Results of the 26th New Zealand Shears

Results of the 26th New Zealand Shears at Te Kuiti on April 8-10, 2010:

International (15 lambs): New Zealand 84.62pts (John Kirkpatrick 10min 42.76sec, 41.471pts; James Fagan 10min 44.36sec, 43.151pts) beat Wales 93.011pts (Gareth Daniel 10min 51.01sec, 45.217pts; Gareth Evans 11min 6.54sec, 47.794pts).

Transtasman (4 merinos, 4 second-shear ewes): Warrnambool 200.582pts (Jason Wingfield 11min 10.53sec, 64.401pts; John Hand 14min 8.87sec, 67.319pts; Rocky Wegner 15min 52.24sec, 68.862pts) beat NZ Shears Te Kuiti 213.26pts (Paul Avery 11min 27.61sec, 68.005pts; Aaron Haynes 15min 48.61sec, 68.805pts; Dean Ball 13min 48.99sec, 68.862pts).

Inter-Island Teams Challenge: North Island (shearers John Kirkpatrick, Dean Ball, Paul Avery; woolhandlers Sheree Alabaster, Monica Potae, Hanatia Tipene) 208.757pts, beat South Island (shearers Nathan Stratford, Ryan Miller, Darin Forde; woolhandlers Bernadette Forde, Joel Henare, Joanne Kumeroa) 241.615pts.

North Island Shearer of the Year Final (20 sheep -10 ewes and 10 lambs): David Fagan (Te Kuiti) 15min 19.89sec, 56.394pts, 1; Cam Ferguson (Waipawa) 15min 38.23sec, 57.312pts, 2; John Kirkpatrick (Napier) 15min 49.71sec, 57.636pts, 3; James Fagan (Te Kuiti) 15min 30.98sec, 58.999pts, 4; Dean Ball (Te Kuiti) 16min 11.3sec, 59.815pts, 5; Digger Balme (Te Kuiti) 15min 1.49sec, 60.624pts, 6.

New Zealand Shears Circuit final (15 sheep – five merinos, five ewes, five lambs): Jerome McCrea (Whanganui) 17min 43.57sec, 69.044pts, 1; James Fagan (Te Kuiti) 17min 5.51sec, 69.876pts, 2; Paul Avery (Stratford): 17min 36.87sec, 70.777pts, 3; Dion King (Napier) 17min 8.26sec, 72.813pts, 4; Nathan Stratford (Invercargill) 18min 57.5sec, 73.075pts, 5; John Kirkpatrick (Napier) 18min 28.45sec, 79.089pts, 6.

NZ Championships:

Open semi-finals (10 sheep, top six shearers to final): Paul Avery (Stratford) 8min 4.82sec, 32.141pts, 1; Dion King (Napier) 8min 20.86sec, 32.543pts, 2; Rowland Smith (Ruawai) 8min 36.96sec, 32.748pts, 3; David Fagan (Te Kuiti) 8min 23.83sec, 33.192pts, 4; Nathan Stratford (Invercargill) 9min 3.92sec, 33.696pts, 5; Cam Ferguson (Waipawa) 8min 8.72sec, 33.736pts, 6; Digger Balme (Te Kuiti) 8min 23.72sec, 34.1186pts; James Fagan (Te Kuiti) 8min 33.05sec, 34.352pts, 8; John Kirkpatrick (Napier) 8min 22.07sec, 34.604pts, 9; Jerome McCrea (Whanganui) 8min 44.97sec, 35.452pts, 11; Ian Kirkpatrick Jnr (Gisborne) 8min 20.81sec, 45.84pts, 12.

Open final (20 sheep): David Fagan (Te Kuiti) 14min 52.75sec, 55.888pts, 1; Rowland Smith (Ruawai) 15min 40.15sec, 56.158pts, 2; Paul Avery (Stratford) 15min 5.22sec, 56.461pts, 3; Cam Ferguson (Waipawa) 14min 56.76sec, 56.788pts, 4; Nathan Stratford (Invercargill) 16min 32.06sec, 58.503pts, 5; Dion King (Napier) 15min 15.99sec, 58.95pts, 6.

Open Plate Speedshear (two lambs): Gavin Mutch (Scotland) 1min 9.97sec, 9.998pts, 1; John Kirkpatrick (Napier) 1min 18.59sec, 13.43pts, 2; Jerome McCrea (Whanganui) 1min 23.26sec, 16.163pts, 3.

Open Challenger (10 sheep): Sam Welch (Waikaretu) 9min 44.02sec, 39.801pts, 1; Phil Wedd (Napier) 10min 9.5sec, 40.575pts, 2; Murray Henderson (Feilding) 10min 21.75sec, 41.688pts, 3; Kelvin Walker (Pio Pio) 9min 55.17sec, 41.758pts, 4; Clint Bellamy (Stratford) 9min 38.42sec, 42.321pts, 5; Neil Fagan (Te Kuiti) 10min 47.46sec, 43.873pts, 6.

