Competitions & Demonstrations
Fieldays Competitions & Demonstrations
Fieldays has always been the home of extreme and unique agriculture competitions and demonstrations, and 2024 will be no exception. Skill, precision, speed, intensity, and endurance...Fieldays has it all!!!
Fieldays Tractor Pull
Location: Tractor Pull area, river end of M Road
Nothing captures the attention quite like the clouds of black smoke and the dirt flying in the Tractor Pull area. Head riverside to watch the petrol heads of the farming world battle it out in the Fieldays Tractor Pull competition.
Categories include; Weight adjusted, Weight transfer, Modified tractors and Pre 85s. Proudly sponsored by Corson Maize.
| Heats | Wed 12 June | 8:30 am - 4 pm |
| Heats | Thur 13 June | 8:30 am - 4 pm |
| Heats | Fri 14 June | 8:30 am - 4 pm |
| Finals | Sat 15 June | 8 am - 1:30 pm |
Tractor Pull winners 2023
Thank you to everyone who took part in the Fieldays Tractor Pull in 2023, and to the spectators, some of who return every year, for cheering them on.
Congratulations to the 2023 winners, we hope to see you battling it out again at Fieldays 2024!
- Weight Transfer Class: 0-7 tonne – TOM MOORHOUSE
- Weight Transfer Class: 7-8.5 tonne – SHAWN LUXTON
- Weight Transfer Class: 8.5-10 tonne – KALBIR SINGH
- Weight Transfer Class: 10-12 tonne – DARYN BENNETT
- Weight Transfer Class: 12-15 tonne – DYLAN USSHER
- Weight Transfer Class: OVERALL, WINNER – SHAWN LUXTON
- Modifieds: Diesel / First Place - MIKE REYMER
- Modifieds: Petrol / First Place – WALLY SINTON
- Modifieds: OVERALL, WINNER – WALLY SINTON
- Pre-85 Class: 0-6 tonne - TIM RIDDELL
- Pre-85 Class: 6-9 tonne – KEVIN MOUNSEY
- Pre-85 Class: OVERALL, WINNER – KEVIN MOUNSEY
- First Time Entrant Award - DAVID ILLINGWORTH & DANA LILE
- Brett Sportsmanship Award - KANE NEPE
- Weight Adjusted Class: 3rd Place – DANA LILE
- Weight Adjusted Class: 2nd Place – SHAWN LUXTON
- Weight Adjusted Class: 1st Place – DAVID ILLINGWORTH
We kindly thank our Tractor Pull supporter
Fieldays Fencing Competitions
Location: Y Road, behind Rural Living
Fieldays Fencing, brought to you by New Zealand Fencing Competitions (NZFC) is a competition showcasing fence-building excellence. Watch as the top fencers from New Zealand and abroad showcase skill, speed, endurance, sheer tenacity, and attention to detail, whilst being matched against time penalties.
Learn about the 2023 winners
We kindly thank our Fieldays Fencing supporter
Fieldays Fencing Competitions
Tony Bouskill won the Fieldays Fencing Competitions Golden Pliers® Singles Championship by WIREMARK for the 5th year in a row in 2023, saying the secret to his success is to remain calm, and his ability to focus only on the task at hand during the competition.
Fieldays Excavator Competitions and Demonstrations
Location: H Street
A Fieldays favourite showcasing pure skill and precision. Come and watch these enormous machines being driven and manoeuvring like you have never seen before in an exciting not-to-be-missed competition. Drivers have 30 minutes to complete 10 activities in each competition. In 2023 the excavators even had to complete a painting!
On Wednesday, there is a Mini Dig activity for kids, and the 'Have a Go' challenge for adults.
Congratulations to the 2023 winners:
Michael Brown - Fulton Hogan
Aaron Maguire - Fulton Hogan
Zahnn Hedges - Connells
Enter the Fieldays 2024 Excavator Competitions.
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