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Season 57 Regional Finals

The second stage of FMG Young Farmer of the Year. 

Aorangi

FMG Young Farmer of the Year

1st: Gareth McKerchar (Pleasant Point Young Farmers)
2nd: Jack Taggart (Hinds Young Farmers) 
3rd: Samuel Allen (Pleasant Point Young Farmers)

Agri-Sports Challenge winner: Gareth McKerchar
Agri-Knowledge Challenge winner: Gareth McKerchar
Agri-Skills Challenge winner: Jack Taggart
Agri-Business Challenge winner: Gareth McKerchar

FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year
1st
Leo Acland and Charlie Clark, Christ College and Mt Hutt College
2nd
Edward White and Hunter Illingworth, Timaru Boys' High School
3rd
Jonty Charles and Lewis Gardner, Waimate High School

AgriKidsNZ
1st: The Hinds Hustlers (Ebony Groves, James Sheppard, Ollie Morten) from Hinds School
2nd: Machinery Mad (Thomas Bedford, Grace Muckle and William Hilhorst) from Dorie School
3rd: Duntroon Dedicated Destroyers (Lilly-Grace Bayne, Annabelle Andrews and Sadie McLachlan) from Duntroon School

Tasman

FMG Young Farmer of the Year

1st: George Letham (Banks Peninsula Young Farmers)
2nd: Cameron Brans (Lincoln Young Farmers) 
3rd: Sam Smithers (Dunsandel Young Farmers)

Agri-Sports Challenge winner: George Letham
Agri-Knowledge challenge winner: Sam Smithers
Agri-Skills Challenge winner: Cameron Brans
Agri-Business Challenge winner: Jack Dennehy Coles

FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year
1st: John Lundy & Harrison Parish, Rangiora High School 
2nd: Jack Higinbottom & Henry Hanrahan, St Bede's Collge 
3rd: Harriet Craw & Danica Minson, Christchurch Girls' High School & St Andrew’s College

AgriKidsNZ
1st: The Oinks, Seddon School (Fred Maher, Manawa Doonan, Liam Underwood
2nd: The Agri Stags, Seddon School (Henry Molineux, Otis Norton, Flyn O’Connor)
3rd: The Cattle Girls, Seddon School (Emma March, Isabella Pitts, Maddy Lunn)

Otago Southland

FMG Young Farmer of the Year
1st: Cameron Smith (Thornbury Young Farmers)
2nd: Lachlan Dudin (Thornbury Young Farmers) 
3rd: Jeffrey Robinson (Waitane Young Farmers)

Agri-Sports Challenge winner: Max McCallum
Agri-Knowledge challenge winner: Thomas Slee
Agri-Skills Challenge winner: Cameron Smith
Agri-Business Challenge winner: Cameron Smith

FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year
1st: Angus McFadzien & Tori Vande Sandt, Northern Southland College
2nd: Ben Hartshorn & Manaia Tiller, Blue Mountain College
3rd: Charlie Hore & Toby McClean, Otago Boys' High School

AgriKidsNZ
1st: Future Farmers - Sam Hartshorne, Cailyn Joyce, Hannah Stewart from Blue Mountain College
2nd: SPC HRC - Harry Moore, Connor Dickson and Dane Tauti from St Peter’s College
3rd: Livestock Legends - Dusty Pont, Angus Dobson, Jake Gray from Hauroko Valley Primary

Waikato Bay of Plenty

FMG Young Farmer of the Year

1st: Hugh Jackson (Hamilton Young Farmers)
2nd: Stephen Brunskill (Hamilton Young Farmers)
3rd: Will Evans (Piarere Young Farmers)

Agri-Sports Challenge winner: Hayley Brunskill
Agri-Knowledge challenge winner: Hugh Jackson
Agri-Skills Challenge winner: Hugh Jackson
Agri-Business Challenge winner: Hugh Jackson

FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year
1st: Ben Ede and Stephen Ede, Cambridge High School
2nd Grace Dawson and Evelyn Ruegger, Matamata College
3rd Abbie Owens and Leilani Rooney, Matamata College

AgriKidsNZ
1st: The Gold Standards, Elstow-Waihou School (Heidi Morris, Angus Gregory and Harrison Gregory)
2nd: Kings Country Stags, Otewa and Homeschooled (Jacob Bolt, Isaac Wilson and John Woodward)
3rd: Young Guns, Otewa and Homeschooled (Brearna Bolt, Sam Bluett and Jack Woodward)

Taranaki Manawatū

FMG Young Farmer of the Year

1st: Jock Bourke (Massey Young Farmers)
2nd: Sheldon Mayo (Opiki Young Farmers)
3rd: Ethan Muir (Central Taranaki  Young Farmers)

