This is what happened to Quentin Barnett, one of the lucky winners of SPAR’s Advent Calendar competition.

The 69-year-old received his prize on Friday.

The competition ran throughout December with the random, lucky draws, taking place early January to finalise all the various winners.

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To win the incredible prizes in store all customers had to do was purchase one of the selected products and send their unique till slip number to SPAR via SMS, WhatsApp or social media.

“There were many qualifying products to choose from for our annual Advent Calendar Competition, making it easy to enter and this year we received the largest number of entries to date,” said Barry Odendaal, Advertising Manager at SPAR Lowveld.

After 37 years of not riding a motorcycle due to a knee injury he got in a motorbike accident, winning the Harley was a dream come true for Barnett. He recently had knee replacement surgery and said this was perfect timing.

Barnett bought some products at SPAR Steiltes and he sent an SMS. When he received a phone call from Odendaal informing him that he was the lucky winner, he could not believe it. “I went to the store just to make sure that it was not a scam.”

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Barnett said once his knee has healed he plans to join a riding club. “It will be a start of an adventure. I am also planning to start by riding short distances; to the Uitkyk Road to test the motorcycle. I just want to hear it growl,” he said.

Here are some of the lucky winners who walked away with great prizes:
• Nokulunga Kwla won a Bosch Washing Machine at SPAR Village
• Phillip Potgieter won R1 000 SPAR voucher at SUPERSPAR Westend
• Tania van Douwe won a Smeg blender at SUPERSPAR Westend
• Louw Botes won a Garmin watch at SUPERSPAR Westend
• Eddie Cant won a Russell Hobbs microwave at SPAR Sabie
• Tracey Russel won a R1 000 SPAR voucher at SPAR Mini White River
• Addre van der Merwe won an Ideapad at SUPERSPAR White River
• Yolandi Roodt won a Nintendo Switch at SUPERSPAR White River
• Jacob Kruger won R1 000 SPAR voucher at SPAR Highway
• Michele Esterhuizen won a DStv Explora package at SPAR Courtside
• Rozanne Buitendach won a Bluetooth speaker at SUPERSPAR Crossing
• Rudi van Heerden won a Smeg toaster at SUPERSPAR Crossing
• Elsie Fourie won a kettle at SUPERSPAR Crossing
• Lance Morgan won a Samsung TV at SPAR Orchards
• Cornelia du Toit won a R1 000 SPAR voucher at SUPERSPAR Komatipoort.

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