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(2025) Lambton plowing match organizers hope to broaden field this year
- Lambton County Plowmen
- Aug 9, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 9
“To plow internationally, you do have to get points to qualify, so we’re hoping to see some new faces,” said Kathi McNeil of the Lambton Plowmen’s Association.
People who’ve taken time off from competitive plowing and want to take part when the international competition is held in Brigden in two years, might want to sharpen their skills at this year’s Aug. 30 Lambton County Plowing Match, she said.
“We’re hoping it will spike some interest and get some new people out,” she said.
The annual free event includes competitive horse and tractor classes as part of the International Plowing Match qualifying circuit, antique machinery, a food booth, and just-for-fun municipal classes, where local politicians try their hands at plowing their neatest and straightest.
Lambton’s Queen of the Furrow, Autumn Bressette, will be there, McNeil said.
More than 30 competitors took part in 2024, she said.
“I think we’re going to see a few more,” when the annual match returns to Keith Hart’s London Line farm, she said,
Typically, the plowing match is held for two years in a Lambton municipality, then moves to another, she said.
It’s not always at the same property in those back-to-back years, but Hart stepped up and said he’d love to host again, McNeil said.
Competitors used the eastern part of Hart’s farm’s in 2024, and will move to the west side of 5586 London Line this year, she said.
Match day registration starts at 9 a.m. and plowing at 10 a.m., she said.
Conditions were tough in 2024, after significant rains caused red clover to grow quicker than expected, McNeil said.
“We have addressed that,” she said. “We’re hoping it’s a little better, a little more ‘normal’ this year.”
Hopes are to also see more local mayors take part, after just two participated in 2024’s municipal class, she said.
“We would love to see more out.”
The annual competition is a “great day” with a lots of people to talk to and lots to do, she said.
“I haven’t missed many in my life and I’m still learning new things all the time,” McNeil said.
~Tyler Kula~ Sarnia Observer
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