14th Golden Shears World Championships, July 2010

Sunday, 11 July 2010, 10:37 am
Press Release: Shearing Sports New Zealand

Shearing Sports New Zealand

The 14th Golden Shears World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships will be held during the Royal Welsh Show, at Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, on July 19-22, with shearing sports competition on all four days, including the annual Royal Welsh Championships (with several New Zealanders, including non team members competiting)

New Zealand has a team of six for the World Championships which will be held entirely on Tuesday July 20 and Wednesday July 21 (UK time). There are two machine shearers, two woolhandlers, and two blade shearers.

The 14th Golden Shears World Shearing Championships have attracted entries from 28 countries: Australia, Austria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Falkland Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lesotho, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, USA, Wales.

Programme

The time at the Royal Welsh Show (RWAS) will be NZST minus 11hrs. The following programme is in New Zealand Time (UK time in brackets):

Day 1:
Sunday July 18
7.30pm (UK 8.30am) Woolhandling – RWAS All Nations Competition: Heats (at Corrin Farm, Garth)

Day 2:
Monday July 19
6.30pm (UK Mon 7.30am) Shearing – RWAS All Nations Open: Heats.
9pm (UK Mon 10am) Blade Shearing – RWAS Commercial Championship
10.30pm (UK Mon 11.30am) Shearing - Champion Shearer of Wales: Quarter-final

Tuesday July 20
12.15am (UK Mon 1.15pm) Shearing - Champion Shearer of Wales: Semi-final
12.45am (UK Mon 1.45pm) Shearing - RWAS All Nations Open: Semi-final
1.15am (UK Mon 2.15pm) Woolhandling – RWAS All Nations: Final
1.30am (UK Mon 2.30pm) Shearing – Champion Shearer of Wales: Final
2am (UK Mon 3pm) Blade Shearing – RWAS Commercial Championship: Final

Day 3:
Tuesday July 20
8pm (UK Tues 9am) Golden Shears World Champs Blade Shearing: First Round
9.45pm (UK Tues 10.45am) Golden Shears World Champs Machine Shearing Individual: First Round

Wednesday July 21
1.30am (UK Tues 2.30pm) Golden Shears World Champs Machine Shearing Individual: Second Round
3.45am (UK Tues 4.45pm) Golden Shears World Champs Woolhandling: First Round

Day 4:
Wednesday July 21
7pm (UK Wed 8am) Golden Shears World Champs Woolhandling: Second Round
8.30pm (UK Wed 9.30am) Golden Shears World Champs Blade Shearing: Second Round
9.45pm (UK Wed 10.45am) Golden Shears World Champs Machine Shearing Individual: Semi-final
10.15pm (UK Wed 11.15am) Golden Shears World Champs Woolhandling: Semi-final
10.45pm (UK Wed 11.45am) Golden Shears World Champs Blade Shearing: Semi-final
11.15pm (UK Wed 12.15pm) Golden Shears World Champs Woolhandling Teams: FINAL

Thursday July 22
12.45am (UK Wed 1.45pm) Golden Shears World Champs Blade Shearing Teams: FINAL
1.15am (UK Wed 2.15pm) Golden Shears World Champs Woolhandling Individual: FINAL
1.45am (UK Wed 2.45pm) Golden Shears World Champs Machine Shearing Teams: FINAL
2.15am (UK Wed 3.15pm) Golden Shears World Champs Blade Shearing Individual: FINAL
2.45am (UK Wed 3.45pm) Golden Shears World Champs Machine Shearing Individual: FINAL

ENDS

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