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Drama For Sheep Shearing Record Attempt

Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 5:01 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

There's been drama in a King Country woolshed this afternoon with a powercut threatening the shearing ambitions of local Stacey Te Kuiti as he races towards a new World ewes record for eight hours. More >>

Shearer has record 600 Sheep in sight

Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 4:58 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Te Kuiti shearer Stacey Te Huia is eyeing the possibility of a new World eight-hour ewe-shearing record of around 600 after getting to the threequarter stage with 451 shorn, and no rejects. More >>

Shearer ahead of pace in record bid

Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 12:30 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Te Kuiti shearer Stacey Te Huia is eyeing the possibility of a new World eight-hour ewe-shearing record of around 600 after getting to the halfway stage with 298 shorn. More >>

It's wet outside, but fine in the woolshed

Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 10:47 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

It's raining outside the King Country woolshed where local shearer Stacey Te Huia is today attempting to break the World solo eight-hour strongwool ewe shearing record, but the gun is still confident. More >>

Shearer's plea: Rain, rain, go away...

Sunday, 19 December 2010, 4:21 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

On behalf of Shearing Sports New Zealand December 19, 2010 Shearer's plea: Rain, rain, go away... The pre-Christmas wet providing relief for some North Island farmers couldn't have come at a worse time for King Country shearer Stacey Te Huia as he ... More >>

Speedshear singlets auction adds to Pike River benefit

Friday, 17 December 2010, 8:49 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Two singlets from last weekend's Shearing Sports Charity Speedshear are set to well over $500 more to the Mayoral Fund for families of the Pike River mining tragedy victims as a result of bidding on on-line auction site Trademe. More >>

Speedy shear raises $12,000 for Pike River families

Sunday, 12 December 2010, 12:43 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

MEDIA RELEASE On behalf of Shearing Sports New Zealand December 12, 2010 Speedy shear raises $12,000 for Pike River families A speedshear and charity auction featuring many of the World's fastest shearers in Reefton last night (Saturday) raised more ... More >>

Shear stunner for Pike River mine families

Friday, 10 December 2010, 10:35 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

With 18 years behind her as a shepherd in the North of England and setting up a new life running a pub in New Zealand, Sarah Robinson should have been happy to have seen the back of her last sheep. More >>

World shearing champ lines up tally record bid

Thursday, 9 December 2010, 11:51 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Shearer of the moment Cam Ferguson has confirmed he will go for a place in woolshed history with a World tally record bid next month, less than six months after winning the ultimate competition goal, the World Championship. More >>

Speed shearers do their bit for Pike River families

Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 4:37 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Several of New Zealand's top shearers are paying the respect to their brothers from another of New Zealand's toughest occupations by staging a fundraising Speedshear in Reefton on Saturday night in support of the families of the Pike River mine disaster. More >>

Shearing record called off

Friday, 26 November 2010, 1:06 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Napier shearer Steve Stoney was down but not out after calling off his World shearing record today, less than a quarter into the nine hour day in which he hoped to shear more than 866 lambs. More >>

Shearing Record All Good to Go

Friday, 26 November 2010, 10:43 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Napier shearer Steve Stoney is all set for a pre-dawn start tomorrow (Friday) in his bid to become the oldest holder of the World solo nine-hour strongwool lambshearing record, after being given the thumbs-up by an Australasian panel of judges in a crucial ... More >>

I'm ready, says jockey-sized shearing record hopeful

Wednesday, 24 November 2010, 10:25 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Diminutive Napier shearer Steve Stoney says he's ready for his crack at shearing's ultimate record goal on Friday despite the enormity of a task of shearing almost 100 lambs every 60 minutes for nine hours, and being both the eldest and the smallest ... More >>

World shearing record bid

Tuesday, 16 November 2010, 11:09 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

MEDIA RELEASE On behalf of Shearing Sports New Zealand World shearing record bid in Hawke's Bay next week The first World shearing record of the season is set to take place next week when former three-stand record holder Steve Stoney tackles the ... More >>

Captain Kirky flies in for inter-island double

Monday, 15 November 2010, 10:25 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Hawke's Bay shearer John Kirkpatrick made the best of a busy weekend by winning two open championship finals just 24 hours apart in Christchurch and Waipukurau at the weekend. More >>

Kiwis steal the show in Aussie shears raid

Tuesday, 2 November 2010, 10:51 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Kiwi shearers and woolhandlers recovered some of the transtasman mana lost in the All Blacks’ defeat by the Wallabies at the weekend by all-but shutting Australians out of the serious money at a major show in southwest Victoria. Suited by the sheep ... More >>

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