Travelling Jack claims second
Rural Games speed shear title
All roads, or what
seemed to be just about all of them, were paved with gold
for Te Kuiti shearer Jack Fagan as he today became the first
to win two New Zealand Rural Games Speed Shear
titles.
Successfully defending the title he won last
year, it was Fagan’s second speed shear win in a rugged
travel schedule which took him on a flight from Hamilton to
Christchurch a 110km drive from Christchurch to the Mayfield
A and P Show, and the 142km from Mayfield to Sefton on
Saturday, and the next morning the drive from Sefton to
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
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Rural Games: Fastest shearers in the land, you bet!
12 Mar, 2021 01:30 AM
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Shearing takes another step forward with the TAB s punt on a speed shear at the Ford Ranger New Zealand Rural Games in Palmerston North this weekend.
The TAB will be taking bets from account holders on the winner of the New Zealand Speed Shearing Championships on Sunday – the last day of the three-day Rural Games in the Palmerston North square, Te Marae o Hine.
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The event will match 10 shearers, chosen for their commitment to both speed shear events and show competitions throughout the country, Shearing Sports New Zealand chairman and King Country shearing legend Sir David Fagan said.
Monday, 8 March 2021, 9:14 am
Te Marae o Hine Palmerston North’s Square will ring to
the sound of chainsaws and wood chopping, alongside many
other farm animal noises, from sheep and horses to miniature
ponies and working sheepdogs, for three days from
Friday.
The
Ford Ranger New Zealand Rural Games is back and this
time there is a heavy focus on youth to lift interest in the
booming rural economy and rural sports.
Rural Games
founder Steve Hollander said we’ve introduced several new
initiatives like the Westpac Agri Futures careers day and
expanded youth-related championships.
“We hope to
nurture the next generation of rural sporting athletes and
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.”