00:00:06>> I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU
TO THE FAIR TODAY.
00:00:14THE SCRIPT, DID AN ABSOLUTELY
-- THIS GROUP OF 10, DID AN
00:00:22ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC JOB -- THIS
GROUP OF JOHN, DID AN ABSOLUTELY
00:00:26FANTASTIC JOB IF I COULD HAVE
ALL THE JUNIOR COMPETITORS COME
00:00:30UP AT THIS TIME.
CONOR SHARPE, AND MARK WALLEN
00:00:41FROM ST. PARIS.
ARE GOING TO GET STARTED HERE.
00:00:51THAT GET SOME -- LET'S GET SOME
LAMBS UP ON THE TRAILER.
00:00:58JUDGES, ARE WE READY?
TIMEKEEPERS?
00:01:01ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO.
AS YOU ARE WATCHING TODAY'S
00:01:27SHEARING CONTEST, I WILL GIVE
YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA OF
00:01:32WHAT YOU CAN BE LOOKING FOR,
WHICH IS WHAT THE JUDGES ARE
00:01:36GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR.
OBVIOUSLY, TIME IS IMPORTANT.
00:01:40THE FASTER THEY GET THE SHEEP
SHEARED, THE BETTER, BUT ALSO
00:01:52ON AS EFFICIENTLY, CLEANLY, AND
A STRESS-FREE TO THE ANIMAL AS
00:01:57WE CAN.
THERE WAS 100 POINTS TOTAL FOR
00:01:59EACH SHEEP SHEARED.
20 POINTS IS AVAILABLE FOR
00:02:31SECOND CUTS FOR THE FLEECE.
THE SECOND CUT IS ONE OF THE
00:02:34SHEER GOES OVER THE SPOT ON THE
ANIMAL AND THERE'S STILL SOME
00:02:37WILL LEFT THERE.
IT HURTS THE QUALITY OF THE
00:02:41FLEAS, LOWE WAS THE VALUE OF
THE -- LOWERS THE VALUE OF THE
00:02:46WOOL.
20 POINTS AVAILABLE FOR THE
00:02:50CONDITION OF THE FLEECE, HOW
WELL IT LOOKS WHEN THE SHEARER
00:03:00IS DONE WITH IT.
THAT GIVES YOU A BACKGROUND FOR
00:03:02WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING
FOR TODAY AS EACH ONE OF THE
00:03:05SHEARERS COMPETES.
THEY WILL GET THREE LAMBS TO
00:03:12SHEAR.
DIVISION, THE
00:04:49FIRST-PLACE AWARD IS SPONSORED.
THE OHIO IMPROVEMENT
00:04:59ASSOCIATION HAS ALSO PROVIDE
SPONSORSHIP FOR THE CONTEST
00:05:02TODAY.
OUR JUDGES.
00:05:17TODAY -- FOR TODAY WILL BE
WORKING WITH US LOOKING AT THE
00:05:23LAMBS THAT HAVE BEEN SHORN.
MARK IS IN THE GREEN SHIRT AND
00:05:28WILL BE IN THE FRONT OF THE
TRAILER SHORING EACH ONE ON THE
00:05:31JOB THEY'RE DOING FROM HIS
VIEWPOINT -- SCORING EACH ONE ON
00:05:38THE JOB THEY'RE DOING FROM HIS
VIEWPOINT.
00:05:40LET'S GET OUR SECOND GLANCE --
LAMBS UP ON THE TRAILER.
00:06:04>> OK, JUDGES ARE WE READY?
TIMEKEEPERS, ARE WE READY?
00:06:44ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO.
[APPLAUSE]
00:08:32[APPLAUSE]
[APPLAUSE]
00:09:23LET'S GET OUR THIRD LAMBS UP ON
THE TRAILER.
00:11:59SHEARERS, ARE WE READY?
TIMEKEEPERS, ARE WE READY?
00:12:22ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO.
YOU CAN SEE THE NAMES OF THE
00:12:39SHARES ABOVE WHERE THEY ARE
SHEARING.
00:12:40MARK IS FROM ST. PARIS, OHIO.
HE HAS BEEN SHEARING FOR ABOUT
00:12:49FOUR YEARS.
THE HIGHEST NUMBER HE HAS SHORN
00:12:51IN ONE DAY IS 86 HEAD.
