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Shield Challenge At Ashburton Show
Friday, 27 October 2023, 11:40 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
A challenge for South Island shearing trophy the Colin King Shield will be held at the Ashburton A and P Show Shears on Saturday. The trophy is held by Southland, and competition organisers say a challenge has been lodged by the South Island shearing ... More >>
A Home Show Winner At Rangiora Shears
Sunday, 22 October 2023, 6:14 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
North Canterbury shearer Hugh De Lacy scored his first win of the season in a four-man Open final on Saturday at the Northern A and P Show in Rangiora. De Lacy was runner-up at his home show last year after winning at Ellesmere a week earlier, in a season ... More >>
Emotionals Win For Mum At Great Raihania Shears
Sunday, 22 October 2023, 8:26 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Manawatu mum Ngaira Puha started the bounce-back from the tragedy of losing a child when she won the Open woolhandling final at the Hawke’s Bay A and P Show’s Great Raihania Shears yesterday(Friday). Puha, a 27-year-old mum-of-two from Kimbolton, ... More >>
Transtasman Shearing Sports Tests
Sunday, 22 October 2023, 7:00 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The Shearing Sports New Zealand team in Australia for the transtasman shearing and woolhandling tests at Jamestown, S.A., on Saturday, from left: Angus Moore (machines), Cushla Abraham (woolhandling), Allen Gemmell (blades), Mark Barrowcliffe (manager ... More >>
The Ranfurly Shield Of Shearing: Where Are The Challengers?
Wednesday, 18 October 2023, 10:20 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
It’s a case of have shield will travel for Southland as it seeks to defend the Colin King Shield on an almost anytime-any place basis as it looks for suitable challengers. The Shield was put in place two years ago as a South Island equivalent of rugby’s ... More >>
Just Warming-up, Fagan Getrs A Win At Gisborne
Sunday, 15 October 2023, 7:32 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Te Kuiti shearer Jack Fagan sent out another warning that he is out for some big pickings on the Shearing Sports New Zealand circuit this summer when he won the Gisborne Shearing and Woolhandling Championships Open shearing final at the Poverty Bay A ... More >>
Southland Gun Samuels Makes It A Double
Sunday, 8 October 2023, 6:57 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Southland shearer and New Zealand representative Leon Samuels completed a double of the traditional first two titles of the Shearing Sports season when he reclaimed the Waimate Spring Shearing Championships Open shearing title in Waimate on Saturday. ... More >>
Top Line-up For Waimate Shears Today And Tomorrow
Friday, 6 October 2023, 7:16 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Most the seven members of the new New Zealand transtasman shearing and woolhandling team are expected to be in action at the Waimate Spring Shears today and tomorrow. Selection of the team was completed last weekend when the Shearing Sports New Zealand ... More >>
Finewool Challenge Starts Shearing Sports Season
Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 10:46 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
An attempt to stop Australia claiming New Zealand’s top finewool shearing title and the selection of a shearer and woolhandler for next month’s transtasman tests will be features of the New Zealand Merino Shears in Alexandra on Friday and Saturday. ... More >>
New Shearing Record Holder Has Been Stacking Up The Numbers Since The Age Iof Seven
Tuesday, 19 September 2023, 12:40 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Australian shearer Ethan Harder has set the pace for a new World records season by adding 20 to a merino lambs record set less than a year ago. From Bruce rock in inland West Australia,Harder put together the experience of more than a decade of ... More >>
National Shearing Circuit - A "cool" Competition To Be In
Friday, 1 September 2023, 10:36 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Entries are now open for the 2023-2024 PGG Wrightson Vetmed National Shearing Circuit. The series incorporates the McSkimming Memorial Triple Crown which was first presented after a three-round series in 1972-1973, starting at the New Zealand Merino Shearing ... More >>
New Zealand Shearers Shape-up For Big Match At Royal Welsh Show
Tuesday, 25 July 2023, 10:17 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The Wools of New Zealand Shearing Sports New Zealand team is closing in on the last stages of its 2023 UK tour with hopes of scoring its first win in the last two tests against Wales. Brothers-in-law Paerata Abraham and David Gordon, of Masterton, were ... More >>
Women In Four Shearing Record Bids
Wednesday, 19 July 2023, 4:09 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Champion King Country shearer Catherine Mullooly is turning her focus to a challenge for a World Record. According to an application received by the World Sheep Shearing Records Society, Mullooly is targeting the solo women’s eight-hours strongwool ... More >>
A Kiwi Family Affair At Lochearnhead Shears
Monday, 3 July 2023, 4:04 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
A small loch-side village became not only a test-match venue but also a Wairarapa of the north as the Wools of New Zealand Shearing Sports New Zealand team and supporters invaded the Lochearnhead Shears in Scotland on Saturday. While it didn’t bring ... More >>
New Zealand Misses Out On Shears Champs Silverware
Monday, 26 June 2023, 5:50 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
History has been made at the Golden Shears World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships in Scotland with New Zealand failing to win a single title for the first time in the 19 events since the first championships in 1977. In a day of stunning reversals, ... More >>
A New Zealand Resident From Germany Flies The Flag For Downunder
Friday, 23 June 2023, 10:58 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
South Island-based German shearer Robin Krause got her four days at the 2023 golden shears World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships off to a good start with a first-day finals placing in the Royal Highland Show Junior Championship today. ... More >>
Shears Excitement As World Champs Start In Scotland
Thursday, 22 June 2023, 5:08 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
At least 18 New Zealand competitors will be in action in open-entry events kicking-off the four-day 2023 Golden Shears World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships starting today at the Royal Highland Show in Scotland. Taking part in the show’s annual ... More >>
World Shears Champs In Masterton In 2026
Thursday, 22 June 2023, 10:30 am | Shearing Sports New Zealand
New Zealand will hold the 20th Golden Shears World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships at the home of Golden Shears in Masterton in 2026. Confirmation came at the Golden Shears World Council meeting in Edinburgh on the eve of the 2023 championships at ... More >>
New Zealand To Defend Proud Record At World Shears Champs
Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 12:04 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The Wools of New New Zealand Shearing Sports New Zealand team will be defending a proud Golden Shears World Shearing and Woolhandling record when this year’s championships take place at the Royal Highland Show in Scotland this week. There are 29 countries ... More >>
Of Course Shearing Is A Sport!
Tuesday, 20 June 2023, 4:44 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The 2023 Golden Shears World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships in Scotland this week seem certain to reignite a regular debate about whether shearing and woolhandling competition should be an Olympic Games sport. But it’s an open question for Wools ... More >>
