A gentleman's agreement to host two major Southland events at different times has been broken and a 2022 date clash looks set to hit the pockets of Southland’s already cash-strapped hospitality providers. The Southern Field Days and Burt Munro Challenge have both been booked for the second weekend of February next year, field days organisers having moved their event a week earlier than usual. Field days president Wayne Ross yesterday said field days was usually held on the second week of Februarythough events in 2018 and 2020 both took place on the third week of the month. Dates for the 2022 field days were set before last year’s event and the organisation had not conveyed those dates to challenge organisers. Field day organisers had set the 2022 dates working from the Northland Field Days dates, putting three weeks between the two events to allow suppliers and those who would attend both, enough time to get from one event to another.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 15, 2021 15:32 UTC