Shearing Sports New Zealand - Latest News [Page 50]
Welsh triumphant in historic win over NZ shearers
Friday, 26 July 2013, 3:16 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
New Zealand has lost a shearing test series in Wales for the first time in a decade of annual tours in the Northern Hemisphere. The latest defeat came at this week’s Royal Welsh Show, taking Wales to a 3-0 lead and hoping to complete a series whitewash ... More >>
Kiwi shearers face the odds in Wales
Monday, 22 July 2013, 1:01 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
New Zealand shearers Rowland Smith and Tony Coster are faced with bouncing back from two losses to Wales as they try to square the ledger at the end of the 2013 Elders Primary Wool UK tour this week. More >>
Father and son Fagans in shears final for first time
Friday, 12 July 2013, 4:06 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
One of England’s biggest agricultural events has again featured in a Fagan shearing family dream come true with father and son David and Jack Fagan both reaching the Open final at the Great Yorkshire Show. More >>
Kiwi shearers back to winning form for England test
Sunday, 7 July 2013, 12:08 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
New Zealand shearers have again mastered the best of the Northern Hemisphere by winning a test and the major individual title in the second competition of their 2013 Elders Primary Wool UK Tour. More >>
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 >>
