Hopes of brotherly face-off at shearing world champs dashed
How the prospect of a two-brother head to head for two countries just disappeared.
How the prospect of a two-brother head to head for two countries just disappeared.
NZ team failed to win a single title for the first time since the first champs in 1977.
South Island-based German shearer Robin Krause gets finals placing in junior championship.
Shearing and woolhandling action kicks off at the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh soon.
The event is expected to be held over four days on March 4-7, 2026.
Kiwi team in Scotland for the Golden Shears World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships.
The championships invariably spark debate over whether sheep shearing is a sport.
It's the Hawke's Bay gun's second win in the UK in a week.
Rowland Smith and Leon Samuels came first and third in Royal Cornwall Show open final.
Hawke's Bay won three of the major titles at the New Zealand Shears.
Rowland Smith is the favourite to win the Open shearing title.
Dane Phillips, 31, has revived his golden shearer heydays during an open final recently.
The eight-hour tally of 601 lambs was 91 better than the previous record.
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The best of youth shearing in New Zealand. Video / Supplied
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Allan Paterson saved the event from being cancelled by hosting it on his farm.
The championships were to have been held on March 3-5, 2022.
A shortage of shearers and shed hands could cost farmers this summer.
NZ shearers can now travel over for Australian farmers' busy spring season.
King reckons politics could do with some of the passion and camaraderie of shearing.
The Waimarino shears have incorporated te reo Māori as part of their event.
The 24-year-old Gore shearer began her attempt early Thursday morning.
Christopher Tredinnick struck the lamb when shearing comb broke while he was shearing it.
Six year old Sid Strachan has been interested in shearing from an even younger age.
The French women's development squad are essentially ladies in waiting for the main team.
Second fire evacuation for former Golden Shears and world champ.
Otiwhiti Station is an iconic Rangitikei farm steeped in history.