About Me

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My name is Andi Rickard and I was national scything champion  from 2019 to 2022  and   ladies  champion  2010  -  2025.

I have been using a scythe since  2009  and teaching others  since  2012.

I am a teaching member of the Scythe Association of Britain and Ireland (www.scytheassociation.org)

I have taught many people, young and old alike, from all walks of life,  beginners  and  improvers.  I  have  worked  successfully  with  people  with  personal  challenges  such  as  ADHD,  autism,  PTSD  and  physical  limitations.

I have also appeared on a number of radio  and  TV programmes including BBC Countryfile , Good  Morning Britain  and  Good  Morning  America  (mowing  the  wildflower  meadow  at  Highgrove  House)  and  most  recently  Sarah  Beeny’s  New  Life  in  the  Country,  on  Channel  4,  and featured in newspapers  and  magazines such as The  Sunday  Times,  The  Telegraph,  The Field  and  The  Big  Issue.

In  2019  I  was  honoured  to  represent  Great  Britain  at  the  European  Scythe  Championships  in  Austria  and  finished  a  creditable  24th  place.   Not  too  shabby  considering  that  most  of  the  competitors  were  half  my  age!