FORBES P A & H BEN HALL SHEARS

2013

Authored by: Rowan Woods

BEN HALL SHEARS

Forbes P A & H Association Inc

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BEN HALL SHEARS

Forbes P A & H Association Inc

CONTENTS

Overview ……………………………………………………………….2

Organising Committee …………………………………………………..3

Conduct of Competition …………………………………………….4

Major Sponsors …………………………………………………………5

Minor Sponsors …………………………………………………………6

Competitors ...………………………………………………….7 - 10

Event Results ………………..………………………….………12 - 15

Judges …..…………………………………………………………16

Images ………………………………………………………….17 -19

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Overview

The Forbes Ben Hall Shears is a competition for shearers and wool handlers run

in conjunction with the Forbes P A & H Association’s Annual Show, under the

auspices of Sports Shear NSW.

Whilst there has been a shearing competition run in conjunction with the Forbes

Show for many years, 2013 was only the second time the competition has been

run as part of the selection process for NSW State Team selection for Open

Shearing and Open Wool Handling.

As was the case in 2012, the 2013 Ben Hall Shears was a popular event at the

Forbes Show, with the spectator gallery consistently full throughout the day.

A small but dedicated committee has spent the past nine months organizing the

event, and for the first time this year, were able to secure a classed line of pure

Pooginook maiden merino ewes for the competition from a local property.

In 2013, the numbers were slightly reduced on the previous year, but the event

was none the less hailed a success, with most, if not all of the difficulties of the

previous year being rectified.

The Forbes Ben Hall Shears consists of 7 events. Novice, Intermediate, Senior &

Open Shearing, and Novice and Open Wool Handling, as well as a State

Selection Wool Handling. From all the shearing events, a “Local” Shearing

winner is also named.

Competition commences at 8.30 am and concludes at 6.00 pm with the

Presentations to the Winners and the announcement of the competitor who has

gained selection in the Open Shearing and the Open Wool Handling for the

NSW State Team.

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Organising Committee

Chairman Norm Haley (Chief Steward)

Vice Chairman Rowan Woods

Secretary / Treasurer Doug Nadin

Assistant Treasurer Gloria Haley

Judges Co-Ordinator Stan Kingham

Livestock Co-Ordinator Adam Chudleigh

Shearers Representative Matt Davey

Committee Brad Pavey

Cass Doig

Chris Sweeney

Nigel Kingham

Jeremy Heathcote

Neil Williams

Peter Maher

David Quirk

Steve Quirk

Michael Halls

Noel Parsons

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Conduct of Competition

The Forbes Ben Hall Shears is conducted under the auspices of Sports

Shear Association of Australia NSW (SSAA NSW).

Ben Hall Shears shearing competition uses rotational judging running

six stands with scoring on the board and in the pen as well as time

taken.

The competition is conducting initially by heats, from which the highest

scoring twelve competitors qualify for the semi finals, and from which

the highest scoring six competitors qualify for the final.

Competition is conducted for Novice, Intermediate, Senior & Open.

The winning finalist in the Open Competition also qualifies for a place

in the NSW State Team for the following year.

In the event of insufficient numbers, the highest scoring six competitors

will go directly to the final.

Scores are displayed for all competitors and spectators to see, and

competitors are encouraged to review their score card in order to

improve their technique.

For the Wool handling, heats are conducted from which the highest

scoring four competitors are elevated to the final. Woolhandling

competition is conducted for Novice, Open and then separately (time

permitting) for State Selection, in which the highest scoring two

finalists are named to compete for the NSW team the following year.

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MAJOR SPONSORS

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

Jemalong Wool Pty Ltd

Stockowners Shearing Australia Pty Ltd

McCarron Cullinane Chudleigh – Stock & Station

Agents

Norm Haley Transport & Harvesting

Dubbo Shearing Supplies

Prime Super

Davey Bros Shearing

Jeremy Heathcote Shearing Contractor

Neil Morrison Stock Transport

Scott Davey Stock Transport

Nicholson Petroleum

Paraway Pastoral Company

Haleys Steel & Hardware

MINOR SPONSORS

Fugen Holdings Australia

Blue Sky Outdoors

The Land Newspaper

Yarong Merino Stud

Jeffery Toyota

Hutcheon & Pearce

Peter Maher Wool Buyer

Eric Dawes

Roylance Automotive & Industry

Midpro Engineering

Knights Steel Fabrication & Crane Hire

H E Silos

Forbes Machinery Centre

Matthews Williams Solicitors

BWT Accountants

Forbes Livestock & Agency

Michael Hanley Family

DJ & DJ Butler

Shead & Nicholson

Agriwest

Stan Kingham

Chris Sweeney

Brad Pavey

Doug Nadin

Twynam Agricultural Group

Central West Diesel

Tobin No Till

Frank Spice

VJ Tools & Machinery

Coles Hardware & Glass

Duncan Stockcrates

Reece Communications

Forbes Engineering

Forbes Concrete & Landscaping

Kevin Vale Smash Repairs

T & M Tyres

Roberty Bobs Family Store

Vandenberg Hotel

V C Reid & Son

Darren Cowan Mobile Welding

Forbes Auto Electrial

Terry Bros Furniture & Floor Covering

Pymonts Shell

Forbes Auto Wreckers

B & C Automotive Services

Bowns Sportspower

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Competitors (Shearing)

