Top 10 Tusk Competition
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Results of 2024 competition
| Date | Name | Size | Location |
| July | Bevan Northcott | 25 7/8 | Tainui |
| April | Greame Haywood | 23 1/8 | Whitianga |
| April | Paul Kearins | 21 7/8 | Te Kuiti |
| September | Willie OSullivan | 21 6/8 | Tainui |
| July | C Raine | 21 3/8 | Tainui |
| June | Bevan Northcott | 21 1/8 | Tainui |
| July | Devon Ball | 20 5/8 | Te Kuiti |
| August | Jackson Rumbal | 20 1/8 | Te Kuiti |
| August | Harry Frederikson | 20 | Te Kuiti |
| May | Steve Prescott | 19 1/8 | Whitianga |
Results of 2023 competition
| Date | NAME | SIZE | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| August | Rubin McLachlin | 25 1/8 | Whitianga PHC |
| September | Wayne Bennett | 23 4/8 | Coromandel PHC |
| May | Jason Ballantyne | 22 7/8 | Te Kuiti PHC |
| May | Harry McConnell | 20 6/8 | Te Kuiti PHC |
| June | Steve Prescott | 20 5/8 | Whitianga PHC |
| May | Peter Fisher | 19 7/8 | Whitianga PHC |
| September | Rubin McLachlin | 19 5/8 | Whitianga PHC |
| May | Peter Fisher | 18 3/8 | Whitianga PHC |
| July | Mark Urlich | 18 3/8 | Whitianga PHC |
| September | Rion Ranby | 18 1/8 | Te Kuiti PHC |
Results of 2022 competition
| Date | NAME | SIZE | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| December | Damon MacDonald | 23 | Whitianga PHC |
| September | Lukas Arundal | 22 2/8 | Coromandel PHC |
| October | Jeff Robinson | 22 2/8 | Tainui PHC |
| March | Laurie Monrad | 20 4/8 | Whitianga PHC |
| Dan Gaskell | 20 2/8 | Whitianga PHC | |
| June | Scott McCandish | 19 7/8 | Te Kuiti PHC |
| August | Peter Fisher | 19 7/8 | Whitianga PHC |
| July | Jake Care | 19 6/8 | Te Kuiti PHC |
| August | Craig Hills | 19 6/8 | Whitianga PHC |
| May | Craig Hodge | 19 4/8 | Whitianga PHC |
Results of 2021 competition
| Date | NAME | SIZE | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| February | Jim Veint | 22 6/8 | South Canterbury PHC |
| June | Terry Rook | 21 6/8 | Tainui PHC |
| June | Adam Novis | 21 2/8 | Whitianga PHC |
| June | Adam Novis | 20 6/8 | Whitianga PHC |
| March | Michael Inglis | 20 4/8 | South Canterbury PHC |
| August | Rion Ranby | 20 4/8 | Te Kuiti PHC |
| June | Steve Crike | 19 7/8 | Whitianga PHC |
| June | Jackson Bradley | 19 4/8 | Whitianga PHC |
| June | Jesse Mathews | 19 4/8 | Whitianga PHC |
Results of 2020 competition
| Date | NAME | SIZE | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| July | Levi Honeyfield | 23 6/8 | Tainui PHC |
| May | Nathan Bryant | 23 3/8 | Te Kuiti PHC |
| May | Craig Simpson | 21 4/8 | Te Kuiti PHC |
| January | Paul Kearins | 21 3/8 | Te Kuiti PHC |
| May | Luke Care | 21 | Te Kuiti PHC |
| October | Craig Simpson | 20 3/8 | Te Kuiti PHC |
| July | Shaun Makara | 19 4/8 | Te Kuiti PHC |
| July | Adam Novis | 19 4/8 | Whitianga PHC |
| October | Craig Simpson | 19 1/8 | Te Kuiti PHC |
| July | Barry Boyd | 18 | Whitianga PHC |
Results of 2019 competition
| Date | NAME | SIZE | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Bryn Raine | 21 2/8 | Tainui |
| August 2019 | Bryn Raine | 21 1/8 | Tainui |
| March 2019 | Stuart Morgan | 19 5/8 | Whitianga Pig Hunting Club |
| July 2019 | Craig Simpson | 19 1/8 | Te Kuiti |
| December 2019 | Papatu Simpson | 19 | Tainui |
| August 2019 | Pork Hutchenson | 18 5/8 | Tainui |
| August 2019 | Keanua Reade | 18 4/8 | Tainui |
| November 2019 | Richard Johnston | 18 | Te Kuiti |
| July 2019 | Craig Simpson | 17 | Te Kuiti |
Results of 2018 competition
| Date | NAME | SIZE | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Tony Foreman | 23 2/8 | Te Kuiti |
| April 2018 | Paul Kearns | 22 1/8 | Te Kuiti |
| May 2018 | Daniel Pilkington | 21 4/8 | Dinsdale PHC |
| Feb 2018 | Paul Kearins | 21 | Te Kuiti |
| June 2018 | Rob Meehan | 20 | Te Kuiti |
| September 2018 | Craig Simpson | 20 | Te Kuiti |
| July 2018 | Bruce Street | 19 2/8 | Te Kuiti |
| August 2018 | Andrew Hamilton | 19 | Te Kuiti |
| July 2018 | Rob Meehan | 18 4/8 | Te Kuiti |
| June 2018 | Noah Clark | 17 4/8 | Peninsula PHC |
Results of 2017 competition
| Date | NAME | SIZE | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2017 | Nick Salkeld | 23 4/8 | Peninsula PHC |
| June 2017 | Lucas Arundel | 22 7/8 | Coromandel |
| July 2017 | Richard Harding | 22 6/8 | Peninsula PHC |
| Sept 2017 | K Reade | 21 6/8 | Tainui PHC |
