South Canterbury Pig Hunting club open competition

2 long time hunting mates Wade Waller and Sam Coles at the weigh in

This open competition was organized and run by the South Canterbury pig hunting club on the 14^th – 16^th of July at the Winchester hotel on state highway 1. There is obviously a lot of planning and organising goes into running a competition which helps to get all of the members of the club to participate. Not only on the day of the weigh in but also for getting sponsorship and prizes organised.

Sloan Westwood and Matt Simmons measuring the pigs tusks

The Winchester hotel as a venue works out real good as it is well positioned on the main road with a good car park area out the back for weighing the animals. At the weigh in is always a good chance for hunters to catch up for a bit of a yarn. Two of these hunters that I got talking to Wade Waller and Sam Coles said they had been hunting together for over 40 years and were still getting out there doing it. The weather for the weekend did have a lot of snow around so the hunting areas would have been limited to where you could get access to.

The smile on the face of this young competitior in the hare carrying comp shows how much fun she is having

The pig carrying competition proved fun for all especially the kids. Young Maddy Blackler was the youngest competitor in the hare carrying comp and was cheered on by the crowd.
There were 25 boars and 3 stags weighed in.

The youngest competitor in the carrying comp Maddy Blackler

Results Heaviest boar
1^st Jeremiah Mclennan      172 pounds
2^nd Alan Young                    170 pounds
3^rd Stephan Van Lewan     137 pounds
4^th Glen Rollsten                125 pounds
5^th Dan Russell                    123 pounds
Average weight 106 pounds Hamish Thompson
Best tusks 17 6/8 Dan Russell
Heaviest stag

1^st Andy Moriarty 240 pounds
2^nd Caleb Mathews 169 pounds
3^rd Tim Chave
Heaviest Wallaby
1^st Stephan Van Lewan 41 pounds
2^nd Sloan Westwood 39 pounds
most Wallaby’s Stephan Van Lewan 14

Teams event Average weight Boar. Stag and Wallaby
Pork patrol 328 pounds
Heaviest Junior boar Shaun Olernshaw 83 pounds
Heaviest junior Wallaby Shaun Olernshaw 37 pounds
Heaviest Junior possum Sam Moriarty 7 pounds

Hunting for the comp in trying conditions

Junior mixed bag
1^st Sam Moriarty
2^nd Neil Paver
Kids heaviest possum
1^st Tom Slade 10 pounds
2^nd Alys Lowe 9pounds
3^rd Tarras Adams 8 pounds
kids mixed bag
1^st Alys Lowe
2^nd Koby Blackler
3^rd Max Adam
Pig carrying comp open
1^st Dan Roughan
2^nd Paul Becroft
Womans 1^st Nikita
kids
1^st Justin
2^nd Ben