World and national fencing champion Shane Bouskill, of Hawke's Bay, shows some of the fencing skills that have made him a champion, during a Fencing Contractors Association of New Zealand (FCANZ) field day at Earnscleugh Station, near Alexandra. He is... : Fencing champion gives field day demo

Farm workers travelled from the Maniototo to attend the Fencing Contractors Association of New Zealand field day at Earnscleugh Station, near Alexandra, last Friday. From left are Bradley Sutton, of the Styx and the Lake District, Cumbria, UK, Samuel... : Fencing champion gives field day demo

Fencing contractors (from left) Mitchell Lake, of Ida Valley, from Lake Contracting, Brandon Ward, of Winton and Hamish McDonald, of Otautau, and both from Brett Middleton Contracting, were interested in hearing world and national fencing champion... : Fencing champion gives field day demo

Dunstan High School pupils (from left) Bob Watson (15), Ryan Ward (15) and Dylan Tapper (16) attended the field day. : Fencing champion gives field day demo

Fencing contractors Ruben Connelly (left) and Bill Biggar, both of Cromwell's fencing company Precise Contracting Otago, were at the field day at Earnscleugh Station to learn new fencing ideas and improve their techniques. : Fencing champion gives field day demo

Catching up on some new fencing techniques are (from left) Brian Neilson, Mike Stafford, and Mike Samuel, all of Alexandra and from Samuel Fencing, as well as son and father team Andrew Abercrombie, of Roxburgh, and Brian Abercrombie, of Roxburgh, from... : Fencing champion gives field day demo