The 2019 National Excavator Operator Competition was held at Central Districts FieldDays, Palmerston North on March 15 & 16.
The best operators in the country assembled for the 25th annual NEOC, and the competition was tough. Here are pictures from Day One.
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Feilding March 15 – 16 2019
There were 10 regional excavator competitions (REOCs) held around the country to decide on a representative to face up to the 25th National Excavator Operator Competition being held at the Manfield Park showgrounds in Feilding this month on March 15 and 16. Contractor magazine wiill be at the awards dinner...
Troy Calteaux’s second attempt at the National Excavator Operator Competition paid off for the Otago representative who works for Andrew Haulage in Dunedin.
The bearded big boy from the South cleaned up overall to take the trophy to the South Island for the first time in many years.
Defending his home turf Jim Beamsley came second...
Alan Titchall catches up with Crowley Excavators to talk about their work on a major BOP wetlands project.
I MEET CRAIG and his son Brandon Crowley at the National Excavator Operator Competition back in March. Brandon was competing at the nationals after winning the Bay of Plenty regional competition, narrowly beating his...
Alan Titchall was at NEOC 2017 to capture the action.
For the 16th consecutive year the competition was held at Mansfield Park in Feilding, during Central Districts Field-Days.
NEOC is a showpiece event for CCNZ, a chance to highlight the skills involved in operating heavy machinery.
Here's our album from Day One.
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The 2016 NEOC was held in Palmerston North over weekend of March 18th and 19th.
2016's NEOC winners were as follows:
NEOC: Two Day Event
First place (sponsored by CablePrice Ltd)
Steve Galbraith Hawkes Bay Gair Contracting
Second
James...
Jane Warwick talks with young Waikato contractor Elijah Graham about his sudden take-over of his father’s business at the age of 19, home, family and work.
Halfway through Elijah Graham’s Civil Engineering diploma his father Peter passed away. Elijah was just 19 years old and the event changed his life in the worst possible way. Or...
