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Leon Samuels, of Invercargill, on his way to winning the New Zealand Shears circuit final in Te Kuiti on Saturday night. Earlier in the day, Samuels won the National All-Breeds Circuit final.
Invercargill shearer Leon Samuels is still buzzing after leading what s been dubbed a “southern blast” by organisers of the New Zealand Shears shearing and woolhandling championships. Samuels won the New Zealand Shears Circuit final before taking the New Zealand Shears Open Plate title, and leading the South Island team to their first inter-island win on northern soil in 13 years. “Words can’t explain what I’m feeling,” he said on Sunday after arriving back in Invercargill from the national competition held in Te Kuiti at the weekend.
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NZ Shearing Champs Day Two: Sean Fagan wins novice final
9 Apr, 2021 04:30 AM
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New NZ Shears novice champion Sean Fagan (left), with his grandfather John and father Neil. Photo / SSNZ
New NZ Shears novice champion Sean Fagan (left), with his grandfather John and father Neil. Photo / SSNZ
The Country
Shearing sports has saluted the emergence of the next generation of Fagan champions.
Sean Fagan (16) won the novice shearing final on the second day of the New Zealand Shears in hometown Te Kuiti today.
On hand to witness the achievement in the Les Munro Centre was Sean s grandfather John Fagan who won the Shears first open final in 1985, when it was known as the King Country Shears. This was a year after John won the Golden Shears Open final in Masterton.
Friday, 9 April 2021, 3:57 pm
New
New Zealand Shears Novice champion Sean Fagan (left),
grandfather and inaugural 198 championships Open final
winner John Fagan (centre), and Sean s dad, John s son Neil.
Photo / SSNZ
The shearing sports
have saluted the emergence of the next generation of Fagan
champions with a win by 16-year-old Sean Fagan in the Novice
shearing final on the second day of the New Zealand Shears
in hometown Te Kuiti today.
On hand to witness the
achievement in Te Kuiti’s Les Munro Centre was grandfather
John Fagan who won the shears’ first Open final when the
event was established as the King Country Shears in 1985, a