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Masters award for top woolhandler

Wednesday, 26 September 2018, 9:58 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Sheep shearing hub Alexandra will celebrate one of its own in the presenting of a particularly unique Master Woolhandler award as the shearing sports season starts in the Central Otago town this week. More >>

Australia takes the upper hand in Perth test matches

Monday, 24 September 2018, 11:16 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

A surprise Australian woolhandling win has tipped the scales to the western side of the ditch for Australia in a 2-1 win in today’s transtasman shearing sports tests at the Royal Perth Show. More >>

Big day for the Kiwis shearing sports in Perth

Sunday, 23 September 2018, 11:48 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

New Zealand shearers and woolhandlers have got off to a good start at the Royal Perth Show with three big wins on Saturday on the eve of three transtasman tests. More >>

New Zealand wins shears test, but it was close Boyo

Sunday, 29 July 2018, 11:34 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

The CP Wool New Zealand shearing team has ended it’s 2018 UK tour with a win over Wales at the Corwen Shears in North Wales today (July 29 UK Time) in possibly the closest-ever result in international teams shearing. More >>

Oldfield ends UK jaunt with win No 8

Saturday, 28 July 2018, 6:49 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

South Canterbury shearer Allan Oldfield has wrapped up a season in the UK with an emphatic win in the blade shearing final at the Corwen Shears in North Wales earlier today (Saturday NZDT, Friday UK). More >>

Wales beat New Zealand at Royal Welsh Show

Friday, 27 July 2018, 9:41 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

The New Zealand shearing team has one last chance to claim an international victory on their CP Wool UK Tour after suffering a third consecutive loss to Wales on Wednesday (July 25) at the Royal Welsh Show. More >>

Oldfield considers record options after Heraty’s big day out

Wednesday, 25 July 2018, 2:31 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

New Zealand blades shearer blades shearer Allan Oldfield is considering a possible World record attempt after helping an Irishman tor one of the biggest one-day tallies ever shorn with the clippers. More >>

New Zealand shearers step-up in Wales

Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 9:40 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

New Zealand shearers have had a big start to the Royal Welsh Show week with two wins, including blade shearer Allan Oldfield’s completion of a rare sequence of wins at the UK’s four big Royal shows. More >>

Wales takes 2-0 lead over NZ in shearing series

Sunday, 22 July 2018, 12:35 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Nathan Stratfiord, of Invercargill, and David Buick, of Pongaroa were beaten by Welsh shearers Matthew Evans, of Swansea, and Alun Lloyd Jones, of Llangollen, at both the Cothi Shears on Friday and the Lampeter Shears on Saturday. More >>

Stratford scores big at Great Yorkshire Show

Thursday, 12 July 2018, 9:21 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Invercargill shearer Nathan Stratford has scored the first win of the CP Wool New Zealand Shearing team UK Tour with a classy victory at one of the biggest shows in England. More >>

NZ-based Scots shearer breaks Kiwi stranglehold

Monday, 9 July 2018, 8:51 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Taranaki farmer and Scotland international Gavin Mutch has won his second Herdwick Lakeland Shears Open shearing title, breaking a New Zealand stranglehold on the event in the North of England. More >>

Scotland beats NZ in first shearing test

Monday, 2 July 2018, 10:39 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

The New Zealand shearing team has been beaten by Scotland in the opening match of the 2018 CP Wool UK Tour. More >>

Shearing Sports team to tour UK

Wednesday, 20 June 2018, 11:00 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

North Wairarapa farmer David Buick has been named to represent New Zealand on the six-match CP Wool Shearing Sports New Zealand tour of the UK starting later this month. More >>

Hewes huge win at Royal Bath and West

Tuesday, 5 June 2018, 1:31 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

A Waikato teenager has had the biggest success of his short shearing career by winning an Intermediate title at the Golden Shears – of Great Britain. More >>

Stevens’ double double at NZ Shears

Sunday, 8 April 2018, 8:02 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Napier shearer Ricci Stevens completed a unique double of doubles on Saturday night when he won a New Zealand Senior Senior title final which would almost inevitably have it’s own special place in shearing sports history whomever won. More >>

Amazing Alabaster lands eighth national woolhandling title

Sunday, 8 April 2018, 8:02 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

It was “amazing” for the eighth time when Taihape school teacher, mother-of-one and former World champion Sheree Alabaster won the New Zealand Open woolhandling title for an eigthh time in Te Kuiti last night(Saturday). More >>

Southern man “Stratty” claims second NZ Shears circuit title

Sunday, 8 April 2018, 8:00 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Southland shearer Nathan Stratford will make his second trip to the UK as a New Zealand team member after winning the New Zealand Shears Circuit final in Te Kuiti last night. More >>

A shearing star is born – aged 14

Friday, 6 April 2018, 5:08 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

A Taihape schoolboy today became one of the youngest shearers to claim a major shearing title when he won the Junior final at the New Zealand Shearing and Woolhandling Championships in Te Kuiti. More >>

Henare still warm favourite

Friday, 6 April 2018, 9:39 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

World and Golden Shears champion Joel Henare remains a warm TAB favourite to win a fifth New Zealand Open woolhandling championship and his fourth in a row after a shaky path going into the final in Te Kuiti tomorrow night (Saturday). More >>

Jimmy flies to speedshears win

Friday, 6 April 2018, 9:37 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

They call him Jimmy Superfly for good reason, as it turned out when Rangitikei shearer Jimmy Samuels won the New Zaland Shearing and Woolhandling Championships Speedshear in Te Kuiti tonight. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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