavin
4. Brian Sterling
5. Lucas Townsend
6. Barry DeGreer
7. Paul Dodds
8. Patrick Sanders
9. Chris Baker
10. Steve Haney
11. Meghan Cameron
12. Pat O’Rourke
13. Joe Ryan

 

• Class 7: Reversible
1. Tom Evans
2. MacKenzie Reinhart
3. Gerald Corbett

 

• Class 8: Antique Trail
1. Ken Milligan
2. Paul Robinson
3. Richard Pepper
4. Tom Thede

 

• Class 9: Antique Mounted
1. Paul Hodgson
2. Doug Smith
3. Jim Cox

 

• Class 11B: Walking Plow
1. John DeKroon

 

On Junior Day, Dugald McIntosh was named the Junior Day Champion and Clayton Hern was the Junior Day Reserve Champion. Hern also won the Ross Gordon Memorial Award for the 4-H top crown and McIntosh won the William Leeming Memorial Award for the 4-H top finish.

 

The Junior Day results, for the Huron County 4-H Sodbusters Club’s Achievement Day, are as follows:
1. Dugald McIntosh
2. Clayton Hern
3. Brendan Hickey
4. Cole Hugill
5. Joel Fleet
6. Ben Speer
7. RJ Townsend
8. Jessalyn Hendriks
9. Darcy Fear
10. Aiden Hickey
11. Keith DeKroon
12. Anna Fear
13. James Fleet
14. James Speer

 

On the other side of the competition, Lillian Beyersbergen-Oakes won the Princess competition in her fourth year of putting her name forward, while Gracie Hoggarth was crowned the Queen of the Furrow.