The winners of this year's Golden Fleece Competition will be announced at the Mackenzie A&P 

         Show on 24 March 2008 l.  For further information please email: mackenziea.p@xtra.co.nz

The Golden Fleece competition and exhibition is run annually by the Royal Agricultural Society and has ben hosted by a variey of A&P Associations over the years.

The competition has 20 fine wool and 15 strong wool classes, with one overall winner selected for each section.   Fleeces are nominated for the competition following the A & P Show season and are accumulated for judging and testing in the host association venue.

The 2008 Golden Fleece competition is being hosted by Mackenzie Highland A&P Show.  The competition will be held in conjunction with their show held on Easter Monday, 24 Marchil 2008.  Entries close on the 22 February 2008.

Entry forms are available from your local wool broker, A&P Secretary or click here to download.

For further information, please contact the Mackenzie Highland A&P Association Secretary, Margaret Thomas on 03 685-6150 or email mackenziea.p@xtra.co.nz

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Winners of 2007 Golden Fleece Competition.

Fine Wools - A.D Paterson of Ranfurly

Strong Wools - Rachel Humphrey - Wattlegrove Farm of Feilding

(Sponsored by Ravensdown)

 

Class 1: Super Fine Merino Ram, 17 micron & finer - Bendrose Station (Sponsor - PGG Wrightson Wool)

Class 2:  Fine Merino Ram, 17-19 micron - I.D & P.E Stevenson(Sponsor - Chargeurs Wool)

Class 3:  Merino Ram, 19.1-21 micron - Grays Hill Station(Sponsor - Mackenzie Rural Vet)

Class 4: 

Class 5:  Super Fine Merino Ewe, 17 micron & finer - A.D Paterson(Sponsor - Merino NZ)

Class 6:  Fine Merin Ewe, 17.1-19 micron - Grays Hill Station (Sponsor -CRT)

Class 7:  Merino Ewe, 19.1-21 micron - A.D Paterson(Sponsor - Elders Primary Wool)

Class 8: 

Class 9:  Super Fine Merion Woolly Hogget, 16 micron & finer - Bendrose Station(Sponsor - Aoriangi Vets)

Class 10: Merino Woolly Hogget, 18.1 micton & finer - Lammermoore Station (Sponsor -Kurow Wools)

Class 11: Merion Woolly Hogget, 18.1 micron & stronger - Glenmore Station (Sponsor - Michael Jones Contracting)

Class 12: Quarterbred or Polwarth Ram, 25 micron & finer - Matakanui Station (Sponsor - Catto Wools)

Class 13: Quarterbred or Polwarth Ewe - I.D & P.E Stevenson (Sponsor - Mackenzie Rural Vetsl)

Class 14: Quarterbred or Polwarth Woolly Hogget - J.R Paterson(Sponsor - Chargeurs Wool)

Class 15: Halfbred Ewe - Matakanui Station (Sponsor - Evan Winter Crutching)

Class 16: Halfbred Woolly Hogget - Matakanui Station (Sponsor - PGG Wrightson Wool)

Class 17: Corriedale Ram - Matakanui Station (Sponsor - SGS)

Class 18: Corriedale Ewe - Matakanui Station (Sponsor - Merino NZ)

Class 19: Corriedale Woolly Hogget - B.J Cooney (Sponsor - Meat & Wool NZ Ltd)

Class 20: Stong Wool Ram/Romney/Perendale/Borderdale/Coopworth & Crossbred Fleeces - Phil Oldfield (Sponsor - Barwood Motors)

Class 21: Perendale Ewe - Tom Burrows(Sponsor - Chargeurs Wool)

Class 22: Perendale Woolly Hogget - Phil Oldfield(Sponsor -Brian Bell Contracting)

Class 23: Perendale Shorn Hogget - Tom Burrows (Waimate Shearing 1997 Ltd)

Class 24: Romney Ewe - A.G & P.J Tait (Sponsor - Burdett Real Estate)

Class 25: Romney Woolly Hogget -

Class 26: Romney Shorn Hogget - Rachel Humphrey (Sponsor - Elders Primary Wool)

Class 27: Crossbred Ewe - S.I & H.A Mangin (Sponsor - Mackenzie Rural Vets)

Class 28:

Class 29: Crossbred Shorn Hogget - J.B Knowles (Sponsor - Burdett Real Estate)

Class 30: Leicester Ram - James Pirie (Sponsor - Top Notch Shearing)

Class 31: Leicester Ewe - James Pirie (Sponsor - CRT)

Class 32: Leicester Woolly Hogget - James Pirie (Sponsor - Barwood Motors)

Class 33: Lincoln Ewe - David Small (Sponsor - SGS)

Class 34:  Lincoln Shorn Hogget - James Pirie (Sponsor - Meat & Wool NZ Ltd)

Winners of 2006 Golden Fleece Competition.

Fine Wools - Glenmore Station - W.G & E.C.R Murray of Lake Tekapo

Strong Wools - Rachel Humphrey - Wattlegrove Farm of Feilding

(Sponsored by Ravensdown)

 

Class 1: Super Fine Merino Ram, 17 micron & finer - Glenmore Station (Sponsor - Elders Primary Wool)

Class 2:  Fine Merino Ram, 17-19 micron - A.D Paterson (Sponsor - Alan Scott Shearing)

Class 3:  Merino Ram, 19.1-21 micron - A.D Paterson (Sponsor - PGG Wrightson Wool)

Class 4:  Merino Ram, 21.1 micron & stronger - Glentanner Station (Sponsor - Kurow Wools)

Class 5:  Super Fine Merino Ewe, 17 micron & finer - R.A Elliot (Sponsor - Barwood Motors)

