Yorkshireman is top of the World

James Witty, ploughing for England, is the 2025 World Conventional Ploughing Champion.

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James, from East Lutton, near Malton in North Yorkshire won the World title and the Golden Plough trophy at the 70th World Ploughing Contest held near Prague in the Czech Republic on 5th & 6th September 2025. This marks his second world title, having previously won the World Reversible Ploughing Championship in 2003. To win both World Conventional and World Reversible titles is a rare and remarkable achievement in the contest's seven-decade history, as there are just three people who have accomplished this. James follows in the footsteps of his late father, Graeme, as being one of those people. Forty-eight competitors representing 26 countries found ploughing conditions challenging during practice, due to a long spell of dry weather. However, a little rain during the week improved conditions for the stubble ploughing on the first day and heavy r