The weather brought out the crowds at the All Ireland and All Nations Sheep Shearing and Woolhandling Championships in Castlepollard, Co Westmeath this weekend. The event takes place in Tullynally Castle on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 June and is hosted by Townspark Vintage Club.
Ivan Scott, Donegal native and now nine-time All-Ireland Open shearing champion, was crowned the Irish open shearing champion for 2016.
He's done it again: Irish open shearing champion Ivan Scott in action pic.twitter.com/C7Q9cP3Zd9
— FJ Sheep (@FJSheep) June 4, 2016
Jack Robinson, from Co Derry, came second.
Left-hander Finn Butler, below, was named a senior winner in the shearing competition. Finn was very emotional after the victory and said he never thought he would win an All Ireland.
Helga Sinclair won overall winner of Queen of the Shears.
By the end of the championship, more than 200 competitors will have sheared 2,200 sheep across 19 different categories.
Sunday will see the competition take on an international flavour with a Six Nations Team competition featuring Ireland north and south, Scotland, England, Wales and France. We will have a full report from the international competition on the day on www.farmersjournal.ie.
See the full set of results from Saturday below
All Ireland Open
First - Ivan Scott 60.450,
Second - Jack Robinson 63.600,
Third - Robert Davidson 66.550
Fourth - Ian Mountgomery 66.600
Fifth - Tom Perry 69.1000
Sixth - Jimmy NcAuley 69.650
All Ireland Senior Heats
First - Finn Butler 47.450
Second - Stephen Morgan 48.450
Third - John Stephens 50.300
Fourth - Joseph Stephens 50.400
Fifth - Jason McNeice 52.050
Sixth - Johnny Paterson 52.750
All Ireland Intermediate Heats
First - Karol Devaney 53.715
Second - Joe Boylan 53.843
Third - Ronald Kennedy 57.571
Fourth - Pierce Bredin 60.007
Fifth - Russell Smyth 63.236
Sixth - Barry Devine 63.500
All Ireland Junior Heats
First - Robert Douglas 45.250
Second - Padraig Coen 52.150
Third - Joe Kerlin 53.750
Fourth - Liam Kelly 54.050
Fifth - Sean Corrigan 61.650
Sixth - Matthew P Murphy 67.350
Shearing New Zealand All Ireland Blade Heats
First - Peter Herarty 94.733
Second - Noel Joyce 100.700
Third - Patrick Moran 106.150
Fourth - Tom Halloran 122.650
Fifth - Padraig Kerrigan 125.883
Sixth - Martin Hopkins 131.317
Hotel Castlepollard Ladies
First - Helga Sinclair 23.000
Second - Jalle Resneau 24.650
Third - Emily Barker 32.800
Fourth - Joanne Devaney 62.400
All Ireland Wool Handling
First - George Graham 87.8
Second - Matt Murphy 187.4
International Wool Handling
First - Gwenan Paewai 60.800
Second - Brownen Tango 67.000
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