![Photo: Stephen Jaquiery](https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/story/2024/08/ploughing_150824.jpg)
Photo: Stephen Jaquiery
Mr Leslie said the upcoming competition was just the first step before the New Zealand finals, which would also be held in Middlemarch in April next year.
"Everyone’s getting excited to come here and plough the ground before the match in April — they want to get a lay of the land and know what they are dealing with."