Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 6:57 am
New
Zealand shearing representative Troy Pyper with partner
Ripeka Ferris after Pyper s at the Amuri Shears in North
Canterbury on Saturday. Photo / Elite Wool Industry
Training
Wet sheep proved to be a
winner for New Zealand representative Troy Pyper as he won
the Open final at the Amuri Shears as North Canterbury
started its bounce-back from the Covid-19 Level 2 close-out
on Saturday.
From Invercargill but now settled in
Cheviot, Pyper thought work in the woolshed would keep him
away from the shears at the Rotherham Showgrounds, which
were held amid the Level 2 restrictions and despite the
cancellation of the Amuri A and P Show, of which the
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Sunday, 10 January 2021, 6:09 am
The
Open shearing final lineup at the Peninsula Duvauchelle
Shears on Saturday. Photo /
Supplied
National 2019-2020 No
1-ranked Open shearer and New Zealand transtasman shearing
series team member Troy Pyper got his second win of the
current season in a close result at the Peninsula
Duvauchelle Shears yesterday(Saturday).
From
Southland, now based in North Canterbury and just back from
shearing in Hawke’s Bay, he won the the title at the
Duvauchelle A and P Show for a third time in a
row.
But there was just a 0.43 points margin from
runner-up Ant Frew, of Pleasant Point, in a 10-sheep Open