JK adds a 4th Golden Shears title

JK adds a 4th Golden Shears title

The 52nd Golden Shears has finished on a big note for Napier’s John Kirkpatrick, who produced a shear of his life to nab his 4th open championship crown in 10 years.

Kirkpatrick, 41, brought a crowd of more than 2500 to its feet in the finishing stages of the 2012 Golden Shears World Championship at Masterton’s War Memorial Stadium tonight.

It is the fourth title he has under his belt, joining an elite group of past multiple-winners.

Prime Minister John Key and Governor General Sir Jerry Mateparae had front row view of frenetic action as Kirkpatrick displayed a mastery of shearing, not seen since David Fagan’s complete domination throughout the 1990s.

The Golden Shears open title is seen as the Wimbledon of world shearing competitions.

2010 world champion, Waipawa’s Cam Ferguson fell into second, while the world’s best of the best, 16-time Golden Shears champion and five-time world champ David Fagan took fourth behind Northlander Rowland Smith.
Whanganui’s Joanne Kumeroa won her sixth Golden Shears open title since her success in 1995.

Results of the 15th World Championships and 52nd Golden Shears at Masterton on Wednesday-Saturday February 29-March 3:
World Championships:
Machine shearing championships final (20 sheep): Gavin Mutch (Scotland) 19min 12.27sec, 77.059pts, 1; Cam Ferguson (New Zealand) 19min 16.546pts, 2; John Kirkpatrick (New Zealand) 19min 22.963sec, 78.545pts, 3; Shannon Warnest (Australia) 21min 11.379sec, 81.319pts, 4; Gareth Daniel (Wales) 21min 46.623sec, 82.281pts, 5; Adam Berry (England) 21min 49.469sec, 89.523pts, 6.
Machine shearing Semi-finals (10 sheep): John Kirkpatrick (New Zealand) 10min 38.161sec, 46.608pts, 1; Gavin Mutch (Scotland) 10min 44.648sec, 47.232pts, 2; Shannon Warnest (Australia) 11min 36.264sec, 48.713pts, 3; Cam Ferguson (New Zealand) 10min 25.759sec, 49.88pts, 4; Gareth Daniel (Wales) 11min 44.796sec, 51.04pts, 5; Adam Berry (England) 12min 22.894sec, 55.945pts, 6; Ivan Scott (Ireland) 11min 35.952sec, 56.898pts, 7; Richard Jones (Wales) 11min 19.318sec, 57.466pts, 8; Nathan Meaney (Australia) 11min 29.382sec, 58.969pts, 9; Daniel Boillot (France) 13min 37.204sec, 60.211pts, 10; Thimoleon Resneau (France) 13min 37.204sec, 60.66pts, 11; Evan Jones (Falkland Islands) 11min 54.486sec, 65.124pts, 12.
Machine Shearing Plate (5 sheep): Hamish Mitchell (Scotland) 6min 41.913sec, 36.83pts, 1; Noel Gardiner (Cook Islands) 6min 39.986sec, 37.833pts, 2; Stanley Allingham (Ireland) 6min 55.877sec, 38.961pts, 3; Lee Molkenbuhr (Falkland Islands) 6min 57.328sec, 40.466pts, 4; John Buchanan (Northern Ireland) 7min 35.584sec, 45.946ptsj, 5; Jose Catalan (Chile) 8min 58.92sec, 53.946pts, 6.
Woolhandling final: Joel Henare (New Zealand) 157.4pts, 1; Joanne Kumeroa (New Zealand) 209.2pts, 2; Aroha Garvin (Australia) 274pts, 3; Jonathan Haakull (Norway) 280.4pts, 4.
Woolhandling semi-final: Joel Henare (New Zealand) 151.2pts, 1; Joanne Kumeroa (New Zealand) 173pts, 2; Jonathon Haakull (Norway) 221pts, 3; Aroha Garvin (Australia) 245pts, 4; Samantha Hirtle (Falkland Islands) 265pts, 5; Racheal Hutchison (Australia) 286pts, 6; Mii Nooroa (Cook Islands) 299pts, 7; Stefanie Kauschus (Germany) 313pts, 8.
Woolhandling Plate: Kate Tutavaha ( Cook Islands ) 171pts, 1; Shun Oishi ( Japan ) 190pts, 2; Hilary Bond ( England ) 205pts, 3; Elna Kitching ( South Africa ) 244pts, 4.
