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Scotland Hopeful For New Zealand National Shearing Title

Wednesday, 17 February 2021, 8:00 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Former World champion and proud Scotland international Gavin Mutch is leading the chase in search of the 49th New Zealand national circuit title and the McSkimming Memorial Triple Crown. Gavin Mutch, Scottish shearer and New Zealand National Circuit ... More >>

Covid Update: A And P Show Cancelled In The Far North

Tuesday, 16 February 2021, 8:31 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

One of New Zealand’s northernmost A and P shows has been cancelled as a result of the new Covid-19 crisis. The North Hokianga A and Show was to have been held on Friday and Saturday at Broadwood, about 45km south of Kaitaia and 65km west of Kaikohe. ... More >>

Henare Shuts The Opposition Out Again In Otago Shears

Monday, 15 February 2021, 7:59 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Joel Henare in a lighter moment at the Otago Shears on Saturday, when he won the New Zealand Woolhandler of the Year final for a 12th time in 14 years. At left is Chelsea Collier, who won the event in 2005 and endured more than 40 finals around ... More >>

Shearing In The North

Monday, 15 February 2021, 6:43 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Wellsford shearer, who won his first Senior title at Arapohue on Saturday, pictured at the new Whangarei A and P Show Shears in December. Photo / SSNZ  Fagan wins on a brilliant day at Arapohue Te Kuiti shearer Jack Fagan avoided the temptation ... More >>

Joel Henare Wins The Otago Shears’ New Zealand Woolhandler Of The Year Title, Again

Sunday, 14 February 2021, 5:25 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Champion woolhandler Joel Henare’s unique post-retirement career took the latest of many divergences when he won the Otago Shears’ New Zealand Woolhandler of the Year title, again, on Saturday. The fact is that his plan to retire after scoring ... More >>

Shearing Show Entries Leap On Big Weekend

Monday, 8 February 2021, 4:39 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Leon Samuels, winner of the Aria Waitangi Day Sports Open shearing title on Saturday, pictured shearing into third place 24 hours later at the Rangitikei Shearing Sports North Island Championships in Marton. Photo / SSNZ Worries about low wool prices, More >>

Shearing Sports Results

Monday, 8 February 2021, 8:25 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Results from shearing sports events at the weekend in Dannevirke, Paparoa, Aria, Reefton and Marton RESULTS from the Dannevirke A and P Show Shears at Dannevirke on Friday, February 5, 2021: Shearing: Open final (20 sheep): David Buick (Pongaroa) ... More >>

Shearing

Sunday, 31 January 2021, 2:04 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

A rare moment as Gavin Mutch beats Rowland Smith by almost a sheep and a half in the 20-sheep Taihape Open shearing final on Saturday. Photo / SSNZ Gotcha! time for Scots gun as champion shearers face-off at Taihape Speed was finally the winner for ... More >>

Woolhandling Opportunity Galore At Taihape Show

Thursday, 28 January 2021, 7:51 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Woolhandling competition will take on extra importance at the Taihape A and P Show on Saturday because of the shortage of opportunities in a season hit by the uncertainty of the Covid-19 crisis. Part of the show’s shearing sports, the annual start of ... More >>

Elite Training For Golden Shears Hopefuls

Thursday, 28 January 2021, 7:48 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Some of New Zealand’s top shearers and woolhandlers will be heading back to school as private wool industry trainer Elite puts even the best through a time-honoured tradition of big-time prep-work ahead of this year’s Golden Shears. The high-performance ... More >>

Amazing Winning Sequence Continues For Young Masterton Shearer

Monday, 25 January 2021, 8:05 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Adam Gordon, of Masterton, at Levin on Sunday, with win No 8 in nine finals this season. Photo / Supplied Young Masterton shearer Adam Gordon continued one of the most promising starts to a shearing sports career when he won the Intermediate final ... More >>

Pyper Claims Third Tapawera Shears Title

Sunday, 24 January 2021, 4:31 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Reuben King, a mechanical engineering graduate from the central North Island but who shears in North Canterbury. On Saturday, at Tapawera, south of Nelson, he won his fifth Junior shearing title this summer. Photo / Supplied A field of 12 Open-class ... More >>

Big Shearing Sports Weekend

Monday, 18 January 2021, 10:10 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Six leading hopes for Open titles at the Golden Shears in Masterton in March have each got their new year under way confidently with wins in one of the busiest weekends on the shearing sports calendar. More >>

Women's Shearing Record Broken In Southland

Thursday, 14 January 2021, 5:11 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Megan Whitehead mid-way during her shearing record, with father and clockwatcher Quentin Whitehead looking on from the next pen. Photo / Supplied. A sprightly Southland shearer has today smashed a women’s world record by clipping 662 lambs in nine More >>

World Shearing Record Bid Ahead Of Target

Thursday, 14 January 2021, 7:27 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

A new World shearing record is already beckoning with Southland shearer Megan Whitehead well ahead of her target in the first run of two hours from 5am to 7am in a woolshed near Gore. Watched by five World Sheep Shearing Records Society judges, Whitehead ... More >>

World Shearing Record

Thursday, 14 January 2021, 7:04 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Southland shearer Megan Whitehead got off to a comfortable start in her bid for a new World record with a first hour ahead of the target after the start at 5am in a woolshed near Gore. The 24-year-old Whitehead is targeting a record of 648 lambs ... More >>

Shearing Crews Urged To Get On Board With Competitions

Monday, 11 January 2021, 3:10 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

The call has gone out for shearing contractors and staff to get in behind shearing competitions throughout the country as hard-working organisers struggle to get enough entries. . While entries for many of the close to 60 competitions each summer are ... More >>

World Lamb Shearing Record In Southland

Sunday, 10 January 2021, 4:12 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

The stage is being set for a unique attempt in Southland next week on a World shearing record which has gone unchallenged for 13 years. Gore shearer Megan Whitehead, 24, will attempt the solo women’s nine-hours strongwool lamb shearing record of 648 ... More >>

Shearing: Three In A Row For Pyper At Duvauchelle

Sunday, 10 January 2021, 6:09 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

The Open shearing final lineup at the Peninsula Duvauchelle Shears on Saturday. Photo / Supplied National 2019-2020 No 1-ranked Open shearer and New Zealand transtasman shearing series team member Troy Pyper got his second win of the current season in ... More >>

Ponytails For Export After Charity Shearing Head-shave

Saturday, 9 January 2021, 4:15 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

All cleaned-up, from left shearing crank grinder Alice Woolston, shearing legend Sir David Fagan and shaven Natalie Crisp after the charity event in Te Kuiti on Friday night. Photo / SSNZ Shearing legend Sir David Fagan has taken to the handpiece again ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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