Reigning champion Tony Bouskill was announced as this year’s winner of the coveted Golden Pliers® by WIREMARK® Singles Championship trophy for the fourth year running, while
Sander Visser worked hard to take out the top spot in the Bill Schuler competition, named after legendary Waikato-born fencer Bill Schuler who passed away in 2018.
Tony was the one to beat this year as he and his father Shane Bouskill took out the Fieldays® Silver Spades™ Doubles Championship, showing great teamwork and dedication to the job at hand. This not the first time the duo has won the Fieldays® Silver Spades™ Doubles Championship, having competed and won the same championship and award in 2017, 2019 and 2021.

The Fieldays competition is organised and run by NZFC and is thoroughly enjoyed by an enthusiastic crowd - both old and young - wanting to get in on a piece of the action. Each year, the standard of competition increases as does the number of visitors eager to watch as competitors hash it out for the top fencing spots, this time in the December sun.

The winners and finalists for this year’s competitions are:

Golden Pliers® Singles Championship by WIREMARK®

• 1st Tony Bouskill
• 2nd Jeff Joines
• 3rd Cory Twigley
• 4th Tim Garrick
• 5th Matt Jones
• 6th Wilton Weeks
• 7th Shay Robertson
• 8th Martin Leveridge
• Best Quality – Tony Bouskill Nick Liefting
• First off the line trophy – Tim Garrick

Fieldays® Silver Spades™ Doubles Championship

• 1st Shane Bouskill & Tony Bouskill
• 2nd Tim Garrick & Cory Twigley
• 3rd Matt Jones & Jeff Joines
• 4th Jared Nicholson & Wilton Weeks
• 5th Jayden Hart & Michael Trott
• 6th Sander Visser & Bernard Condon-Orr
• 7th Sean O’Halloran & Nathaniel Hoskin

BILL SCHULER COMPETITION

• 1st Sander Visser
• 2nd Sean O’Halloran
• 3rd Michael Trott
• 4th Jayden Hart
• 5th Troy Brooky
• 6th Bernard Condon-Orr
• 7th Nathaniel Hoskin
• 8th Rawhitiroa Paikea
• 9th Cameron Phillips
• Best first year – Sander Visser
• Best second year – Bernard Condon-Or

The fencing competition demands a high level of physical strength, fitness and eye for detail as shown in the high quality of finished products at the end of each heat. Each competitor worked incredibly hard in this competition, and we thank them all for their involvement with both Fieldays and the NZFC. We hope to see all competitors back at Fieldays again in June 2023.

ABOUT FIELDAYS

Fieldays is based on a 114-hectare site at Mystery Creek 10 minutes from Hamilton and is the largest agricultural event in the Southern Hemisphere. Fieldays draws people from around the globe – both as exhibitors and visitors. Fieldays 2021 saw 132,776 people visit the event, generating $675M in sales revenue for New Zealand businesses.
Fieldays is run by New Zealand National Fieldays Society, a charitable organisation founded in 1968 for the purpose of advancing the primary industries.
The New Zealand National Fieldays Society thanks their premier and key partners Case IH, Hyundai, Ministry of Primary Industries, and Vodafone for their continued support.
For more information head to www.fieldays.co.nz.