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Weekend shearing sports competitions
Monday, 3 February 2020, 8:48 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
King Country woolhandler Keryn Herbert leapt further into sudden contention for an elusive Golden Shears Open title with a first-ever win at A-grade show the Rangitikei Shearing Sports in Marton on Saturday. More >>
Dannevirke remembers Koro Mullins with memorial speedshear
Thursday, 30 January 2020, 6:15 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The life of shearing industry and competitions legend Koro Mullins will be commemorated in the Dannevirke A and P Show’s speedshear tomorrow night (Friday). More >>
Great day for shearing, great day for women
Friday, 24 January 2020, 10:15 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
A four-stand women’s shearing record of 2066 lambs in nine hours yesterday has been lauded by one of the greatest of record-breakers as one of the great moments in shearing in New Zealand. More >>
Big day out for women's shearing record hopefuls
Wednesday, 22 January 2020, 9:55 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Four ambitious female shearers have entered the last stages of their preparation for a unique bid to get their names into the World record books on a sheep station in the central North Island tomorrow. More >>
14-year-old wins
Monday, 20 January 2020, 9:46 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
There was maybe a new-star born as 14-year-old Charis Morrell won the Junior woolhandling final at the Southland Shears national lambs shearing and woolhandling championships at the Winton A and P Show on Saturday. More >>
Shear honours shared in busy six-show weekend
Monday, 20 January 2020, 9:43 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Shearing sports have completed the busiest weekend of the 2019-2020 season in New Zealand with more than 100 shearers and woolhandling reaching finals over six mainly A and P show competitions as far afield as Kaikohe in the north and Winton in the ... More >>
Sheep Shearing World Record
Wednesday, 15 January 2020, 10:42 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The shearing community from across Australasia is again gathering for another World record attempt which will take place on Saturday in Australia. More >>
Pahiatua launches Novice grade
Tuesday, 14 January 2020, 10:51 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
A Novice Shearing competition will be held at this year’s Pahiatua Shears to meet the increasing demand for opportunities for new entrants in the shearing industry and shearing sports. More >>
Pyper makes it two in a row at Peninsula Shears
Sunday, 12 January 2020, 2:56 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
New Zealand representative Troy Pyper has scored his fourth win of the 2019-2020 shearing sports season with a successful defence of the Peninsula Duvauchelle Shears Open title in Akaroa. More >>
Akaroa gets new shearing decade under way
Thursday, 9 January 2020, 12:59 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The honour of staging the first show shearing competition of the new decade will go to the tourism haven of Akaroa with the Peninsula Duvauchelle Shears at the Duvauchelle A and P Show on Saturday. More >>
Early end for shearing record bid
Saturday, 4 January 2020, 11:59 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
A rare merino wethers World shearing record attempt in Central Otago has been abandoned with the target well out of range less than halfway through the nine-hour challenge today. More >>
Rare wethers shearing record bid on Saturday
Friday, 3 January 2020, 10:00 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
An attempt on one of the toughest of World shearing records is set to go ahead in Central Otago tomorrow (Saturday, January 4), a month after being postponed because there wasn’t enough wool. More >>
Hot pace on a hot day as shearers break three-stand record
Tuesday, 24 December 2019, 6:19 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Three Waikato shearers yesterday (Monday) smashed a World record despite temperatures well over 30degs in a woolshed west of State Highway 3 town Piopio. More >>
Shearing Records - Background
Sunday, 22 December 2019, 1:37 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The three-stand lambshearing record which will be attempted on Monday (December 23) is one of numerous records overseen by the World Sheep Shearing Records Society. It is one of six record attempts so far registered with the Society for this summer, ... More >>
Sheep shearing record on Monday
Saturday, 21 December 2019, 6:39 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Three Waikato shearers are facing the daunting task of shearing lambs at lee than 47 seconds each for 8 hours to crack a World record in a remote King Country woolshed on Monday. More >>
Right back into it – record-breaking shearer Pauline Bolay
Tuesday, 10 December 2019, 12:12 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Canadian shearer Pauline Bolay is back at work in a Waikato woolshed today little the worse for wear from a World Record 510 lambs in a day on Saturday and growing international media interest in her achievement. More >>
Saturday all-go for Bolay’s record attempt
Tuesday, 3 December 2019, 9:07 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Worries about a possible December storm in an otherwise warm New Zealand summer has resulted in Canadian shearer Pauline Bolay’s historic World shearing record attempt being brought-forward to take place on Saturday(December 7). More >>
Shearing record hopefuls warm-up
Monday, 2 December 2019, 10:58 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Southland shearer Megan Whitehead, in only her second competition, waiting for the Taranaki Shears Senior final in Stratford on Saturday. PHOTO/Jills Angus Burney. More >>
Two out of three for Kiwi shears team in Australia tests
Saturday, 30 November 2019, 11:33 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
New Zealand have claimed a 2-1 triumph in a night of transtasman shearing sports test matches in Australia. More >>
Kiwi shears guns in form for Aussie challenge
Tuesday, 26 November 2019, 1:01 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
New Zealand transtasman series shearing representatives Southland shearers Troy Pyper and Nathan Stratford each wrapped-up their preparation for Friday’s test match in Australia by winning separate competitions almost the length of the South Island ... More >>
