Lightning strikes twice in Dimbulah in the Year of the Grower.
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02 May, 2019
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Dimbulah, Queensland
About
Category
- Grower Stories
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Date
02 May, 2019
Location
Dimbulah, Queensland
Against all odds TGT Dimbulah are celebrating a 2nd Winner in the Bayer Year of the Grower promotion.
Image: (L to R): Joshua Richardson (TGT Dimbulah), Tony Fitzgerald (Bayer Crop Science), James Wells (Extreme Motorcycles), Wim Van Niekerk (winner), Ali Zenel and Allan Sutton (both TGT Dimbulah).
After customer Ante Milicevic took home a brand new $16,500 Polaris Ranger UTV in Draw 1, now Wim Van Niekerk of Widem Farming has also welcomed a new Polaris to his farm after the 2nd draw.
Bayer Commercial Sales Representative, Tony Fitzgerald, said “What are the chances, with thousands of entries received from hundreds of different stores all across Australia, TGT got to make two of their customers very happy, looks like lighting does sometimes strike twice”
Upon receiving the Polaris, Wim van Niekerk, said “It was totally unexpected to win the prize, but an absolute thrill. Personally, I thought The Year of the Grower was a brilliant campaign, giving some great prizes back to the farming community when we’re all doing it tough”.
Celebrating with Wim was Allan Sutton, from TGT Dimbulah, which, as the store where the winning product was purchased, also received a $1,000 EFTPOS Gift Card from Bayer. Allan said “Wim is a terrific winner, although new to the area he’s become a loyal customer of TGT Dimbulah, helping support us at the local Hardware and Crop Protection Agency. He farms one of the bigger local farms with some 10,000 lemon and 10,000 lime trees, so the new Polaris will certainly be put to use”. “Ironically”, Allan added “Not only did lighting strike in Dimbulah, but in the same street”, with Wim only living a few hundred metres up the road from Ante.
Wim doesn’t see the Polaris standing around idle either, “With 3 1/2 kilometres to the back paddock and 10,000 extra lemon trees to go into the ground soon, the Polaris is sure to be constantly on the go”.
After customer Ante Milicevic took home a brand new $16,500 Polaris Ranger UTV in Draw 1, now Wim Van Niekerk of Widem Farming has also welcomed a new Polaris to his farm after the 2nd draw.
Bayer Commercial Sales Representative, Tony Fitzgerald, said “What are the chances, with thousands of entries received from hundreds of different stores all across Australia, TGT got to make two of their customers very happy, looks like lighting does sometimes strike twice”
Upon receiving the Polaris, Wim van Niekerk, said “It was totally unexpected to win the prize, but an absolute thrill. Personally, I thought The Year of the Grower was a brilliant campaign, giving some great prizes back to the farming community when we’re all doing it tough”.
Celebrating with Wim was Allan Sutton, from TGT Dimbulah, which, as the store where the winning product was purchased, also received a $1,000 EFTPOS Gift Card from Bayer. Allan said “Wim is a terrific winner, although new to the area he’s become a loyal customer of TGT Dimbulah, helping support us at the local Hardware and Crop Protection Agency. He farms one of the bigger local farms with some 10,000 lemon and 10,000 lime trees, so the new Polaris will certainly be put to use”. “Ironically”, Allan added “Not only did lighting strike in Dimbulah, but in the same street”, with Wim only living a few hundred metres up the road from Ante.
Wim doesn’t see the Polaris standing around idle either, “With 3 1/2 kilometres to the back paddock and 10,000 extra lemon trees to go into the ground soon, the Polaris is sure to be constantly on the go”.