RESULTS from the NZ Shears shearing & woolhandling championships at Te Kuiti on Thursday-Saturday, March 30-April 1

Shearing:

Wools of New Zealand Series (20 sheep): New Zealand (Rowland Smith 16min 6.41sec, 57.171pts, 1; Leon Samuels 15min 39.77sec, 57.239pts) 114.41pts beat Wales Development Gethin Lewis 15min 40.65sec, 61.283pts; Dylan Jones 16min 20.47sec, 67.474pts) 128.757pts. New Zealand won the series 3-0.

New Zealand Shears Circuit final (5 merinos, 5 second-shear, 5 lambs): Paerata Abraham (Masterton) 15min 34.72sec, 61.469pts, 1; Hemi Braddick (Eketahuna) 16min 6.41sec, 61.588pts, 2; Nathan Stratford (Invercargill) 16min 50.18sec, 61.709pts, 3; Leon Samuels (Invercargill) 15min 24.17sec, 62.009pts, 4; Rowland Smith (Maraekakaho) 16min 34.53sec, 63.193pts, 5; Digger Balme (Otorohanga) 15min 26.48sec, 66.591pts, 6.

North Island Shearer of the Year final (20 sheep – 10 ewes, 10 lambs): Rowland Smith (Maraekakaho)

15min 67.37sec, 52.934pts, 1; Toa Henderson (Kaiwaka) 15min 11.65sec, 53.733pts, 2; Leon Samuels (Invercargill) 15min 51.25sec, 54.813pts, 3; John Kirkpatrick (Napier) 16min 13.27sec, 55.864pts, 4; Gavin Mutch (Scotland/Dannevirke) 15min 12.64sec, 56.082pts, 5; Nathan Stratford (Invercargill) 17min 42.2sec, 57.66pts, 6.

New Zealand Shears Open final (20 sheep): Leon Samuels (Invercargill) 15min 6.05sec, 52.153pts, 1; Toa Henderson (Kaiwaka) 15min 12.53sec, 53.427pts, 2; Rowland Smith (Maraekakaho) 13min 51.53sec, 53.977pts, 3; Nathan Stratford (Invercargill) 16min 43.37sec, 55.969pts, 4; Gavin Mutch (Scotland/Dannevirke) 15min 51.36sec, 57.168pts, 5; David Gordon (Masterton) 16min 13.77sec, 57.889pts, 6.

New Zealand Shears Open Plate (10 sheep): John Kirkpatrick (Napier) 9min 12.38sec, 33.419pts, 1; Jack Fagan (Te Kuiti) 8min 18.33sec, 34.717pts, 2; Dean Ball (Te Kuiti) 9min 10.84sec, 34.842pts, 3; Mark Grainger (Te Kuiti) 9min 3.43sec, 36.572pts, 4; Casey Bailey (Riverton) 9min 56.82sec, 38.141pts, 5; Digger Balme (Otorohanga) 8min 23.5sec, 40.875pts, 6.

Open challenger (10 sheep): Reuben Alabaster (Taihape) 9min 1.29sec, c, 36.065pts, 1; Chris Dickson (Masterton) 9min 36.22sec, 39.211pts, 2; Lionel Taumata (Gore) 10min 15.44sec, 39.372pts, 3; Paora Moananui (Eketahuna) 9min 39.62sec, 39.381pts, 4; Paraki Puna (Napier) 10min 9.39sec, 40.57pts, 5; Llion Jones (Wales) 10min 7.86sec, 40.693pts, 6.

New Zealand Shears Senior final (12 sheep): Clay Harris (Piopio) 12min 16.88sec, 43.928pts, 1; Adam Gordon (Masterton) 13min 4.72sec, 45.402pts, 2; Tama Nahona (Kaiwaka) 12min 1.61sec, 45.997pts, 3; Cory Barrowcliffe (Piopio) 13min 0.93sec, 46.797pts, 4; Te Ua Wilcox (Gisborne) 13min 48.16sec, 47.741pts, 5; Jayden Mainland (Wellsford) 12min 10.17sec, 48.509pts, 6.

New Zealand Shears Intermediate final(8 sheep): Bruce Grace (Wairoa) 10min 3.02sec, 39.151pts, 1; Sean Fagan (Te Kuiti) 9min 53.19sec, 39.91pts, 2; Charlie Summers (Naracoorte, South Australia) 11min 4.7sec, 42.11pts, 3; Hamuera Henderson (Kaiwaka) 9min 42.15sec, 43.483pts, 4; Sam Green (England) 9min 24.08sec, 45.204pts, 5; Matthew Smith (Otorohanga) 11min 17.78sec, 47.014pts, 6.

