New ute in national contest

Philip and Rose Fleming, dairy farmers from Ballance, are the national winners of a De Laval competition for a Ford Ranger XLT ute drawn at the Fieldays.

The Flemings received a phone call to say they’d won.

“It was pretty exciting. My old ute was 16 years old, so it was definitely time for a new one,” said Philip.

His wife Rose was equally jubilant. “It was pretty fantastic winning a new ute,” she said.

They got to choose the colour and accessories before it was delivered on Thursday, September 6.

To qualify for the competition the Flemings had to buy De Laval dairy chemicals and teat sprays — the more product they bought, the more entries they could put in.

“The Flemings have been loyal — they buy all their products off De Laval and we have done all their servicing. They are second generation and the family has been dealing with us for 26 years. Philip’s father dealt with us. Both Philip and Rose have done a lot of their work through us with servicing. Our focus as a business is on our rural customers,” said Brett MacDougall of MacDougalls. Bisset Honda has been awarded the greatest community involvement award at this year’s Blue Wing Honda Awards.

With over 50 dealerships involved this year the firm was proud to receive the award.

We love being active in our community and have been involved in numerous events from dog trials, school sponsorships, trail rides, Mini Rides, Young Farmer Of The Year, club sports, local golf clubs and much more.

Not only did we win this award but our sister shop City Honda Manawatu¯ were the winners of two awards — best customer service dealership and best social media programme. With only 12 months under the new ownership of Scott Newton, Bevan Bisset and Ingrid de Graaf, the team has done an amazing job making their customer service excel.

Thank you to our wonderful customers. Your support and custom makes our community involvement possible.

We are very proud of both our teams here in Pahiatua and in Palmerston North. Like us on Facebook to keep up with events and deals instore.

Brett MacDougall (manager MacDougalls) with ute winners Philip and Rose Fleming from Ballance and Bryan Worthington, De Laval district sales manager for dairy consumables for lower half of North Island.

Scott Newton, Bevan Bisset and Ingrid de Graaf.

The haul of trophies from this year’s Blue Wing Honda Award for Bisset Honda and City Honda Manawatu¯ .