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Tough competition between the best machine operators in Europe
The best construction machine operators on a cone and raced to score a goal. and concentration, completing the
from all over Europe came together at the Francesco Novelli from Italy showed challenge in just 1:19 minutes.
CASE Customer Centre in Paris in October perfect ball skills and won this event 2018 for the annual CASE Rodeo Final. with a time of 1:51 minutes.
Teams from 10 countries battled
controlled power with the
CASE 621G XT wheel loader in the
through fiercely competitive national Bighorn was the next challenge. Wild Wheels event. Competitors
competitions to make it to the Operators showed their skill with the carefully balanced cubes on the bucket
international final. In four Wild CASE 695 ST Backhoe Loader, racing while navigating a complex path and
West themed games, operators to collect five balls across a court to returning to the garage. Niels Schmidt
used a range of CASE equipment score as many baskets as possible. won for Denmark by completing
to demonstrate agility, speed, and Again, Novelli came first with a score this challenge in the fastest time,
technical skill. The games are designed of five baskets in just 2:23 minutes. navigating the track in 2:38 minutes.
to push operators to the limit as they
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Keeping to the sports theme, Little
Next, it was time to demonstrate
Perhaps the most technically
demonstrate the versatility, power, and demanding challenge, Cherokee flexibility of each CASE machine. Crawler, was up next. Operators had Plenty to celebrate for Italy
and Denmark
Each game was designed for a the challenging task of manoeuvring In the evening, competitors were taken
specific CASE model and operators a weight hanging from the bucket of to a gala dinner at the Hippodrome
raced against the clock, being careful a CASE CX245D crawler excavator Racecourse in the picturesque town
not to incur time penalties for errors. to follow a channel in a platform of Chantilly, near Paris. Prizes were
In 2018, CASE’s TV380 compact and write the word ‘CASE’. Time presented to the individual event
track loader took centre stage in the penalties were given every time the champions and Italy was awarded the
Lawless Loader game. Competitors undercarriage or table moved. Luca team of the year, with Denmark in
were reminded of the Football World Toffanin made it a hat-trick for Italy second place. Novelli was awarded the
Cup as they picked up a ball balanced and showed unbelievable composure overall event prize: an all-expenses-
FEBRUARY 2019
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