Friday, 5 March 2021, 3:38 pm
The national multibreeds shearing circuit finals, which
looked to have become a non-event this year amid the
cancellation of the Golden Shears in Masterton, will now be
held at the New Zealand Shears in Te Kuiti next
month.
The move was announced today by circuit
committee chairman Warren White, of Waimate, after agreement
was reached with Golden Shears representatives and the New
Zealand Shears which was able to consider the matter at its
regular meeting this week.
Shearing Sports New Zealand
chairman Sir David Fagan congratulated the circuit
organisers and Golden Shears and New Zealand Shears
organisers for agreeing and “making it happen.”
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Napier’s Angela Stevens in the thick of the action at the end of the Āpiti open woolhandling final on Saturday.
Southland shearers who loomed as the biggest hopes for a first South Island win in the Golden Shears open final in 32 years are returning home gutted after Covid-19 stripped them of the opportunity. The end of the dream came when the 61st Golden Shears, scheduled to start in Masterton on Thursday, were cancelled after Sunday’s Covid-19 alert level increase. Southland shearers Nathan Stratford, Leon Samuels and Brett Roberts underpinned their prospects by finishing first, third and fourth, respectively, in a six-man final over 20 sheep each at the Āpiti Show in Manawatū on Saturday.