Golden Shears
Encyclopedia
The Golden Shears Championship is the world's most prestigious sheep shearing
event.
It is held in March each year in Masterton
, New Zealand, it is the culmination of the national shearing circuit.
First held in 1961, there are now several levels of competition in shearing, wool handling and wool pressing. The Golden Shears Championship was the first sheep shearing
competition of its kind and is credited with the spread of shearing as a world-wide sport.
The premier title is the open championship in which the finalists must shear three types of sheep (fine wools, long wools and second shear). The shearer with the lowest time-based score is the winner. David Fagan
has dominated the main Open Championship in recent years.
Sheep shearing
Sheep shearing, shearing or clipping is the process by which the woollen fleece of a sheep is cut off. The person who removes the sheep's wool is called a shearer. Typically each adult sheep is shorn once each year...
event.
It is held in March each year in Masterton
Masterton
Masterton is a large town and local government district in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. It is the largest town in the Wairarapa, a region separated from Wellington by the Rimutaka ranges...
, New Zealand, it is the culmination of the national shearing circuit.
First held in 1961, there are now several levels of competition in shearing, wool handling and wool pressing. The Golden Shears Championship was the first sheep shearing
Sheep shearing
Sheep shearing, shearing or clipping is the process by which the woollen fleece of a sheep is cut off. The person who removes the sheep's wool is called a shearer. Typically each adult sheep is shorn once each year...
competition of its kind and is credited with the spread of shearing as a world-wide sport.
The premier title is the open championship in which the finalists must shear three types of sheep (fine wools, long wools and second shear). The shearer with the lowest time-based score is the winner. David Fagan
David Fagan
David Fagan ONZM is a New Zealand sheep shearer who has won the New Zealand Golden Shears contest a record 16 times. Setting 10 world records and winning 5 world, 6 world team, 16 national titles makes him New Zealand's most successful competition sheep shearer, and he continues to win nationally...
has dominated the main Open Championship in recent years.
Open Championship winners
- 1961 Ivan Bowen
- 1962 Bing Macdonald
- 1963 Brian Waterson
- 1964 Stewart Symon
- 1965 Snow Quinn
- 1966 Bing Macdonald
- 1967 Snow Quinn
- 1968 Snow Quinn
- 1969 George Potae
- 1970 Snow Quinn
- 1971 Snow Quinn
- 1972 Snow Quinn
- 1973 Eddie Reidy
- 1974 Norm Blackwell
- 1975 Norm Blackwell
- 1976 Tom Brough
- 1977 Roger Cox
- 1978 Roger Cox
- 1979 Martin Ngataki
- 1980 Roger Cox
- 1981 Ivan Rosandich
- 1982 Colin King
- 1983 Alan Donaldson
- 1984 John Fagan
- 1985 Paul Grainger
- 1986 David FaganDavid FaganDavid Fagan ONZM is a New Zealand sheep shearer who has won the New Zealand Golden Shears contest a record 16 times. Setting 10 world records and winning 5 world, 6 world team, 16 national titles makes him New Zealand's most successful competition sheep shearer, and he continues to win nationally...
- 1987 Colin King
- 1988 Colin King
- 1989 Edsel Forde
- 1990 David FaganDavid FaganDavid Fagan ONZM is a New Zealand sheep shearer who has won the New Zealand Golden Shears contest a record 16 times. Setting 10 world records and winning 5 world, 6 world team, 16 national titles makes him New Zealand's most successful competition sheep shearer, and he continues to win nationally...
- 1991 David FaganDavid FaganDavid Fagan ONZM is a New Zealand sheep shearer who has won the New Zealand Golden Shears contest a record 16 times. Setting 10 world records and winning 5 world, 6 world team, 16 national titles makes him New Zealand's most successful competition sheep shearer, and he continues to win nationally...
- 1992 David FaganDavid FaganDavid Fagan ONZM is a New Zealand sheep shearer who has won the New Zealand Golden Shears contest a record 16 times. Setting 10 world records and winning 5 world, 6 world team, 16 national titles makes him New Zealand's most successful competition sheep shearer, and he continues to win nationally...
