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Steam Plough Club, Pant-y-Cae, Clyro, Herefordshire HR3 6JU

Registered in England and Wales, Company No. 07750299

2018 GREAT CHALLENGE  ENGINE LIST

ENTRANTS - Details of the engines and tackle are as follows:

Set 1 Fowler AA class, 18hp compound, number 15564 built 1920 “Wanderer”. Owner: Alex Sharphouse; Fowler 14hp Single Cylinder number 2528 “The Chief” built 1875. Owner: Guy & Hal Debes; 5 furrow Shallow plough.

Set 2 Fowler BB1 Class, 16hp compound, number 15182 built 1918 “Achilles”. Owner: Joe Nourish; Fowler BB1 Class, 16hp compound, number 15183 built 1918 “Ajax”. Owner: Peter Wilson; 4 furrow Semi Digger plough.

Set 3 Fowler 12hp Single Cylinder number 1368 built 1870 “Margaret”. Owner: Andrew Melrose; Fowler BB1 Class, 16hp compound, number 15436 built 1920 “Princess Mary”. Owner: Brian Snelgar; 6 furrow Shallow plough.

Set 4 Howard 8hp single cylinder ploughing engine, number 110 built around 1876. Fitted with a double drum windlass designed primarily for single-engine working. Owner: Richard Vernon; 3 furrow plough and self-moving anchor.

Set 5 Fowler 8hp Single Cylinder, number 3195 and number 2861, both built 1876. Owners: Richard Pierce and Peter Stanier; 4 furrow Shallow plough.

Set 6 Fowler BB Class, 14hp compound, number 14213 built 1914 “Bob”. Owners Bob Watts & Richard Wade; Fowler AA7 Class, 18hp compound, number 15257 built 1918 “Repulse”. Owner: Robert Jameson; 5 furrow Shallow plough.

Set 7 Fowler-Burrell, 16hp Single Crank Compound, number 1050 built 1868/9 “Heinz”. Owner: Peter Stanier; Fowler AA6 class, 16hp compound, number 13877 built 1917. Owner: Peter Stanier; 5 furrow Shallow plough.

Set 8  Fowler BB1 class, 16hp compound, number 15148 built 1918. Owner: Mike Priestner; Fowler BB Class 6 cylinder McLaren Diesel conversion number 14380 built 1917 “Sally”. Owners Jeremy/Mark Walker; 4 furrow Deep Digger plough.

Set 9 Fowler K7 class, 12hp compound, number 14257 built 1916 “Linkey”. Owner: Mark Jones;  Fowler BB1 class, 16hp compound, number 15337 built 1919 “Louisa”. Owner: Howard Bolton; 3 furrow Semi Digger plough.

Set 10 Fowler BB1 class, 16hp compound, number 15222 built in 1918. Owner: Alan Sparkes; Fowler BB1 class, 16hp compound, number 15145 “Rusty” built in 1918. Owner: Alan Sparkes; 2 furrow Shallow Sub Soil plough.

Set 11  McLaren 16hp number 1552 built 1919 “Hero”. Owners: Charles & Robin Daniel; Fowler BB1   class, 14hp    compound, number 15529 built in 1926. Owner: Steve Gunn; 3 furrow Deep  Digger plough.

Set 12 Fowler Z7 Class, 22hp compound, number 15673 built 1922. Owner: Michael Davies; Fowler BB1 Class, 16hp compound, number 15451 built 1925 “Victory”. Owner:   Brian Knight; 6 furrow Semi Digger plough.