DEAN IS FROM HEBRON AND HAS BEEN
00:12:59SHARING FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS.
HIS HIGHEST NUMBER PER DAY IS
00:13:0225.
ON MY FAR LEFT AND YOU ARE FAR
00:13:06RIGHT IS CONNER FROM SALEM,
OHIO.
00:13:11HE HAS BEEN SHEARING FOR ABOUT
SEVEN YEARS.
00:13:14HIS HIGHEST PER DAY IS 60 HEAD.
[APPLAUSE]
00:14:11[APPLAUSE]
[APPLAUSE]
00:14:34>> WE HAVE TWO SENIORS.
THEY WILL SHARE WITH EVERYBODY
00:15:44ELSE.
OUR NEXT AREA OF COMPETITION
00:16:59WILL BE OUR SENIOR DIVISION.
WE HAVE TWO COMPETITORS.
00:17:02MR. LARRY GREEN AND MR. JEGENE
HOUTENFIELD.
00:17:11GENE HAS 58 YEARS OF SHEARING
SHEEP.
00:17:19LARRY HAS 56 YEARS OF SHEARING
SHEEP.
00:17:23IT IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE THAT WE
HAVE 114 YEARS OF COMBINED
00:17:28SHEEPSHEARING FROM THESE TWO
INDIVIDUALS.
00:17:30SHEARERS, ARE WE READY?
TIMEKEEPERS, ARE WE READY?
00:18:16ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO.
[APPLAUSE]
00:22:06>> SOME OF OUR SPONSORS TODAY
FOR THE SENIOR CLASS, THE FIRST
00:22:33PRIZE IS $50.
THAT IS SPONSORED BY MR.
00:22:42WOOLBRARS.
THE SECOND PRIZE OF $20 IS ALSO
00:22:48SPONSORED BY HIM.
THE THIRD PLACE PRIZE IS
00:22:52SPONSORED BY MR. TAYLOR.
GENTLEMEN, WHEN YOU ARE READY.
00:24:00SHEARERS, ARE WE READY?
TIMEKEEPERS, ARE WE READY?
00:24:42ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO.
I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT WE
00:25:03WILL BE HAVING A SHEARING
SCHOOL IN OHIO THIS YEAR.
00:25:08IT WILL BE ON OCTOBER 1 AND 2 ON
THE FARM IN HEBRON.
00:25:16CONTACT IN THE NATION WILL BE AT
OHIO STATE.
00:25:20IF YOU ARE INTERESTED OR KNOW
ANYONE INTERESTED, PLEASE GET
00:25:24AHOLD OF ROGER AT OHIO STATE
UNIVERSITY.
00:25:28[APPLAUSE]
[APPLAUSE]
00:28:45WE WILL NOW START THE EASTERN
NATIONAL SHEARING CONTEST.
00:30:29THE FOUR SHEARERS TO BEGIN THE
COMPETITION ARE LEERY GREEN, --
00:30:41A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT THE
EASTERN NATIONAL SHEARING
00:30:55CONTEST.
IT IS OPEN TO ALL CHAMPIONS OF
00:31:00RECOGNIZED STATE CONTESTS,
REGIONAL OR NATIONAL CONTESTS
00:31:03HELD ANYWHERE.
FOR OUR STATE FAIR, THIS IS OUR
00:31:08BEST OF THE BEST.
LET'S GET THE FIRST SHEEP UP ON
00:31:15THE TRAILER, PLEASE.
TOF LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION
00:31:23TO SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS WE
HAVE THIS YEAR.
00:31:27WE HAVE SOME NEW PAINT.
IT DOES BRING UP THE FACILITIES.
00:31:32-- IT HAS BRIGHTENED UP THE
FACILITIES.
00:31:36WE HAVE MORE OF THE FANS IN THE
CENTER OF THE BARN TO KEEP
00:31:39THINGS COOL.
I WANTED TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION
00:31:43WE HAVE THIS YEAR AT THE HIGHEST
A FAIR.
00:31:46SHEARERS, ARE WE READY?
TIMEKEEPERS, ARE WE READY?
00:31:53ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO.
WE'RE WATCHING THE SHEEPSHEARING
00:32:06CONTEST AT THE 2011 OHIO STATE
FAIR.
00:32:07I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE LAMB
AND WOOL MARKET.
00:32:13THIS IS A GOOD TIME FOR US AS
PRODUCERS.