Class 6:  Fine Merin Ewe, 17.1-19 micron - Bendrose Station (Sponsor -Michael Jones Contracting)

Class 7:  Merino Ewe, 19.1-21 micron - Hope Bros (Sponsor - Chargeurs Wools)

Class 8:  Merino Ewe, 21.1 micron & stronger - Glenmore Station (Sponsor - Merino NZ)

Class 9:  Super Fine Merion Woolly Hogget, 16 micron & finer - John Waldron (Sponsor - Firestone Direct)

Class 10: Merino Woolly Hogget, 18.1 micton & finer - Lammermoor Station (Sponsor - CRT)

Class 11: Merion Woolly Hogget, 18.1 micron & stronger - G & B Black (Sponsor - Brian Bell Contracting)

Class 12: Quarterbred or Polwarth Ram, 25 micron & finer - Matakanui Station (Sponsor - Federation of NZ Wool Growers)

Class 13: Quarterbred or Polwarth Ewe - A.M & J.M Smith (Sponsor - Mike Bool)

Class 14: Quarterbred or Polwarth Woolly Hogget - Matakanui Station (Sponsor - Delta Shearing)

Class 15: Halfbred Ewe - Matakanui Station (Sponsor - Mackenzie Rural Vets)

Class 16:

Class 17: Corriedale Ram - W.E & P.M Bain (Sponsor - Waimate Shearing 1997 Ltd)

Class 18: Corriedale Ewe - N.C Stott (Sponsor - B.J Mulcahy Ltd)

Class 19:

Class 20:

Class 21: Perendale Ewe - Mark Burdon (Sponsor - Burdett Johnson Real Estate)

Class 22: Perendale Woolly Hogget - Mark Burdon (Sponsor - Evan Winter Crutching)

Class 23:

Class 24: Romney Ewe - A.D Paterson (Sponsor - Aorangi Vets)

Class 25: Romney Woolly Hogget - G. C Thompson (Sponsor - Chargeur Wools)

Class 26: Romney Shorn Hogget - Rachel Humphrey (Sponsor - Meat & Wool)

Class 27: Crossbred Ewe - James Pirie (Sponsor - McDowalls South Canterbury)

Class 28:

Class 29: Crossbred Shorn Hogget - Rachel Humphrey (Sponsor - PGG Wrighton Wool)

Class 30: Leicester Ram - James Pirie (Sponsor - Catto Wools Ltd)

Class 31: Leicester Ewe - James Pirie (Sponsor - Temuka Seed)

Class 32: Leicester Woolly Hogget - James Pirie (Sponsor - Topnotch Shearing)

Class 33: Lincoln Ewe - David Small (Sponsor - Meat & Wool)

Class 34:

 

1 July 2005

CHAMPION FLEECE WINNERS ANNOUNCED

The winners of New Zealand's best fleece competition - the 2005 Royal Agricultural Society National Golden Fleece Championships - were announced yesterday at the Royal Agricultural Society's Conference in Christchurch.

Coldstream Estate (A.W.A & A.C Studholme) from Ashburton took top honours in the fine wool section and strong wools champion went to Rawahi Romneys (R & N Warren) from Featherston.

Coldstream Estate's winning fine wool fleece was entered in Class 17 - Corriedale Ram. The fleece measured 34.5 micron, with a greasy weight of 8.5 Kgs. The overall fleece yield was 76.32 percent giving a clean weight of 6.49 Kgs. Total points allocated to the fleece were 99.

The Rawahi Romney's winning strong wool fleece was entered in Class 26 - Romney Shorn Hogget - and scored a total of 97.5 points. The fleece measured 38.4 micron, with a greasy weight of 5.0 Kgs. Overall fleece yield was 82.06 percent giving a clean weight of 4.1 Kgs.

Mr. Peter McCusker from Pyne Gould Guinness judged the competition this year and was impressed with the quality of fleeces available.

"While the convenors of the competition tell me the number of fleeces is down from previous years, it certainly hasn't affected the quality and this is reflected in the high point scoring across many of the sections. In fact there is less than two points difference between the winning fine and strong wool fleeces."

This year the Golden Fleece Competition was hosted by the Central District of the Royal Agricultural Society of New Zealand and National Convenor, Mr. Richard Lemon, confirmed the quality of the competition was high. The total number of fleeces entered was 77 and while Mr. Lemon conceded entries were down from the last competition, "That was more than made up for by the score of the winning fine wool fleece," he said. Judging of this fleece was done fairly early in the competition and we knew a score of 99 would be hard to beat," Mr. Lemon added.

The Golden Fleece competition began in 1969 and encourages and recognises excellence in agriculture.

As such it is a promotion of the very best fleeces produced in New Zealand and sets the benchmark for wool producers throughout the country. The competition is generously supported by Ravensdown Fertiliser, Pyne Gould Guinness, SGS Wool Testing Services and Wrightson Ltd. Both the fine wool and strong wool winners will receive the Royal Agricultural Society's prestigious Gold Medal and $500.

The winning fleeces and the Golden Fleece Exhibition are on display at the Riding for Disabled Pavilion, Canterbury Agricultural Park on 30 June and 1 July.

Winners of the other classes were::

For further information or a full copy of the Golden Fleece Results Contact Debbie Cameron, Royal Agricultural Society
Telephone (03) 313 6945

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Awards

FINE WOOL CHAMPIONSHIP Prize money of $500 with champion gold medal and sash for the Champion Fleece from Classes 1 to 19

STRONG WOOL CHAMPIONSHIP Prize money of $500 with champion gold medal and sash for the Champion Fleece from Classes 20 to 34

Class winners will each receive a $50 first prize, an RAS certificate and rosette.

Please see the sponsors for this event.