Organisers of the 2016 IPM in Wellington County are using blue mittens and social media to help promote next year's event.
They've had a number of custom-made mittens produced in the event's official blue colour and with the match's logo on them.
Spokesperson Amanda Brodhagen says they're also running a contest encouraging people to post pictures of themselves or others wearing the mittens on Social Media, using the hashtag #caughtbluehanded.
That contest closes January 15th.
Brodhagen suggests the mittens are good Christmas gift ideas as well as a way for people to show their support for the 2016 International Plowing Match and Rural Expo.
They're available through a number of Wellington County locations, including the IPM 2016 Souvenir headquarters in Harriston.
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Amanda Brodhagen says they got the idea from the mittens the Canadian Winter Olympic organisers came up with.
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Brodhagen says the blue mittens really stand out.
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Brodhagen says they're also running a contest on Social Media to help promote both the mittens and the IPM itself.
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