Waimate

So that's, that's something he's never gonna forget, for sure.

And then we had the New Zealand Spring Shear is in Waimate last weekend, which Leon Samuels won that in an incredible final.

He had a

aCatastrophic start, I would say, on his first sheep, and then the next 17 sheep were nothing short of incredible how he fought back and clawed his way back to the front.

Yeah, that's my first time making the New Zealand Merino final.

So yeah, another, uh, special moment for me, and nice to get that monkey off the back.

And managed to get 11 points for our national circuit at Alex, and then 11 points down at Waimate.

So that puts me top in the national circuit at the moment, but there's still three rounds to go before Golden Shearers.

Yeah, very special win for him, so that's, that's something he's never gonna forget for sure.

And then we had the New Zealand Spring Shears in Waimate last weekend, which Leon Samuels won that in an incredible final.

He had a catastrophic start, I would say, on his first sheep, and then the next 17 sheep were nothing short of incredible, how he fought back and clawed his way back to the front.

So a very well-deserved win for him there.

How did you go in Alexandra? I, I understand you actually did quite well for your first, was it your first Merinos?

Yeah, that's my first time making the New Zealand Merino final, so yeah, another, uh, special moment for me, and nice to get that monkey off the back.

And managed to get 11 points for our national circuit at Alex, and then 11 points down at Waimate, so that puts me top in the national circuit at the moment, but there's still three rounds to go before Golden Shears.

And, um, yeah, definitely in good stead to make that semi for Golden Shears, and just want a, another shot again down in Masterton.

I say that as a man from South Canterbury.

I'm actually wearing a Waimete rugby jersey right now.

Too warm.

Too warm.

What's...

Is it Waimate this weekend?

Yeah.

So Waimate got underway this morning, all day today and tomorrow.

Uh, Craig "Wiggy" Wiggins is also there with the Carr Family Foundation van doing some health checks, I see.

Uh, but what's really cool is about Waimate, they've got all three disciplines.

So there's blades, machine shearing, and wool handling.

And so tomorrow night we'll see their Trans-Tasman blades test.

So we go anywhere.

We've got greyhounds here from Waimate all the way up to Geraldine, and sometimes Ashburton will come down as well.

I see some of them are dressed up too, and we'll have-

Yeah

And that's really, really popular for the Masters Games.

Would be popular.

In Waimate, they've got their Spring Shears and that's happening tomorrow.

Uh, doesn't say what time, but it's at the Southern Canterbury Showgrounds, so I'm sure it's probably all day there.

Also

happening this weekend, actually, Craig, the New Zealand Spring Shears being held in Waimate.

Friday and Saturday.

Lots going on this weekend.

End of letter seventeen Letter eighteen Of station life in New Zealand By Lady Mary Anne Barker This LibriVox recording is in the public domain.

Letter eighteen A journey down south Waimate, May 1867 In one of my early letters from Heathstock I told you that the Hurunui, which is the boundary of that run, marks the extreme north of the province of Canterbury and now I am writing to you from the extreme south.

I hope you do not forget to reverse in your own mind the ordinary ideas of heat and cold as connected with those points of the compass.

The distance from our house to this is about one hundred and sixty miles and we actually took two days and a half to get there.

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Nor- Norman Kirk Memorial Swimming Pool in Waimate-

Oh, yes, yes

... that if, that if you go number ones, then they, they'd put a chemical in there that it would make it go purple.