Belgium takes Case Rodeo prizes

Sebastien Pirlet, from Belgium, triumphed in the 2013 Case Rodeo operator competition. An incredible group of skilled operators from 13 countries took part in the European Final, having already won their respective national competitions. This included the competition’s first female Swedish operator, Lise Lott Jansson. All of the competitors attending the event, which was held at the Case Customer Centre at Monthyon near Paris, were put through four tests of ultimate machine control and precision operating.
February 19, 2014 Read time: 2 mins
Sebastien Pirlet, from Belgium, triumphed in the 2013 176 Case Rodeo operator competition. An incredible group of skilled operators from 13 countries took part in the European Final, having already won their respective national competitions. This included the competition’s first female Swedish operator, Lise Lott Jansson.

All of the competitors attending the event, which was held at the Case Customer Centre at Monthyon near Paris, were put through four tests of ultimate machine control and precision operating. These included ‘Bullseye’, using a CX210C with a hydraulic grab to pick up geometric figures and carefully place them in designated supports. This challenge was won by Peter Bart Poppink from the Netherlands.

The second challenge was ‘Crazy Horse’, with operators piloting a TV380 skid steer. The challenge included picking up a ball with the machine and transporting it through a slalom course without dropping the ball, before scoring a goal by throwing the ball from the skid steer. This challenge went to Sunins Artis, an operator from Latvia.

The ‘Wheeled Loader Lasso’ required the operators to drive a 621F XR wheeled loader, picking up coloured poles and delivering them to colour-coded delivery points. Top points this time went to Peter Bart Poppink once more.

Finally the competitors had to undertake the ‘Buffalo Basket Ball’ challenge, using a CX55B mini excavator to take balls from their starting base and score baskets using the movement of the boom and dipper. This challenge was won by eventual overall winner Sebastien Pirlet, with the ‘Best Team’ prize also being awarded to Belgium.

Pirlet will hold the cup and the title until next year’s competition and will automatically attend the 2014 competition in Europe.

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