Woman wins shearing tr ophy
TN Z. Pres.* Association) MASTERTON. , Marina Burt, aged 21, the, Featherston shearing sensa-1 tion, ended male domination' of international shearing I competition when • she won I the R. E. O’Hara Memorial; iTrophy for the finalist who! i scored highest quality points at the sixteenth Golden i Shears in Masterton. Her quality points count of 44 out of 50 was unmatched even by the open champion. Tom Brough. Miss Burt had been a favourite of the crowd earl- ■ ier in the week when she (became the first woman to (qualify' for a Golden Shears i final. But few expected her to shade al! of the male (finalists and take the O’Hara Trophy. ; The announcement of her I win was greeted with a I thunder of applause from :the 2400 people who packed [the stadium.
Although no match for the men on speed shearing, Miss Burt had been placed third in the junior section earlier last week.
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34099, 11 March 1976, Page 6
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