Wexford ploughing legends

The president of the NPA, Jimmy Grainger of Kildare, has a long and varied tenure with the association as both competitor and judge before scaling the heights in the administrative side.

The chairman, James Sutton, of The Ward, Co Dublin, carries on a long family tradition. His father, Brendan, also represented Dublin on council and was teammate with the great Willie Murphy for many years.

Like hurling and football, ploughing runs in families and while we now have competitors from every county in Ireland, certain counties have maintained a pretty dominant position for years.