00:32:20WE'RE SEEING EXTREMELY HIGH
PRICES FOR THE LAMBS WE ARE
00:32:23PRODUCING AND SELLING.
AT VARIOUS TIMES OF THE YEAR, WE
00:32:26HAVE SEEN RECORD PRICES FOR THE
LAMBS WE'RE SELLING FOR
00:32:30SLAUGHTER.
YOU ARE WATCHING THEM TAKE THE
00:32:33WOOL OFF OF THE LAMBS.
THIS IS AN EXCELLENT TIME TO BE
00:32:39MARKING THE WILL.
THE VALUE IS EXTREMELY HIGH FOR
00:32:43ALL GRADES.
THE ONES WE'RE SEEING TODAY ARE
00:32:52A LITTLE SHORT.
THE DARK FIBER LOWERS THE VALUE.
00:32:58THIS IS A GOOD TIME FOR SHEEP
PRODUCERS IN THE STATE OF OHIO
00:33:03AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
I THINK YOU ARE STARTING TO SEE
00:33:09A PATTERN DEVELOPED.
IT IS A PATTERN THAT WAS
00:33:13PERFECTED IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW
ZEALAND THAT MOST PROFESSIONAL
00:33:19SHEARERS USE.
IT IS THE MOST EFFICIENT AND
00:33:22EFFECTIVE WAY TO GET THE WOOL
OFF OF THE LAMBS.
00:33:26THEY START ON THE BELLIES AND
WORK UP TO THE FRONT END.
00:33:30THEY LAY THEM DOWN ON THEIR BACK
AND START TAKING LONG BLOWS DOWN
00:33:34THE CENTER AND SIDES.
THEN THEY START WORKING ON THE
00:33:38OTHER SIDE COMING DOWN TO THE
FRONT.
00:33:40THAT GIVES US A FLEECE THAT
WANTS TO LAY OPEN.
00:33:49IT STAYS TOGETHER.
IT IS NICE TO WORK WITH.
00:33:51IT ALSO MAKES THE FLEECE MORE
MARKETABLE TO BE SOLD INTO THE
00:33:59MARKETPLACE.
[APPLAUSE]
00:34:22[APPLAUSE]
FOR THE FOLKS JUST WALKING IN, I
00:35:22WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME JOIN
US AT RINGSIDE AS WE BEGIN THE
00:35:292011 OHIO STATE FAIR SHEEP
SHEARING CONTEST.
00:35:32WE'RE IN THE CHAMPIONS DIVISION
OF OUR CONTEST.
00:35:36I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE
COME IN AND HAVE A SEAT.
00:35:39I THINK YOU WILL FIND THIS A
VERY ENTERTAINING AND ENJOYABLE
00:35:42PART OF YOUR DAY HERE AT THE
OHIO STATE FAIR.
00:35:45DURING THE SHEPHERD'S EASTERN
NATIONAL SHEARING CONTEST, THE
00:35:50FIRST PRIZE IS A $50 GIFT
CERTIFICATE.
00:35:55THERE IS ALSO A SPECIAL AWARD.
THE SECOND PRIZE IS A $20 GIFT
00:36:02CERTIFICATE.
HOV WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE
00:36:07SHEARER WITH THE FASTEST TIME IN
THE PRELIMINARIES -- A TROPHY
00:36:11WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE SHEARER
WITH THE FASTEST TIME IN THE
00:36:14PRELIMINARIES.
AN AWARD WILL BE GIVEN ON THE
00:36:21CONDITION OF THE FLEECE IN THE
PRELIMINARIES.
00:36:23THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL AWARD
FOR THE HIGHEST SCORING ON THE
00:36:27CONDITION OF THE ANIMALS IN THE
PRELIMINARIES.
00:36:29LET'S GET OUR NEXT SHEEP UP ON
THE TRAILER.
00:38:12SHEARERS, ARE WE READY?
TIMEKEEPERS, ARE WE READY?
00:38:38ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO.
AS YOU ARE WATCHING TODAY'S
00:38:50SHEARING CONTEST, I WILL GIVE
YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA OF
00:38:57WHAT YOU CAN BE LOOKING FOR,
WHICH IS WHAT THE JUDGES WILL BE
00:39:01LOOKING FOR.
OBVIOUSLY, TIME IS IMPORTANT.
00:39:04THE FASTER THEY GET THE SHEEP
SHEARING, THE BETTER.
