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TRADE NEWS

Gert Roos (second from right) receives his John Deere Gator
855D to the value of R230 000 at Senwes head office in
Klerksdorp. With him is Ferdie Pieterse (Executive Manager
of Senwes Equipment), Jacques Stander (Senwes Marketing
Manager) and Philip du Plessis (John Deere Regional Manager).

Gert Roos wins

R230 000 John Deere Gator 855D

T

he winner of the Senwes Equipment and John
Deere Gator competition, the second leg of the
WIN BIG competition, is Gert Roos.
Gert really wanted to win the gator and used an
interesting strategy to enter. He checked the number
of ‘likes’ on the Senwes facebook-page and adjusted
his number of entries accordingly.
The 23-year old producer from the Belfast area
entered numerous times. So much so that his whole
family and friends knew it. A friend, Herman
Smallberger, even scared him by telling him that the
cost of the sms's was much higher than the 86c. Gert
was very concerned and even his mother, Tharia, was
part of the plot.
No wonder Gert was shocked when Senwes contacted him with the news that he was the winner. He
thought it was his family playing tricks on him again.
Fortunately on Wednesday, 9 November 2016,
he officially received his prize, which he will put to
good use on their farm Leeubank in Wonderfontein,
Mpumalanga.
He will use the gator to herd sheep, visit his fields,
planters and sprayers on the farm of approximately 3
000 hectares, on which they farm with maize as well
as sunflower.
He has never won anything before and because
they teased him, mother Tharia, father Gerrit as well
as brother Heinrich will be jealous of him riding
around the farm on his John Deere Gator. He had the
last laught after all!
The newly established trademark of Senwes
Equipment, together with John Deere, received wide
exposure on social media with more than 100 000
people reached since the beginning of the range of
competitions. 18 842 entries were received.

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