Mudplugging in Moneymore

Mudplugging in Moneymore

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Location

Moneymore

Year

1965

Date

Production 20/02/1965

Length

10sec

Audio

mute

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

Mudplugging in Moneymore. A quick glimpse of the competition which looks really difficult! 

What is  mudplugging? Good question! Mudplugging is a competition to get through 12 off road sections (six done twice). A section is usually 150 meters long and is laid out over rough, muddy, wet and difficult terrain. Ideal land would be a quarry, hillside, scrub land, rough farm land, sand pit or a forest.  The sections are laid out over rough terrain and marked out with stakes (red on left & white on right).

Each section is divided up by 10 gates all numbered 10 down to 0, and the objective is for the driver to negotiate all of the sections without touching a marker. Each section is judged by an observer who follows each competitor through the section, and the driver with the lowest total marks on the day wins. 

The sections are driven generally at walking pace and in 1st gear, as the gates are specifically laid out on hills and hollows with plenty of mud and some water thrown in, there is only one competing car in the section at any time. The passenger has a special role – using his (or her) weight and bumping up and down to get car over rough spots. Some heavy clutch action!  

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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