Novice

John Ball Peak Hill NSW

Adam Cross Eumungerie NSW

April Falconer Wyalong NSW

Jason Featherstone Forbes NSW

Royce Johnson Naradhan NSW

Brien Knee Gilgandra NSW

Hayden O’Dea Forbes NSW

James Russell Canowindra NSW

David Taiaroa Orange NSW

Timothy Townsend Tenterfield NSW

Intermediate

John Amery Quandialla NSW

Adam Chudleigh Forbes NSW

Matt Cumming Wellington NSW

Roy Elliott Eumungerie NSW

Colin Fisher Young NSW

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Stuart Gavin Canowindra NSW

Ben Gorham Boorowa NSW

Tom Hutchison Gilgandra NSW

Michael Knight Forbes NSW

Nathan Langford Forbes NSW

Tom Lewis Mandurama NSW

Jake McArdle Natural Bridge QLD

Ben Newton Gilgandra NSW

Michael Newton Gilgandra NSW

Jacob Shortland Trunkey Creek NSW

Jed Shortland Trunkey Creek NSW

Senior

Tim Bray Eugowra NSW

Matt Davey Forbes NSW

Shaun Faithful Glenthompson VIC

Nick Hearn Bigga NSW

Lindsay Kerby Wellington NSW

Steve Lusby Perthville NSW

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Scott Nolan Young NSW

Kris Robinson Forbes NSW

Andrew Smith Tullamore NSW

Ben Price Bathurst NSW

Ben Schilg Walbundrie NSW

Mitchell Wythes Parkes NSW

Open

Ben Barrett Wellington NSW

Scott Davey Forbes NSW

Brad Flick Forbes NSW

Jeremy Heathcote Grenfell NSW

Jacko Hira Blayney NSW

Steven Hogan Dalton NSW

Wayne Hosie Gunnedah NSW

Steven Mudford Gilgandra NSW

Brian Sullivan Deniliquin NSW

Ross Thompson Swanvale NSW

Rocky Wegner Goulburn NSW

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Dayne West Eumungerie NSW

Shaun Wilson Young NSW

Competitors (Woolhandling)

Novice

Ashley Best Wellington NSW

Emma Chapman Lyndhurst NSW

Cass Doig Forbes NSW

Deanna Johnson Naradhan NSW

Paul Kiffin Cookamidgera NSW

Brien Knee Gilgandra NSW

Nadine McGaw Gilgandra NSW

Sean Mitchell NSW

Jacob Shortland Trunkey Creek NSW

Jed Shortland Trunkey Creek NSW

Dayne West Eumungerie NSW

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Open

Ben Barrett Wellington NSW

Jayde Cluff Gilgandra NSW

Alice Hayes Gilgandra NSW

Michaela Laneryie Bathurst NSW

Ursula Taiaroa Orange NSW

Angela Wakely Yeoval NSW

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Results (Woolhandling)

Novice

Name Place Score

Nadine McGaw First 68.64

Paul Kiffen Second 72.10

Brien Knee Third 91.16

Dayne West Fourth 97.16

Open

Name Place Score

Jayde Cluff First 52.68

Alice Haynes Second 56.05

Angela Wakely Third 59.54

Michaela Laneyrie Fourth 91.11

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State Selection

Name Place Score

Angela Wakely First 35.28

Michaela Laneyrie Second 59.58

Jayde Cluff Third 87.12

Alice Haynes Fourth 98.32

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Results (Shearing)

Name Section Heat Rank Semi Semi Rank Final Place Local Rank

John Ball Novice No Show

Adam Cross Novice 135.92 8

April Falconer Novice No Show

Jason Featherstone Novice 100.16 7

Matt Hourigan Novice No ShowRoyce Johnson Novice 85.01 3 93.17 6

Brien Knee Novice 65.12 1 87.61 4

Tim Norman Novice No Show

Hayden O'Dea Novice 72.12 2 84.27 2

James Russell Novice 88.98 4 79.24 1

David Taiaroa Novice 99.42 6 87.34 3

Timothy Townsend Novice 94.01 5 91.26 5

Name Section Heat Rank Semi Semi Rank Final Place Local Rank

John Amery Inter 99.49 9 96.54 7

Adam Chudleigh Inter 82.8 5 129.03 12 4

Matt Cumming Inter 82.36 4 86.31 2 73.66 4

Roy Elliot Inter 75.77 3 89.68 4 92.62 6

Stuart Gavin Inter 113.07 13

Ben Gorham Inter 106.96 12 96.68 8

Tom Hutchinson Inter 89.79 7 107.28 11

Michael Knight Inter 127.27 15

Tom Lewis Inter 71.8 2 90.24 5 67.65 1

Nathan Longford Inter 117.3 14

Jake McArdle Inter 83.62 6 92.54 6 71.51 2

Michael Newton Inter 60.87 1 82.04 1 71.71 3

Ben Newton Inter 101.91 11 86.77 3 86.58 5

Jed Shortland Inter 91.13 8 105.93 10

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Name Section Heat Rank Semi Semi Rank Final Place Local Rank

