The Sun
Wednesday July 15, 2020
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Hunters weigh in at Woody Pig & Deer Comp By Celeste Alexander
It’s been another great year for the organisers of the Woody Pig & Deer Hunt with over 300 entries received. Sunday was a busy day for Renwick with hunters lining up early afternoon to weigh in their animals, while the families who took their young children out to catch a hare, rabbit or possum arrived to add theirs to the overall tally. “Entries were up this year which was great to see,” says Richard Marlow, one of the organisers. “The weather played its part and we had a good crowd afterwards. It was nice to see all of the families come along with lots of kids taking part which is the way we like it,” he says. Helping out on the day was the Renwick Volunteer Fire Brigade and to thank them for their efforts, the Woodbourne Tavern has donated $1000 to the brigade. In the Open class winning prizes for their deer were Scott Downing (first place) with his 111.4kg stag, Craig Rendle (second place) with his 109.1kg stag, and Ted Oakley (third place) with his 105.05kg stag. James Keen won the class’s aver-
age weight prize with his 77.65kg deer. In the pig section were top three winners; Jared Simpson with his first place 86.4kg boar and also second place 78kg boar, and in third was Gordon Boyd with his 69.6kg boar. Zoey Coombs-King won the average weight prize with her 47.7kg boar. In the Teens class the King family did well with bringing in the top two heaviest goats. Danielle King won first place with her 35.3kg entry followed by her brother Brayden King with 34.1kgs, and in third was Paetyn Collins with 30.15kgs. The average weight winner in this class was Octavier Neal with his 24.5kg goat. In the Teens pigs section Logan Andreassend won first place with 62.8kg, in second place was Teremai Jarrett with 54.3kg, and in third Blake Hebberd with 51.9kg. The average weight winner in this class was Luke Peake with his 43.4kg pig. The Kids class attracted high entries again this year with 77 recorded. The heaviest possum was entered by Braxton Simpson (5.01kg), the heaviest rabbit by
Vanessa Reid, Skylah Jarrett, Beau Cameron, Scott Downing, Teremai Jarrett, Paul Downing, Wiremu Jarrett and young Lauchlan Downing (above) pictured with their weekend's hunting effort of three stags and one boar.
Honor McKenzie (2.525kg), and the heaviest hare by Annabel Straight (4.244kg). Other prizes including the Pig Team Average went to the ‘Ren-
wick Poachers’ – Ian Stuart, Qyn Holdaway and Stan Goodwin. The Deer Team Average went to the Power ‘Puff Girls’ – Vanessa Reid, Teremai Jarrett and Skylah Jarrett.
The Best Head prize was won by George Wadworth, the Best Tusks went to David Green, and the Luke Dixon Memorial Trophy for the Heaviest Pig went to Jared Simpson.
Dylann Mathieson (11) entered this year's compeBraden Holland, Ted Oakley and Brad Pyers were back again this year with their two tition for the first time with his goat . Ivy Boyce (3) was another first time entry red stags caught early Saturday morning. this year with her 3.63kg hare.
The team at The Woody would like to extend a BIG THANK YOU to all our sponsors and helpers for making this year another great PIG & DEER HUNT!
It’s always a GOODY at the WOODY!
• Matthew's Mechanical Services • Renwick Meat Market and Bakery • Farmlands Cooperative Society Limited Blenheim • Supertyre Blenheim • The Runway • Tractor Repairs & Spares Ltd • SuperValue Renwick • Mayfield Motorworld • Meaters of Marlborough Ltd • Renwick Country Arms Club • Westmeat • The Bottle-O Renwick
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New Zealand Natural Clothing Swanndri Marlborough Hunting & Fishing CM Mechanical Ltd Express Homekill Mr and Mrs Rhind Just Tag it with Embroidery Duncan Cassidy from Dutch Rusk Trents Wholesale AG Fencing Renwick Ltd Grant McLeod (Spud) Bayleys Marlborough • Woodbourne Tavern
80 High Street, Renwick | Phone 03 572 8007 info@woodbournetavern.co.nz www.woodbournetavern.co.nz
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Lion Nathan Asahi Beverages (NZ) Limited NZ More-Pork Pig Hunter Magazine Custom Clothing Giesen Wines Kanga Hammond Blue Blick Mike Stove Ian Stuart
And a special thanks to the Renwick Fire Brigade for their assistance with weigh-in & traffic control.