| August 2017 | Nick Jensen | 20 7/8 | Coromandel |
| June 2017 | Steven Berghan | 20 1/8 | Coromandel |
| January 2017 | Craig Simpson | 20 | Te Kuiti |
| May 2017 | James Corban | 19 6/8 | Penninsula PHC |
| June 2017 | Rick Bayliss | 19 4/8 | Te Kuiti |
| August 2017 | Nick Salkeld | 19 3/8 | Peninsula PHC |
Results of 2016 competition
| Date | NAME | SIZE | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2016 | Tony Bryant | 23 5/8 | Te Kuiti |
| September | Willie Kemp | 23 5/8 | Te Kuiti |
| July 2016 | Nick Brown | 22 2/8 | Dinsdale |
| June 2016 | Dan Pilkington | 22 1/8 | Dinsdale |
| October 2-16 | Michael Inglis | 21 6/8 | South Canterbury |
| July 2016 | Mathew Miller | 21 6/8 | Southern |
| April 2016 | Ian Hogg | 21 4/8 | Clinton |
| September | Geoff Fitzgerald | 21 4/8 | Tokora |
| July 2016 | Andrew Hamilton | 21 3/8 | Te Kuiti |
| August 2016 | Keith Robinson | 21 3/8 | Te Aroha |
Results of 2015 competition
| Date | NAME | SIZE | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2015 | K Schroeder | 22 4/8 | Peninsula Club |
| July 2015 | Dean Lupton | 21 5/8 | Te Kuiti |
| January 2015 | Mark Giddens | 21 3/8 | Hawkes Bay |
| August 2015 | C Henderson | 21 2/8 | Omaru |
| May 2015 | Joe Steel | 21 1/8 | Turangi |
| August 2015 | R Zehnder | 21 1/8 | Tainui |
| June 2015 | Mark Davies | 20 7/8 | Coromandel |
| June 2015 | Steve Wilson | 20 4/8 | Tainui |
| July 2015 | Pat Kennedy | 20 2/8 | Hawkes Bay |
| May 2015 | Ron Knight | 20 1/8 | Te Aroha |
Results of 2014 competition
| Date | Size | Name | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2014 | 23 1/8 | John Thom | Waitomo |
| 22 5/8 | Mark Watkins | Hawkes Bay | |
| September 2014 | 22 2/8 | Luke Fenton | Coromandel |
| June 2014 | 22 1/8 | Papatu Simpson | Waitara |
| 22 1/8 | Damon McDonald | Hikuai | |
| July 2014 | 22 | Lukas Arundel | Coromandel |
| June 2014 | 21 3/8 | Shaun Monk | Horotata |
| April 2014 | 21 2/8 | Ian Hogg | Catlins |
| August 2014 | 21 2/8 | Ken Legan | Coromandel |
| 21 1/8 | Tony Warren | Matiere |
Results of 2013 competition
| Date | Size | Name | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | 25 4/8 | Darren Ward | Whareorino |
| July 2013 | 23 | Michael Cox | Opononi |
| July 2013 | 22 3/8 | Tom Brough | Te Kuiti |
| September 2013 | 22 | Daniel Hutchinson | Mahoenui |
| December 2013 | 21 7/8 | John Thom | Te Kuiti |
| August 2013 | 21 2/8 | Carl Corbett | Kopu |
| September 2013 | 21 2/8 | Shaun Makara | Mahoenui |
| August 2013 | 21 | Spider Wenzlik | Kopu |
| July 2013 | 20 5/8 | Karl Orthall | Opononi |
| October 2013 | 20 2/8 | Matthew Tocker | Gladstone |
Undrawn Tusk Competition Rules
The New Zealand Pig Hunting Association (NZPHA) in conjunction with Ridgeline are setting up a biggest set of undrawn tusks competition.
Eligibility:
- Open only to members of the NZPHA.
- No Entry fee.
- Minimum age for entrants to be 15
- No limit to the number of jaws a competitor can enter.
- Only one prize: The biggest set measured.
- No team entries, 1 name per measurement
- Annual competition running from 1st January and closing 31st December for pigs caught in that calendar year.
- Tusks can be from Wild Boars or Wild Barrows. No sows tusks.
- All pigs to be wild ( born in the wild, lived in the wild & caught in the wild) No domesticated type eligible.
- Tusks to be measured undrawn using the NZDA method for Undrawn Tusks.
- Tusks to be measured by a Ridgeline Pig Hunting Competition judge or a committee member of the NZPHA or the club measurer of a NZPHA affiliated club.
- Any club jaw measured as being over 25" or the annual competition winning jaw, if that jaw should not measure above 25' then those jaws have to be re measured by either a Ridgeline Pig Hunting Competition judge or a committee member of the NZPHA
- If more than one set record the same measurement then the first recorded takes the higher honour.
- In the event of a dispute, the decision of the President of NZPHA is Final and No correspondence will be entered into.
- Top 10 results to be updated monthly on the NZPHA website and in the "Hooked on Boars" pig hunting magazine.
- Prize to be a embroidered jacket sponsored by the NZPHA and Ridgeline
- All participants enter at their risk. The NZPHA and Ridgeline will Not be held responsible for any injuries or misadventure.