Photo: Supplied / Jills Angus BurneyA South Canterbury farmer has become the first person in the world to win 100 blade-shearing finals. Tony Dobbs won the open blades title at the Waimate Shears Spring Championships last night, a competition he first competed at in 1979. Dobbs won the title by shearing four sheep in 14 minutes and 48 seconds. He beat the reigning individual world champion Allan Oldfield, who is also from South Canterbury. Another big winner at the was 2017 world champion John Kirkpatrick who won the open machine shearing final.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 10, 2020 19:52 UTC