Tim Bray Senior 65.17 2 95.46 9

Matt Davey Senior 93.51 12 86.93 7 1

Shaun Faithfull Senior 79.33 7 102.83 12

Colin Fisher Senior 133.9 13

Nick Hearn Senior 74.66 6 88.33 8

Lindsay Kirby Senior 89.27 10 86.33 6 75.64 4

Steve Lusby Senior 89.48 11 85.26 5 77.83 5

Scott Nolan Senior 83.31 8 96.31 10

Ben Price Senior 64.15 1 82.63 3 73.57 2

Kris Robinson Senior 85.28 9 101.15 11 2

Ben Schilg Senior 65.78 2 82.82 4 73.51 1

Andrew Smith Senior 73.15 4 72.33 1 73.6 3

Mitchell Wythes Senior 74.57 5 78.32 2 84.19 6

Name Section Heat Rank Semi Semi Rank Final Place Local Rank

Ben Barrett Open 82.24 8

Scott Davey Open 92.67 13 5

Brad Flick Open 86.44 10 109.2 12 3

Jeremy Heathcote Open 71.7 2 77.91 4 105.53 5

Jacko Hira Open 78.43 6 75.67 2 102.19 3

Steven Hogan Open 74.74 3 77.89 3 104.11 4

Wayne Hosie Open 68.18 1 72.89 1 92.95 1

Steven Mudford Open 75.06 4 86.8 6 101.06 2

Brian Sullivan Open 90.06 12 84.12 5 115.41 6

Ross Thompson Open 76.96 5 89.97 8

Rocky Wegner Open 82.13 7 92.21 10

Dayne West Open 84.87 9 96.65 11

Shaun Wilson Open 85 10 90.72 9

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JUDGES

(Shearing & Woolhandling)

Phil Balcombe

Greg Byrnes

Don Chad

Paul Dawson

Jeremy Heathcote

Sid Hillier

Steve Mudford

Rod Poidevin

Mike Pora

Will Redington

Steve Russell

Shaun Wilson

Nick Hearn

Ralph Blue

Stan Kingham

Nigel Kingham

Rocky Wegner

Peter Artrich

Casey Artrich

Dane West

Rachel Jackson

Dick Fuller

Bill Harris

Georgie Rangihaete

Jack Dowd

Tim Hutchison

Michael Newton

2013 Ben Hall Shears

Novice Shearing

Finalists

(L – R) Timothy

Townsend 5th, Brien

Knee 4th, James Russell

1st, Hayden O’Dea 2nd,

David Taiaroa 3rd,

Royce Johnson 6th.

2013 Ben Hall Shears

Senior Shearing

Finalists

(L-R) Ben Schilg 1st,

Mitchell Wythes 6th,

Steve Lusby 5th, Lindsay

Kirby 4th, Ben Price 2nd,

Andrew Smith 3rd.

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2013 Ben Hall Shears

Open Shearing

Finalists

(L-R) Wayne Hosie

1st, Brian Sullivan 6th,

Jeremy Heathcote 5th,

Steve Mudford 2nd,

Steve Hogan 4th, Jacko

Hira 3rd.

2013 Ben Hall Shears

Intermediate Shearing

Finalists

(L-R) Tom Lewis 1st,

Roy Elliot 6th, Jake

McArdle 2nd, Ben

Newton 5th, Michael

Newton 3rd, Matt

Cumming 4th

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2013 Ben Hall Shears

Novice Wool Handling

Finalists

(L-R) Dayne West 4th,

Nadine McGaw 1st,

Brien Knee 3rd, Paul

Kiffen 2nd

2013 Ben Hall Shears

Open Wool Handling

Finalists.

(L-R) Jayde Cluff !st,

Angela Wakely 3rd, Alice

Haynes 2nd, Michaela

Laneyrie, 4th.

The same four girls

contested the State

Selection Final with

Angel Wakely 1st,

Michaela Laneyrie 2nd,

Jayde Cluff 3rd and Alice

Haynes 4th. Angela &

Michaela therefore made

the State Team for 2014.

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Wool Handling Judges Nigel Kingham and Bill Harris Michaela Laneyrie removing the shanks

Open Shearing Finalist Jeremy Heathcote Angela Wakely skirting in the heats

2013 Ben Hall Shears Open Final First Sheep Best Local Shearer Matt Davey