Blades shearing champion (7 sheep): Zweliwile Hans (South Africa) 21min 17.066sec, 93.996pts, 1; Mayenzeke Shweni (South Africa) 21min 30.927sec, 96.832pts, 2; Nike McConnell (New Zealand) 23min 24.059sec, 97.06pts, 3; Brian Thomson (New Zealand) 23min 19.007sec, 107.95pts, 4; Gareth Owen (Wales) 31min 4.264sec, 130.785pts, 5; William Craig (Scotland) 32min 21.4sec, 150.499pts, 6.
Teams:
Machine Shearing final (16 sheep): New Zealand (Cam Ferguson and John Kirkpatrick) 15min 53.018sec, 65.401pts, 1; Scotland (Gavin Mutch and Hamish Mitchell) 15min 39.56sec, 66.103pts, 2; Wales (Richard Jones and Gareth Daniel) 18min 6.252sec, 70.938pts, 3; Australia (Shannon Warnest and Nathan Meaney) 19min 12.271sec, 76.176pts, 4; Falkland Islands (Evan Jones and Lee Molkenbuhr) 20min 39.416sec, 81.096pts, 5; France (Daniel Boillot and Thmoleon Resneau) 19min 56.561sec, 81.266pts, 6.
Blades shearing final (6 sheep): South Africa (Zweliwile Hans and Mayenzeke Shweni) 20min 55.481sec, 88.274pts, 1; New Zealand (Brian Thomson and Mike McConnell) 11min 49.342sec, 97.634pts, 2; Wales (Elfed Jackson and Gareth Owen) 28min 13.539sec, 126.51pts, 3; Scotland (William Craig and Mark Armstrong) 31min 41.403sec, 132.237pts, 4; Australia (Nick Denniss and Peter Artridge) 31min 28.044sec, 138.236pts, 5; England (Andrew Wear and George Mudge) 32min 25.877sec, 138.961pts, 6.
Woolhandling final: New Zealand (Joanne Kumeroa and Joel Henare) 217pts, 1; Australia (Aroha Garvin and Racheal Hutchison) 334pts, 2; Falkland Islands (Victoria Jane Lee and Samantha Hirtle) 420pts, 3.
Golden Shears
Shearing:-
Golden Shears Open final (20sheep): John Kirkpatrick (Napier) 16min 8.967sec, 61.198pts, 1; Cam Ferguson (Waipawa) 17min 16.884sec, 64.744pts, 2; Rowland Smith (Ruawai) 16min 37.881sec, 65.094pts, 3; David Fagan (Te Kuiti) 17min 44.66sec, 68.433pts, 4; Darin Forde (Lorneville, Invercargill) 17min 34.31sec, 69.316pts, 5; Gavin Mutch (Whangamomona and Scotland) 18min 5.052sec, 69.903pts, 6.
Open semi-finals (10 sheep): John Kirkpatrick (Napier) 9min 7.016sec, 37.951pts, 1; Rowland Smith (Ruawai) 9min 3.543sec, 38.377pts, 2; David Fagan (Te Kuiti) 9min 4.982sec, 39.349pts, 3; Cam Ferguson (Waipawa) 9min 26.787sec, 40.339pts, 4; Gavin Mutch (Whangamomona and Scotland) 9min 17.279sec, 40.464pts, 5; Darin Forde (Lorneville, Invercargill) 9min 19.66sec, 41.183pts, 6; Dion King (Hastings) 9min 10.271sec, 41.714pts, 7; David Buick (Pongaroa) 9min 42.641sec, 42.332pts, 8; Digger Balme (Te Kuiti) 9min 4.456sec, 43.123pts, 9; Matthew Smith (Ruawai) 9min 7.935sec, 43.197pts, 10; Gareth Daniel (Wales) 9min 57.672sec, 43.984pts, 11; James Fagan (Te Kuiti) 9min 7.915sec, 44.796pts, 12.
Senior final (12 sheep): Tysson Hema (Waipukurau) 13min 50.509sec, 55.442pts, 1; Jack Robinson (Northern Ireland) 14min 23.29sec, 58.831pts, 2; Hemi Braddick (Eketahuna) 14min 0.232sec, 58.845pts, 3; Shaun Mathieson (Riverton) 13min 40.441sec, 61.189pts, 4; Jack Fagan (Te Kuiti) 14min 46.992sec, 61.6pts, 5; Te Atakura Crawford (Gisborne) 15min 33.842sec, 63.442pts, 6.
Intermediate final (8 sheep): Bryce Guy (Kaeo) 9min 24.043sec, 46.827pts, 1; Michael Rolston (Levin) 10min 46.594sec, 47.58pts, 2; Sarah Goss (Kimbolton) 11min 32.269sec, 48.113pts, 3; Dean Nelmes (England) 9min 42.451sec, 48.623pts, 4; Jotham Rentoul (Nelson) 12min 43.534sec, 52.677pts, 5; Hayden Tapp (Taihape) 11min 2.347sec, 53.242pts, 6.
Junior final (5 sheep): Andrew Leith (Dipton) 9min 23.23sec, 40.362pts, 1; Stuart Davidson (Lanarkshire, Scotland) 9min 31.13sec, 43.956pts, 2; Paul Hodges (Geraldine) 10min 45.579sec, 46.279pts, 3; Ethan Pankhurst (Masterton) 9min 54.753sec, 47.338pts, 4; Adam Morton (Wairoa) 9min 43.871sec, 47.394pts, 5; Ryan Boot (Waiau) 11min 38.147sec, 57.307pts, 6.
