The 14th Scottish Blackface Shearing
Championships
LOCHEARNHEAD SHEARS
2007
INTERNATIONAL RELAY
1st NEW ZEALAND (Dion King, Johnny Kirkpatrick & Ritchie McGuire)
2nd WALES (Nicky Beynon, Hefin Jones & Rhys Jones)
3rd ENGLAND (Stephen Capstick, Peter Smith & Adam Berry)
4th SCOTLAND (Allan Wright, John Blackhall & Chris Reid)
THE
COUNTRYMAN - SCOTLAND .V. NEW ZEALAND TEST
1ST SCOTLAND (Hamish Mitchell & Gavin Mutch)
2ND NEW ZEALAND (David
Fagan & Paul Avery)
SCOTLAND .V.
FRANCE TEST
1ST SCOTLAND
2ND FRANCE
R McLARTY & SON HAND SHEARS
1st Donald
McColl 2nd
Stuart McDougall 3rd
Ewan Cameron 4th
David Ferguson
SCOTTISH WOOL GROWERS WOOL-HANDLING
1st Bronwen Tango 2nd Leanne
Bertram 3rd
Linda McWhirter 4th Hayley
Holmes
A B GAIRNS JUNIOR SHEARING
1st John Gibson, Helensburgh 19.91
2nd Calum Shaw, Saline
21.52
3rd Jimmy Wright, Ardlui
25.99
4th Mark Robson, Northumberland 31.78
5th Steven Knox 6th
Sheila McGregor 7th Graeme Mather
8th Richard Lewis
HIGHWAY SHEARING (UK) Ltd., INTERMEDIATE SHEARING
1st
Richard Robinson, Denny
27.57
2nd Tad McNeildge, New Zealand 28.95
3rd Brian Simpson, Blairgowrie
30.07
4th Stewart Kennedy, Aberfeldy
33.47
5th Archie Paterson 6th
Stuart Wright 7th
Colin MacKenzie 8th
Sandy Taylor
REID AND
ROBERTSON/DECTOMAX SENIOR SHEARING
1st Jordan Smeaton, Kinloch Rannoch 35.45
2nd Robin Roberts, Bala
38.30
3rd Mark Armstrong, Ardeonaig
38.50
4th David Higginson, Callander
38.60
5th James Rowney
6th John Morgan
7th Grant Lundie
8th John Little
HEINIGER SCOTTISH BLACKFACE CHAMPIONSHIPS
OPEN SHEARING
1st Paul Avery, Taranaki,
New Zealand 47.65
2nd Gavin Mutch, Huntly, Aberdeenshire 48.15
3rd Stephen Capstick, Millom, Cumbria
48.40
4th David Fagan, Te Kuiti, New Zealand
48.40
5th Hamish Mitchell
6th Willie Jones
7th Dion King
8th Kieran McCullough
The Colin
MacGregor Salver for the best pen in any final –
Stephen Capstick

The 13th Scottish Blackface Shearing Championships
LOCHEARNHEAD
SHEARS 2006
INTERNATIONAL RELAY
1st
ENGLAND (Mark Fox, Steven Capstick & Pete Smith)
2nd NEW
ZEALAND (Kevin Hessell, Anthony Ryan & Nigel Brown)
3rd
WALES (Delwyn Jones, Aaron Hughes & Eryl Williams)
4th
SCOTLAND (Allan Wright, David McArthur & Willie Dickson)
THE
COUNTRYMAN - SCOTLAND .V. NORTHERN IRELAND TEST
1ST
SCOTLAND (Hamish Mitchell & Gavin Mutch)
2ND NORTHERN
IRELAND (Willie Jones & Kieran McCullough)
R McLARTY & SON HAND SHEARS
1st David Ferguson 2nd
Willie Shaw 3rd Donald McCall 4th
Stuart McDougall
SCOTTISH WOOL GROWERS WOOL-HANDLING
1st Linda
McWhirter 2nd Bronwen Tango 3rd
Kirsty Donald 4th Bill Greenshields
A B GAIRNS JUNIOR SHEARING
1st Stewart Kennedy, Aberfeldy
24.05
2nd Richard Davies, Mid
Wales 28.51
3rd Richard Lewis, Killin 32.64
4th Rab Webster, Glen
Lyon 34.30
5th John Struthers 6th
John McCambridge 7th Richard Robinson
8th Graham Mathers
HIGHWAY SHEARING (UK) Ltd., INTERMEDIATE SHEARING
1st Grant Lundie,
Dundee 28.30
2nd David Higginson, Callander
30.52
3rd Camillus Mulholland, Ballycastle
31.06
4th Jordan Smeaton, Kinloch
Rannoch
31.61
5th Finn Butler 6th
Mark MaGee 7th Seamus Robinson 8th
Peter Redhead
REID AND
ROBERTSON/DECTOMAX SENIOR SHEARING
1st Gareth Daniels, Powys, Wales
35.75
2nd
Ian Montgomery, Ballymena 36.90
3rd John Buchanan,
Ballymena 38.30
4th Ritchie
MacGuire, New Zealand 40.70
5th John
Little 6th Tom Harding 7th Mark
Armstrong 8th Peter Carnegie
HEINIGER SCOTTISH BLACKFACE CHAMPIONSHIPS
OPEN SHEARING
1st Hamish
Mitchell, Lochearnhead 46.90
2nd Gavin Mutch,
Huntly, Aberdeenshire 47.50
3rd Nicky Beynon,
Gower, South Wales 50.55
4th Willie Jones,
Templepatrick, N Ireland 50.95
5th Stephen
Capstick 6th Mark Fox 7th
Eryl Williams 8th Rhys Jones
The Colin
MacGregor Salver for the best pen in any final – Grant Lundie