00:39:06WE'RE ALSO JUDGING THEM ON
VARIOUS -- ON THEIR ABILITY TO
00:39:11GET THE SHEEP SHORN EFFICIENTLY,
CLEANLY, AND AS STRESS-FREE TO
00:39:17THE ANIMAL AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
THERE IS ONE OF A POINT TOTAL
00:39:20FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL SHEARER
TODAY.
00:39:22THERE'S 20 POINTS FOR THE AMOUNT
OF TIME IT TAKES.
00:39:26THERE'S 15 POINTS FOR THE
ABSENCE OF CUTS.
00:39:30THERE WILL BE A JUDGE WORKING
BACK IN THE BACK AND TAKING A
00:39:34LOOK AT EVERY LAMB AS IT COMES
OFF OF THE TRAILER TO SEE THE
00:39:38QUALITY OF THE JOB DONE BY THE
SHEARER.
00:39:4015 POINTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR HOW
EACH INDIVIDUAL SHEARER HANDLES
00:39:45THE SHEEP WHILE HE IS SHARING
IT.
00:39:4820 POINTS IS AVAILABLE FOR THE
ABSENCE OF SECOND CUTS IN A
00:39:52FLEECE.
A SECOND CUT IS WHERE THE
00:39:55SHEARER HAS GONE OVER A SPOT ON
THE ANIMAL AND THERE IS STILL
00:39:58SOME WILL LEFT AND HE HAS TO GO
BACK OVER AGAIN.
00:40:01THAT HURTS THE QUALITY OF THE
FLEECE.
00:40:04IT LOWERS THE VALUE OF THE WOOL.
THAT IS WHY WE PENALIZED FOR
00:40:12ANY SECOND HAS.
THERE ARE 20 POINTS AVAILABLE
00:40:13FOR THE CONDITION OF THE FLEECE.
THAT IS HOW WELL IT LOOKS WHEN
00:40:16THE SHEARER IS DONE WITH IT.
THERE IS 10 POINTS AVAILABLE FOR
00:40:20THE APPEARANCE OF THE SHORN
SHEEP.
00:40:21THAT GIVES YOU A BACKGROUND FOR
WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR
00:40:27TODAY AS EACH ONE OF THE SHARES
COMPETES.
00:40:30THEY WILL GET THREE LAMBS TO
SHAEAR.
00:40:35WILL THEN TOTAL OF THE POINTS
FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE ON THOSE
00:40:39THREE SHEEP.
THERE IS A TOTAL OF 100 POINTS
00:40:43AVAILABLE.
[APPLAUSE]
00:40:48[APPLAUSE]
ATTENTION TO OUR SHARES.
00:43:17THE SHEARERS IN HEAT NUMBER TWO
WILL BE COMING UP.
00:43:30GENTLEMEN, LET'S GET THE LAST
LAMBS UP ON THE TRAILER, PLEASE.
00:45:24LET'S GET THESE LAST LAMBS UP ON
THE TRAILER.
00:45:41SHEARERS, ARE YOU READY?
TIMEKEEPERS, ARE YOU READY?
00:46:00ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO.
AS WE'RE FINISHING UP THIS HEAT,
00:46:14WE HAVE SHEARERS REPRESENTING
THE STATES OF OHIO AND
00:46:19WISCONSIN.
ON YOUR RIGHT, BILL HAS BEEN
00:46:25SHEARING SHEEP FOR 35 YEARS.
HIS HIGHEST NUMBER PER DAY IS
00:46:29174.
HE SHARES APPROXIMATELY 5000
00:46:32HEAD A YEAR.
NEXT TO HIM COMING DOWN TO YOUR
00:46:35RIGHT IS ANDY JOHNSON.
HE IS FROM PLAIN CITY, OHIO.
00:46:43HE HAS BEEN SHEARING FOR SIX
YEARS.
00:46:46HIS HIGHEST PER DAY IS 87.
HE SHEARS ABOUT 1500 HEAD A
00:46:52YEAR.
NEXT IS MR. GAVIN MCCARROLL FROM
00:47:01WISCONSIN.
HIS HIGHEST PER DAY IS 250.
00:47:04HE SHEARS APPROXIMATELY 17,000 A
YEAR FROM WISCONSIN TO TEXAS.
00:47:11ON YOUR FAR RIGHT IS LARRY
GREEN FROM GREENVILLE.