Novice final (2 sheep): Josh Balme (Te Kuiti) 7min 56.238sec, 40.312pts, 1; Neil Bryant (Levin) 6min 57.273sec, 42.864pts, 2; Mitch Nation (Dannevirke) 7min 7.524sec, 45.376pts, 3; Tegwyn Bradley (Woodville) 7min 49.234sec, 46.962pts, 4; Blake Clinch (Greytown) 7min 9.373sec, 47.969pts, 5; Temoana Nuku (Gisborne) 8min 42.44sec, 56.122pts, 6.
Blades final (5 sheep): Mayenzeke Shweni (South Africa) 15min 14.109sec, 73.905pts, 1; Zweliwile Hans (South Africa) 16min 24.453sec, 78.823pts, 2; Mike McConnell (Albury) 18min 20.12sec, 87.006pts, 3; Brian Thomson (West Melton) 18min 2.328sec, 87.116pts, 4; Phil Oldfield (Geraldine) 21mn 8.936sec, 92.247pts, 5; William Craig (Scotland) 21min 6.984sec, 101.149pts, 6.
PGG Wrightson National final (16 sheep): Angus Moore (Ward) 19min 46.02sec, 79.501pts, 1; Darin Forde (Lornville, Invercargill) 18min 49.42sec, 79.871pts, 2; Nathan Stratford (Invercargill) 19min 22.46sec, 80.39pts, 3; James Fagan (Te Kuiti) 18min 33.02sec, 80.851pts, 4; Tony Coster (Rakaia) 19min 55.24sec, 82.695pts, 5; Jason Win (Ikamatua) 19min 44.76sec, 85.771pts, 6.
Woolhandling:
Open final: Joanne Kumeroa (Whanganui) 255pts, 1; Joel Henare (Gisborne) 275.2pts, 2; Keryn Herbert (Te Awamutu) 284pts, 3; Huia Whyte-Puna ( Christchurch ) 336pts, 4.
Open semi-final: Joel Henare (Gisborne) 143.2pts, 1; Keryn Herbert (Te Awamutu) 150.8pts, 2; Joanne Kumeroa (Whanganui) 174pts, 3; Huia Whyte-Puna (Christchurch) 190pts, 4; Rocky Hape-Taite (Dannevirke) 198pts, 5; Maryanne Baty (Gisborne) 201.4pt, 6; Tia-Hinemoa Potae (Milton) 220pts, 7; Ratapu Paikea (Kaiwaka) 230pts, 8.
Senior final: Fiona Christensen (Masterton) 169pts, 1; Keri Henare (Gisborne) 192pts, 2; Cushla Abraham (Masterton) 213pts, 3; Denise Murray-Karaka (Alexandra) 222pts, 4.
Junior final: Ann-Marie Kahukura (Omakau) 163.2pts, 1; Foonie Waihape (Gisborne) 167.2pts, 2; Sheree Peterson (Milton) 173.4pts, 3; Ann Kennedy (Masterton) 216.6pts, 4.
North Island Circuit Open Final: Sheree Alabaster (Taihape) 141.6pts, 1; Keryn Herbert (Te Awamutu) 150.2pts, 2; Veronica (Ronnie) Goss (Kimbolton) 174.4pts, 3; Dallas Mihaere (Dannevirke) 214.8pts, 4.
Woolpressing:
Men’s singles: Jeremy Goodger (Masterton) 52.8pts, 1; Vinnie Goodger (Masterton) 53.9pts, 2.
Women’s singles: Paula Puhara (Masterton) 97.6pts, 1; Cushla Abraham (Masterton) 100.4pts, 2.
Pairs: Vinnie and Jermy Goodger (Masterton) 37.5pts, 1; Arden Donnelly and Sam Brooks (Pio Pio) 43.4pts, 2.
YFC Events
Blue Ribbon Open Shearing (6 sheep): Mark Grainger (Te Kuiti) 8min 2.258sec, 36.28pts, 1; Jack Fagan (Te Kuiti) 8min 27.356sec, 36.868pts, 2; Aaron Haynes (Feilding) 8min 57.666sec, 38.883pts, 3; Mark Buick (Masterton) 8min 42.778sec, 42.972pts, 4; Joseph Kyle (Napier) 9min 26.58sec, 45.829pts, 5; Clayton Braddick (Eketahuna) 10min 27.54sec, 47.377pts, 6.
Shearing and Woolhandling Teams Event: East Coast (shearers Mark Buick and Clayton Braddick, woolhandlers Ngaio Braddick and Emaraina Braddick) 286.5pts, 1; Mixed Regions (shearers Brett Langrell and Joseph Kyle, woolhandlers George Hunt and Angus Brown) 379.8pts, 2; Manawatu (shearers Aaron Haynes and Sarah Goss, woolhandlers Rachael Goss and Connor Puha) 266.9pts, 3.
Triathlon (shearing, woolhandling, woolpressing): Vinnie Goodger (Masterton) 160.817pts, 1; Jeremy Goodger (Masterton) 200.499pts, 2; Tumanako Waikare (Masterton) 249.994pts, 3.

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