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Shearing Sports New Zealand - Latest News [Page 50]

Kiwis locked out again in Lochearnhead

Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 3:24 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

The New Zealand shearing team of Rowland Smith and Tony Coster has failed to break a Lochearnhead Shears jinx by being beaten by Scotland in the first of eight test matches on the 2013 Elders Primary Wool UK Tour. More >>

Kiwi shearers set for tough UK tour

Tuesday, 25 June 2013, 1:24 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

New Zealand shearers Rowland Smith and Tony Coster face an uphill battle to score a rare Lochearnhead Shears test win over Scotland as the 2013 Elders Primary UK tour starts this weekend. More >>

Shearing stalwart Hugh McCarroll awarded MNZM

Monday, 3 June 2013, 10:24 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Shearing Sports New Zealand congratulates life member Hugh McCarroll on being made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours announced today (June 3). More >>

Shearing Photos: Rowland Smith and Hana Tipene

Monday, 8 April 2013, 11:25 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

MEDIA RELEASE On behalf of Shearing Sports New Zealand April 7, 2013 Shearing Photos caption rowland smith Hastings shearer Rowland Smith, jubilant after winninhg hgis second New Zealand Shearing Championships Open final in Te Kuiti on Saturday night ... More >>

Smith even hotter as TAB takes record shears punt

Saturday, 6 April 2013, 1:02 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

The TAB has accepted its biggest ever shearing sports punt with a $10,000 wager on Hastings shearer Rowland Smith to win his second New Zealand Open title in Te Kuiti today. More >>

Shear speed triumph for Fagan

Friday, 5 April 2013, 9:17 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Veteran shearer David Fagan threw down the gauntlet to his rivals on the first night of the 29th New Zealand Shearing Championships when he won the competition’s annual Speedshear in Te Kuiti last night. More >>

Smith’s a hotty as shears climax looms

Thursday, 4 April 2013, 12:54 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

New Golden Shears champion Rowland Smith has become possibly the hottest favourite in more than 10 years of TAB betting on shearing sports as the season climaxes with the 29 New Zealand championships which started in Te Kuiti today. More >>

Kirkpatrick keeps Bowen Trophy top-rank despite Smith

Thursday, 4 April 2013, 11:46 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Kirkpatrick keeps Bowen Trophy top-rank despite Smith challenge Te Kuiti’s 29th New Zealand Shearing Championships have opened with all but two of seven Shearing Sports New Zealand rankings winners for the season clearly decided before competition ... More >>

Weekend South Island Shearing Competitions

Monday, 11 March 2013, 2:27 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Attempts to keep woolhandling competition alive at the Cheviot A and P Show in North Canterbury on Saturday opened the door to a rare double for Masterton’s Pagan Rimene. More >>

New Golden Shears Champ Gifts Prize To Cancer Research

Monday, 4 March 2013, 11:06 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Hastings shearer Rowland Smith realised a dream of ages when he won the Golden Shears Open final on Saturday night, and then donated his $3000 prize to cancer research and awareness. More >>

Kirkpatrick targets Golden Shears double

Saturday, 2 March 2013, 2:13 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Golden Shears Open champion John Kirkpatrick has roared into contention for a major double as the 53rd championships end in Masterton today. More >>

Sevens star shears the glory

Saturday, 2 March 2013, 2:11 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

New Sevens rugby star Sarah Goss has returned to the shearing board to beat some of the best female shearers in an invitation charity event at the 53rd Golden Shears in Masterton. More >>

True battler as Kumeroa qualified for semi-finals

Saturday, 2 March 2013, 2:07 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

The drama has started to unfold on the last day of the 53rd Golden Shears in Masterton, highlighted by the progress of cancer-stricken Joanne Kumeroa in qualifying for a semi-final a chance still to win the Open woolhandling title for a seventh time. More >>

Guns Keep Blazing As Golden Shears Shootout Begins

Friday, 1 March 2013, 4:42 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

All of the top guns have made it safely through the first round heats of the 53rd Golden Shears Open championship heading for tonight’s quarterfinal Top 30 Shootout. More >>

TAB Slashes Woolhandling Odds After Golden Shears Heats

Friday, 1 March 2013, 3:05 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

The TAB today wasted no time slashing the odds on woolhandling guru Huia Whyte-Puna to win her second Golden Shears Open title after she was top qualifier from the heats to tomorrow’s quarterfinals in Masterton. More >>

orld Champion Woolhandler Reveals Fight Against Cancer

Friday, 1 March 2013, 2:03 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Record-breaking defending Golden Shears woolhandling champion Joanne Kumeroa knows even the slightest effort can be quite devastating as she battles a chronic cancer, but it’s not stopping her from doing her bit to save others. More >>

Semi Final And Finals Qualifiers From The First Day

Friday, 1 March 2013, 10:27 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Semi Final And Finals Qualifiers From The First Day Of The 53rd Golden Shears In Masterton Today: More >>

Gisborne pair win first titles at Golden Shears

Thursday, 28 February 2013, 7:03 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Gisborne may have lost its railway, but the shearing industry in the area is right on track judging by the efforts of two teenagers who won the first two events decided on the first day of the 53rd Golden Shears in Masterton today. The pair are 19-year-old ... More >>

Rare All-Male Treble In Pre-Shears Wool Shakedown

Thursday, 28 February 2013, 11:42 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Male woolhandlers scored a rare treble in taking all three titles at the Pre-Shears Championships yesterday(Wednesday) on the eve of the start of the Golden Shears in Masterton. More >>

TAB forecasts tight woolhandling contest at Golden Shears

Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 1:49 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

The TAB is forecasting a tight contest for the Golden Shears Open woolhandling title this week, with three competitors who have never won the title vying closely with reigning champion and six-times winner Joanne Kumeroa and at least three other former ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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