- 1993 David FaganDavid FaganDavid Fagan ONZM is a New Zealand sheep shearer who has won the New Zealand Golden Shears contest a record 16 times. Setting 10 world records and winning 5 world, 6 world team, 16 national titles makes him New Zealand's most successful competition sheep shearer, and he continues to win nationally...
- 1994 David FaganDavid FaganDavid Fagan ONZM is a New Zealand sheep shearer who has won the New Zealand Golden Shears contest a record 16 times. Setting 10 world records and winning 5 world, 6 world team, 16 national titles makes him New Zealand's most successful competition sheep shearer, and he continues to win nationally...
- 1995 David FaganDavid FaganDavid Fagan ONZM is a New Zealand sheep shearer who has won the New Zealand Golden Shears contest a record 16 times. Setting 10 world records and winning 5 world, 6 world team, 16 national titles makes him New Zealand's most successful competition sheep shearer, and he continues to win nationally...
- 1996 David FaganDavid FaganDavid Fagan ONZM is a New Zealand sheep shearer who has won the New Zealand Golden Shears contest a record 16 times. Setting 10 world records and winning 5 world, 6 world team, 16 national titles makes him New Zealand's most successful competition sheep shearer, and he continues to win nationally...
- 1997 David FaganDavid FaganDavid Fagan ONZM is a New Zealand sheep shearer who has won the New Zealand Golden Shears contest a record 16 times. Setting 10 world records and winning 5 world, 6 world team, 16 national titles makes him New Zealand's most successful competition sheep shearer, and he continues to win nationally...
- 1998 David FaganDavid FaganDavid Fagan ONZM is a New Zealand sheep shearer who has won the New Zealand Golden Shears contest a record 16 times. Setting 10 world records and winning 5 world, 6 world team, 16 national titles makes him New Zealand's most successful competition sheep shearer, and he continues to win nationally...
- 1999 David FaganDavid FaganDavid Fagan ONZM is a New Zealand sheep shearer who has won the New Zealand Golden Shears contest a record 16 times. Setting 10 world records and winning 5 world, 6 world team, 16 national titles makes him New Zealand's most successful competition sheep shearer, and he continues to win nationally...
- 2000 David FaganDavid FaganDavid Fagan ONZM is a New Zealand sheep shearer who has won the New Zealand Golden Shears contest a record 16 times. Setting 10 world records and winning 5 world, 6 world team, 16 national titles makes him New Zealand's most successful competition sheep shearer, and he continues to win nationally...
- 2001 David FaganDavid FaganDavid Fagan ONZM is a New Zealand sheep shearer who has won the New Zealand Golden Shears contest a record 16 times. Setting 10 world records and winning 5 world, 6 world team, 16 national titles makes him New Zealand's most successful competition sheep shearer, and he continues to win nationally...
- 2002 John Kirkpatrick
- 2003 David FaganDavid FaganDavid Fagan ONZM is a New Zealand sheep shearer who has won the New Zealand Golden Shears contest a record 16 times. Setting 10 world records and winning 5 world, 6 world team, 16 national titles makes him New Zealand's most successful competition sheep shearer, and he continues to win nationally...
- 2004 David FaganDavid FaganDavid Fagan ONZM is a New Zealand sheep shearer who has won the New Zealand Golden Shears contest a record 16 times. Setting 10 world records and winning 5 world, 6 world team, 16 national titles makes him New Zealand's most successful competition sheep shearer, and he continues to win nationally...
- 2005 Paul Avery
- 2006 Dion King
- 2007 Paul Avery
- 2008 John Kirkpatrick
- 2009 David FaganDavid FaganDavid Fagan ONZM is a New Zealand sheep shearer who has won the New Zealand Golden Shears contest a record 16 times. Setting 10 world records and winning 5 world, 6 world team, 16 national titles makes him New Zealand's most successful competition sheep shearer, and he continues to win nationally...
- 2010 Cam Ferguson
- 2011 John Kirkpatrick