April 5, 2018
Jimmy flies to speedshears win
They call him Jimmy Superfly for good reason, as it turned out when Rangitikei shearer Jimmy Samuels won the New Zaland
Shearing and Woolhandling Championships Speedshear in Te Kuiti tonight.
Samuels, from Marton, was really flying as the only shearer to go under 20 seconds on the well-crutched and bellied
lambs as they passed across the board at the Waitomo Club at the end of the first day of the three-day championships,
being held otherwise next door at the Waito,o Cultural and Arts Centre.
He won with a best effort of 19.46sec, just over half-a-second quicker than runner-up and Southland shearer Brett
Roberts, of Mataura.
With $1000 to bank, on top of other successes including winning the New Zealand Rural Games Speedshear in Palmerston
North four week ago, Samuels said: “It’s always an honour to come up here amd shear at something I love so much.”
Results:
Open Speedshear: Jimmy Samuels (Marton) 19.46sec, 1; Brett Roberts (Mataura) 20.04sec, 2; Paerata Abraham (Masterton)
21.22sec, 3; Rowland Smith (Maraekakaho) 21.5sec, 4.
Senior Speedshear: Lionel Taumata (Taumarunui/Gore) 24.04sec, 1; Whakapunaki (Naki) Maraki (Flaxmere) 25.92sec, 2; Ricci
Stevens (Napier) 26.68sec, 3; Paul Swann (Wairoa) 27.84sec, 4.
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