1.
| Late Finishing |
Penalty points
|
| At the split opening |
3
|
| At the Finish |
20
|
2.
| Depth |
Penalty points
|
| Failure to plough the specified depth |
20 per cm or part thereof
|
3.
| Rolling |
Penalty points
|
| The plots ,opening ripplings or ins and outs |
20 perinfringement
|
4.
|
Penalty points
|
|
| Width |
20 per cm or part thereof
|
5.
|
Penalty points
|
|
| Use of extraneous attachments |
20 per infringement
|
6.
|
Penalty points
|
|
| More than one wheel mark at finish |
20
|
7.
|
Penalty points
|
|
| Casting the Finish the wrong way |
20
|
8.
| Penalty points | |
|---|---|
| Practising outside the Plot |
10
|
9. Failure to comply with the Safety Policy – Disqualification
10. Verbal abuse of any steward, Judge of Official – Diqualification
A competitor committing any of the following Infringements of the Rules and Procedures will be penalised by the Chief Steward. The Penalty will be from 1 to 5 points for each such infringement, however upon repeated infringement of the Rules the competitor may be disqualified by the Chief Steward.
11. Using more than 3 sighting poles
12. Dressing the Ploughing i.e. Using hands, feet or a hand held implement to shape the furrows.
13. Dismounting on the ploughed ground
14. Removing a plough body
15. Removing skimmers or coulters, except that skimmers may be removed when opening and finishing.
Note : The Chief Steward’s decision regarding the Interpretation and Application of the Rules and Penalties shall be Final.
A list of Eligible tractors and ploughs for the various Classes is available from the Association.
It should be noted that the following Ploughs are not eligible for the Vintage Classes.
1 FISKARS MATCH PLOUGH
2 KVERNELAND HYDRIEN and SUPER HYDRIEN
3 RANSOMES BONNING MATCH PLOUGH
4 RANSOMES TS 86 MATCH PLOUGH*
* In the Classic Class Plough number 4 is permitted 1,2&3 are not permitted.