Enjoying the Beaumont Boot Bash are (from left) Richard Ryder, Emma Martin, Cody Waihape, Cody Spicer, Aisha Bain and Kyle Rhodes. PHOTOS: NICK BROOK
"So we have an important announcement to single men across the region — you are very much needed at future events," organiser and hotel owner-manager Alison Mills said.
"Farmers may be managing a mixed summer season but the real man-drought is at our pubs and social gatherings."
Southern friends (from left) Lizzie Harris, Stacey Anderson, Shantelle Philip, Genevieve O’Donohue and Ben Roberts.
"We were rushed off our feet but that’s what the business is all about and I know some single farm boys and girls made connections," Ms Mills said.
"It went just how we hoped it would and we are keen on holding it again."
Tapanui friends Helen Wickstead (left) and Crystal Hicks warmed up the dancefloor for the wallflowers.
During its initial 10-year run, the event had led to two marriages she knew of, although countless long-standing friendships had been forged over a beer and a hurled gumboot or two.