NewZealand Shears Junior final (5 sheep): Emma Martin (Gore) 8min 3.39sec, 30.37pts, 1; Coby Lambert (Raupunga) 7min 29.78sec, 33.289pts, 2; Cody Waihape (Gore) 9min 0.46sec, 35.023pts, 3; Daniel Rogers (Raetihi) 8min 58.21sec, 35.311pts, 4; Ryka Swann (Wairoa) 8min 20.31sec, 37.016pts, 5; Sam Parker (Raglan) 8min 2.52sec, 37.126pts, 6.

NewZealand Shears Novice final (2 sheep): Trent Alabaster (Taihape) 6min 17.22aec, 28.861pts, 2; Sam Fletcher (Mount Maunganui) 5min 27.57sec, 29.379pts, 2; Kaivah Cooper (Napier) 6 min 10.96sec, 30.548pts, 3; Malcolm Nahona (Kaiwaka) 8min 4.22sec, 34.711pts, 4; George Peacock (Dannevirke) 7min 4.13sec, 37.207pts, 5; Rebecca Dickson (Feilding) 8min 36.9sec, 41.845pts, 6.

New Zealand Shears Women’s final (6 sheep): Laura Bradley (Papatawa) 8min 39.86sec, 32.993pts, 1; Sarah Hewson (Blenheim) 8min 28.61sec, 33.098pts, 2; Emma Marton (Gore) 10min 34.05sec, 38.703pts, 3; Lydia Thomson (Rangiora) 11min 21.18sec, 44.226pts, 4; Cushla Abraham (Masterton) 10min 50,97sec, 44.549pts, 5; Peggysue Tohengaroa (Aria) 10min 34.44sec, 46.389pts, 6.

Whaanu Teams Relay (5 sheep): Sir David and Jack Fagan 4min 34.56sec, 23.528sec, 1; Nuki and Joseph Gordon (Masterton) 5min43.77sec, 26.389pts, 2; Mark and Cory Barrowcliffe 5min 28.23sec, 27.712pts, 3; Digger and Josh Balme 5min 38.23sec, 28.112pts, 4; David and Michael Buick 5min 58.82sec, 28.941pts, 5; Nail and Sean Fagan 5min 38.89sec, 31.545pts, 6.

Development Teams Challenge (2 sheep): Canterbury Marlborough Development (Emma Martin 2min 51.03sec, 12.552pts; Lydia Thomson 3min 45.41sec, 18.771pts; Robin Krause 4min 34.84sec, 21.742pts) 53.03pts, beat New Zealand Shears King Country (Coby Lambert 2min 38.67sec, 23.434pts; Cody Lambert 4min 31.55sec, 23.578pts; Devon Ball 5min 32.13sec, 26.607pts) 73.619pts.

Woolhandling:

New Zealand Shears Open final: Angela Stevens (Napier) 96.31pts, 1; Monica Potar (Milton) 98.69pts, 2; Chelsea Collier (Hamilton) 111.374pts, 3; Sue Turner (Aria) 115.31pts, 4; Hanatia Tipene (Te Kuiti) 123.12pts, 5.

NewZealand Shears Senior final: Cat Christey (King Country) 78.12pts, 1; Rahera Kerr (Hauturu) 80.37pts, 2; Vinniye Phillips (Taumarunui) 95.994pts, 3; Summer Pritchard (Pongaroa) 96.87pts, 4; Tira Ngarangione (Gisborne) 103.22pts, 5.

New Zealand Shears Junior final: Tre Ratana Sciascia (Taihape) 73.744pts, 1; Te Whetu Brown (Wairoa) 81.38pts, 2; Makayla Neil (Taumarunui) 90.144pts, 3; Chloe Henderson (Feilding) 112.5pts, 4; Kelly Barrett-Thom (Kawhia) 118.25pts. 5.

Shearing and woolhandling:

Inter-island shearing and woolhandling (six second-shear sheep): North Island (shearers Rowland Smith, Toa Henderson, Gavin Mutch; woolhandlers Sue Turner, Hanatia Tipene, Angela Stevens) 308.299pts beat South Island (shearers Leon Samuels, Nathan Stratford, Casey Bailey; woolhandlers Tamara Marshall, Chelsea Colier, Monica Potae) 333.429pts.

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