Hawkes Bay shearer Cam Ferguson has taken the 2010 Otago
Shears title, beating four of the country's top shearers in
the open shearing final on Saturday in Balclutha.
The Otago wool handler title went to the current NZ wool
handler of the year Joel Henare, of Gisborne, while his
woolhandling mentor Joanne Kumeroa, of Wanganui, won the 2010
wool handling circuit competition.
About 200 shearers and wool handlers came to Balclutha for
the Otago shearing and woolhandling competition, which
celebrated its 50th annual show this year.
The two-day event marked the end of the 2010 calendar.
Next weekend the field moves to Gore for the start of the
2011 competition, the high point of which will be the Golden
Shears in Masterton in March.
The winner of the Golden Shears will become the final member
of a four-person team to represent New Zealand in Wales at
the world shearing and wool-handling championships in July.
The Welsh team sent a six-strong contingent to the Otago
Shears to battle NZ in the lead-up to the world
championships.
Welsh shearers Gareth Daniel and Garth Evans, and wool
handlers Bronwen Tango and Meinir Evans, faced off against
New Zealand representative shearers Simon Bradfield and Bruce
Walker, of Owaka, and wool handlers Henare and Keryn Herbert,
but the New Zealand team was too strong.
It was also a special night for Bill Potae and Jim Murdock,
of Milton, along with Ron Davis and Roger Merit, of
Balclutha.
All four received life memberships, presented by president of
the Otago shearing and wool handling competition Bruce
Walker.
Results: Open shearing final: Cam Ferguson 1, John
Kirkpatrick 2, Dion King 3, James Fagan 4.
Senior shearing final: Nick Pyper 1, Martene Mason 2, Ant
Frew 3, Rob Mainland 4.
Intermediate shearing final: Corey Miford 1, Brook Todd 2,
Cory Palmer 3, Jake Rangiwai 4.
Junior shearing final: Brett Roberts 1, Brett Langrell 2,
Brendon Graham 3, Johnny Crawford 4.
Teams event: Heiniger/Kirkpatrick 1, Hotsteppers 2, Wool
Partners 3, Elders 4. 2010 open woolhandling circuit: Joanne
Kumeroa 1, Bernadette Forde 2, Joel Henare 3, Keryn Herbert
4.
NZ wool handler of the year open: Joel Henare 1, Joanne
Kumeroa 2, Pagan Rimine 3, Lisa Fagan 4.
NZ wool handler of the year senior: Choppy Patterson 1,
Krystal Wilson 2, Kelly Brooking 3, Moana Waikato 4.
Otago v Wales shearing challenge: Shearing: Wales 1, 87.705
points; Otago 2, 104.647 points.
NZ v Wales wool handling challenge: NZ 1, 386.594 points;
Wales 2, 607.960 points.
rachel.taylor@odt.co.nz
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