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Over The Gate
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Over the Gate
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
with Rural Bachelor of the Year Mark Woodcock
RURAL LIVING: What made you enter the Rural Bachelor of the Year competition?
 | | Mark Woodcock - rural bachelor of the year. | Mark Woodcock (with a laugh): My sister filled out the form and said “now you’re going.” I didn’t have much choice after that. I thought it would be a bit of fun so I signed it and sent it in.
RL: What was the ‘most challenging’ event?
MW: Cooking bacon and eggs for the cheerleaders. That just wasn’t me. What I think is okay for bacon and eggs wasn’t what they thought was okay.
RL: What was the funniest event?
MW: Definitely the cutting horse event. The horse float was brought out and it was jumping around, making a racket and we thought there was this really stroppy horse in there. They brought out one of those wooden hobby horses – you know with a horses head on a broomstick thing – and we had to ride it and cut out a heifer with it. That was hilarious.
RL: So what did you win?
MW: A one week trip ot the Cook Islands, $5,000, gear from Sthil, Swandri and Skellerup. And quite a bit of Waikato which we’re making our way through.
RL: What was the best thing about being in the competition?
MW: Doing hilarious and embarrassing stuff every day. We had a laugh every day of the competition. Like learning the African Gumboot Dance and getting auctioned off. We had loads of fun, met some really good people. I got so much more self assurance. I really encourage people to enter next year.
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