Colin and Archie crowned #MyKubota 2016 champions

Colin Prentice and his dog Archie have beaten hundreds of other social media users to become the winner of Kubota UK’s #MyKubota 2016 competition.

Colin uploaded a photo demonstrating ‘a day in the life of his Kubota’ on his farm and was selected by a judging panel of experts as one of the top five entries.

The finalists were then whittled down by a competitive public vote and Colin achieved hundreds of nominations due to his creative snap.

Colin can now reap his rewards with £500 worth of Virgin Experience Days vouchers from Kubota.

Colin and his 6-year-old Jack Russell Terrier Archie, from Aberdeen, have been using a 1986 B7100D compact tractor for two years for every day tasks such as mowing, ploughing and trailer pulling on the farm.

He commented: "The B7100D is thirty years old and is a first class machine; it’s little but strong and has never let me down.

"I also happen to use a Kubota micro-digger in my job at Crest Glazing, which specialises in building extensions, so I’m fully committed to the brand.

"I thought that the competition was a great way to see photos of working tractors and other machinery in different markets.”

Colin added: "Since winning the competition, I’ve been deciding what to do with the vouchers and have even talked about putting them towards a skydiving experience, where I’d jump out of a plane in my Kubota boilersuit!

"But I think it’s most likely that I’ll settle on a treat of a weekend away for myself and my wife, who is seven months pregnant.

2016 is the second year of the #MyKubota campaign, where users are asked to upload their funniest, most scenic or creative photos that depict how the machinery is used on a day-to-day basis.

The campaign received 175 photo entries, nearly double the 95 entries in 2015, with this year being the first to introduce a voting aspect for the public to decide which finalist they ‘like’ the most.