Bachelors knock on wood

The Rural Bachelors are enjoying the competition and drinking lots of apple juice.

Yesterday the country men began the second day of the most anticipated event at Fieldays.

The first event of the day required them to take the handle bars off, and back on, a motor bike.

Bachelor Tony Peake was in the first of the two heats, he said he would have liked more time.

“I went all right. It was a bit frustrating, though, because you want to finish the job. If I had another two minutes I would have finished,” Peake said.

The winner went to the bachelor with the fastest time but it was also about accuracy.

Next up was a test of strength and skill in a STIHL wood chopping challenge.

But Aussie Bachelor Mick Pearson didn’t much like his chances against the Kiwi boys.

“I’ll give it a go. It should be all right – I do a bit of wood chopping at home. But some of these Kiwi boys are pretty big eh,” Pearson said.

They have been restricted on the amount of fun they are allowed to have in the evenings and Pearson said all he was drinking was fruit juice.

But he was looking forward to hitting the town on Saturday night.

Pearson revealed where he can be found this weekend.

“I didn’t know there was a casino in Hamilton. So I’ll see you at the roulette table on Saturday night?” Pearson said.

The Rural Bachelor winner will be announced on Saturday at noon, in the Village Green, at Fieldays.