Shearer Rowland Smith shines on Wairoa's day in the sun
17 Jan, 2021 03:30 AM
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Rowland Smith completes 20 sheep in 16min 28sec, despite breaking a handpiece comb during Saturday's Wairoa A and P Open shearing final. Photo / Doug Laing
Rowland Smith completes 20 sheep in 16min 28sec, despite breaking a handpiece comb during Saturday's Wairoa A and P Open shearing final. Photo / Doug Laing
Hawkes Bay Today
A shearing final win after breaking a hand piece comb tooth and replacing the hand piece provided a world class highlight at the Wairoa A and P show.
Few noticed Hawke's Bay gun and 2014 world champion Rowland Smith's blip at the show on Saturday, but one who did was Napier shearing contractor Wiki Staples who despite a lifetime in the industry was still amazed.