Last night I went to the final of the Golden Shears held at the Recreation Centre in Masterton. It is what Masterton is known for. If you can google Golden Shears you can watch it on webcam.
There were a lot of sheep. More than I expected. This is explained that the finalists don't just shear one or two or three or four or five sheep each per final. NO! Each finalist shears 20 sheep. Some are marinos, some are lambs and some are cross sheep. And there were about 10 finals.
This means that the night did not end until past midnight. This was compounded by the fact that you had to listen in some detail to all the sponsors giving their credentials, plus the MP for Kaikorua who is an ex winner of the event giving what could have been an inspired political speech, but not at 11.55pm at night.
One of the highlights is the event where the "woolhandlers" compete and sort the wool. The lady that won it had 19 children. Yes, 19 children! I'm not sure what the connection is there. But basically those wool handlers work like crazy sorting the wool and throwing it and its very rhythmical and musical like they are doing a dance.
Some lady from Martinborough broke a world record for shearing over 650 sheep in 10 hours. The MP for Kaikoura ntoed how this was amazing because she was so attractive.
There were Harley Davidsons and band from Wellington called "No Idea" that played 80s rock.
For those with stamina there was a "Jamboroure" afterwards which could have been self invited too for all the competitors, guests ect. I suspect it would have been a dam fine Tui party.
It was a good night out and I'd highly recoomend it. It was real.
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