Rangitikei Shearing Sports treasurer Angela Coleman was on the money at the group's annual competition in Marton at the weekend winning the inaugural Phill Hourigan Memorial Trophy.
The new trophy was named in honour of former longtime president, competitor and Turakina shearing contractor, the late Phill Hourigan who sadly passed away at the relatively young age of 52 last year.
Donated by Rangitikei businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist John Turkington and his wife Angela, the Phill Hourigan Trophy recognises "outstanding commitment to the local shearing community".
It was fitting that Coleman won the inaugural trophy given her ancestry and work ethic that matched that of the trophy's namesake Phill Hourigan who was regarded a true workhorse within the shearing industry before his untimely death.
Coleman is the daughter of Peter Coleman, a longtime shearer who along with Mangamahu farmer Jim Norris, set up the first ever Rangitikei Shearing Sports event in 1963.