No Shearing This Year
There will be no shearing competitions at this year’s ■now as there is‘a full-scale Young Farmers' Club shear:ng and woolhandling contest i a national basis in progress at present. Sponsored by the Wool Board, teams of • vo shearers and two woolhandlers each have been •akmg part in district preminaries and the area quar-rr-finals at the Rangiora, Ashburton- and Leeston shows. The winning teams from •hese shows and the top team fom the West Coast will compete in the area final. hich Will be held in Canterbury Court on November 21. The South Island final will be held in Canterbury Court n March next year. Because conditions of shearing and woolhandling are different in each island, separate finals a e being held in both North aid South Islands and the top team from each will win a trip to Australia, which " ill include a visit to the Sydney SheCp Show next June. As well as the Y.F.C. con-’ test a similar series is being run for open competition. Shearing competitions »will probably be reinstituted at the centennial show next year. •
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29665, 8 November 1961, Page 25
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