Agriculture Students Exceed Marathon Expectations
Summary
Ollie Owen from Crosslanes Wrexham, said, “it was a good day, we had some fun and covered a lot of ground despite the lack of moisture.” Freddie Pullan, Curriculum Co-ordinator for Agriculture said, “the event was spot on.Visitors to the very successful Autumn Action event not only witnessed the student plough-a-thon but also had the opportunity to meet all the key local machinery dealers and equipment manufacturers and see the latest tractors and cultivators perform.We are very grateful to everyone who helped out with this event, especially RVW Pugh, Kuhn, Rea Valley Tractors and Gregoire Beson who loaned the tractors and ploughs and trusted our students to drive them.” For more information about Agricultural Courses at Walford and North Shropshire College please visit our website at www.wnsc.ac.uk or telephone 01939 262100 ### Shropshire, United Kingdom, September 22, 2011 --( PR.com )-- The site at Little Bolas was kindly provided by Sydney Farms Ltd whose directors are college governor and Farm Advisory Committee chairman Bruce Udale, Isabel Udale Moseley and Richard Moseley.Ollie Owen from Crosslanes Wrexham, said, “it was a good day, we had some fun and covered a lot of ground despite the lack of moisture.” Freddie Pullan, Curriculum Co-ordinator for Agriculture said, “the event was spot on.Despite very dry ground conditions the range of ploughs and cultivators on display produced some very good seedbeds.Jon Parry, Director of Walford, said, “this is a great example of students taking responsibility and utilising their own time and effort to help improve the college environment.