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Let the Golden Shears begin…
Thursday, 27 February 2014, 3:10 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
More than 150 mainly younger shearers, woolhandlers and pressers are today embarking on the road to possible glory in the World’s biggest wool industry and sports festival as the 54th Golden Shears international championships begin in Masterton. More >>
Fagan lines up another big win at Golden Shears
Monday, 24 February 2014, 2:30 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Shearing icon David Fagan is lining-up a 10th victory in one of New Zealand’s toughest shearing events after heading the qualifiers for the PGG Wrightson National Circuit finals to be shorn in Masterton this week. More >>
Mark this one down – the lone Grainger’s win in Taumarunui
Monday, 24 February 2014, 1:35 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
There’ve been a couple of surprises in the Open shearing and woolhandling finals at the Taumarunui Jamboree Shears yesterday. The big upset came in the shearing final when Mark Grainger, of Te Kuiti, scored his first Open final win – beating five ... More >>
King hit adds even more spark to Golden Shears
Monday, 24 February 2014, 1:34 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Hastings shearer Dion King added even more spark to the Golden Shears mix when he completed a weekend of upsets by winning the Pahiatua Shears Open today(Sunday). More >>
Popular win for guru East Coast woolhandler
Monday, 24 February 2014, 1:13 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
A guru East Coast woolhandler who has been off the winning scene for several years has scored a popular victory by toppling some of the modern day giants of the sport at Apiti in Northern Manawatu. More >>
Buick scores second Apiti win
Monday, 24 February 2014, 1:07 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Pongaroa farmer Mark Buick established himself as a clear contender to become Wairarapa’s first Golden Shears champion in Masterton next weekend when he successfully defended the Apiti Sports Open title in Northern Manawatu yesterday. More >>
Big week starts for shearers and woolhandlers
Thursday, 20 February 2014, 3:12 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
A big week starts tomorrow for many of the top shearers and woolhandlers as they start the buildup to the 54th Golden Shears in Masterton next week. About 200 are expected for the Taumarunui Jamboree Shears in the King Country tomorrow (Friday), ... More >>
Big week starts for shearers and woolhandlers
Thursday, 20 February 2014, 2:18 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
A big week starts tomorrow for many of the top shearers and woolhandlers as they start the buildup to the 54th Golden Shears in Masterton next week. More >>
Wool industry young guns on show at Southern Shears
Thursday, 13 February 2014, 10:51 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Some of the brightest young hopes in New Zealand shearing and wool handling will take a starring role on the first day of the Southern Shears in Gore tomorrow. More >>
Smith wins second Otago Shears title
Monday, 10 February 2014, 12:59 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Rowland Smith, of Hastings, winning a second Otago Championships Open shearing title in Balclutha on Saturday. PHOTO/BARBARA NEWTON More >>
Fagan: Win No 625, and still counting
Friday, 7 February 2014, 11:19 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Fagan: Win No 625, and still counting The seemingly endless winning career of shearing icon David Fagan continued when he beat three fellow King Country shearers in an Open final at the remote Waitangi Day Aria Sports in the central North Island today(February ... More >>
Woolhandlers chase chance to defend World Champs title
Friday, 7 February 2014, 10:54 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Woolhandlers chase chance to defend World Champs title The two leading hopes of keeping New Zealand’s unbeaten World teams woolhandling championships record intact will continue their charge for selection when they compete at the Otago Shearing ... More >>
Kiwi shearers seek payback in tests against Welsh
Friday, 24 January 2014, 4:00 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The new hero of New Zealand shearing returns to the scene of an unusual big weekend test match win at the Rotorua A and P Show 12 months ago with a yearning for Kiwi payback against Wales on Sunday. More >>
Frenchman caps overseas ambush of weekend shears
Wednesday, 22 January 2014, 11:24 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Frenchman caps overseas ambush of weekend shears French shearer Loic Jauberthie beame possibly the first from his country to win a shearing competition in New Zealand as four shearers topped the podium in a unique two days in New Zealand shearing last ... More >>
Wairoa payback for national shears champion Smith
Monday, 20 January 2014, 9:56 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Wairoa payback for national shears champion Smith Golden Shears and New Zealand Open champion Rowland Smith has got his World Championships bid year off to a good start with victory in the Wairoa A and P Show’s Open final on Saturday. More >>
Father and son win Kaikohe shears events
Wednesday, 15 January 2014, 11:52 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Father and son Digger and Josh Balme scored a memorable double when they won the Open and Junior finals at the Kaikohe A and P Show’s annual shearing championships on Saturday. More >>
The extra mile counts as Fagan wins again, and again
Monday, 13 January 2014, 10:20 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Veteran champion shearer David Fagan showed he was again prepared to go more than the extra mile in a day-long journey which reaped two more victories at the weekend. More >>
Combs and cutters primed for big shears test series
Saturday, 11 January 2014, 2:34 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Welsh World championship shearers Gareth Daniel and Richard Jones are back in New Zealand for the warm-up for the big event as they open their 2014 Elders Primary Wool Shearing Series in Tauranga next Saturday (January 18). More >>
World champs head pre-Christmas shear sports rankings
Tuesday, 17 December 2013, 4:11 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Three World champions head Shearing Sports New Zealand’s 2013-2014 pre-Christmas rankings. Woolhandling’s Open-class rankings are headed by reigning World champion Gisborne woolhandler Joel Henare, the Open shearing rankings are headed by 2010 World ... More >>
New shearing record set near Clevedon
Tuesday, 10 December 2013, 9:03 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
New shearing record set near Clevedon Five shearers have today claimed a World record by shearing 2638 lambs in eight hours in a woolshed near Clevedon, south of Auckland. More >>
