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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 >>
Shearing Record Tuesday
Tuesday, 10 December 2013, 12:24 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The stage is set for five shearers to set a new World record in a unique day of lambshearing barely threequarters of an hour from the heart of Auckland today(Tuesday, December 10). More >>
Win No 622 a first for shears legend Fagan
Monday, 9 December 2013, 11:48 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
With more than 600 wins and 32 years of top class competition behind him there was still room for something new as shearing legend David Fagan won the Royal Manawatu A and P Show Open final at Manfeild yesterday. More >>
Former champ counts the numbers as show entry climbs
Monday, 25 November 2013, 1:10 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Former World shearing champion Paul Avery had to keep a close eye on the numbers as a startling increase in the number of competitors threatened to throw his home Stratford A and P Show Shears out of kilter on Saturday.. More >>
Marlborough shearers do it again at Nelson show
Monday, 25 November 2013, 1:08 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Marlborough shearing stalwarts Tony Nott and Chris Jones repeated their successes of last year’s Nelson A and P Show when they won the two major titles at the Richmond Park Showgrounds on Saturday. More >>
Coster bounces back for big Canterbury shears win
Saturday, 16 November 2013, 3:16 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
New Zealand representative shearer Tony Coster saved his best till last to claim his second national Corriedale championship by beating event favourite John Kirkpatrick at the Canterbury Show yesterday(Friday). More >>
Henare gets elusive Canterbury wool win
Friday, 15 November 2013, 12:11 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
World and Golden Shears woolhandling champion Joel Henare grabbed one of the few titles to have eluded him in his young career with a crushing victory in the Open final at the Canterbury Show in Christchurch yesterday. More >>
Alabaster eyes-up World Champs hopes again
Monday, 4 November 2013, 11:55 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Taihape woolhandler Sheree Alabaster took a confidence-boosting step towards a possible return to Shearing Sports New Zealand’s World Championships team by beating her leading rivals in the Open final at the Wairarapa A and P Show on Saturday. More >>
Aussies all at home in transtasman shears tests
Tuesday, 29 October 2013, 3:18 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The New Zealand shearing and woolhandling team has returned home after failing for the second year in a row to win either of its two transtasman tests in Australia. More >>
Mission man Cam gets Great Raihania title at last
Saturday, 26 October 2013, 3:03 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Man on a mission Cam Ferguson won the Hawke’s Bay Show’s Great Raihania Shears for the first time on Friday, completing a treble of wins at three shows in his home province. More >>
The old firm back for NZ transtasman shearing tests
Wednesday, 23 October 2013, 3:37 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Napier shearer John Kirkpatrick moves a step closer to a record-equalling 12th transtasman series test for New Zealand this weekend, reunited with a teammate from his first international 11 years ago. More >>
Coster wins as Open shearing returns to Ellesmere show
Monday, 21 October 2013, 1:11 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
New Zealand representative Tony Coster celebrated Open-class shearing’s return to the Ellesmere A and P Show in Canterbury on Saturday with his fourth win in the event. More >>
Early days but rankings history beckons for wool champ Ruki
Thursday, 10 October 2013, 3:19 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
It’s early days and there’s a lot of wool to pass across the table, but Invercargill woolhandler Amy Ruki could be facing a bit of shearing sports history in the wake of her breakthrough Open-class win at the New Zealand Merino Championships in Alexandra ... More >>
Morrell confirms return to Kiwi shearing team
Wednesday, 9 October 2013, 4:19 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Finewool shearing legend Dion Morrell has confirmed he will accept a place in the New Zealand shearing team for this summer’s Transtasman tests after a surprise but emotional comeback for second place at the New Zealand Merino championships. More >>
Shears season opens with Kiwi crack at Aussie merino maestro
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 2:36 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Shearers and woolhandlers from throughout New Zealand and Australia are gathering in the Central Otago town of Alexandra for the 52nd national Merino championships which kick-off a new Shearing Sports New Zealand season tomorrow(Friday). More >>
New shearing season set to start
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 4:18 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The new competition shearing and woolhandling season starts with the New Zealand Merino Championships this week in Alexandra, Central Otago. More >>
Fagan wears shear black singlet again
Saturday, 27 July 2013, 12:28 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Shearing icon David Fagan will wear the New Zealand singlet in a test match against Wales tonight, stretching his international career to more than 28 years. More >>