00:47:16HE HAS BEEN SHEARING FOR 56
YEARS.
00:47:18HIS HIGHEST PER DAY IS 130.
HE SHEARS ABOUT 4000 HEAD PER
00:47:23YEAR.
[APPLAUSE]
00:48:25IN HEAT NUMBER TWO, WE WILL
HAVE THESE COMPETITORS.
00:49:53LET'S GET THE GUYS IN THE
SECOND HEAT TO START MAKING
00:51:03THEIR WAY UP TO THE TRAILER.
LET'S GET THE SHEEP.
00:51:08LET'S GET THE LAMBS UP ON THE
TRAILER, PLEASE.
00:51:12SHEARERS, ARE YOU READY?
TIMEKEEPERS, ARE YOU READY?
00:51:42ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO.
[APPLAUSE]
00:53:54[APPLAUSE]
OK, GENTLEMEN.
00:57:40LET SLOW THE SECOND ONE, PLEASE
-- LETS LOTAD THE SECOND ONE,
00:57:50PLEASE.
SHEARERS, ARE YOU READY?
00:58:02TIMEKEEPERS, ARE YOU READY?
ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO.
00:58:08[APPLAUSE]
[APPLAUSE]
01:01:57WE WILL LET THE SHEARERS KNOW
THAT HE NUMBER THREE IS NEXT.
01:03:50>> OK, LET'S PUT THE THIRD ONE
UP ON THE TRAILER, PLEASE.
01:04:37OK, SHEARERS, ARE YOU READY?
TIMEKEEEPERS, ARE WE READY?
01:04:59ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO.
WE'RE MOVING THROUGH OUR THIRD
01:05:24SHEEP IN THIS HEAT.
ON THE LEFT, SPRINGBORO, OHIO.
01:05:35HE SHEERS ABOUT 1500 A YEAR.
MOVING TO YOUR RIGHT IS GREG
01:05:43FOGLE.
GREG HAS BEEN SHEARING FOR 12
01:05:50YEARS.
SHEARS ABOUT 2000 HEAD A YEAR.
01:05:57HE IS ALSO THE COORDINATOR OF
THIS AND DOES A GREAT JOB FOR
01:06:04ALL THE EXHIBITORS.
NEXT IS ALAN MADER.
01:06:08HE HAS BEEN SHEARING FOR 3
YEARS.
01:06:13HIS HIGHEST PER DAY IS KEY.
-- 80.
01:06:17HE SHEARS 8000 A YEAR.
DON IS FROM OHIO, BEEN SHEARING
01:06:26FOR 26 YEARS.
HIS HIGHEST PER DAY IS 170.
01:06:33HE'S BEEN THE JUNIOR CHAMPION,
THE SENIOR CHAMPION AT THE OHIO
01:06:43STATE FAIR.
TIMEKEEPERS, ARE YOU READY?
01:10:34ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO.
HE BETTER GO TIP SOMEBODY.
01:11:32LET'S GET THE SECOND LAMBS ON
THE TRAILER, PLEASE.
01:14:40SHEARERS, ARE YOU READY?
TIMEKEEPERS, ARE YOU READY?
01:14:54ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO.
AS YOU ARE WATCHING TODAY'S
01:15:04CONTEST, I WILL GIVE YOU A
LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA OF WHAT
01:15:10YOU CAN BE LOOKING FOR, WHAT THE
JUDGES WILL BE LOOKING FOR.
01:15:14THE FASTER THE BETTER, BUT WE
ARE ALSO JUDGING THEM ON
01:15:23VARIOUS -- ON THEIR ABILITY TO
GET THE SHEEP SHORN EFFICIENTLY,
01:15:29CLEANLY, AND AS A STRESS FREE TO
THE ANIMALS AS THEY CAN.
01:15:32THERE ARE 20 POINTS FOR THE
AMOUNT OF TIME, 15 FOR ABSENCE
01:15:41OF CUTS, AND THERE WILL BE A
JUDGE TAKING A LOOK AT EVERY
01:15:48LAMB AS IT COMES OFF OF THE
TRAILER TO SEE THE QUALITY OF
01:15:52THE JOB DONE.
15.
01:15:55AVAILABLE FOR HOW EACH
INDIVIDUAL HANDLES THE SHEEP
01:15:59WHILE HE IS SHEARING IT.
