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OUTDOOR POWER SPORTS
THE BUZZ OF chainsaws and the
sound of wood chopping will echo across Palmerston North’s Square for two days in March next year during the Ford Ranger New Zealand Rural Games.
In a surprise move this month, STIHL Timbersports New Zealand announced it would be joining the New Zealand Rural Games after several years of being based at National Fieldays.
To accommodate the two-day event, the 2021 Ford Ranger New Zealand Rural Games will now run over three days: 12-14 March 2021.
NZ Rural Games Trustee, Steve Hollander, says Timbersports is the woodchopping event of the year and a “crème de la crème event. It’s a real sight to see the top athletes in the country compete on the open stage.”
Having invested substantially in running Timbersports over the last few years at Mystery Creek, STIHL Marketing Manager, Stace Hall, says the New Zealand Rural Games are the perfect match.
“We’ve watched the Rural Games and the Rural Sports Awards grow – Palmerston
North now has the platform to truly celebrate rural sports, the sports that helped build our nation.
“We’re expecting to see a huge crowd at the Rural Games and look forward to hearing the roar of chainsaws in The Square.”
The two-day Timbersports event includes: Friday 12 March 2021 from 10 am to 4
pm is dedicated to the STIHL Timbersports New Zealand Ladies Championship and the STIHL Timbersports New Zealand Rookies Championship.
Saturday 13 March 2021 from 10 am to 4pm is the STIHL Timbersports New Zealand Men’s Championship.
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