2016 National Ploughing Championships Success
Some 283,000 people attended this year’s National Ploughing Championships which was held in Screggan, Tullamore, Co. Offaly.
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This year was the 85th running of what is now Europe’s largest outdoor event with over 1600 exhibitors.
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Somewhere in the region of €35m was expected to be spent over the course of the three days by visitors to this year’s event.
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Modern Tyres were show casing the full range of Vredestein Agricultural tyres on their stand and had a lot of enquiries over the three days. They also raised €500 for their nominated charity for 2016, Make A Wish with their Shoot-Score-Win football challenge on the stand.