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Otago Daily Times
08-07-2025
- Sport
- Otago Daily Times
Hay Day's heyday still ahead as 50th marked
"We're so well supported, it's amazing ... A lot of people put in a lot of support, volunteering to do it for the last 50 years. It's amazing." — Frances Calvert. Photo: supplied The 50th annual Waikaka Hay Day was another runaway success, with plenty of baleage and money raised for the town. For the event, farmers in the district donate baleage to be auctioned off, with all proceeds heading back into the community. The money raised will help keep the lights on at the Waikaka sports complex, as well as support local clubs and teams such as the hockey club. The Hay Day, held late last month, resulted in $17,000 being raised through the auction. Hockey club president Frances Calvert was chuffed with the outcome. Mrs Calvert said the day was a good example of a small community looking out for one another. "We're so well supported, it's amazing. Very grateful to the farmers... Waikaka Transport deliver the baleage for free. "A lot of people put in a lot of support, volunteering to do it for the last 50 years. It's amazing," she said. Although the Hay Day itself ran the same way as the previous iterations, a special dinner and celebration to mark the half-century was held at the sports complex, complete with entertainment. One of the first auctioneers, Ken McRae, regaled audiences with memories of Hay Days past, having the audience in fits with his storytelling. A choir of local schoolchildren performed to the crowd, Gore District Mayor Ben Bell mixed and mingled, and a special cake was cut. Fifty years on, Mrs Calvert said the Hay Day shone as an example of how rural communities could come together to help one another. "Waikaka is a very tight-knit community. We'll give money to the golf club, the rugby club, we fund children going to sports tournaments or someone going to Starship [Hospital]. "When it comes around, it goes around. "When money goes out, it comes back into the community," she said.
Otago Daily Times
10-06-2025
- Automotive
- Otago Daily Times
Gore Truck Show results
King rig 2025: Robert Gault — Eden Haulage — Carters Tyres Trophy New-40,000km: Paul Hurley — McKeown Petroleum — Downer EDI Trophy 40,000-100,000km: Shaun Wilson — Waikaka Transport — TMC Trailers Trophy 100,000-400,000km: Ryan Shand — Freight Haulage Ltd — TMC Trailers Trophy 400,000-700,000km: Quade Payne — Waikaka Transport 700,000-1million km: Hayden Brookland — Eden Haulage Truck over 1million km: Mark Chalmers — Dynes Transport Isuzu: Rob Singh, Carters Tyres Ian Heaps Memorial Trophy Freightliner: Rohan Baynes — Baynes Machinery Ltd — South Star Freightliner Trophy Scania: Paul Hurley — McKeown Petroleum — Borthwick Family Trophy Mercedes: Anton Sandford — R.T.L — Angus Drummond Trophy Hino: Ben Edgerton — PowerNet Kenworth: Isaiah Mclellan — Mclellan Freight — Alex McLellan Memorial Trophy Mitsubishi/Fuso: Anne Brown — Go Bus Volvo: Nigel — Freight Haulage Ltd — Andrews Transport Trophy Mack: Nick Young — Southern Transport Cranleigh Haulage Trophy MAN: Shaun Wilson — Waikaka Transport Nissan/UD: Dave Thompson — Kings Log Transport DAF: Nathan Blondell — Freight Haulage Ltd Iveco: Jeffrey Robinson, 3 Rivers Contracting Other: Craig Kerr — King Logging Transport — International Pro Star HW Richardson Group: Ryan Shand — Freight Haulage Ltd — Bill Richardson Memorial Trophy Female driver: Anne Brown — Go Bus — GFS Trophy Logger: Craig Kerr — King Logging Transport — Daikin Trophy Bulk truck: Ryan Shand — Freight Haulage Ltd — Fulton Hogan Trophy Timber cartage vehicle: Jamie Petterson — Scott Transport — Blue Mountain Lumber Trophy Curtainsider: Coltin Manson -Booths — TMC Trailers Trophy Bulk sower: Kylah Kerr — Waikaka Transport — Barry Wilson Memorial Trophy Stock truck: Shaun Wilson — Waikaka Transport Delta Stock Crates Trophy Tractor unit: Isaiah Mclellan- Mclellan Freight -Kevin Muir Memorial Trophy Tanker: Paul Hurley — McKeown Petroleum Linehaul: Isaiah Mclellan — Mclellan Freight Charlie De Theirry Memorial Trophy Light vehicle: Rob Singh, Carters Tyres — LIC Gore Passenger vehicle: Anne Brown, Go Bus Gore — Best Passenger Vehicle Trophy Crane truck: Ben Edgerton — PowerNet- Palfinger Trophy Stock feed unit: Brent Robinson — Three Rivers Contracting — Balfour Engineering Trophy Furthest distance travelled: Ron Muir — Central Machine Hire — NZ Trucking Trophy Tidiest oldest working truck: Richard-Ken Adams — Gore Sheetmetal Trophy Best refurbished truck: Mark Chalmers — Dynes Transport -Beattie Auto Trophy Best vintage: Mark Chalmers — Dynes Transport — Hokonui Pioneer Village Trophy Best fleet: Open Country Milk Collection (Average 101.8/140) Trophy Best paint job: Spud 12 — Eden Haulage People's choice: Craig Kerr — King Logging Transport — Michael Irish O'Brien Trophy
