Farmer resilience will be tested
OPINION: Perhaps Captain Bligh’s infamous line, “the beatings will continue until morale improves”, best summed up the mood of New Zealand’s weary agribusiness sector at Fieldays last year.
Reigning champion Tony Bouskill took out the Golden Pliers by WIREMARK Singles Championship for the fourth year running.
Bouskill also won the Fieldays Silver Spades Doubles Championship with his father Shane, showing great teamwork and dedication to the job at hand.
It’s not the first time the pair has won the championship, having competed and won the same award three times previously, in 2017, 2019 and 2021.
Meanwhile, Sander Visser took out the Bill Schuler competition. The competition was named after Waikato-born fencer Bill Schuler who passed away in 2018.
The Fieldays competition is organised and run by NZFC.
Winners and Finalists
Golden Pliers Singles Championship by WIREMARK
1st place: Tony Bouskill
2nd place: Jeff Joines
3rd place: Cory Twigley
Fieldays Silver Spades Doubles Championship
1st place: Shane Bouskill & Tony Bouskill
2nd place: Tim Garrick and Cory Twigley
3rd place: Matt Jones & Jeff Joines
Bill Schuler Competition
1st place: Sander Visser
2nd place: Sean O’Halloran
3rd place: Michael Trott
Best first year
Sander Visser
Best second year
Bernard Condon-Orr