Senior final (12 sheep): Davy Garland (Feilding) 11min 39.14sec, 45.123pts, 1; Aaron Haynes (Feilding) 11min 53.42sec, 45.671pts, 2; Tama Niania (Gisborne) 12min 0.73sec, 45.702pts, 3;

Matene Mason (Masterton) 12min 37.42sec, 49.787pts, 4; Mark Buick (Masterton) 12min 25.28sec, 50.347pts, 5; Robbie Mainland (Invercargill) 13min 28.5sec, 51.008pts, 6.

Intermediate final (8 sheep): Tysson Hema (Waipukurau) 11min 42.44sec, 43.122pts, 1; Wi Poutu Ngarangione (Gisborne) 11min 38.59sec, 43.18pts, 2; Corey Mifsud (Australia) 12min 13.63sec, 45.807pts, 3; Te Atakura Crawford (Gisborne) 13min 22.68sec, 46.634pts, 4; Darryl Cunneen (Waipukurau) 11min 54.47sec, 47.849pts, 5; Nukutai Tuhura (Gisborne) 13min 6.75sec, 48.713pts, 6.

Junior final (5 sheep): Sarah Goss (Kimbolton) 8min 56.56sec, 33.028pts, 1; Brett Roberts (Mataura) 8min 19.98sec, 35.999pts, 2; Jack Fagan (Te Kuiti) 8min 46.07sec, 36.704pts, 3; Henare Niania (Gisborne) 9min 8.1sec, 37.605pts, 4; Cameron Hicks (Marton) 8min 27.84sec, 39.392pts, 5; Hemi Braddick (Eketahuna) 9min 25.4sec, 47.87pts, 6.

Novice Final (1 sheep): Dan Rush (Kimbolton) 3min 40.36sec, 18.018pts, 1; David Avery (Stratford) 4min 2.6sec, 22.13pts, 2; Tracy Metekingi (Whanganui) 2min 49.77sec, 25.488pts, 3; Heidi Kerley (Gisborne) 4min 20.18sec, 29.009pts, 4; Hannah Moorhouse (Te Awamutu) 3min 56.17sec, 31.808pts, 5; Ardon Donnelly (Taupo) 2min 46.55sec, 43.328pts, 6.

Junior Encouragement Circuit Final (4 sheep): Sarah Goss (Kimbolton) 8min 5.98sec, 29.299pts, 1; Jack Fagan (Te Kuiti) 7min 20.55sec, 30.778pts, 2; Henare Niania (Gisborne) 7min 50.32sec, 32.016pts, 3; Bryce Guy (Kaeo) 8min 7.07sec, 32.604pts, 4; Cameron Hicks (Marton) 7min 58.07sec, 35.154pts, 5; DJ Crawford (Gisborne) 7min 58.4sec, 37.17pts, 6.

Parent-Child Feature (5 sheep): Paul and Mark Grainger (Te Kuiti) 5min 16.48sec, 21.224pts, 1; John and James Fagan (Te Kuiti) 5min 19.88sec, 21.794pts, 2; Alan and Sam McDonald (Pio Pio) 5min 10.05sec, 22.702pts, 3; Paddy and Matene Mason (Masterton) 5min 11.92sec, 24.196pts, 4; David and Jack Fagan (Te Kuiti) 5min 2.03sec, 26.102pts, 5; Dean and Keri-Jo Te Huia (Te Kuiti) 5min 42.29sec, 27.114pts, 6.uiaHy

Woolhandling:

Open Final: Joel Henare (Gisborne) 65.586pts, 1; Joanne Kumeroa (Whanganui) 67.372pts, 2; Angelique Miller (Christchurch) 70.978pts, 3; Keryn Herbert (Te Awamutu) 73.476pts, 4; Bernadette Forde (Tuatapere) 75.512pts, 5.

Senior final: Natalie Collier (Opotiki) 67.786pts, 1; Catherine Christy (Te Awamutu) 71.84pts, 2; Wmaraina Braddick (Eketahuna) 82.07pts, 3; Ngaio Braddick (Eketahuna) 87.59pts, 4; Ursula Taiaroa (Masterton) 97.97pts, 5.

Junior final: Kim Sowry (Pahiatua) 51.712pts, 1; Tracey Metekingi (Whanganui) 52.906pts, 2; Logan Kamura (-) 58.87pts, 3; Melanie Hillis (Gore) 67.004pts, 4; Connor Puha (Apiti) 70.048pts, 5.

Junior Encouragement Ciruit Final: Kim Sowry (Pahiatua) 55.4i98pts, 1 Logan Kamura (-) 63.352pts, 1; Cushla Gordon (75.994pts, 3; Juliette Lyon (Alexandra) 8134pts, 4; Geordie Jackson (-) 82.54pts, 5; Samantha Gordon (Masterton) 86.47pts, 6.

ENDS

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