Koster and Schill are leaders in first leg of King of the Hill battle

The fall fair here had over two dozen tractor pullers place in its King of the Hill tractor pull competition.

The contest is being played out over three tractor pull events in the course of six weeks.

The first one was at Drayton Fall Fair on the Aug. 6 week­end.

The next on will be held on Aug. 22 at the Grand River Raceway.

The competition will then see the grand finale at the Fergus Fall Fair next month.

There were two divisions for the contest. The first was for 20,000 pounds in the local farm tractor class. The leaders are:

– Jeff Koster, Moorefield, 20 points;

– Hendrik Bouwman, Pon­sonby, 19;

– Michelle Rae, Drayton, 18;

– Neil Driscoll, Moorefield, 17;

– Joe Kieswetter, Alma, 16;

– Matt Dirksen, Alma, 15;

– Leon Altena, Arthur, 14,

– Trevor Poot, Gowanstown, 13;

– Mike  Schill, Arthur,12;

– Bas Altena, Arthur, 11;

– Todd Fraser, Fergus, 10;

– Eric Shuurmans, Flora­dale, 9

– Arjen Falkena, Arthur, 8;

– George Israel, West Mon­trose, 7;

– Tom Shuurmans, Flora­dale, 6; and

– Dwight McIntyre, Singhampton, 5;

In the 30,000 pound local farm tractor, the top finishers were:

– Larry Schill, Alma, 20 points;

– Pete Schill, Palmerston, 19;

– Steve Seiferd, Moorefield, 18;

– Brandon Bults, Alma, 17;

– Javen Martin, Elora, 16;

– Jason Cleland, Listowel, 15;

– Vanessa Dirksen, Alma, 14;

– Jeff Koster, Moorefield, 13; and

– Sytse, Falkena; Arthur, 12.