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1News
7 days ago
- Sport
- 1News
Kiwi Toa Henderson wins Royal Welsh Open shearing title
Two Kiwi shearers have made it onto the podium at the Royal Welsh Open All Nations Shearing Championship this morning. Toa Henderson from Northland took out first place in the competition, winning the memorial trophy, the crystal award and £600 (NZ$1347). The 35-year-old, who won the Golden Shears and New Zealand Open championships' double in March, blasted through the 20 Welsh speckle lambs in under 12m 38 seconds, to be first off the board in the six-man final. Former Royal Welsh Open winner and defending champion Jack Fagan from Te Kuiti placed third, just 0.15pts behind in his bid to win the title for a third time. Coming in sixth was a third New Zealand shearer, Matt Smith, from Northland and Hawke's Bay. ADVERTISEMENT Henderson told the crowd he felt "pretty good" taking the Welsh title in his first season. Northland's Toa Henderson took out first place in the competition. (Source: 1News) "Awesome final, I really enjoyed it. To all my family back home, I'm rapt with this," he told the cheering crowd. He also acknowledged his wife Phoebe, saying it was her birthday today. The overall test series went to the Welsh team, claiming their second win on the home stage. It was the 50th anniversary of the Royal Welsh championship.
RNZ News
18-07-2025
- Sport
- RNZ News
Champion shearers take on best in Wales
Toa Henderson in his moment of glory in winning the Golden Shears open shearing title in Masterton on Saturday night. Photo: Pete Nikolaison / supplied A big weekend is looming in the UK for two of our top shearers. New Zealand champion Toa Henderson from Northland and Te Kuiti's Jack Fagan will face the best Welsh shearers in the first of a three test series this weekend. Last weekend, Toa won the French shearing championships. He's had a fantastic year so far - he won the prestigious golden shears open in March, shearing 20 sheep in 16 minutes, 15 seconds. Toa and team manager Neil Fagan join Kathryn from Wales.
Scoop
10-07-2025
- Sport
- Scoop
Shearing: New Zealand Pair Beats England In Great Yorkshire Show Shearing Test Match
New Zealand shearers Toa Henderson and Jack Fagan have continued a down under dominance of England at the Great Yorkshire Show by winning the second test of their 2025 Wools of New Zealand Tour of the UK and France. With Henderson first to finish the test of 20 swaledale hoggets each, which he shore in 13m 43s in also scoring the best points overall, the pair beat England shearers Nick Greaves and Dean Nelmes by 4.3pts on Wednesday (Thursday morning NZT). Fagan was also runner-up to Welsh shearer Gethin Lewis in defence of the Great Yorkshire Open title Fagan won last year, when he and Greaves both featured in a test match New Zealand won by just 0.55pts. Henderson, the Golden Shears and New Zealand Shears Open champion, just a fortnight into his first shearing in the Northern Hemisphere, on his first tour in the New Zealand singlet, and currently a clear leader in the 2026 World Championships New Zealand team selection series back home, was also first to finish the Open final but had to settle for third place overall. He shore the 20 sheep in 13m 5s, beating Lewis by 16 seconds and also claiming the scalp of 2019 World champion and Welsh gun Richard Jones, whom he beat by almost two minutes. The test match win followed New Zealand's loss to Scotland at the Lochearnhead Shears Scottish Black Face championships on June 28, and Henderson, Fagan and team manager and shearing judge Neil Fagan (Jack Fagan's cousin) now cross the channel for a test against France at Boussac, Central France, on Sunday. Among other New Zealand shearers at the Great Yorkshire Show, at Harrowgate, was Golden Shears Senior champion Bruce Grace, who just missed a place in the Senior final, and with Paul Hodges, of Geraldine, for a New Zealand selection in an Open/Senior relay, in which they were fourth. After the test in France, Henderson and Fagan complete their tour with a three-match series against Wales, before heading home for the New Zealand season starting in the South Island in October. They have also had a good start to the shorter form of competition, with Fagan winning the Dunblane Charity Speed Shear Open title in Scotland last Friday, with Henderson the runner-up. Results: International (20 sheep): New Zealand (Toa Henderson 13m 43s, 54.95pts; Jack Fagan 14m 11s, 56.45s) 111.4pts, beat England Nick Greaves 14m 31s, 56.15pts; Dean Nelmes 15m 6s, 59.55pts) 115.7pts. Great Yorkshire Open Championships final (20 sheep): Gethin Lewis (Wales) 13m 21s, 50.9pts, 1; Jack Fagan (NZ) 13m 40s, 52pts, 2; Toa Henderson (NZ) 13m 5s, 55.2pts, 3; Richard Jones (Wales) 15m 3s, 55.6pts, 4; Nick Greaves (England) 15m 4s, 56.3pts, 5; Stuart Connor (England) 15m 1s, 56.95pts, 6.
NZ Herald
30-06-2025
- Sport
- NZ Herald
Lochearnhead Shears: New Zealand shearers edged out by Scotland
Golden Shears and New Zealand Shears Open champion Toa Henderson faced his international test match shearing debut with a fair bit of zip. However, he was unable to complete the big dream of victory at the Lochearnhead Shears in Scotland at the weekend. In the first of the Wools of
Agriland
07-06-2025
- Sport
- Agriland
Watch: Carnaross Mart staff shave heads for charity
Staff at Carnaross Mart, Co. Meath recently shaved their heads to raise funds for St. Mary's National School, Virginia, Co. Cavan's diverse educational needs (DEN) class. The head shaving took place last weekend (Saturday, May 31) and the mart has raised over €3,500 to date for the school. The GoFundMe page will remain open until Monday, June 9 for further donations. Carnaross Mart head shave. Source: Carnaross Mart Five members of the Carnaross Mart staff took part in the head shave: Richard Shaw, Patrick Mc Namee, Peter Farrelly, Enda Boylan, and David Craig. Carnaross Mart's Emma Muldoon told Agriland that the decision to host the event was a collective decision. Muldoon said: 'The idea came between all of us here in the mart to do something in return for the local area. 'Planning went on for three weeks. The boys were a bit nervous when it came to the evening,' she said. With all the planning complete, there was a slight change of plan at the Carnaross Inn, Co. Meath, just before the event began. Muldoon explained: 'They had only planned to shave their beards – the heads only came on the night. The idea was only for a beard shave. It was spur of the moment that it turned into a head shave.' Carnaross Mart's GoFundMe page is open until Monday, June 9, 2025. Mart In other news from last weekend (May 31) Mountbellew Mart hosted 'Shearfest 2025', a sheep shearing festival. The event brought competitors from France, Germany, Spain, the UK, and closer to home to pitch their skills against each other in what has been described locally as the 'Olympics of Shearing'. A substantial prize fund was also up for grabs which helped to attract competitors from Australia and New Zealand for the open competitions. The festival saw two of the winners, Denis O'Sullivan and Martin Hopkins, secure their places on the team to represent Ireland at the 2026 Golden Shears shearing and wool-handling champions in New Zealand.
