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Henare Gets A Shot At A World Champs Treble Double
Sunday, 25 January 2026, 6:40 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The 20th World championships, attracted teams from 28 countries, will run in conjunction with the 63rd Golden Shears international championships, which have attracted about 630 entries. More >>
Women's Shearing Record Update
Tuesday, 20 January 2026, 5:02 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Te Atakura Crawford had shorn 395, at 54-55 seconds a lamb, caught, shorn and sent through the porthole. Ariana (Missy) Te Whata had shorn 375, Pagan Rimene 363, and Rose Lewis 313. More >>
Shearing Record Update
Tuesday, 20 January 2026, 1:37 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Te Atakura Crawford had shorn 262 averaging just under 53 seconds a lamb, caught, shorn and sent through the porthole. Ariana (Missy) Te Whata had shorn 248, Pagan Rime 237 and Rose Lewis 207. More >>
Women's Shearing Record Under Way In South Otago
Tuesday, 20 January 2026, 10:23 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The four stand Women’s 8 hour strong wool lamb record attempt is taking place at “Melrose Station’ 948 Cairn Road, Owaka, South Otago, and the shearers are Pagan Rimene, Rose Lewis, Te Atukura Crawford, Ariana Te Whata, shearing for Scott Cameron. More >>
Eketahuna Shearing Gun Takes Big Step In World Champs Hopes
Monday, 19 January 2026, 11:15 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The two shows had what are thought to have been record entries, with 93 shearers and 51 woolhandlers at Lumsden and 89 shearers and 50 woolhandlers at Winton. More >>
Shears Dreams On The Line In The South
Thursday, 15 January 2026, 2:39 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The machine shearing and woolhandling teams will be named at the Rangitikei Shearing Sports in Marton on February 7, and become part of an amassing of representatives from 28 countries at the World Championships. More >>
Close Call As Shearing Competition Season Kicks Back In
Monday, 12 January 2026, 8:25 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The two were well clear of 2022 winner and New Zealand-based Chilean shearer Luis Pincol, on 44.72pts, with fourth place going to Liam Norrie, of Cheviot. More >>
New Shearing Record Of 732 In Nine-Hours For Shearer Simon Goss
Tuesday, 6 January 2026, 8:55 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
In the first attempt on the record of 731 set by New Zealander Matthew Smith in England nine and half years ago, Goss claimed the record-breaking sheep in the last minute to finish with a new record of 732. More >>
Shearing Record Correction And Update
Monday, 5 January 2026, 9:10 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Averaging under 43.4 seconds so far – caught, shorn and dispatched - Goss now faces four runs of 1hr 45 min each in the run to knock-off at 5 pm. More >>
Green Light For Shearing Record Attempt By Simon Goss On Monday
Monday, 5 January 2026, 9:06 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Making the attempt Whanganui shearer Simon Goss, who will tackling the solo nine-hours ewes record at Ātihau-Whanganui Incorporation’s 4800ha Te Pa Station, near Raetihi, starting at 5am. More >>
New Zealand Challenge For Toughest Of All Shearing Records
Friday, 12 December 2025, 5:54 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
In his record Smith shore 164 in the first two hours followed by successive 1hr 45min runs of 142, 142, 141 and 142, for an average of just over 81 an hour, or 44.3228 seconds a sheep, caught, shorn and despatched. More >>
Heat's On For Two World Shearing Record Bids In Otago Summer
Friday, 12 December 2025, 5:38 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
World Sheep Shearing Records Society secretary Hugh McCarroll, of Tauranga, said panels of judges from New Zealand and Australia have been appointed to oversee the record bids. More >>
Henderson Gets One Back On Fagan At Home Show In Whangarei
Monday, 8 December 2025, 11:55 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The Open had eight entries, Senior seven, and the Intermediate, Junior and Novice two each, with five in the Veterans event. More >>
Doing It For Kyle: Digger Balme 40th Season Win A Tribute To The Son
Monday, 8 December 2025, 11:52 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The Senior woolhandling title was won by Te Whetu Brown, from Wairoa – her fourth win in the grade - and Paige Marshall, of Kihikihi, scored a second Rotorua Junior final win. More >>
Never Too Young - Jack Fagan Wins Taranaki Shears As The Oldest In The Final, At 33
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 3:31 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
In the richest Open grade form of his life, it was Fagan’s third win of the season, and came less than 20 hours after claiming speed shear win No 85 at the Matiere Cosmopolitan Club in remote southern King Country on Friday night. More >>
Third Home Show Win For Shearer Travers Baigent
Tuesday, 25 November 2025, 10:55 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Baigent previously won the title in 2018 and 2023 and on Saturday shore the 20 sheep in the final in 18min 5.5sec for victory by almost two points from Rangiora visitor Hugh de Lacy, who had marginally the better quality points. More >>
Closing In On A Uniqie Record - Stratford's 17th Win At Tapanui Shears
Tuesday, 25 November 2025, 10:52 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
It was Stratford’s 92nd win in 29 seasons of Open-class shearing, having won 17 finals in the lower grades, including the West Otago Intermediate title in 1992 and Senior title in 1994. More >>
Like A Rock Star - Jack Fagan Wins Second Wagga Wagga Speed Shear
Sunday, 23 November 2025, 2:53 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Despite having had “one hell of a a 10 days”, Fagan is flying home for the Matiere Cosmopolitan Club Speed Shear on Friday, the Taranaki Shears in Stratford next Saturday, and the Whangarei A and P show the following weekend. More >>
Former World Champions Flash The Blades To Win Right To New Title Bid
Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 3:19 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
McKay controlled the pace and shore the five sheep in 15min 18.53sec, beating Oldfield by almost 11 seconds and the remaining four finalists by more than two minutes. More >>
North Otago Shearing Treble At Pleasant Point Shears
Monday, 10 November 2025, 8:15 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
All four finals were won by comfortable margins, Timo Hicks, of Tapawera, claiming the Senior title by 2.58 points from runner-up Seymour Lambert. More >>
