Golden Shears
The Golden Shears Championship is the world's most prestigious sheep shearing event.
It is held in March each year in Masterton, New Zealand, it is the culmination of the national shearing circuit.
First held in 1961, there are now several levels of competition in shearing, wool handling and wool pressing. The Golden Shears Championship was the first sheep shearing competition of its kind and is credited with the spread of shearing as a world-wide sport.
The premier title is the open championship in which the finalists must shear three types of sheep (fine wools, long wools and second shear). The shearer with the lowest time-based score is the winner. David Fagan has dominated the main Open Championship in recent years.
Open Championship winners[1]
- 1961 Ivan Bowen
- 1962 Bing Macdonald
- 1963 Brian Waterson
- 1964 Stewart Symon
- 1965 Snow Quinn
- 1966 Bing Macdonald
- 1967 Snow Quinn
- 1968 Snow Quinn
- 1969 George Potae
- 1970 Snow Quinn
- 1971 Snow Quinn
- 1972 Snow Quinn
- 1973 Eddie Reidy
- 1974 Norm Blackwell
- 1975 Norm Blackwell
- 1976 Tom Brough
- 1977 Roger Cox
- 1978 Roger Cox
- 1979 Martin Ngataki
- 1980 Roger Cox
- 1981 Ivan Rosandich
- 1982 Colin King
- 1983 Alan Donaldson
- 1984 John Fagan
- 1985 Paul Grainger
- 1986 David Fagan
- 1987 Colin King
- 1988 Colin King
- 1989 Edsel Forde
- 1990 David Fagan
- 1991 David Fagan
- 1992 David Fagan
- 1993 David Fagan
- 1994 David Fagan
- 1995 David Fagan
- 1996 David Fagan
- 1997 David Fagan
- 1998 David Fagan
- 1999 David Fagan
- 2000 David Fagan
- 2001 David Fagan
- 2002 John Kirkpatrick
- 2003 David Fagan
- 2004 David Fagan
- 2005 Paul Avery
- 2006 Dion King
- 2007 Paul Avery
- 2008 John Kirkpatrick
- 2009 David Fagan
- 2010 Cam Ferguson
- 2011 John Kirkpatrick
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