Plowing Match Ride

Date: Sep 21, 2025, Sunday

Time: 10:00 AM

Start Location:
Big Rock Community Park and Hake Pavillion
6th and Madison
Big Rock, Illinois 60511

Event Leaders: Sam & Virginia Waterstreet

Event Leader Contact Phone : (312) 823-5511

Event Leader Email: chicagotandems@gmail.com

RSVP: Use the appropriate link button below depending on whether you are, or are not, a CATS club member. All riders are encouraged to become members, but non-members are allowed to “try out” a ride or two before deciding if they want to pursue membership.

Event Description: We will start in Big Rock, Illinois and head south to the towns of Plano and Sandwich. We will pass by the Big Rock Plowing Match Fairgrounds, where the annual event of competition of plowing with antique tractors and festivities will be going on.

RWGPS Link: RWGPS FILES TO BE ADDED CLOSER TO RIDE DATE

Printed cuesheets and GPS file downloads
Access the route on a computer using the link above. Once the route is opened, you can click “More” in the upper left corner for options to export GPS files and cuesheets. A drop-down menu appears allowing you to “Export as File” (which opens a box for you to select your preferred GPS format of FIT, TCX, or GPX). The drop-down menu also has options to “Print Map and Cue PDF” or just “Print Cuesheet.”

IMPORTANT - DO NOT DOWNLOAD FILES UNTIL A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE RIDE AS THE ROUTE MAY BE UPDATED PRIOR TO THEN !!!

Ride Start Location