Cypress, Calif.
- Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A.,
the leading maker of ATV and side-by-side (SxS) vehicles for outdoors
enthusiasts, has selected its 2012 National Hunting and Fishing (NHF) Day
sweepstakes winner.
As part of Yamaha's ongoing support of NHF Day, the company
announced that Nancy Watkins of Eau
Claire, Wis., is the
winner of the Rhino 700 FI. Watkins was one of more than 42,000 people who
entered the sweepstakes, which is designed to help promote outdoors sports and
conservation.
The Rhino 700 FI donated for NHF Day--including Genuine
Yamaha hunting accessories--is valued at more than $13,000. The Rhino, along
with all of Yamaha's 4x4 products, is assembled at the company's
state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Newnan, GA.
"Yamaha is proud to be a fifth-year sponsor of National
Hunting and Fishing Day and to support outdoors conservation and recreation,"
Steve Nessl, marketing manager for Yamaha's ATV/SxS group, said.
"Congratulations to Mrs. Watkins for winning the Rhino, and thanks to everyone
who showed up at a National Hunting and Fishing Day event throughout the
country this fall."
NHF Day falls on the fourth Saturday of September each year
and serves as the most effective grassroots effort ever taken to promote
outdoor sports and conservation. Yamaha, through its relationships with
organizations such as Ducks Unlimited, Safari Club International, Buckmasters,
National Wild Turkey Federation, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and NHF Day,
among others, is the leading ATV & SxS supporter of conservation efforts.
"We're thrilled to have Yamaha as a sponsor of National
Hunting and Fishing Day," Misty Mitchell, Director of Conservation Programs for
Wonders of Wildlife museum in Springfield,
Mo.--the official home of NHF Day,
said. "The Rhino giveaway has been a huge hit amongst NHF Day participants
nationwide, and we also congratulate Mrs. Watkins on her new Rhino."
