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Golden Shears World Shearing & Woolhandling Championships |
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Golden Shears World Shearing & Woolhandling Championships |
| Founded October 1980 at Euroa, Victoria, Australia, Founding Members | ||
| Golden Shears New Zealand | Golden Shears Masterton | Bob Chamberlain, Laurie Keats, Alan Williams |
| Golden Shears England | Bath & West Agricultural Society | John Davis, Sir John Colfox, Tug Wilson |
| Golden Shears Australia | Euroa Shearing Association | Bernie Walker, Neville Stribling, David Rush |
| Golden Shears World Champions | |||||||
| Year |
Host Town & Country | Sheep Type | Shearers | Shearing Team | Blades |
Woolhandlers | W/handling Team |
| 1977 | Bath & West (England) |
Strong Wool, British Breed |
Roger Cox
(New Zealand) |
Roger Cox, Godfrey Bowen
(New Zealand) |
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| 1980 | Masterton (New Zealand) |
Strong Wool
Britis |
Brian Quinn (New Zealand) |
Martin
Ngataki, Brian Quinn
(New Zealand) |
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| 1984 | Bath & West (England) |
Strong Wool, British Breed |
Tom Wilson (Scotland) |
John Fagan, Colin King
(New Zealand) |
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| 1986 | Perth (Western Australia) |
Fine Wool, Merino & Corriedales |
Mark Conlan (Australia) |
Rick
Pivac, David Fagan,
(New Zealand) |
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| 1988 | Masterton
(New Zealand) |
Strong Wool, British Breed |
David Fagan (New Zealand) |
Stephen
Dodds, David Fagan (New Zealand) |
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| 1992 | Bath & West (England) |
Strong Wool British Breeds |
David Fagan (New Zealand |
Kevin Walsh, David Fagan
(New Zealand) |
Tony Dobbs, (New Zealand) |
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| 1994 | Builth Wells (Wales) |
Strong Wool, British Breed | Alan McDonald (New Zealand) |
David Fagan, Alan McDonald
(New Zealand) |
Zingesele
Elliot Ntsombo (Lesotho) |
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| 1996 | Masterton (New Zealand) |
Strong Wool British Breeds |
David Fagan (New Zealand |
George Bayne, Tom Wilson,
(Scotland) |
Zingesele
Elliot Ntsombo (Lesotho) |
Patrick Shelford (New Zealand) |
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| 1998 | Gorey (Ireland) |
Strong Wool, British Breed | David Fagan (New Zealand) |
Paul Avery, David Fagan
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Ziewilelle
Hans (South Africa) |
Angharad Lewis, (Wales) |
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| 2000 | Bloemfontein (South Africa) |
Fine Wool, Merino |
Shannon Warnest
(Australia) |
Ross Thompson, Shannon Warnest
(Australia) |
Ziewilelle
Hans (South Africa) |
Aroha Garvin
(Australia) |
Tina Rimene, Leanne Peeti (New Zealand) |
| 2003
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Edinburgh, (Scotland) | Strong Wool, British Breed |
David Fagan
(NZ) |
Dean
Ball, David Fagan
(NZ) |
Zingesele
Elliot Ntsombo (Lesotho) |
Joanne
Kumeroa (NZ) |
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| 2005 | Toowoomba,
(Australia) |
Fine Wool, Merino |
Shannon Warnest
(Australia) |
Daniel
McIntyre, Shannon Warnest
(Australia) |
Zingesele
Elliot Ntsombo (Lesotho) |
Joanne
Kumeroa (NZ) |
Tina
Rimene,
Joanne
Kumeroa (NZ) |
| 2008 | Bjerkreim, (Norway) | Strong
Wool |
Paul
Avery
(New Zealand) |
John
Kirkpatrick, Paul Avery
(New Zealand) |
Ziewilelle
Hans
(South Africa) |
Sheree
Alabaster
(New Zealand) |
Joanne Kumeroa, Sheree Alabaster (New Zealand) |
| 2010 | Builth Wells, (Wales), July | Strong
Wool |
Cam
Ferguson
(New Zealand) |
Cam
Ferguson, David Fagan
(New Zealand) |
Zingesele
Elliot Ntsombo (Lesotho) |
Bronwyn
Tango
(Wales) |
Sheree Alabaster, Keryn Herbert (New Zealand) |
| 2012 | Masterton, (New Zealand), February/March | Strong Wool & Corriedale | Gavin
Mutch
(Scotland) |
John
Kirkpatrick, Cam Ferguson
(New Zealand) |
Ziewilelle
Hans
(South Africa) |
Joel
Henare (New Zealand) |
Joanne Kumeroa, Joel Henare (New Zealand) |
| 2014 |
Gorey |
Strong
Wool
website |
Rowland
Smith
(New Zealand) |
Gavin
Mutch & Hamish Mitchell
(Scotland) |
Mayenzeke
Shweni
(South Africa) |
Hillary
Bond
(England) |
Meinir Evans/Aled Jones (Wales) |
| 2017 |
Invercargill
(New
Zealand) February |
Strong
Wool
website |
John Kirkpatrick, (New Zealand) | John
Kirkpatrick, Nathan Stratford
(New Zealand) |
Mayenzeke
Shweni
(South Africa) |
Joel
Henare (New Zealand) |
Joel
Henare, Mary Anne Baty (New Zealand) |
| 2019 | Le Dorat (France) July | Strong
Wool
Press |
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| Year |
Host Town & Country | Sheep Type | Shearers | Shearing Team | Blades |
Woolhandlers | W/handling Team |
| Secretary, Golden Shears World
Council Royal Bath & West of England Showground Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 6QN England Ph: (+44) (0) 1822 870 569 - Mob: 0777 9469 573 email: |
14 Member Countries:
- Australia - England - Ireland - New Zealand - Northern Ireland |
- Norway
- Scotland - South Africa - Wales - France - Spain |
- United States of America
- Germany - Isle of Man |