Original Published on Aug 30, 2022 at 19:46
By Jim Dumville, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The 2022 Richmond Corner Antique Tractor Pull attracted 108 tractors in a dozen classes over the weekend of Aug. 26 to 28, but the annual event almost didn’t happen.
Only days before the popular event, organizers discovered the theft of the Richmond Corner Rec Council’s scales, without which the pull couldn’t happen.
Kristy McCormack, one of the veteran organizers of the popular event, said the discovery of the scale theft put the entire event in jeopardy. She credited the efforts of the Carleton County and the pull communities for saving the day and the 2002 event.
“Some pretty amazing people came forward,” she said
McCormack said a Quebec-based organization stepped up to provide Richmond Corner with the needed scales and a local volunteer agreed to travel there to pick it up.
The scales arrived on site for the Friday start time, but Mother Nature had other ideas. Heavy rain postponed Friday night’s planned parade and other events. The parade was held Saturday, as great weather greeted long days of tractor pulls on Saturday and Sunday.
The annual antique tractor pull is more than a sporting event. It’s an important social event and allows proud tractor owners to showcase their hard-working, well-maintained machines from another era.
Pullers arrived from local communities and as far away as Prince Edward Island.
The Richmond Corner Antique Tractor Pull is both a community and family event. Each year, new generations from the many participating farm families join the fun.
This year, event organizers presented the Youngest Puller Award to Kaden Moorcroft in memory of Evan Graham of Hartford, who perished in an accident in July 2020. The 14-year-old was an active and popular member of the area’s agriculture community
Richmond Corner Recreation Council president Ernie Atkinson also presented Evan’s parents, Stacey and Jeremy Graham, and grandfather Wayne Graham with the $490 in 50-50 proceeds to support the Evan Graham Memorial Scholarship Fund.
The 2022 Richmond Corner Antique Tractor Pull Results:
12,000 lb class sponsored by L.B Kennedy
1st Matt Martin
2nd Andy Martin
3rd Mark Durling
10,000lb class sponsored by Speerville Flour Mill
1st Matt Martin
2nd Andy Martin
3rd Carl Kennedy
9,000lb class Sponsored by Brooks Underground Services
1st Jason Gray
2nd Ben Atherton
3rd Ethan Durling
8000lb class sponsored by Aggcon Contracting
1st Shawn Brooks
2nd Ben Atherton
3rd Scott Brooks
7000lb class sponsored by DRS Auto Supplies
1st Rodney Lappage
2nd Ben Atherton
3rd Jason Gray
6,000lb sponsored by Garnets Welding Shop
1st Coleman Sharp
2nd Matt Martin
3rd Roy Flewelling
4700lb class Sponsored by M&J’s Repair
1st Phillip Ketch
2nd Daryl Kidney
3rd Brennan Carpenter
4200lb Sponsored by Final Cut Machining
1st Ben Atherton
2nd Jacob Durling
3rd Jorja Voutour
3700 lb sponsored by M. Durling & sons
1st Sheldon Acott
2nd Scott Brooks
3rd Madison Kidney
3200lb sponsored by Community Metal
1st Sam Gillis
2nd Kale Moorcroft
3rd Ethan Durling
2,700lb class sponsored by @antworth family campground
1st Scott Brooks
2nd Ethan Durling
3rd Scott Brooks
2,550lb Class sponsored by Car Auto Sales
1st Dustin Sproul
2nd Scott Brooks
3rd Carlene Brooks
This item reprinted with permission from River Valley Sun, Woodstock, New Brunswick
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