20 POINTS ARE AVAILABLE -- THE
01:16:07SECOND CUT IS WHERE THERE IS
STILL WOOL LEFT.
01:16:13THAT HURTS THE QUALITY OF THE
FLEECE AND THE VALUE OF THE
01:16:20WOOL.
THEY ARE PENALIZED FOR ANY
01:16:25SECOND CUTS.
HOW WELL DOES IT LOOK WHEN THEY
01:16:31ARE DONE WITH IT?
AND THERE ARE 10 POINTS
01:16:34AVAILABLE FOR THE APPEARANCE OF
THE SHORN SHEEP.
01:16:37THAT IS THE BACKGROUND OF WHAT
WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR TODAY AS
01:16:42THEY COMPETE HERE.
THEY'LL GET THREE TO SHEER AND
01:16:48WE WILL TOTAL OF THE POINTS FOR
WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.
01:16:51THE SHARES WILL BE STANLEY, TOM,
AND GEORGE4.
01:17:17-- GEORGE.
CAN WE GET THE THIRD SHEET ON
01:18:43THE TRAILER PLEASE -- SHEEP ON
THE TRAILER, PLEASE?
01:18:47SHEARERS, ARE YOU READY?
TIMEKEEPERS, ARE YOU READY?
01:19:08ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO.
AS THEY ARE WORKING ON THEIR
01:19:34THIRD SHEET, I WILL INTRODUCE
THEM TO YOU.
01:19:35SY HAS BEEN ASSURING -- SHEARING
FOR TEN YEARS.
01:19:42HE SHEARS APPROXIMATELY 10,000
A YEAR.
01:19:48SY AND ONE OF OUR JUDGES ARE
GOING TO PUT ON A PERFORMANCE
01:19:54FOR US SHEARING LAMBS WITH HAND
BLADES.
01:19:58NEXT IN LINE IS DUSTIN FROM
OHIO.
01:20:04HE'S BEEN SHEARING FOR FOUR
YEARS.
01:20:08HIGHEST PER DAY IS 35.
NEXT IS STUART MATTHEWS.
01:20:15STUART COMES TO US FROM NORTH
CAROLINA.
01:20:20FINALLY IS JUSTIN TAYLOR.
HE'S FROM NEW LEXINGTON OHIO.
01:20:29HIS HIGHEST PER DAY IS 60,
SEHARS A -- SHEARS ABOUT 1000 A
01:20:38YEAR.
I NEED THE SHEARERS FOR HEAT
01:23:23NUMBER FOUR.
STANLY, TOM, GEORGE.
01:23:28SHEARERS, ARE YOU READY?
TIMEKEEPERS, ARE YOU READY?
01:23:34ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO.
SHEARERS, ARE YOU READY?
01:27:37TIMEKEEPERS, ARE YOU READY?
ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO.
01:27:41BIFURCATE
CAN WE GET THE NEXT ON THE
01:32:05TRAILER, PLEASE?
SHEARERS, ARE YOU READY?
01:32:27TIMEKEEPERS, ARE YOU READY?
ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO.
01:32:32AS WE FINISH UP THE FINAL LAMB
IN THE FINAL HEAT, MR. TOM
01:32:54HAWKE FROM WILSON, WAS CONTENT
HASSHE BEENARING FOR 33 YEARS --
01:33:01HAS BEE SHEARING FOR 33 YEARS,
SHEARS ABOUT 2000 A YEAR.
01:33:10NEXT IS STANLY STRODE FROM OHIO.
SHEARING 31 YEARS.
01:33:17177 PER DAY.
HIS HIGHEST PER YEAR AT ONE
01:33:24TIME WAS 20,000, NOW IT'S AROUND
1000.
01:33:30FINALLY, ON YOUR IMMEDIATE
RIGHT IS GEORGE, SHEARING FOR
01:33:3812 YEARS
HIGHEST PER DAY, 80.
01:33:42SHEARS A LITTLE BETTER THAN 1000
PER EAR.
01:33:47-- YEAR.
ONCE THE SCORES ARE TABULATED,
01:34:58SOME PEOPLE WILL COME BACK TO
THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND.
01:35:00-- SIX PEOPLE WILL COME BACK
TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND.
01:35:08OK, LET'S GET THE FIRST SHEEP ON
THE TRAILER AT THIS TIME,
01:36:06PLEASE.
