Speedy has a Bachelor of Agricultural Science (Honours) from Lincoln University and isn't afraid of a challenge.
She spent five years shepherding in the South Island high country, before travelling overseas in 2016.
"I cycled 4000 kilometres around Europe with a friend. I had no training. I just got off the plane and bought the first second hand bike I liked the look of," she said.
He's previously competed in the semi-finals of the national dog trials and spent four months working on a hunting estate in the Scottish highlands in 2016.
"It was a pretty cool experience. I'd take wealthy English and Europeans around the estate hunting red deer stags," he said.
Henry Smith, Joseph Watts and Rob Barry. Photo / Supplied
The couple will go up against six other contestants in the East Coast regional final in Dannevirke on April 13th.
They are Ashley Greer, Chris O'Leary, Hamish Hammond, Henry Smith, Joseph Watts and Rob Barry.
Contestants will tackle a series of gruelling practical and theoretical modules at Pukemiro Station.
