Senwes Scenario August / September 2016 | Page 29

••• NEWS Senwes Equipment technicians among John Deere top 10 S enwes Equipment is proud to have three of the Top 10 finalists in the 2016 John Deere Technician of the Year competition. Casper, who works at Senwes Equipment in Hertzogville, is very proud. “I did not expect this. It is wonderful and brings new challenges.” The 25-year old Casper has been with Senwes Equipment for the past six years. The second Senwes Equipment finalist is Eddie Hamilton. Eddie joined Casper in saying that it is “a huge challenge and a privilege” to be part of the top 10 technicians. He has eight years' experience in the industry, the past four years at the Senwes Equipment Kroonstad branch. The 26-year old is excited to be representing his branch at the finals. Casper and Eddie have both been in the top 50 for the past two years with both in the finals now. The newcomer is Roelf Jones from Senwes Equipment in Parys. Roelf joined Senwes Equipment only 11 months ago and entered the competition for the first time and immediately advanced to the top 10. Like the other two he is also very humble and says that he missed the 2015 competition as he was abroad at the time. The 31- Casper Botha, Eddie Hamilton and Roelf Jones advanced to the top 10 in the 2016 John Deere Technician of the Year competition. year old has 12 years’ experience at John Deere, two years in Canada. The three technicians took part in the Top 50 competition in April this year and advanced to the final round, which will be held at the John De