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April 2013

April 08, 2013 - Smith crowns stellar shears year with NZ Champs win
April 05, 2013 - Kirkpatrick wins Bowen Trophy rankings despite Smith challenge
April 01, 2013 - Easter goodies make for big week in Te Kuiti

March 2013

March 12, 2013 - Te Kuiti on-line entries
March 11, 2013 - Fagans bounce back after Shears defeat
March 11, 2013 - Rimene scores shearing and woolhandling double at Cheviot
March 04, 2013 - Smith wins first Open, and gives prizeto cancer
March 01, 2013 - World champion woolhandler reveals fight against cancer
March 01, 2013 - Digger pays the bills at Goldies' Speedshear
March 01, 2013 - Gisborne pair win first titles at Golden Shears

February 2013

February 28, 2013 - Rare all-male treble in pre-shears wool shakedown
February 27, 2013 - TAB forecasts tight woolhandling contest at Golden Shears
February 27, 2013 - Top six Golden Shears poser
February 26, 2013 - Defending shears champion goes for fifth win
February 26, 2013 - World champions chase first Golden Shears woolhandling titles
February 26, 2013 - No share for Welsh as Kiwis complete shears tests whitewash
February 26, 2013 - Great Scot shears into NZ national circuit showdown
February 21, 2013 - Smith the TAB favourite to win first Golden Shears Open
February 20, 2013 - Coster low-priced favourite ironman shearing event
February 18, 2013 - Smith wins big double
February 12, 2013 - Shearing record bid disappointment
February 12, 2013 - Tough road gets a bit easier in shear record bid
February 11, 2013 - Failure a huge spur as record-breaking shearer faces biggest challenge
February 10, 2013 - Stratford and Rimene star in Otago Shears
February 04, 2013 - Shearers break 2500 tally in southern chill
February 04, 2013 - Welsh scoop pool at Reefton shears
February 04, 2013 - No record, but it was a good day
February 03, 2013 - Shearers take break for big Southland record challenge
February 01, 2013 - No record, but it was a good day

January 2013

January 29, 2013 - Hawke's Bay trio count-down to shearing record
January 27, 2013 - Honeymoon's over, Smith wins test and weekend double
January 22, 2013 - Shear guns ready for Welsh in Elders Primary Wool series
January 21, 2013 - Welsh beaten in test-series warm-up
January 20, 2013 - Hero of the South: Nathan Stratford
January 20, 2013 - A balmy day's shearing at Tauranga show
January 17, 2013 - Southerners out to win back top shearing titles
January 14, 2013 - Welshmen Evan and Jones head for big shear Kiwi challenge
January 14, 2013 - Smith repeats Peninsula success
January 11, 2013 - Hot summer hots-up for record tally shearers
January 07, 2013 - Fagan wins 17th national lambshearing title
January 04, 2013 - Ironhorse World champion on comeback trail

November 2012

November 28, 2012 - Top Nott's TOTS
November 26, 2012 - Rousies in the limelight at national Maori Sports Awards
November 22, 2012 - The south takes charge of all-breeds shearing
November 19, 2012 - Win win situation as coast shearer comes home � from Oz
November 15, 2012 - Sometimes is enough as lady in the office wins woolhandling title
November 12, 2012 - It's worth the wait, as Cam masters home champs
November 12, 2012 - Nott claims fourth Marlborough title
November 07, 2012 - Getting our share
November 04, 2012 - Wool wiz wonder boy Henare makes it four in a row

October 2012

October 29, 2012 - More honours for champion team
October 29, 2012 - 22 years away, but worth the trip
October 28, 2012 - Australia on top in new Transtasman series opener
October 27, 2012 - Tightening the grip - Coster nails Ashburton Shears again
October 26, 2012 - Grading appeal successful
October 21, 2012 - Kirkpatrick pulls rank again
October 21, 2012 - King, The Master, claims win No 5 at The Great Raihania Shearst
October 15, 2012 - Ellesmere goes on, despite the rain
October 15, 2012 - Henare shows 'em how in home town Gisborne show
October 15, 2012 - King does it again as shearing guns fire-up Gisborne Show
October 15, 2012 - Forde marches back to top in Spring shears
October 07, 2012 - Aussie wins NZ merino shearing title, again

Winter 2012

August 14, 2012 - Golden Shears and NZ Champs to decide 2014 World Champs shearers
August 14, 2012 - Golden Shears and NZ Champs to decide 2014 World Champs shearers
August 14, 2012 - Three Masters: Dion King, Cam Ferguson, Keryn Herbert
August 7, 2012 - Joel Barton Smashes UK 9 Hour Lamb Shearing Record
July 29, 2012 - Southland gun finally cuts it with the best in the UK
July 28, 2012 - Novice southern lass at home on board in Wales
July 23, 2012 - Kirkpatrick takes a double shear in Wales
July 15, 2012 - Kiwi shearers dine out on Irish lamb
July 12, 2012 - Kiwi shearers head for Ireland after Yorkshire washout
July 08, 2012 - Shears special: Fagans, make it a double, please
July 03, 2012 - Kirkpatrick triumphs again in Scotland, but test series drawn
June 26, 2012 - Mark Patrick Conlan
June 25, 2012 - Kiwi shearers on top in UK tour opener

April 2012

April 09, 2012 - Smith's show as shears season ends
April 02, 2012 - Kirkpatrick adds national champs to Golden Shears, again

March 2012

March 26, 2012 - The guns are firing for NZ Shears champs
March 12, 2012 - Golden Shears on TV
March 05, 2012 - Stars at the Goldies: Mutch, Kirkpatrick, Henare, Kumeroa
March 01, 2012 - World Championships first round to follow
March 01, 2012 - Who's running this parade?
February 08, 2012 - Balmy night for Golden Shears opening fina1

February 2012

February 27, 2012 - Weekend Wrap
February 24, 2012 - World champs hopefuls on the road for busy week
February 21, 2012 - Kiwis odds-on to shear World title � again2008
February 20, 2012 - World shears team chosen
February 15, 2012 - Fagan a fair bet for World Shears
February 12, 2012 - Henare shuts 'em nout again at Balclutha for win No 5
February 12, 2012 - That man Fagan: Will it be World Champs No 10?
February 10, 2012 - World championships qualifying
February 08, 2012 - Mudge still cuts it with the best
February 08, 2012 - Great Scot - it's Mitchell and Wilson
February 08, 2012 - World championships qualifying - Blades men score for first two places in Worlds team

January 2012

January 23, 2012 - King pins hopes on big wins in the South
January 21, 2012 - Shearing Record
January 20, 2012 - Shearing: Hawke's Bay gun wins big in Southland
January 13, 2012 - Record bid challenge's shearing's Everest
January 10, 2012 - Shearing record: An apprentice, but still the World's best
January 10, 2012 - UPDATE - Te Kuiti shearer on target to shatter women's record
January 10, 2012 - Te Kuiti shearer on target to shatter women's record
January 10, 2012 - Irishman Scott reclaims shearing record
January 02, 2012 - Woolhandlers take spotlight at national lambshearing champs

December 2011

December 31, 2011 - Irish shears champ out to reclaim record
December 24, 2011 - MEDIA ADVICE - World Shearing Records: January 10 and January 18 2012

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