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GOLDEN SHEARS 2021
JUDGING In a nutshell In all disciplines, a penalty system for points is used; the lower the total the better.
WOOL PRESSING Competitors are judged on workmanship, safety and technique. Loading the press, tramping, pressing the bale, capping and completion of bale are the most important judging criteria. Bale target weights are set with penalties for being over or under weight. Time points are deducted at 1 point for every 20 seconds elapsed or part thereof.
2020 WOOL HANDLING JUDGES FROM LEFT: Mori Gibbs, Myles Oldershaw, Gail Haitana, Dawn Ratana, Hine Thompson, Jo Hopkirk, Bo Paku-Clark, Gail Holmes, Roxanne Roxburgh, Pauline Smith (AUS), Linda Tarrant, Peter Lange. Absent: Ian Hopkirk.
WOOL HANDLING Judging is divided into two sections; Board (what the audience sees) and Wool Assessment. Board Judging Takes into account the tidiness and efficiency of the competitor, the throw and skirting of the fleece, plus the roll and placement into a fadge. Fleeces are ‘skirted’ for finer neck wool, stained side wool, short wool and for other faults as necessary. Skirtings are separated and placed in baskets. Wool Assessment Fleeces and oddments are removed from the board for assessment. Fleeces should be free of skirtings and each basket should have a different type of wool.
FROM LEFT BACK ROW: Richard Waddell, Neil Fagan, Max Flood (AUS), Willie Buick, Matt Johnson, Kevin Boyd, Robert McLaren, Allan Patterson, Allan Grant, Philip Morrison, Dave Brooker, Richard France, Mark Barrowcliffe, Joanne Mead.
Whole points are accumulated from the board and assessment judging.
FRONT ROW: Allan Pretious, Russell Knight, Ken Macpherson, Graham McNae, Ronald King. Absent: Donald Macrae.
2020 SHEARING JUDGES
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