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2026 National Tournament Results

Clay Target

1st Place- Robert Wilson- Otago Southland (Thornbury Young Farmers)
2nd Place- Shane Sanders- Otago Southland (Upper Manuherikia Young Farmers)
3rd Place- Thomas Rathgen- Tasman (Dunsandel Young Farmers)

Fencing

1st Place Equal- Angus Brodie and David Corpe – Taranaki Manawatu (Marton Young Farmers)
1st Place Equal- Stephen Brunskill and James Grafton- Waikato Bay Of Plenty (Hamilton Young Farmers & Te Kawa West Young Farmers)
2nd Place- Finley Gordon and Timothy Mclanachan- East Coast (Puketoi Young Farmers)

Stock Judging

Overall Winners
1st Place- Joanna Fowlie- Waikato Bay Of Plenty (Piarere Young Farmers)
2nd Place- Joel Steele- East Coast (Eskview Young Farmers)
3rd Place- Arden Craw- Taranaki Manawatu (Marton Young Farmers)

 

Classes
Miniature Horses Class Winner- Ann-Kristin Loferski- Otago Southland (West Otago Young Farmers)
Pig Class Winner- Joanna Fowlie- Waikato Bay Of Plenty (Piarere Young Farmers)
Beef Cattle Class Winner- Arden Craw- Taranaki Manawatu (Marton Young Farmers)

National Debate

Winning Team:

Tasman
Georgia Higinbottom (Dunsandel Young Farmers)
Andrew Allan (Dunsandel Young Farmers)
Sam Cranstone (Lincoln Young Farmers)


Best Speaker:

Sam Cranstone- Tasman (Lincoln Young Farmers)

National Tournament Winners 2022

Goldpine Fencing

1st: Fergus Casey & Cameron Artz (East Coast)
 2nd: Tom Rathgen & Jack Dawson (Tasman)
3rd: Luke Hartnell & James Grafton (Waikato Bay of Plenty)

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Tavendale and Partners Debate

Auckland City Young Farmers

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NZ Farmers Livestock Stock Judging

1st: Annie Gill (Waikato Bay of Plenty)
2nd: Niamh Barnett (Tasman)
3rd: Mark Whelan (Waikato Bay of Plenty)

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Hunting and Fishing Clay Target Shooting

1st: Ira Martinac (Taranaki Manawatu)
2nd: Dillon Tillesman (Waikato Bay of Plenty)
3rd: Aiden Carter (Otago Southland)
Best Team: Otago Southland.

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2026 Regional Tournament Results

Northern

Clay Target Shooting 
1st- Campbell Jolly (Franklin Young Farmers)
2nd- Hagan Skelton (Whangarei Young Farmers
3rd- William Bates (Bay Of Islands Young Farmers)

Stock Judging 
N/A

Fencing  
1st- Ira Martinac & Hagan Skelton (Whangarei Young Farmers)
2nd- Kate Hawkings & Daniel Richards (Kaipara Young Farmers)
3rd- Tamsin Jordan & Amaya Jordan(Whangarei Young Farmers)
 

Taranaki Manawatū

Clay Target 
1st- Tyson Hooper (Whanganui Young Farmers)
2nd- David Reesby (Marton Young Farmers)
3rd- Jack Cavanagh (Opiki Young Farmers)

 

Stock Judging  
1st- Anna Hughes (Marton Young Farmers)
2nd- Tom Adkins (Whanganui Young Farmers)
3rd- Arden Craw (Marton Young Farmers)

 

Fencing
1st- Angus Brodie & David Corpe (Marton Young Farmers)
2nd- David Reesby & Sarah Lockhart (Marton Young Farmers)
3rd- Ben Bromley & Riley O'Neill

Waikato Bay of Plenty

Clay Target
1st- Taotahi Whaiapu-Te Ua (Hamilton Young Farmers)
2nd- Alistar Hartstone (Hamilton City YF)
3rd- Stephen Brunskill (Hamilton City YF)

Stock Judging
1st- Joanna Fowlie (Piarere YF)
2nd- Sean Alexander (Te Kawa West Young Farmers)
3ed- James Anderson (Te Kawa West Young Farmers)

Fencing
1st- Stephen Brunskill & James Grafton (Hamilton City Young Farmers & Te Kawa West Young Farmers)
2nd- Edward Roskam & Victoria Roskam (Piarere Young Farmers)
3rd- James Anderson & Ben Anderson(Te Kawa West Young Farmers)

East Coast

Clay Target  
1st- Aspen Goodwin (Eskview Young Farmers)
2nd- Max Fryatt (Eskview Young Farmers)
3rd- Henry Buck (Eskview)

Stock Judging  
1st- Joel Steele (Eskview Young Farmers)
2nd- Max Fryatt (Eskview Young Farmers)
3rd- Emma Dunderdale (Tikokino Young Farmers)

Fencing  
N/A

Tasman

Clay Target
1st- Thomas Rathgen (Dunsandel Young Farmers)
2nd- Hamish Hunter-Letham (Dunsandel Young Farmers)
3rd- Jack Clarke (Dunsandel Young Farmers)

Stock Judging 
1st- Georgia Higinbottom (Dunsandel Young Farmers)
2nd- Hazel Jones (Tasman Valley Young Farmers)
3rd- Amelia Ridgen (Lincoln Young Farmers)

Fencing  
1st-  Jack Clarke (no partner) (Dunsandel Young Farmers)
2nd-  Hamish Hunter-Letham and Jonty Fleming (Dunsandel Young Farmers)
3rd- Cam Beck and Nicholas McDowell (Lincoln Young Farmers)

Aorangi

Clay Target Shooting 
1st- Kate Schuurmans (Hinds Young Farmers)
2nd- Samuel Allen (Pleasant Point Young Farmers)

Stock Judging 
1st- Anne Cooper (Hinds Young Farmers)
2nd- Kate Melville (Waimate Young Farmers)
3rd- Rebecca Kinney (Pendarves Young Farmers)

Fencing  
N/A

 

Otago Southland

Clay Shooting  
1st- Robert Wilson (Thornbury Young Farmers)
2nd- Shane Sanders (Upper Manuherikia YF)

Stock Judging
1st- Chloe Edwards (Upper Manuherikia Young Farmers)
2nd- Esther Lietze (West Otago Young Farmers)
3rd- Matt Lever (Waitane Young Farmers)

Fencing  
1st- Megan Whyte & Harry McCallum (Waitane Young Farmers & Te Anau Young Farmers)