Te Whata wins shearing final at Alexandra
Samson Te Whata, .of Kaikohe, won the Alexandra final of the Caltex national open fine wool shearing championship last week-end after a close tussle with Colin King, of Otorohanga. King, the current Golden Shears champion. and formerly from Rangiora, had a 20-second advantage over Te Whata at the finish, but the quality of Te Whata’s work gave him victory by a slender margin. Adrian Cox, of Pleasant Point, was third and Peter Burnett, of Rangiora. who only minutes before had finished runner-up to John Kennedy. of Timaru. in the blade shearing championship, was fourth.
It was Te Whata's third successive win at Alexandra. Results were:— Open shearing. - Final: S. Te Whata (Kaikohe). 14min 24.65. 49.07 faults. 1; C. King (Otorohanga). 14min 4.65. 49-.153. 2: A. Cox (Pleasant Point). 14min 57.25. 53.282. 3: P. Burnett (Rangiora). 17min 16.65. 58.387. 4. Novice shearing. - Final: G. Twose (Waikari). Bmin 1225. 28.972 faults. 1: J. Elmslie (Kurow). Bmin 465. 33.039. 2: B. Bel) (Fairlie). 9min 12.65. 37.815. 3: K. Williams (Gore), llniin 22.85. 41.403. -4. ’ Blade shearing - Final: J. Kennedy (Timaru). 12min 4.85. 43.910 faults. 1; P. Burnett. 14min 335. 45.35. 2; P. Channing (Kurow), 12min 19.25. 47.258. 3: T. Dodds (Fairlie), 13min 39.25. 47.932. 4.
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