Top Eight Tradies To Battle It Out

27 March 2007

New Zealand’s Top Eight Tradies To Battle It Out In The Final Of The Mitre 10 Mega Jack Of All Trades Compettion

From over 100 entries and two tightly contested Island finals, New Zealand’s top eight tradies have been discovered and will compete for the national title of New Zealand’s best all round tradie in Auckland this weekend.

In what was a very close North Island final, Whitby Electrician Michael Webster, won the competition, showcasing his varied skills across the six challenges which ranged from; designing and building a letter box, building a brick fence to tiling and sealing.

The weekend’s competition saw Webster running neck-to-neck with Taradale Builder, Warwick Beckett, with only three points between the two on the final scoreboard. Both contestants automatically qualify to go through to the final at Mitre 10 MEGA Botany, Auckland this weekend.
Webster and Beckett stood out from the rest of the field with a 20 point gap to third place, impressively taken out by the competitions only female contestant, ‘Jill Of All Trades’, Kirsten Dabble from Upper Hutt.
Project Manager of the Mitre 10 MEGA Jack of all trades event, Stu Stevens, says “Kirsten was the big surprise as she showed that she is very competitive, and demonstrated that the challenge rounds are a test of skill rather than strength”.
Webster and Beckett join the two highest scoring South Island contestants, James Williamson from Timaru and Scott Evans from New Brighton. The additional four contestants have been selected from the two finals and include:

Kirsten Drabble – Lower Hutt
John ‘Horse’ McLeod – New Plymouth
Dave McClean – Porirua
Daniel Saunders – Rolleston

All the sports-style tradie action and its hardware stars will then hit the screen, with the Mitre 10 MEGA Jack of All Trades competition being broadcast by TVNZ in June 2007.
For further details visit www.mitre10megajackofalltrades.co.nz The website has full details on the competition.
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