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Berkelaar off to the Goldies, with Kaikoura ribbon in kit
Monday, 29 February 2016, 9:49 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Canterbury-based Australian shearer Abraham Berkelaar scored a morale-boosting win ahead of the biggest shearing challenge of his career when he won the Kaikoura A and P Show’s Open final yesterday. More >>
Scots hope for NZ title
Monday, 29 February 2016, 9:35 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Champion Scottish shearer and Taranaki farmer Gavin Mutch took another step towards another major milestone when he qualified for the chance to become New Zealand’s top all-breeds shearer. More >>
Kiwis wins shearing series
Monday, 29 February 2016, 9:28 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
A 5-0 loss to New Zealand in the CP Wool Shearing Series has done nothing to dampen the spirits of the Welsh team which wants to come back next year for more. More >>
King and Coster do it for NZ in CP Wool test in Gore
Sunday, 21 February 2016, 3:47 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
A north-south combo of shearer Dion King, from Hawke’s Bay, and Tony Coster, from Canterbury, has guaranteed New Zealand a CP Wool Shearing Series victory over Wales with a third-straight win at the Southern Shears in Gore. More >>
Close race in national shearing
Saturday, 20 February 2016, 2:55 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
A close battle is expected for the last three places in this year’s Wrightson PGG National when the last of the five qualifying rounds is held during the Pahiatua Shears next week (Sunday, February 28). More >>
Henare regains Gore title
Saturday, 20 February 2016, 2:34 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Former World champion Joel Henare further cemented his favouritism to claim a fourth consecutive Golden Shears Open title in two weeks’ time when he won the Southern Shears Open title in Gore yesterday. More >>
Southland Triumph as Clean-Cut Stratford Beats Smith
Sunday, 14 February 2016, 1:57 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The Otago Shears open shearing title is back in the South Island after a classic quality performance from More >>
Shears competitions heat-up in Balclutha
Friday, 12 February 2016, 9:48 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The business end of the competition shearing and woolhandling season has started in earnest with the opening of the two-day Otago Shears in Balclutha today. More >>
Mutch on the pace for a double at Goldies?
Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 10:14 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Reigning Golden Shears champion and 2012 World champion Gavin Mutch showed he is a big hope for a unique double at this year’s Golden Shears by dominating the Rangitikei Shearing Sports Open in Marton on Saturday. More >>
Kiwi Pair Win First Shearing Test Against Wale
Sunday, 7 February 2016, 4:04 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The New Zealand shearing team of Dion King and Rowland Smith has kept their country’s unbeaten record in annual home test matches against Wales intact with a win by 10pts in the opening match of a new CP Wool Series. More >>
No Record This Time, But Beau’s Still on the Go
Sunday, 7 February 2016, 3:29 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Record breaking Gisborne-based Australian sheep shearer Beau Guelfi knew his latest bid for black-type was over almost before it began in a frighteningly-hot woolshed north of Perth on Saturday. More >>
High temperatures forecast for Guelfi record bid
Friday, 5 February 2016, 1:43 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
New Zealand-based Australian shearer Beau Guelfi is likely to have to brave temperatures close to 40deg as he tackles a World merino shearing record in West Australiatomorrow(Saturday). More >>
World Champ Signs on for Kiwis’ Shearing Showdown vs Wales
Wednesday, 3 February 2016, 10:44 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
World champion Rowland Smith has accepted a place in the New Zealand team for the opening match in the four-test C.P.Wool shearing series against Wales at Saturday’s Rangitikei Sports Shears in Marton. More >>
World champ heads for Tapawera
Friday, 22 January 2016, 10:19 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Budding shearing champions from the Nelson and Marlborough region will have the chance to see the World’s best in action when champion Rowland Smith competes at the Tapawera Shears tomorrow(Saturday). More >>
World Shearing Championship Series
Monday, 18 January 2016, 9:55 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
World shearing champion Rowland Smith has made a flying start to a gruelling New Zealand team selection series he hopes will have him defending the title in Invercargill in 13 months’ time. More >>
Smith and Henare off to good start at Lumsden
Saturday, 16 January 2016, 12:52 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Reigning World champion shearer Rowland Smith and 2012 champion woolhandler Joel Henare each got their bids for another shot at the big title when they won their respective finals at the Northern Southland Community Shears on yesterday(Frriday). More >>
Big chance for up and comers at shearing comps
Wednesday, 13 January 2016, 9:36 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Budding open class shearing stars who’ve hovered in the shadows of the champions over the years have a chance to make up some lost ground in a variety of A and P show competitions throughout New Zealand on Saturday. More >>
Shearing World championships qualifying
Wednesday, 13 January 2016, 9:34 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The buildup to the World shearing and woolhandling championships in Invercargill next year gets a kick-start when almost 50 of the top hopefuls start a tough New Zealand team selection series in a big week in Southland shearing sports this week. More >>
Shearers call it quits as record target slips out of sight
Friday, 8 January 2016, 10:12 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
A King Country shearing gang’s attempt on a World record yesterday was called off half-way through as the three shearers fell behind the pace required to get their names into the books. More >>
Shearing record bid under way in King Country
Thursday, 7 January 2016, 11:14 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Three-stand eight-hour lambshearing record challengers Ringakaha Paewai, Peter-lee Ratima and Craig Fagan will have to step-up the pace if they are to break a World record in their attempt south of Te Kuiti today. More >>