The
12th Scottish Blackface Shearing Championships
LOCHEARNHEAD SHEARS 2005
INTERNATIONAL RELAY
1st SCOTLAND (Allan Wright, Neil McIntyre & Willie Dickson)
2nd WALES (Nicky Beynon, Hywel Roberts & Eryl Williams)
3rd ENGLAND (Mark Fox, Steven Capstick & Pete Smith)
4th N. IRELAND (Kieran McCullough, Willie Jones & Allan Longstaff)
B.P. PIPELINES- SCOTLAND .V. NEW ZEALAND
TEST
1ST SCOTLAND (Hamish Mitchell & Gavin Mutch)
2ND NEW ZEALAND (David Fagan & Dean Ball)
R McLARTY & SON HAND SHEARS
1st Donald McCall 2nd Willie Shaw 3rd Euan
Cameron 4th Dick Steven
SCOTTISH WOOL GROWERS WOOL-HANDLING
1st Jayne Harkness 2nd Bronwen Tango 3rd Alison McNeil 4th Kirsty
Donald
A B GAIRNS JUNIOR SHEARING
1st Peter Redhead, Cumbria 23.98
2nd Seamus Robinson 24.56
3rd Grant Lundie, Dundee 27.60
4th John MacGregor, Kilsyth 28.49
5th Matthew Evans 6th Jim Thomson 7th David Clark 8th Stewart Kennedy
HIGHWAY SHEARING INTERMEDIATE SHEARING
1st John Little, Callander 33.90
2nd Andrew Donald, Berwickshire 34.10
3rd James McDonald, Connell 37.65
4th Richard Wood, Biggar 40.50
5th Alister Orr 6th Gareth Adams 7th Mark Evans 8th Robin Roberts
REID AND ROBERTSON/DECTOMAX SENIOR SHEARING
1st Antony Rooke, Yorkshire 36.95
2nd Iain Minto, Peebles-shire 39.95
3rd Rhydian Evans, Dyfed 38.00
4th Ian Montgomery, Ballymena 38.60
5th Jason Clark 6th John Buchanan 7th Ross Bergius 8th Bonnie Morrison
HEINIGER SCOTTISH BLACKFACE CHAMPIONSHIPS
OPEN SHEARING
1st Hamish Mitchell, Lochearnhead 52.60
2nd Kieran McCullough, Co Down 54.50
3rd Stephen Capstick, Cumbria 57.30
4th Eryl Williams, Oswestry 60.70
5th Nicky Beynon 6th David Fagan 7th Tom Wilson 8th Gavin Mutch
The Colin MacGregor Salver for the best pen
in any final – Rhydian Evans

The 11th
Scottish Blackface Shearing Championships
LOCHEARNHEAD SHEARS 2004
INTERNATIONAL RELAY
1st SCOTLAND (Doug Lambie, John Lamb & Gavin Mutch)
2nd WALES (Nicky Beynon, Rhys Jones & Eryl Williams)
3rd ENGLAND (Craig Stone, Steven Capstick & Pete
Smith)
4th NEW ZEALAND (Murray Johnstone, Willie Rhind &
Nigel Brown)
B.P. PIPELINES- SCOTLAND .V. NEW
ZEALAND TEST
1ST SCOTLAND (Hamish Mitchell & Allan Wright)
88.43
2ND NEW ZEALAND (Johnny Kirkpatrick & Pete Chilcott)
88.98
R McLARTY & SON HAND SHEARS
1st Tom McKellar, 2nd Donald
McCall, 3rd Willie Shaw,
4th Euan Cameron
SCOTTISH WOOL GROWERS
WOOL-HANDLING
1st Alison McNeil, 2nd Ana
Leira, 3rd Kirsty Donald,
4th Linda McWhirter
A B GAIRNS JUNIOR SHEARING
1st Richard Wood, Biggar 24.50
2nd Ross MacIntosh, Blairgowrie 27.87
3rd David Clark, Lesmahagow 29.00
4th Andrew Baillie, Larkhall 29.33
5th Angus Webster, 6th
Richard Lewis, 7th Jim Thomson,
8th Beau St George
HIGHWAY SHEARING INTERMEDIATE
SHEARING
HIGHWAY SHEARING INTERMEDIATE SHEARING
1st Delwyn Jones, Ruthin 31.56
2nd John Clark, Stranraer 33.06
3rd Tom McKellar, Bridge of Orchy 34.15
4th Simon Bedwell, Ross-shire 36.25
5th John Buchanan, 6th James
MacDonald, 7th Andrew Donald,
8th Kevin Robinson
REID AND ROBERTSON/DECTOMAX
SENIOR SHEARING
1st Ivan Scott, Co Donegal 36.25
2nd Antony Rooke, Yorkshire 37.65
3rd Chris Reid, Turnberry 38.00
4th Ian Montgomery, Ballyclare 38.60
5th Bedwyr Jones, 6th Alan
Longstaff, 7th Ian Minto,
8th Andy Mainland
HEINIGER SCOTTISH BLACKFACE
CHAMPIONSHIPS OPEN SHEARING
1st Johnny Kirkpatrick, New Zealand 49.00
2nd Hamish Mitchell, Lochearnhead 51.80
3rd Tom Wilson, Westruther 52.85
4th Gavin Mutch, Huntly 53.40
5th Eryl Willams 6th Allan Wright 7th Rhys Jones 8th
Hefin Jones
THE
COLIN MACGREGOR SALVER FOR THE BEST PEN IN ANY FINAL
Richard Wood