Shearing Sports New Zealand - Latest News [Page 43]
Ferguson wins as shearing mates tipped-up
Sunday, 8 February 2015, 10:57 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Former World and Golden Shears shearing champion Cam Ferguson has won his first North Island Championships open final at the expense of a close mate in Marton. More >>
Shearing, North Island Champs
Sunday, 8 February 2015, 10:32 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Results from the North Island Shearing and Woolhandling Chapionships at the Rangitikei Shearing Sports in Marton today (Saturday, February 7): More >>
Shears legend Fagan wins again
Saturday, 7 February 2015, 10:25 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Te Kuiti shearing legend David Fagan backed-up his vow to end a competition career of 37 years on a competitive and hopefully winning note with victory at a local sports day in the remote King Country township of Aria today. More >>
Shearing Champs
Saturday, 7 February 2015, 10:24 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Porangahau shearing contractor Adam Brausch had a long-awaited return to winning form back in his old home town with victory in the Dannevirke A and Show’s Open shearing final today. More >>
Fagan starts countdown to shearing retirement
Thursday, 5 February 2015, 9:38 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Shearing legend David Fagan starts the countdown to his pending retirement from competition shearing perhaps even busier than when he first started over 30 years ago when he competes at three competitions over the Waitangi Day weekend. More >>
Mutch bounces back from health scare to win Taihape title
Sunday, 25 January 2015, 6:25 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
A few days in hospital before Christmas and a few lingering questions about the health proved no bar to Taranaki farmer and 2012 World champion Gavin Mutch when he won a top-class Open final at the Taihape A and P Show today. More >>
Shearing World Record – LATEST
Thursday, 22 January 2015, 1:06 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The World sheep shearing record attempt by Te Kuiti shearer Stacey Te Huia has been abandoned with the target of 721 having slipped out of reach by lunchtime. More >>
Shearing World Record – LATEST
Thursday, 22 January 2015, 11:33 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Te Kuiti shearer Stacey Te Huia waters-up at the end of the second run of his World shearing record east of Benneydale in the King Country today. More >>
World shearing record is all-go
Thursday, 22 January 2015, 9:57 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
World shearing record is all-go Initial Release 21 Jan 2015 From Doug Laing, media officer, Shearing Sports New Zealand More >>
No surfing, no beers as Kiwi shearer tackles huge record
Wednesday, 21 January 2015, 9:52 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
It must have been hard for shearer and surfer Stacey Te Huia – two days at the beach, no surfboard, and barely a sheep in sight. More >>
Double double for Pagan Rimene in Southland
Monday, 19 January 2015, 6:03 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
South Island-based Masterton woolhandler Pagan Rimene completed two memorable doubles when she won the Open woolhandling final at the national crossbred lambshearing championships yesterday at the Winton A and P Show’s Southland Shears. More >>
Fagan wins 15th national title - 31 years after the first
Monday, 19 January 2015, 6:02 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Shearing icon David Fagan rounded-off possibly a record span of New Zealand sports titles on Saturday when he won the national crossbred lambshearing championship – 31 years after his first win in the event. More >>
Big record bid a fine cut for shearer Stacey Te Huia
Saturday, 17 January 2015, 11:13 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
There are four shearing competitions throughout New Zealand today - but not for Te Kuiti gun Stacey Te Huia, who has his sights set on the biggest challenge of all when he tackles the World nine-hour strongwool ewe-shearing record on Thursday. More >>
Black-singlet swansong for shearing great David Fagan?
Thursday, 15 January 2015, 10:09 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Shearing great David Fagan is likely to end one of the longest New Zealand representative sports careers when he dons the black singlet for two test matches against Wales this summer. More >>
Welsh shearers start NZ tour at Tauranga Show
Tuesday, 13 January 2015, 9:32 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Two bright hopefuls on the UK shearing scene will step-out for the first time in Welsh colours on tour when they Open a New Zealand tour at the Tauranga A and P Show on Saturday. More >>
Test shearing hope warms up with Duvauchelle win
Sunday, 11 January 2015, 9:49 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Rakaia shearer Tony Coster gave a hint he’s ready for an upcoming test series against Wales when he won the first South Island competition of the New Year today, despite a lack of recent shearing. More >>
Shearing record smashed by hot five in King Country woolshed
Wednesday, 7 January 2015, 7:27 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The World five-stand strongwool lambshearing record for eight hours was smashed in the heat of a King Country woolshed today. More >>
Peninsula show kick’s off South Island shearing competitions
Sunday, 4 January 2015, 3:12 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
At least 40 competitors are expected for the South Island’s first shearing competition of the New Year at the Peninsula Duvauchelle Show next Saturday(January 10). More >>
Keeping shearing competitions alive in the North
Sunday, 4 January 2015, 3:11 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The long-time organiser of the first of New Zealand’s northernmost shearing competitions of the summer is determined the events will survive despite a shortage of shearers after the decline in the sheep population north of Auckand. More >>
Woolshed all abuzz as shears record looms
Sunday, 4 January 2015, 3:10 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Excitement is building on a remote King Country farm where a Pio Pio-based shearing gang will tackle the World five-stand, strongwool lambshearing record for eight hours on Tuesday(January 6). More >>
