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Girl, 13, wins ploughing contest

A 13-year-old Hertfordshire schoolgirl beat experienced farmers to take first place in a ploughing competition.

Elly Deacon used her father's 140bhp tractor, impressing judges with her straight and smooth plough marks, reports the Daily Telegraph.

Elly had only driven a tractor for the first time four days before the event, squeezing in just one hour's practice a night.

She was given three hours to perfect a 53,000 sq ft patch of land on the six tonne John Deere tractor pulling a five furrow Dowdeswell plough.

The youngster is now set to qualify for next year's national ploughing competition after crushing her opposition at Redbourn Berry Farm, Herts.

Elly, from Gorhambury, said: "The whole thing was fantastic and I think some of the older men were shocked to see a young girl driving a tractor and ploughing the field.

"It hasn't really sunk in yet but I've been told it's because I've got the feminine touch.

"Maybe girls are more interested in keeping the fields neat and tidy and are more careful than men."

Her father, David Deacon, 48, said he was amazed by his daughter's achievement at the Redbourn and District Agricultural Competitions Association's plough match.

He said: "Elly's a star and it was so funny to see her beat all those grown men. I'm incredibly proud of her."