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A Close Call At Cothi As Kiwis Clipped By Welsh Shearing Guns
Sunday, 19 July 2026, 3:38 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
New Zealand’s annual northern tour ends with the third test against Wales at the Royal Welsh Show on Wednesday and the last at the Corwen Shears next Saturday. More >>
Black Singlets Beaten In First Shearing Test In Wales
Monday, 13 July 2026, 7:32 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Fagan reached the semi-final of the Epynt Open, which was won by Lewis, who shears each southern summer based in Hawke’s Bay. More >>
Dave Wolland: A Master Shearer, Inovator And Entrepreneur
Monday, 6 July 2026, 8:25 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Dave Wolland was the winner of the YFC Open Blue Riband at the Golden Shears in 1973, and 6th in the Golden Shears Open won by Eddie Reidy that year and the final won by Norm Blackwell 12 months later. More >>
Fagan Tests Scots On The Blackies At Lochearnhead Shears
Monday, 29 June 2026, 1:32 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
In Saturday's final of 20 of the horned blackies each, in which just eight seconds covered the field of four, Fagan was beaten only by Scottish ace Calum Shaw, who was last to finish but had the best quality points and claimed victory by 1.55pts. More >>
Mission Accomplished As Axle Gets The Win At Oxford
Tuesday, 14 April 2026, 12:06 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The 56 shows included 12 that were stand-alone shearing sports events, 39 were at A and P Shows, and five were at country sports days or community events. More >>
Jack's The Man As Te Kuiti Celebrate's 40th New Zealand Shears
Monday, 13 April 2026, 2:12 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Southland shearer and 2024 Leon Samuels had the best board shearing points and claimed second place, with Masterton shearer David Gordon keeping the quality together enough to push Henderson back to fourth place. More >>
Mutch Bounces Back For Bigh Shears Win In Raetihi
Monday, 23 March 2026, 9:04 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The winner of the World title in Masterton in 2012 and the Golden Shears Open title there three years, Mutch was third and runner-up respectively in the events going for the double on March 7. More >>
Five Titles As New Zealand Dominates World Shearig Ad Woolhanndling Championships
Sunday, 8 March 2026, 7:24 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Black singlets, black T-shirts and red ribbons mixed like streamers on election night as New Zealand claimed an unprecedented five wins in six events at the Golden Shears World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships which ended in Masterton on ... More >>
New Zealand Shearing Team Wins Unprecedented World Titles Treble
Saturday, 7 March 2026, 3:47 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
New Zealand has become the first nation to win all three teams titles at a World shearing and woolhandling championships. Bouncing back from not a single win in either teams or individual events at the last championships in Scotland in 2023, the Shearing ... More >>
Black Singlets On Track For For World Shears Champs Haul
Friday, 6 March 2026, 4:41 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
All three defending champions made semi-finals, comprising Rabela, machine shearer Gwion Evans, from Wales, andwoolhandler Rosie Kennan, of Scotland. More >>
Home Country Hopes Soar At World Shears In Masterton
Friday, 6 March 2026, 8:47 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
New Zealand's hopes soar in bladeshearing and woolhandling events at World Shears in Masterton this year after it failed to win any events at the 2023 championships in Scotland. More >>
Pressing Business At The Golden Shears
Thursday, 5 March 2026, 3:10 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The win came alongside the 14th men’s title success for Jeremy Goodger, also of Masterton, who made a rushed trip home from Australia, where work had been disrupted by wet weather. More >>
Napier Boys High Claims First Title At 2026 Golden Shears
Wednesday, 4 March 2026, 6:08 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Napier BHS head of agriculture Rex Newman said it was about the fourth time this school had entered, and it was represented by three pairs. More >>
Joel Henare Favourite For Double Gold At Goldies 2026
Tuesday, 3 March 2026, 11:23 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Henare is going for a third World individual woolhandling title and a 12th consecutive Golden Shears Open Woolhandling title. More >>
Big Wins For The Top Guns Heading To World Champioships In Masterton
Monday, 2 March 2026, 11:25 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Smith and Mutch reached all three of the six-man Open shearing finals, Smith also finishing fourth at Taumarunui and runner-up at Apiti, and Mutch runner-up at Taumarunui and fourth at Pahiatua. More >>
Blades Shearers Invasion Set For Kaikoura A&P Show
Thursday, 26 February 2026, 9:35 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The first known blades shearing competition in New Zealand known to Shearing Sports New Zealand was in 1868. More >>
Weekend Shears Double For Henderson As World Champs Loom
Monday, 23 February 2026, 8:36 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Shearing 20 sheep in 15min 29s he won Sunday’s Open final by almost three points from runner-up and Te Kuiti shearer Jack Fagan, with third place going to Welsh shearer Llyr Jones. More >>
Oh My Goss ! Record Breaker Gets Win I Shering Competition
Monday, 23 February 2026, 8:29 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Goss last won a competition in the Senior final at the Pahiatua Shears on March 1, 2020, a 13th win in the 2019-2020 season, making him comfortably ranked the No 1 Senior shearer nationwide. More >>
Big Day For Aria Wilderness - New Zealand Beats Wales In Shearing Test
Sunday, 8 February 2026, 4:03 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
It was a big day for Henderson, who also won the Aria Open final, shearing 20 ewes in 14m 58s and winning by 2.5 points from runner-up Jones, scoring his best individual results in a New Zealand show Open final. More >>
Aria Sets The Scene For Three Weeks Of Shearing Sports International
Thursday, 5 February 2026, 9:35 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Australia has won three transtasman shearing tests in a row since New Zealand’s last win in the series’ at the 2024 Golden Shears. More >>
