Four of New Zealand’s fastest shearers are making a flying trip to Australia, which could end up with one of them winning A$20,000 for barely a minute’s shearing on Saturday.
Jimmy Samuels, of Marton, Jack Fagan, of Te Kuiti, Paerata Abraham, of Masterton, and Floyd Neil, from Taumarunui - who also operates out of Boyup Brook in West Australia - will all be competing in the Oberon Quickshear, about 180km west of Sydney.
With around A$45,000 at stake - including the A$20,000 in the open final prize money - Oberon is known as the world’s richest quick shear.
Samuels, who is also a nationally-ranked darts player, is the defending champion, having won last year’s single-sheep final in 20.78 seconds.
It was his 60th win in quick shear or speed shear events.