Over 10,000 people attended last week’s All-Ireland tractor pulling finals, which were held at the Glenamaddy District Ploughing and Agricultural Show, in Co Galway.

A total of 75 tractors made their way from all ends of Ireland, Scotland and England for the event.

The tractors battled out across nine classes, two of which were modified, and seven farm tractor classes. Ten modified tractors battling in the 3.5t weight category, tuned from 400hp up to 1,200hp competed.

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Over the course of six pulls in the lead-up to the finals, competitors’ results from each pull were tallied on a points basis.

On the day, the modified 3.5t super farm class was won by Pat Leonard with his tractor ‘Horrid Henry’, while the 3.5t farm sport class was won by Luke Patterson with ‘The sneaky bandit’. In terms of the farm tractor classes, the 2WD 3.5t class was won by Michael O’Connell with his Fordson Major Super, the 2WD 5.5t class was won by Andrew Montgomery with his Fiat 880.

Moving on to the 4WD farm tractor classes, the 5.5t class was won by Daniel O’Brien with his Case IH 5150 Pro, the 7.5t class was won by Shane Potter with his Fiat 880, the 9.5t class was won by Ethan Harte with his New Holland T7030, the 11.5t class was won by Ryan Hegarty with his Massey Ferguson 6499 and finally, the 14.5t class was won by Barry Reid with his John Deere 8520.

The event was held in association with the Irish Tractor Pulling Committee (ITPC) – which is the only official tractor pulling club in Ireland that is a member of the European Tractor Pulling Committee (ETPC).

Competitors battled it out using the ITPC sledge “Gladiator”, which the committee says is also the only official sanctioned sledge from the ETPC.