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NZ Herald
20 hours ago
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Listen to The Country online: Northland shearer Toa Henderson on overseas success
Today on The Country radio show, host Hamish McKay catches up with Northland shearer Toa Henderson, who is fresh from his first success overseas. While Henderson enjoyed his time, he found the different sheep breeds a bit of a challenge. On with the show: Chris Russell:
1News
24-07-2025
- 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.
NZ Herald
20-07-2025
- Sport
- NZ Herald
Cothi Shears: Wales beats NZ in test series opener
Two Welsh shearers who've shorn numerous summers in New Zealand have struck the first blow to the hopes of New Zealand shearers Toa Henderson and Jack Fagan, by winning a new test series in Wales. Shearing Welsh lambs at the Cothi Shears, in Carmarthenshire, on Saturday, Gethin Lewis and Llyr
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
13-07-2025
- Sport
- Scoop
Toa Henderson Wins Open Final At French Shears
New Zealand shearing champion Toa Henderson has claimed his first big success in the Northern Hemisphere by winning the Open international final at the French championships. The win came early today (Monday NZT) at Boussac, where he and Wools of New Zealand national teammate and Open final runner-up Jack Fagan also beat France in a test match. Shearing in Europe for the first time, Henderson's win followed a fourth placing in the Scottish black face shearing championships final at the Lochearnhead Shears on June 28, and third in the Great Yorkshire Shears Show Open final on July 9. Fagan won the Boussac Speed Shear, with Henderson claiming second place. With a loss against Scotland and wins over England and France, the pair take a 2-1 record on tour going into a three-test series against Wales next week, with the first at Cothi on Saturday.
