The Queen City held its 2024 regional excavator competition over the weekend of 17-18 February with a tightly fought event with only five points between the top three places.
With only four points between the first and second winners, the trophy went to David Benioni from CB Civil, with second place won by Jarrod Hoskins from Fulton Hogan who was last year’s winner.
Daniel Smith, who was only one point behind Jarrod, was third and was competing against his brother Jason Smith, who was competing for the first time and ranked in the top 10 operators. Daniel is an operator with 17 years’ experience and has ranked in the Auckland competition before. And, well done ICB which had two operators rank in the top 10.
Results were very close among the top 10 performers
David Benioni 278
Jarrod Hoskins 274
Daniel Smith 273
Daniel Komene 268
Cameron Mabey 267
Ryan Parsons 262
Domingo Ebuenga 256
Brett Ashdown 255
Julius Dulnuan 254
Avishek Prasad 252
Jason Smith 252
Caption: At a special Auckland CCNZ branch meeting, the winners were presented with their prizes. From left: Event Manager Andy Marsh NZOQ; Sam Pomare (representing Daniel Smith who won third place and was unable to attend the event); overall winner David Benioni (CB Civil); second place winner Jarrod Hoskins (Fulton Hogan); and Tim Andrew from sponsor CablePrice.