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Shearing Sports New Zealand - Latest News [Page 59]

Kiwis primed for wool board tests in Aussie raid

Thursday, 14 October 2010, 9:44 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

New Zealand’s biggest-ever shearing and woolhandling team has crossed the Tasman determined to claim the first away test-match cleansweep over Australia in eight years in a remote corner of New South Wales on Saturday. A unique representation ... More >>

Fagan fires-up with win No 604

Monday, 11 October 2010, 9:12 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

New Zealand shearing icon David Fagan has the pundits guessing again after annihilating the best of the rest in Waimate on Saturday for his 604th win in 29 years of Open-class shearing competition around the World. More >>

Woolshed break no worry for tough mum Taiwha

Monday, 4 October 2010, 9:29 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

A five-year-break from the woolsheds has done nothing to take the shine off Invercargill mother-of-three Taiwha Nelson who won her third New Zealand Merino Championships open woolhandling title in Alexandra on Saturday. More >>

Rare Aussie win in NZ merino champs

Monday, 4 October 2010, 9:27 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

An Australian shearer with his back supported by a sling has upset the Kiwi guns to win the first title of the New Zealand shearing season. More >>

Rare Aussie Win In NZ Merino Champs

Sunday, 3 October 2010, 2:02 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

An Australian shearer has upset the Kiwi guns to win the 1st title of the NZ shearing season. But there was still some Kiwi success, with hometown girl Tawhai Nelson scoring the biggest triumph of her career by winning the Open woolhandling title. More >>

Big shearing stars, small towns

Saturday, 25 September 2010, 11:48 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Many of New Zealand's smallest communities will host some of the country's most successful sports stars as a season comprising 60 shearing sports competitions throughout New Zealand starts next week. More >>

Kiwis crush Welsh in shears tour swansong

Monday, 26 July 2010, 3:55 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

The New Zealand shearing and woolhandling team has ended its World Championships tour in the UK with a cleansweep of the six major events at the Corwen Shears in North East Wales during the weekend. Going straight from their success in winning ... More >>

Kiwi Young Guns Miss-Out On Shears Finale

Saturday, 24 July 2010, 12:00 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

The black singlet slipped quietly out of the limelight on the last day of the Royal Welsh Show as two of the supporting events to the World shearing and woolhandling championships were left to the locals. More >>

Gemmell is best-placed to challenge African might

Wednesday, 21 July 2010, 9:14 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

MEDIA RELEASE   On behalf of Shearing Sports New Zealand   July 20, 1am NZT   Canterbury blades shearer Allen Gemmell is best-placed to challenge the African might in the ancient wool craft at the Golden Shears World Championships in Wales ... More >>

Fagan Takes Out Shearing Title

Tuesday, 20 July 2010, 12:23 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Champion King Country shearer David Fagan may have cramped his already tight World Championships odds with the New Zealand TAB even tighter when he won the Royal Welsh Show's All Nations final earlier today (NZT). More >>

Fagan Hammers The Welsh

Saturday, 17 July 2010, 11:37 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Kiwi shearing legend David Fagan unleashed one of his best performances in more than 20 seasons of shearing in Wales when he hammered the locals to win again today on the road to next week’s World Championships at the Royal Welsh Show. More >>

Fagan scores magical 600th win

Thursday, 15 July 2010, 12:26 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

MEDIA RELEASE   On behalf of Shearing Sports New Zealand   July 14, 2010   Fagan scores magical 600th win   Kiwi shearing icon David Fagan cemented favouritism for next week's World Championships when he won the Great Yorkshire open final today - ... More >>

NZ shearers on top in World shears warm-up

Monday, 12 July 2010, 12:30 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

New Zealand shearers have cleaned-up in a major World Championships buildup in England with one blemish - the two Kiwi team members in the main event were beaten by another Kiwi. More >>

14th Golden Shears World Championships, July 2010

Sunday, 11 July 2010, 10:37 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

The 14th Golden Shears World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships will be held during the Royal Welsh Show, at Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, on July 19-22, with shearing sports competition on all four days, including the annual Royal Welsh Championships More >>

Kiwis pipped by Scots hopes in shearing test

Tuesday, 29 June 2010, 11:43 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

A mere eight-hundredths of a point has separated New Zealand from Scotland in the first test of the Kiwi shearing team's World Championships tour of the UK. More >>

Golden Shears Champion Claims First UK Win

Sunday, 13 June 2010, 2:12 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Golden Shears shearing champion Cam Ferguson has launched his preparations for next month’s World Championships in Wales by winning a major title in England. More >>

That Man Fagan Wins And Faces The Dream

Sunday, 11 April 2010, 12:34 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

Veteran shearing champion David Fagan has landed possibly the ultimate long-service award but possibly also one of his greatest challenges after winning his 17th New Zealand Championships open title in home-town Te Kuiti on Saturday night. More >>

Results of the 26th New Zealand Shears

Sunday, 11 April 2010, 11:43 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand

International (15 lambs): New Zealand 84.62pts (John Kirkpatrick 10min 42.76sec, 41.471pts; James Fagan 10min 44.36sec, 43.151pts) beat Wales 93.011pts (Gareth Daniel 10min 51.01sec, 45.217pts; Gareth Evans 11min 6.54sec, 47.794pts). More >>

Fagan's Long Time Between Drinks: Yeah right!

Saturday, 10 April 2010, 12:32 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

It may have been a long time between drinks but the warnings were out that it wouldn't be long before the next as shearing icon David Fagan won his 17th North Island Shearer of the Year final at the New Zealand Shearing Championships in Te Kuiti last night ... More >>

Shear battle looms at NZ champs

Friday, 9 April 2010, 5:18 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand

The competition shearing season has been guaranteed a fever-pitch end in Te Kuiti with all of the top hopes making it safely through the Open championaship heats today. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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