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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 >>
Top six Golden Shears poser
Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 11:26 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The TAB has responded to public demand by agreeing to take bets on who will qualify for the Golden Shears Open shearing final in Masterton on Saturday. More >>
World Champions Chase First Golden Shears Woolhandling Title
Tuesday, 26 February 2013, 2:38 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Three World champions will be out to win their first Golden Shears Open woolhandling titles against record-holding six-times winner and defending champion Joanne Kumeroa in Masterton this week. More >>
No Share For Welsh As Kiwis Complete Shears Tests Whitewash
Tuesday, 26 February 2013, 10:50 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Wales has been left still to claim a shearing test win over New Zealand in New Zealand after losing the final test of the teams’ Elders Primary Shearing Series at the weekend. More >>
Great Scot Shears Into NZ National Circuit Showdown
Tuesday, 26 February 2013, 10:48 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
World champion Taranaki-based Scottish shearer Gavin Mutch has leapt into PGG Wrightson National Cicuit contention with an 11th hour qualifying performance at the weekend. More >>
