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National Corriedale Shearing Champs
Monday, 11 November 2024, 8:24 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Competition organisers say that while online entries have closed, entries will be taken up to “on the day". “Just buy your gate pass and enter here at the Lister Shearing and Woolhandling Stadium on the day.” More >>
Kirkpatricks In Charge At Wairarapa Spring Shears
Tuesday, 5 November 2024, 6:23 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Just as they had at the Gisborne Shears which kicked-off the competition season at Poverty Bay A and P Show on Oct 18, Master Shearer John Kirkpatrick won Open shearing final, crew Bruce Grace, won the Senior final, and Jodiesha Kirkpatrick won both ... More >>
Flying Roberts Wins Shears In Ashburton, And Leaves For Aussie
Tuesday, 5 November 2024, 4:01 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Crossing the Tasman he will miss such events as next weekend’s Get to the Point Pleasant Point Shears and the November 14-15 Canterbury Shears New Zealand Corriedale Shearing and Woolhandling Championships in Christchurch. More >>
Mutch Holds It Together For Great Raihania Shears Win
Monday, 28 October 2024, 1:32 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Laura Bradley, of Papatawa, also in Southern Hawke’s Bay, moved a step closer to becoming the first female to be promoted to Open class based on wins in Senior competition when she won the Senior final over eight sheep each. More >>
Blades Shearers Hold Up The Kiwis' End In Transtasman Tests
Monday, 28 October 2024, 1:25 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
New Zealand’s one win came in the blades shearing test of two merinos and two crossbred sheep each, with Tony Dobbs, of Fairlie, and Tim Hogg, of Timaru, beating Australians Johnathon Dalla (S.A.) and Andrew Murray (NSW) by 3.5pts. More >>
Familiar Faces Claim The Red Ribbons At Gisborne Show Shears
Monday, 28 October 2024, 11:56 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Having undergone significant shoulder surgery last summer, but back shearing by the end of the season, Kirkpatrick was claiming his first win since being made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) in the 2022 Queen's Birthday and Platinum More >>
Kiwis Chase Elusive Shears Cleansweep In Australia
Monday, 28 October 2024, 11:41 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The internationals will take place during the Australian National Shearing and Woolhandling Championships which start on Friday in Katanning, about 280km southeast of Perth, and end on Sunday. More >>
Shear Class As Australia Beats NZ 2-1 In Wool Test Matches
Monday, 28 October 2024, 10:02 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Transtasman series newcomer and King Country shearer Jack Fagan, whose father sheared in 12 transtasman tests, was first to finish the match of six merinos and six crossbred sheep each on Sunday. More >>
Bleades Shearing Test In Waimate
Friday, 11 October 2024, 9:39 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The machine shearers and woolhandlers will then have test matches at the 2025 Golden Shears in Masterton. More >>
Big Entry In National Shearing Circuit
Thursday, 10 October 2024, 2:49 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
But it’s a quick turnaround, competitors chasing the circuit fronting-up for the second round on strongwool ewes at the Waimate Spring Shears shearing and woolhandling championships in South Canterbury on Saturday. More >>
Emotional Shears Win For Otago Veteran
Sunday, 6 October 2024, 3:20 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Veteran Otago shearer Chris Vickers has had possibly his biggest moment in 37 years of shearing by winning the 63rdNew Zealand Merino Shears Open final in Alexandra on Saturday night. The win came in a six-man final with the opposition comprising ... More >>
New Chairman For Shearing Sports New Zealand
Tuesday, 13 August 2024, 9:40 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Shearing Sports New Zealand has a new chairman after the retirement from the position of former shearing great Sir David Fagan. More >>
Shearing Record Smashed In England
Thursday, 8 August 2024, 7:57 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
A veteran Scottish shearer who is the only woman to qualify in the top 30 at the Golden Shears in Masterton has shattered a World record set by New Zealander Sacha Bond just six months ago. More >>
Kiwi's Shearing Record Smashed In England
Sunday, 4 August 2024, 3:26 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The latest record, which ended early today New Zealand time, was overseen by a four-man panel of referees appointed by the World Sheep Shearing Records Society, convened by New Zealand official Ronny King, of Pahiatua, the others being UK panellists Martyn ... More >>
Wales Clinches Shearing Series 2-1 With Win Over NZ In Corwen
Sunday, 28 July 2024, 5:13 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The wins came while on the Wools of New Zealand Shearing Sports New Zealand tour, which saw he and teammate David Buick, of Pongaroa, also claim test match wins at the Great Yorkshire Show, in France and the Royal Wells Show. More >>
Big Wins For NZ Shearers In Wales
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 8:26 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The Wools of New Zealand team of David Buick, of Pongaroa, and Jack Fagan, of Te Kuiti, made it 1-1 in a three-test series against Wales with a narrow win over Welsh shearers Gethin Lewis and Richard Jones, while Fagan won the final of the Royal Welsh ... More >>
Tough Day At The Office As Kiwi Shearers Beaten In First Test In Wales
Sunday, 21 July 2024, 2:30 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
It’s been a tough day at the office for the Wools of New Zealand Shearing Sports New Zealand team of Jack Fagan and David Buick, being beaten in the first test against Wales at the Cothi Shears on Saturday (July 20). Up against Llyr Jones and Gethin ... More >>
New Zealand Beats France In Rare Continental Shearing Test
Saturday, 13 July 2024, 5:21 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The Wools of New Zealand Shearing Sports New Zealand shearing team has scored its second double on a six-match tour of the UK. The latest successes came at the French championships early today in the medieval southwest France town of Martel where shearers ... More >>
Rare Shearing Test Match For New Zealand In France
Friday, 12 July 2024, 11:45 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The Wools of New Zealand Shearing Sports New Zealand shearing team has crossed the English Channel for a rare test match against France. More >>
Comeback Kin David Buick Wins Major Shearing Title In Scotland
Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 5:59 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Wairarapa shearer David Buick has produced another stunning result in his miracle recovery from crippling injuries in an accident on his Pongaroa farm by winning the Lochearnhead Shears Open final in Scotland. More >>
