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Baigent pace Nott enough to win

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November 24, 2015

Baigent pace Nott enough to win

Nelson shearer and former Top of the South Senior champion Travers Baigent made a bold bid for his first Open title when coming second at the Nelson A and P Show on Saturday(November 21).

The 26-year-old Baigent was finished more than a sheep ahead of his nearest challenger for time honours in the four-man final, but it was ultimately a case of quality over pace as the event was won by event favourite and last-man-off Tony Nott, 54, of Blenheim.

Baigent shore the 10 sheep in 12min 28.22sec, almost four minutes quicker than Nott recent Marlborough and Top of the South Open winner Nott, who must have surprised even himself by making-up the time deficit of almost 12pts to complete a successful defence of the Nelson title.

He got the nod by 0.8pts from Baigent, who managed to hold-out Marlborough veteran Chris Jones, whom he had also beaten off the board by more than two-and-a-half minutes.

Tapawera shearer Jotham Rentoul successfully defended the Senior title, Rob Hervey, of Murchison, added the Intermediate title to the Junior title he won last year, and Kaleb Avery, of Blenheim, backed-up a second-placing at his home Marlborough show a fortnight ago and third in the NZ Corriedale Championships on November 13 by scoring his first win in Saturday’s Junior final.

While shearing stalwart Frank Bint was an automatic winner of the Senior woolhandling title, there was keen competition the two other woolhandling finals, particularly the Junior event, won by Natasha Te Rore, of Blenheim but from Whangarei.

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It was a big day for local shearing sports, with 39 shearers and woolhandlers, one of the biggest entries in the Nelson-Marlborough area..

Results of the Nelson A and P Show shearing and woolhandling championships on Saturday, November 21, 2015:

Shearing:

Open final (10 sheep): Tony Nott (Blenheim) 16min 24.19sec, 70.61pts, 1; Travers Baigent (Wakefield) 12min 28.22sec, 71.41pts, 2; Chris Jones (Blenheim) 14min 59.69sec, 71.98pts, 3; Dave Brooker (Hawarden) 15min 54.06sec, 75.8pts, 4.

Open Plate (5 sheep): Jotham Rentoul (Richmond) 5min 47.22sec, 44.96pts, 1; Abraham Berkelaar (Christchurch) 5min 46.37sec, 45.32pts, 2; Richard Sampey (Blenheim) 7min 22.84sec, 47.94pts, 3; Nick Nalder (Takaka) 5min 48sec, 48.4pts, 4.

Senior final (6 sheep): Paul Hodges (Geraldine) 10min 56.4sec, 46.49pts, 1; Mark Rogers (Brightwater) 11min 22.28sec, 48.11pts, 2; Andrew Ferguson (Collingwood) 10min 49.91sec, 49.33pts, 3; Lyell Windleburn (Rangiora) 9min 28.41sec, 49.42pts, 4.

Intermediate final (6 sheep): Rob Hervey (Murchison) 11min 43.5sec, 53.34pts, 1; Enkhnasan Chuluunbaatar (Mongolia/Takaka) 12min 14.71sec, 63.4pts, 2; Carlton Fields (Tapawera) 10min 51.28sec, 74.23pts, 3; Duncan Higgins (Havelock) 15min 38.03sec, 77.4pts, 4.

Junior final (3 sheep): Kaleb Avery (Blenheim) 9min 59.97sec, 46.67pts, 1; Sam Thomson (Waipara) 8min 55.1sec, 53.09pts, 2; Sarah Higgins (Havelock) 9min 50.94sec, 55.21pts, 3; Haleigh Payne (Paturau) 8min 58sec, 56.9pts, 4.

Clean shear: Tony Nott (Blenheim) and Dave Brooker (Hawarden) 9pts, 1eq; Paul Hodges (Geraldine) 10pts, 3; Rob Hervey (Murchison) 13pts, 4.

Woolhandling:

Senior: Frank Bint (Tapawera) 97.194pts, 1.

Junior final: Natasha Te Rore (Blenheim) 93.676pts, 1; Olivia Williams (Tapawera) 96.28pts, 2; Summer Ashcroft (Reefton) 102.812pts, 3; Katrise McDonald (Christchurch) 106.97pts, 4.

Novice final: Emma Hodgkinson (Tapawera) 74.176pts, 1; Victoria Harwood (Wakefield) 114.69pts, 2; Aaron Tupara (Blenheim) 124.96pts, 3; Murray Tipu (Blenheim) 127.53pts, 4.

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