Former World champions shearer Nathan Stratford and wool handler Joel Henare have won the two major titles at the first event of the new shearing sports season.
Thursday, 8 April 2021, 6:39 pm
New Zealand Shearing Contractors Association president
Mark Barrowcliffe may be the top boss in the industry but
also runs a gang of some of the top up-and-coming talent as
was shown at on the opening day of the New Zealand Shears in
Te Kuiti today.
Staff of the Piopio-based enterprise
claimed the first two titles of the three-day championships,
the Junior woolhandling final won by Rahera Kerr, 31, from
Hauturu, and the Senior final by Azuredee Paku, 36, from
Masterton.
Both from inter-generational shearing
families, they were unofficial pre-post favourites as the
top-performers in their grades during the season.
Woolhandling talent shines on first day of New Zealand Shears
9 Apr, 2021 12:00 AM
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The Country
Mark Barrowcliffe may be top boss in the shearing industry but he also runs a gang of some of the top up-and-coming talent as was evident on the opening day of the New Zealand Shears in Te Kuiti yesterday.
Staff of the Piopio-based New Zealand Shearing Contractors Association claimed the first two titles of the three-day championships, the junior woolhandling final won by Rahera Kerr, 31, from Hauturu, and the senior final by Azuredee Paku, 36, from Masterton.
Both from intergenerational shearing families, they were unofficial favourites as the top performers in their grades during the season.
Wednesday, 7 April 2021, 12:31 pm
Organisers of the New Zealand Shears are breathing a sigh
of relief as they bounce-back from the cancellation of last
year’s event to stage the 2021 championships starting in
Te Kuiti tomorrow(Thursday).
More than 200 shearers
and woolhandlers will compete in the three-day
championships, which 12 months ago became one of the early
casualties of the 2021 Covid-19 Level 4 lockdown –
called-off for the first time since the New Zealand
championships were resurrected initially as the new King
Country Shears in 1985.
While a Level 2 alert which
cancelled this year’s Golden Shears in Masterton at just
four days’ notice a month ago sent shivers up the spines
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