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Mutch puts it all together at Raetihi
Monday, 19 March 2018, 8:50 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Former World and Golden Shears champion Gavin Mutch fired possibly the loudest warning of his hopes of winning the New Zealand championship for a first time when he won the Waimarino Shears 40th anniversary Open final at Raetihi on Saturday. More >>
Former Dannevirke guns finally have their day
Wednesday, 14 March 2018, 11:34 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Two shearers who have each gone more than a decade in Open class shearing without victory finally made the breakthrough during three competitions in the South Island at the weekend. More >>
A big day at the Kumeu Shears
Wednesday, 14 March 2018, 11:32 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Dargaville shearer Neville Osborne had one of his better days at the Kumeu Shears on Saturday, despite his last northern show of the season being dominated by the invaders from Hawke’s Bay and south. More >>
Busy shearing weekend in Canterbury
Friday, 9 March 2018, 9:03 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The second round of a series to select two blade shearers to rerpresent New Zealand at the 2019 World shearing and woolhandling championships will be a feature of a busy two days of shearing competition in the South Island this weekend. More >>
Busy weekend of shearing competitions
Friday, 9 March 2018, 9:02 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
A unique new shearing competition aimed at increasing competitor numbers at northern region shows ends tomorrow at Kumeu. More >>
Golden Shears Results
Sunday, 4 March 2018, 2:22 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
RESULTS from the 58th Golden Shears international shearing and woolhandling championships in the Masterton War Memorial Stadium on Thursday-Saturday March 1-3, 2018: More >>
Smith closing in repeat Golden Shears win
Saturday, 3 March 2018, 2:38 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Hawke’s Bay shearer Rowland Smith continued his march towards his defence of the Golden Shears Open title by heading the field in both the heats and the quarterfinals on the second day of the 58th annual championships in Masterton today. More >>
Shearing to make family proud
Thursday, 1 March 2018, 12:44 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Making the semi-finals of the Golden Shears Novice shearing event is a bonus for Masterton hopeful Cheyenne Walker. She’s shearing just to make the family proud. More >>
Kamura wins woolhandling marathon
Thursday, 1 March 2018, 10:19 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Marton woolhandler Logan Kamura has emerged as a distinct chance for the Golden Shears Open woolhandling title after beating a top field in what a former winner described as “a bit of an endurance test” at the Wairarapoa Pre-Shears Woolhandling ... More >>
Golden Shears start tomorrow
Wednesday, 28 February 2018, 11:43 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
About 300 shearers, woolhandlers and wool pressers are starting to gather in Masterton for the 58th Golden Shears which start tomorrow (Thursday) and end on Saturday. More >>
World champs set to fight-out major NZ shearing title
Tuesday, 27 February 2018, 3:36 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
World teams shearing champions and former PGG Wrightson Wool National Shearing Circuit winners John Kirkpatrick and Nathan Stratford have been confirmed as favourites in the battle for the 2010 circuit title during the Golden Shears in Masterton this ... More >>
North Island woolhandling champions to be decided
Tuesday, 27 February 2018, 1:16 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
New Zealand’s top woolhandlers will gather in a woolshed north of Masterton tomorrow (Wednesday) for a pre Golden Shears shakedown which will decide two hotly-contested North Island titles. More >>
Smith completes pre-Shears treble with Pahiatua win
Monday, 26 February 2018, 8:24 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Hawke’s Bay shearer Rowland Smith rounded-off his preparation for his defence of the Golden Shears open title by completing a second consecutive cleansweep of the pre-shears weekend treble at the Pahiatua Shears today. More >>
Cleansweep for New Zealand in shearing test series
Sunday, 25 February 2018, 1:18 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The New Zealand shearing team of World champions John Kirkpatrick and Rowland Smith today completed a cleansweep of the four-test CP Wool Shearing Series against Wales. More >>
Alabaster wins in Taumarunui title defence
Sunday, 25 February 2018, 1:17 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Taihape woolhandler Sheree Alabaster has started the lead-in to the Golden Shears next week by successfully defending the Open woolhandling title at the Taumarunui Shears on Friday. More >>
Kaikoura: The show must go on
Friday, 23 February 2018, 10:53 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Organisers of tomorrow’s Kaikoura A and P Show are taking the show-must-go-on approach despite heavy rain and road closures disrupting plans for the 105th event which had to be cancelled last year because of the 2016 earthquake. More >>
Smith shear class in Counties win
Tuesday, 20 February 2018, 8:33 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Reigning Golden Shears and New Zealand shearing champion Rowland Smith continued his relentless march towards his defence of the titles when he returned to the scene of his 100th Open class win to add another Counties Shears title o his collection ... More >>
Southern man finally takes South Island title off the North
Monday, 19 February 2018, 8:40 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
It may have taken 20 years but it just about meant more than the World title he won last year for top South shearer Nathan Stratford as he became South Island Shearer of the Year for the first time on Saturday. More >>
Woolhandling at Royal Easter Show
Saturday, 17 February 2018, 11:04 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
An Open woolhandling competition is to be held at the 175th anniversary Royal Easter Show in Auckland this year. More >>
It’s a long road making it to the top in shearing
Friday, 16 February 2018, 11:52 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Southland shearer Brett Roberts’ almost 40 wins in finals in the 10 years since he first started competing at the age of 13 includes wins at the Golden Shears and the New Zealand championships. More >>
