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Golden Shears World Shearing & Woolhandling Championships |
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Golden Shears World Shearing & Woolhandling Championships |
| Founded October 1980 at Euroa, Victoria, Australia, Founding Members | ||
| Golden Shears New Zealand | Golden Shears Masterton | Bob Chamberlain, Laurie Keats, Alan Williams |
| Golden Shears England | Bath & West Agricultural Society - Sponsors 2005 Team | John Davis, Sir John Colfox, Tug Wilson |
| Golden Shears Australia | Euroa Shearing Association | Bernie Walker, Neville Stribling, David Rush |
| Golden Shears World Champions | |||||||
| Year |
Host Town & Country | Sheep Type | Shearers | Shearing Team | Blades |
Woolhandlers | W/handling Team |
| 1977 | Bath & West (England) |
Strong Wool, British Breed |
Roger Cox (New Zealand) |
Roger Cox, Godfrey Bowen (New Zealand) |
Peter
Casserly
(New Zealand) |
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| 1980 | Masterton (New Zealand) |
Strong Wool
Britis |
Brian Quinn (New Zealand) |
Martin
Ngataki, Brian Quinn (New Zealand) |
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| 1984 | Bath & West (England) |
Strong Wool, British Breed |
Tom Wilson (Scotland) |
John Fagan, Colin King (New Zealand) | |||
| 1986 | Perth (Western Australia) |
Fine Wool, Merino & Corriedales |
Mark Conlan (Australia) |
Rick Pivac, David Fagan, (New Zealand) | |||
| 1988 | Masterton
(New Zealand) |
Strong Wool, British Breed |
David Fagan (New Zealand) |
Stephen
Dodds, David Fagan (New Zealand) |
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| 1992 | Bath & West (England) |
Strong Wool British Breeds |
David Fagan (New Zealand |
Kevin Walsh, David Fagan (New Zealand) |
Tony Dobbs, (New Zealand) |
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| 1994 | Builth Wells (Wales) |
Strong Wool, British Breed | Alan McDonald (New Zealand) |
David Fagan, Alan McDonald (New Zealand) |
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| 1996 | Masterton (New Zealand) |
Strong Wool British Breeds |
David Fagan (New Zealand |
George Bayne, Tom Wilson, (Scotland) |
Zingesele
Elliot Ntsombo (Lesotho) |
Patrick Shelford (New Zealand) |
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| 1998 | Gorey (Ireland) |
Strong Wool, British Breed | David Fagan (New Zealand) |
Paul Avery, David Fagan (New Zealand) |
Ziewilelle
Hans (South Africa) |
Angharad Lewis, (Wales) |
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| 2000 | Bloemfontein (South Africa) |
Fine Wool, Merino |
Shannon Warnest
(Australia) |
Ross Thompson, Shannon Warnest
(Australia) |
Ziewilelle
Hans (South Africa) |
Aroha Garvin
(Australia) |
Tina Rimene, Leanne Peeti (New Zealand) |
| 2003
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Edinburgh, (Scotland) | Strong Wool, British Breed |
David Fagan
(NZ) |
Dean
Ball, David Fagan
(NZ) |
Zingesele
Elliot Ntsombo (Lesotho) |
Joanne
Kumeroa (NZ) |
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| 2005 | Toowoomba,
Australia |
Fine Wool, Merino |
Shannon Warnest
(Australia) |
Daniel
McIntyre, Shannon Warnest
(Australia) |
Zingesele
Elliot Ntsombo (Lesotho) |
Joanne
Kumeroa (NZ) |
Tina
Rimene,
Joanne
Kumeroa (NZ) |
| 2008 | Norway 2/3/4/5 October | ||||||
| Year |
Host Town & Country | Sheep Type | Shearers | Shearing Team | Blades |
Woolhandlers | W/handling Team |
| Secretary, Golden Shears World
Council Arthur G Rundle Royal Bath & West of England Showground Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 6QN England Ph: (+44) 01749 822 200 |
9 Member Countries:
Australia England - Sponsors Ireland New Zealand Northern Ireland |
Norway
Scotland South Africa Wales |