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David Seymour, Sir David Fagan, Nick Webster, Hunter McGregor, and Steve Wyn-Harris.
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'The whole place lit up': Kiwi women set new shearing world record
Rose Lewis, Missy Te Whata, Te Atakura Crawford, and Pagan Rimene set a new world record.
Braddick shines in big shearing weekend
Eketahuna shearer Hemi Braddick is closer to world champs after his first national win.
The Country: Shearer Simon Goss on breaking world record
Wayne Langford, Mike McIntyre, Kate Scott, Simon Goss and Phil Duncan.
New shearing record of 732 in nine-hours for shearer Simon Goss
Video review showed Simon Goss' crucial final catch was made with under a second left.
Whanganui shearer breaks nine-hour world record with 732 ewes
Simon Goss broke the record with less than 50 seconds to spare.
From shearer to doctor: A remarkable career change pays off
The former shearer began medical retraining at age 27.
Golden Shears World Champs attracts 26 countries
The Friday and Saturday night finals at Masterton's War Memorial Stadium are sold out.
Jack Fagan makes it three in a row at record Stratford shears
The 33-year-old reckoned it was the first time he was the oldest in the open final.
Kirkpatrick wins CHB Shears title for 15th time
The 55-year-old edged out 2012 World Champion Gavin Mutch by 2.165 points in Waipukurau.
Wool revival adds extra buzz to Canterbury’s biggest A&P event
A new Wool Zone marquee will feature fashion shows and interactive exhibits.
Laura Bradley's historic moment at Wairarapa Spring Shears
Southern Hawke’s Bay shearer impresses in only her second competition in the top grade.
NZ blade shearers beat Aussies in transtasman test
Kiwis took out bladeshearing, but machine shearing and woolhandling went to the Aussies.
Fagan and Henare win big at Gisborne Show — and work the mic too
When they weren't winning, Fagan and Henare were commentators or prizegiving MCs.
Shear Kiwi grit and ingenuity locks in new shearing stand for Hawke’s Bay Show
The show must go on - despite just eight weeks to build the Great Raihania Shears stand.
Aussie claims NZ Merino Shears open title
New Zealand Merino Shears Shearing and Woolhandling Championships results.
The Country: Jack Fagan on shearing competition season
Jack Fagan, Greg Gent, Scott Graham and Rebecca Greaves.
A big season of shearing sports ahead
The New Zealand Merino Shears will attract over 100 competitors.
Tricky sheep with shearer Toa Henderson on The Country
Chris Russell, Toa Henderson, Ray Smith, and David Geary.
Northland shearer Toa Henderson wins big at Royal Welsh Show
Toa Henderson scores a big win, but the Kiwis lose the test in the unkindest cut of all.
Jack Fagan wins Welsh Speed Shear
Fagan also placed third in the novice bladeshearing at the Royal Welsh Show.
The fastest guns but NZ shearers still beaten in Wales
Gethin Lewis and Llyr Jones beat Toa Henderson and Jack Fagan by 6.1pts.
A Kiwi shearer wins the race, but the Scots claim the prize
Toa Henderson faced his international test match shearing debut at Lochearnhead Shears.
NZ shearers prepare for Scotland's toughest sheep
Toa Henderson and Jack Fagan will tackle blackface sheep at the Lochearnhead Shears.
School's shearing and woolhandling contest a hit
The school held its own version of the iconic Golden Shears championships.
'Whānau at the forefront': Tributes for father and hard-working shearer killed in crash
Father-of-three "cut his teeth in the shearing industry" and had achieved home ownership.
Kiwi sets world shearing record in historic South Africa feat
Copp and Tienie du Plessis tallied 970 at Teebus Waters, near Steynsburg.
Jack Fagan joins NZ shearing tour team
Jack Fagan will compete, as Mark Grainger can't leave his drought-stricken farm.
‘Devastating’: Ashburton sheep shearer victim of fatal housefire
The Ashburton local is being remembered online as a "beautiful soul".
On top of the world: Laura Bradley claims record number of wins by a female shearer
From Papatawa to the big time - Laura Bradley's remarkable 16 wins.