Agri-Sports Challenge winner: Ben Fraser
Agri-Knowledge challenge winner: Kurt Armstrong
Agri-Skills Challenge winner: Jock Bourke
Agri-Business Challenge winner: Sarah Lockhart

FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year
1st: Haylee Baker & Kate Hopkins,
Feilding High School
2nd: Charlotte Askin & Tabitha Askin,
Palmerston North Girls' High School
3rd: Sophie Irons & Annabel Jeyes,
New Plymouth Girls' High School

AgriKidsNZ
1st: Rosie Baxter, Kendyl Humphrey and Emily Angove - Feilding Intermediate
2nd: Arie Jochem, Walter Tweedie and Quinn McNie - Feilding Intermediate
3rd: Millar Mathews, Alannah Connor and Alex Mathews - Ross Intermediate

East Coast

FMG Young Farmer of the Year

1st: James Robbie (Puketoi Young Farmers)
2nd: Samantha Thomson (Dannevirke Young Farmers)
3rd: Connor Richardson (Dannevirke Young Farmers)

Agri-Sports Challenge winner: James Robbie
Agri-Knowledge challenge winner: James Robbie
Agri-Skills Challenge winner: Samantha Thomson
Agri-Business Challenge winner: Connor Richardson

FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year
1st:  Liana Redpath and Kaela Brans, Napier Girls’ High School 
2nd: Liam Leonard and Jack Dearden, Napier Boys’ High School

AgriKidsNZ
1st: Matthew Soltau, Hudson Bauckham and Peyton Hunt, Havelock North Intermediate
2nd: Grayson Cammock, Cooper Charmley and George Baxter, Ruahine School
3rd: Maggie Trotter, Maggie Jefferd and Greta Bradley, Tikokino School

Northern

FMG Young Farmer of the Year

1st: Justin Ruygrok (Franklin Young Farmers)
2nd: Jack Holloway (Auckland Young Farmers)
3rd: Kurtis Danks (Kaipara Young Farmers)

Agri-Sports Challenge winner: Justin Ruygrok
Agri-Knowledge challenge winner: Jack Holloway 
Agri-Skills Challenge winner: Justin Ruygrok
Agri-Business Challenge winner: Jack Holloway

FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year
1st: Nicky Wellwood & Chloe Fergusson - Whangarei Girls 'High School
2nd: Isla Stephenson & Maddy Cameron - Mount Albert Grammar School
3rd: Louise Neumann & Cara Hardwick - Whangarei Girls' High School

AgriKidsNZ
1st: Grace Fitchett, Katie Caldwell and Renee Hardwick - Te Kamo Intermediate
2nd: Annabelle Baker, Deanna Finlayson,  and Jenna Crawford - Te Kamo Intermediate
3rd: Sofia Flores-Jochmann, Madison Lironi-Irvine and Naomi Varney - Helensville Primary and homeschooled

 

Season 57 District Contests

The first stage of FMG Young Farmer of the Year. The below NZYF members are heading to the relevant Regional Final.

Aorangi
Congrats to the top 8 Contestants moving to the Regional Final:
> George Campbell
> Daniel Durdle
> James Edgerley
> Jack Taggart
> Gareth McKerchar
> Stephanie Le Brocq
> Samuel Allen
> James Wilson
Tasman

Congrats to the top 8 Contestants moving to the Regional Final:
> Georgia Higinbottom
> Jack Dennehy-Coles
> Hamish Shaw
> Cameron Brans
> George Letham
> Amelia Marsden
> Blair Anglesey
> Sam Smithers

Otago Southland

> Lachlan Dudin
> Marcus Frost
> Max McCallum
> Jeffrey Robinson
> Thomas Slee
> Cameron Smith
> Zac Thomas
> Megan Whyte

 

 

Waikato Bay of Plenty

Congrats to the top 8 Contestants moving to the Regional Final:
> Hayley Brunskill
> Hugh Jackson
> Lucy Stratton
> Laura Davis
> Stephen Brunskill
> Will Evans
> Danielle Brown
> Luke Farrell

Taranaki Manawatū

Congrats to the top 8 Contestants moving to the Regional Final:
> Jock Bourke
> Karl Wood
> Matt Lever
> Ben Fraser
> Sarah Lockhart
> Sheldon Mayo
> Ethan Muir
> Kurt Armstrong

East Coast

Congrats to the top 7 Contestants moving to the Regional Final:
> Emma Haughey
> Connor Richardson
> Elise van Dijck
> James Robbie
> Alice Anderson
> Sam Sherwood
> Samantha Thomson

Northern

Congrats to the top 8 moving to the Regional Final:
> Khayle Browning
> Justin Mann
> Jack Holloway
> Jamie Hodges
> Daniel Richards
> Kate Hawkings
> Kurtis Danks
> Justin Ruygrok

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