Invercargill shearer wins big Canterbury double

Invercargill shearer wins big Canterbury double

Invercargill shearer and rising national hope Troy Pyper had the biggest triumphs of his Open-class career by winning the big Canterbury Circuit and New Zealand Corriedale Championships double at the Canterbury Show.

Pyper, who had a big season last year with his first Open win in New Zealand, his first Golden Shears Open final and then selection in the New Zealand transtasman series team, downed defending circuit champion, Tony Coster, of Rakaia, in Thursday’s call-breeds final, and then beat three former corriedale champions to win the national title’s final on Friday.

It was a Southland quinella in the Corriedale championship as Pyper beat 2005 Nathan Stratford by just over 1.3pts. Napier shearer John Kirkpatrick, who won the title in 2004, 2008 and 2010, was third, and first-man-finished Coster was eventually fourth in an unsuccessful attempt to repeat his wins of 2007 and 2013.

Becoming the seventh different winner of the Corriedale title in the last seven years Pyper has now won four finals this season, priming himself for a big challenge in the New Zealand 2017 World Championships selection series which starts Southland in January and ends at the Canterbury Show next year.

Fairlie farmer and World Championships representative Tony Dobbs won the Blades final for a third year in a row, beating runner-up Scott McKay, of Christchurch, by almost three points.

The first day was dominated by the woolhandling events, highlighted by South Island-based Gisborne athlete 2012 World champion and reigning Golden Shears champion Joel Henare regaining the Open title, after finishing runner-up at Christchurch last year.

Results from the New Zealand Corriedale shearing and woolhandling champuonships at the Canterbury Show on Thursday and Friday November 12-13, 2015:

Shearing:

Canterbury Circuit final (10 sheep): Troy Pyper (Invercargill) 16min 2.87sec, 77.34pts, 1; Abraham Berkelaar (Rolleston) 16min 19.87sec, 77.59pts, 2; Grant Smith (Rakaia) 15min 19.28sec, 80.56pts, 3; Tony Coster (Rakaia) 15min 23.94sec, 80.6pts, 4; Chris Jones (Blenheim) 17min 41.47sec, 89.17pts, 5; Mark Herlihy (Rangiora) 16min 24.29sec, 98.51pts,6.

Lister Transtasman Teams Challenge (8 sheep): Canterbury Circuit 140.803pts (Troy Pyper 11min 41.29sec, 65.315pts,; Abraham Berkelaar 12min 4.75sec, 75.488pts) beat Queensland 175.431pts (Phil Schoff 15min 0.25sec, 79.513pts; Dave Grant 14min 15.85sec, 95.918pts).

NZ Corriedale Championships:

Open final (10 sheep): Troy Pyper (Invercargill) 13min 53.06sec, 55.053pts, 1; Nathan Stratford (Invercargill) 14min 7.65sec, 56.383pts, 2; John Kirkpatrick (Napier) 13min 45.13sec, 58.357pts, 3; Tony Coster (Rakaia) 13min 32.56sec, 59.128pts, 4; David Buick (Pongaroa) 14min 13.03sec, 60.452pts, 5; Paerata Abraham (Masterton) 14min 6.69sec, 72.635pts, 6.

Intermediate final (5 sheep): Alex Drake (Renwick) 14min 56.81sec, 71.641pts, 1; Chris Malcolm (Winton) 11min 49.65sec, 77.283pts, 2; Kelly Raukawa Macdonald (Lake Hawea) 14min 22.15sec, 81.508pts, 3; Enkhnasan Cluluunbaatar (Takaka/Mongolia) 14min 37sec, 82.45pts, 4; Michael Lombardi (Australia) 15min 5.93sec, 84.297pts, 5; Shun Oishi (Japan) 13min 42.53sec, 85.327pts, 6.

Junior final (3 sheep): James Webster (Christchurch) 10min 11.66sec, 73.25pts, 1; Sam Thomson (Waipara) 9min13.97sec, 75.032pts, 2; Kaleb Avery (Blenheim) 11min 27.5sec, 77.375pts, 3; Edward Harrington (Akaroa) 9min 37.78sec, 80.889pts, 4; Matthew Kyle (Northern Ireland) 10min 20.56sec, 98.028pts, 5; Jordan Hart (Blenheim) 10min 15.34sec, 102.767pts, 6.

Blades final (5 sheep): Tony Dobbs (Fairlie) 15min 16.62sec, 65.031pts, 1; Scott McKay (Christchurch) 15min 57.13sec, 68.857pts, 2; Brian Thomson (Christchurch) 16min 42.72sec, 80.736pts, 3; Allen Gemmell (Rangiora) 15min 19.25sec, 91.963pts, 4; Alan Oldfield (Geraldine) 19min 52.44sec, 93.822pts, 5; Chris Russell (Woodend) 17min 47.65sec, 111.383pts, 6.

Woolhanding:

Open final: Joel Henare (Gisborne) 310.16pts, 1; Cushla Abraham (Masterton) 436.5pts, 2; Amy Ferguson (Alexandra) 454.62pts, 3.

Senior final: Chonelle Kawana (Masterton) 287.15pts, 1; Nova Kumeroa Elers (Mataura) 337.63pts, 2; Ash Boyce (Dannevirke) 351.09pts, 3.

Junior final: Sharni Newton (Gore) 227.482pts, 1; Nadine Smith (Rangiora) 239.176pts, 2; Summer Ashcroft (Geraldine) 257.762pts, 3

Shearing and Woolhandling:

Contractors teams event: Burgess Shearing (shearers Tony Coster/Shaun Burgess, woolhandlers Kelly MacDonald/Stephanie Smith) 388.869pts, 1; Glenmark Shearing (shearers Troy Pyper/Dave Grant, woolhandlers Jade Starke/Moerangi Thwaites) 400.644pts, 2; Nesbit Shearing (shearers Lyall Windleburn/Mark Herlihy, woolhandlers Nardine Smith/Rochelle Gibson) 505.781pts, 3.

ENDS

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