Results from the 46th Southern Shears

Results from the 46th Southern Shears, at Gore, on Friday and Saturday (February 18-19):

International (10 sheep): New Zealand (Cam Ferguson 9min 5.31sec, 38.166pts; David Fagan 9min 56.25sec, 40.913pts) 79.079pts beat UK (Gavin Mutch 9min 25.08sec, 39.054pts; Ian Montgomery 10min 19.39sec, 56.67pts) 95.724pts.

Inter-island (shearing and woolhandling teams): South Island (shearers Darin Forde, Ryan Miller, Nathan Stratford; woolhandlers Bernadette Forde, Joel Henare, Sharon Lawton) 505.096pts beat North Island(shearers David Fagan, Cam Ferguson, John Kirkpatrick;woolhandlers Sheree Alabaster, Keryn Herbert, Monica Potae) 570.112pts.

South Island Shearer of the Year final (20 sheep -10 fullwool, 5 second-shear , 5 lambs): John Kirkpatrick (Napier) 17min 6.11sec, 60.356pts,1; Cam Ferguson (Waipawa) 17min 6.41sec, 61.421pts, 2; Darin Forde (Winton) 17min 44.95sec, 61.498pts, 3, Nathan Stratford (Invercargill) 18min 5.31sec, 61.816pts, 4; David Fagan (Te Kuiti) 17min 4.16sec, 62.158pts, 5; Angus Moore (Ward) 17min 19.48sec, 6.

Southern Shears Open final (18 sheep): John Kirkpatrick (Napier) 14min 53.23sec, 53.439pts, 1; Cam Ferguson (Waipawa) 15min 6.5sec, 54.047pts, 2; Nathan Stratford (Invercargill) 16min 30.61sec, 56.42pts, 3, Jason Win (Reefton) 15min 4.91sec, 56.746pts, 4; David Fagan(Te Kuiti) 15min 54.09pts, 5; Adam Brausch(Dannevirke) 16min 0.11sec, 58.228pts, 6.

Southern Shears Senior final (12 sheep): Hemi Power (Gore) 13min 54.22sec, 51.461pts, 1; Matene Mason (Masterton) 14min 26.45sec, 2; Philip Rangiwai (Mataura) 14min 48.91sec, 54.113pts, 3; Caleb Godsiff (Pleasant Pt) 14min 37.41sec, 56.287pts, 4; Michael Weatherburn (Gore) 14min 57.5sec, 56.375pts, 5; Chris McGregor (Gore) 14min 9.05sec, 59.286pts, 6.

Southern Shears Intermediate final (8 sheep): Brett Roberts (Mataura) 11min 27.63sec, 41.507pts, 1; Jake Rangiwai (Mataura) 10min 41.38sec, 41.944pts, 2; Callum Shaw (Scotland) 10min 56.25sec, 43.438pts, 3; Linton Palmer (Dipton) 11min 50.31sec, 47.016pts, 4; Hayden Tapp (Taihape) 13min 5.31sec, 53.266pts, 5; Cushla Gordon (Masterton) 16min 6.97sec, 60.724pts, 6.

Southern Shears Junior final (6 sheep): Tui Pene (Waipawa) 9min 42.95sec, 42.481pts, 1; Matt Spence (Gisborne) 10min 33.48sec, 45.507pts, 2; Alec Smith (Mataura) 9min 45.2sec, 45.593pts, 3; Hararei Te Whata (Mossburn) 9min 29.38sec, 45.969pts, 4; Angel Te Ahuru (Taumarunui) 14min 15.45sec, 54.606pts, 5; Simon Rabbidge (Wyndham) 12min 49.11sec, 54.956pts, 6.

Woolhandling:

Southern Shears Open final (2 shearers, 5 fleeces): Joel henare (Gisborne) 230.27pts, 1; Keryn Herbert (Te Awamutu) 319.05pts, 2; Bernadette Forde (Tuatapere) 332.24pts, 3.
Southern Shears Senior final (4 fleeces): Sharni Graham (Masterton) 184.834pts, 1; Cushla Gordon (Masterton) 191.868pts, 2; Kyle Wihongi (Hastings) 339.504pts, 3; Casey Howat (Balclutha) 372.948pts, 4.

Southern Shears Junior final (3 fleeces): Natasha Waikato (Tuatapere) 140.334pts, 1; Ebony Turipa (Gore) 150.092pts, 2; Denise Murray (Alexandra) 186.348pts, 3; Jenna Holland (Tuatapere) 230.17pts, 4.

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