An array of New Zealand full wool and lamb shearing titles will be at stake in the biggest weekend of shearing sports competition this summer. Six one-day.
The MetService forecasted the day to reach 26 degrees Celsius in Lumsden. Intermediate competitor Jimmy Napier has been shearing for three years, starting out in juniors, and said it was his mates that encouraged him to take part in competitive shearing.
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Shearer Troy Shirley, who took part in the 2021 Northern Southland shears, has come back into the shearing industry after a three-year hiatus. Napier also has a competitive nature in shearing shed anyway which helps him enjoy the sport. Troy Shirley had recently come back to the sport after a three-year hiatus and said it was financial reasons that got him back into the wool industry.