Golden Shears title
PA Masterton The Eltham handpiece wizard Roger Cox took his second successive open title at the Golden Shears championships in Masterton on Saturday evening. But the 26-year-old had to be at his best to win the title. He was third off the board in the 20-sheep final and scraped through to victory with 86.7217 points. Adrian Cox (Timaru) was second with 86.5417 points and behind him were Ray Alabaster (Taihape) and Ivan Rosandich (Albany). Cox received a cheque for $6OO for the victory plus a Sunbeam product and a place in the New Zealand team to go to Australia.
n New Zealand scored the expected victory over Aus- ? tralia in the shearing test on s Saturday evening. ? The Australians were gen- - erally outpaced on the long i wool sheep and lambs and although they picked up ) valuable time on the eight j Merinos, New Zealand won ; by 228 points to 206. 1 John McGillen, of Temuka ■ won the senior title on Saturday. > McGillen was third off the i board and won the title r from John Crengle (Ini vercargill) and Paddy Keeve (Waipara). r McGillen also won the J. i H. Bryant Trophy for the i best quality points among I the senior competitors. The intermediate final was
won by Lloyd Bishop (Eltham) from Gordon King (Pleasant Point) and Allan Buckman (Feilding). The Allan Trass Memorial Tray for the intermediate grade shearer with the best quality points was won by Mrs Barbara Marsh (Aria). The trophy -for the junior with the highest quality points also went to a woman, Gaye Walford (Feilcfing). Other results.— Borthwick lamb shearing event: Norm Blackwell (Wellsford), 1; Colin Quinn /Putaruru), 2; Riy Alabaster (Taihape) 3.
Junior final: B. Cooper (Opotiki), 1; S. K. Riley (Tahbra) 2; N. P. Clark (Porofigahau) 3.
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