Pictured
in Rathkeale’s moment of victory were (from left) Shearing
Sports New Zealand chairman and shearing legend Sir David
Fagan, shearers Charlie Heard, Michael Buick, Sam Mathewson,
and Sam Loder, woolhandler Liam Quirke, and 2014 World
champion and seven-times Golden Shears Open winniner Rowland
Smith. Photo / NZ Rural
Games
Rathkeale College claims
schools shearing title
Wairarapa boys school Rathkeale
College has been rewarded for a possible World-first by
winning the first New Zealand Rural Games Secondary Schools
Shearing Championship in Palmerston North.
The school
north of Masterton, the heart of Golden Shears country,
recently made shearing one of the core sports of its
Press Release – Shearing Sports New Zealand Pictured in Rathkeales moment of victory were (from left) Shearing Sports New Zealand chairman and shearing legend Sir David Fagan, shearers Charlie Heard, Michael Buick, Sam Mathewson, and Sam Loder, woolhandler Liam Quirke, and 2014 World champion …
Pictured in Rathkeale’s moment of victory were (from left) Shearing Sports New Zealand chairman and shearing legend Sir David Fagan, shearers Charlie Heard, Michael Buick, Sam Mathewson, and Sam Loder, woolhandler Liam Quirke, and 2014 World champion and seven-times Golden Shears Open winniner Rowland Smith. Photo / NZ Rural Games
Rathkeale College claims schools shearing title
Wairarapa boys school Rathkeale College has been rewarded for a possible World-first by winning the first New Zealand Rural Games Secondary Schools Shearing Championship in Palmerston North.
New shearing championship to focus on rookies
22 Feb, 2021 03:00 AM
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Teenagers will get to show their shearing prowess at the inaugural Secondary School Championship on Saturday, March 13.
It will be the first time a shearing competition for secondary schools has been held in New Zealand.
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New Zealand s most decorated sheep shearer, Sir David Fagan, welcomed the championship.
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Top shearers from Napier Boys High School, Whanganui Collegiate, Palmerston North Boys High School, New Plymouth Boys High School, Feilding High School and Rathkeale College will compete.
Rathkeale College tops East Coast Junior Young Farmer of the Year
15 Feb, 2021 09:15 PM
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East Coast FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year 2021 winners, Alex Wyeth (left) and Jono Harris. Photo / Supplied
East Coast FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year 2021 winners, Alex Wyeth (left) and Jono Harris. Photo / Supplied
The Country
A duo from Rathkeale College have taken out the title for 2021 East Coast FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year, after competing for four years in a row.
Year 12 students Jono Harris, 16, and Alex Wyeth, 16, topped the points table for the regional competition.
Meanwhile the Crazy Chickens from Ruahine School won the AgriKids competition.