Fieldays Rural Bachelor Best of the Best

Congratulations to Mat Sherriff who proved he still has what it take to be the best of the best!

Mat Sherriff
2003 People's Choice winner and 2011 Best of the Best winner

Occupation: Farm owner/manager

Region: Te Awamutu

Age: 32

Marital Status: Committed relationship

Why should you be the 2011 Fieldays Rural Bachelor Best of the Best? I feel I am a much more rounded person than I was in 2003, I have better farming and life skills, and I feel that I was robbed at the last try, this time I need to go one better.
Explain a typical day in your job: Get up at 6:20am, change and wake up the young fulla, feed him breakfast, then send him off to day-care with Mum. Around 7:30am head out the door, check and shift stock till around lunch. Do farm maintenance after lunch; I fence, tractor work, feed out etc.

What do you consider are your best professional rural skills? Feed budgeting and stock handling skills, financial planning, general hard work and fencing.

Describe your lovely lady: She’s the perfect woman (she’s looking over my shoulder so I can’t say anything else!). She is a dentist in Te Awamutu working for Paul Kay Dental, so if you need a teeth clean go and see her. Need to keep me in the lifestyle I’ve become accustomed too.


Check out the 2011 Best of the Best contestant's profiles here

The Best of the Best competitors for 2011 were:

Mat Sherriff - Farm owner/manager from Te Awamutu, 2003 People’s Choice Award winner

Tony Buckingham - Farmer from Wyndham, Southland, 2005 Golden Gumboot and People’s Choice Award winner

Christen Dimond - Farm and bar owner from Waitomo, 2006 Golden Gumboot winner

Paul Slater - Cropping farm worker originally from Te Pahu in the Waikato, now based in Western Australia, 2007 Golden Gumboot winner

Mark Woodcock - Dairy farm manager/owner from Dargaville, 2008 Golden Gumboot winner

Charlie Taituha – Rural Supplies Account Manager from Piopio, 2008 People’s Choice Winner

Mike Short - Bull farm manager from Sanson/Bulls in the Manawatu, 2009 Golden Gumboot winner

Nick Torrens - Sharemilker from Te Aroha in the Waikato, 2010 Golden Gumboot winner

For more information on the 2011 Fieldays Rural Bachelor Best of the Best contestants, please click here.

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