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An array of New Zealand full wool and lamb shearing titles will be at stake in the biggest weekend of shearing sports competition this summer. Six one-day...

An array of New Zealand fullwool and lambshearing titles will be at stake in the biggest weekend of shearing sports competition this summer. Six one-day shows – a tenth of all competitions on the Shearing Sports New Zealand calendar – will ...

The Wairoa A and P Shears in a woolshed northwest of Wairoa in 2020. With Cyclone Gabrielle having left long-lasting damage at the town's showgrounds, this year'd shearing championships are also being nheld in a farm woolshed, the third time the ...

Passion for shearing started early for young shepherd 18 Jan, 2021 12:00 AM 2 minutes to read Melissa Hamilton tightens her shearing hand piece before the start of the competition at the 39th Northern Southland Community Shears. Photo / Sandy Eggleston Melissa Hamilton tightens her shearing hand piece before the start of the competition at the 39th Northern Southland Community Shears. Photo / Sandy Eggleston Otago Daily Times By: Luisa Girao A fascination watching shearers as a child has drawn one young woman into having a go herself. Shepherd Melissa Hamilton took part in the 39th Northern S...

The MetService forecasted the day to reach 26 degrees Celsius in Lumsden. Intermediate competitor Jimmy Napier has been shearing for three years, starting out in juniors, and said it was his mates that encouraged him to take part in competitive shearing. Damian Rowe/Stuff Shearer Troy Shirley, who took part in the 2021 Northern Southland shears, has come back into the shearing industry after a three-year hiatus. Napier also has a competitive nature in shearing shed anyway which helps him enjoy the sport. Troy Shirley had recently come back to the sport after a three-year hiatus and said i...