OK, SHEARERS, ARE YOU READY?
01:36:37TIMEKEEPERS, ARE YOU READY?
SY, YOU GOOD?
01:36:49TIMEKEEPERS, ARE YOU READY?
ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO.
01:36:52AS YOU ARE SITTING HERE WATCHING
THIS FIRST LAMB OF THE FIRST
01:37:04HEAT IN OUR FINALS, ON YOUR LEFT
IS SY CARL, NEXT TO HIM IS JUST
01:37:12IN TAYLOR -- JUSTIN TAYLOR.
AND TO THE RIGHT, DUSTIN.
01:37:18>> IT IS WHAT IT IS.
OK, LET'S GET THE SECOND SHEEP
01:40:48UP ON THE TRAILER, PLEASE.
OK, SHEARERS, ARE YOU READY?
01:41:14TIMEKEEPERS, ARE YOU READY?
ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO.
01:41:17OK, LET'S GET THE THIRD LAMB UP
ON THE TRAILER, PLEASE.
01:44:30SHEARERS, ARE YOU READY?
TIMEKEEPERS, ARE YOU READY?
01:45:13ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO.
THE FINAL THREE, DON, GREG,
01:48:15STUART UP TO THE SHEARING TABLE
AT THIS TIME, PLEASE.
01:48:21ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO.
-- OK, SHEARERS, ARE YOU READY?
01:49:21TIMEKEEPERS, ARE YOU READY?
ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO.
01:49:25AS WE BEGIN THE SECOND HEAT IN
THE FINALS, ON YOUR IMMEDIATE
01:49:37LEFT, MR. STUART MATTHEWS.
IN THE MIDDLE, DON.
01:49:42ON THE RIGHT, GRET FOGLE.
OK, LET'S LOAD THE SECOND
01:52:37SHEEP.
SHEARERS, ARE YOU READY?
01:52:59TIMEKEEPERS, ARE YOU READY?
ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO.
01:53:06OK, SHEARERS, ARE YOU READY?
TIMEKEEEPERS, ARE WE READY?
01:56:52ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO.
OK, WE ARE READY FOR THE AWARDS
01:59:02YEAR FOR THE 2011 OHIO STATE
FAIR SHEEP SHEARING CONTEST.
01:59:08WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR
JUDGES, MR. MARK WALLING, DOUG
01:59:15RATHKEY.
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF
01:59:20THE FOLKS THAT HELPED US WITH
TIMEKEEPING.
01:59:23SPONSORS FOR TODAY, WE HAVE
SPONSORSHIP FROM THE AMERICANS
01:59:28SHEEP INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, THE
OHIO SHEEP IMPROVING
01:59:38ASSOCIATION, AND WE WILL HAVE
SPONSORS FOR THE SPECIFIC
01:59:40AWARDS.
IN THE JUNIOR DIVISION, OUR
01:59:44FASTEST TIME WAS BY MARK WALLEN.
THE BEST FLEECE WAS ALSO MARK
01:59:51WALLEN.
THE BEST PEN WAS MARK WALLEN.
01:59:55THE BEST JUNIO WAS MARK WALLEN,
HE RECEIVES THE FIRST-PLACE
02:00:04AWARD IS SPONSORED BY MR. BOB
WELSH.
02:00:07[APPLAUSE]
OUR SECOND PLACE JR. SHEARER
02:00:23WAS MR. SHARP, AND THIRD WAS
DEAN CABLE WITH 93.633.
02:00:34IN THE SENIOR DIVISION, WE HAVE
A SPECIAL AWARD DROVE THE
02:00:46PRESENTED TO BOB TAYLOR WHO
SCORES THE MOST POINTS ABSENT A
02:00:52SECOND CUT AND CONDITION OF THE
FLEECE.
02:00:53THE BEST IN THE SENIOR DIVISION
WAS MR. GEORGE MULCHIME.
02:01:01BEST FLEECE SENIOR DIVISION.
BEST FLEECE, SENIOR DIVISION.
02:01:16OUR FIRST PLACE A SENIOR
RECEIVING $65 AND A $50 GIFT
02:01:39CERTIFICATE WAS TO GEORGE
MULCHIME WITH A SCORE OF 96.4.
02:01:50[APPLAUSE]
AND OUR SECOND PLACE SENIOR
02:02:00RECEIVING $50 FROM THE OHIO FAIR
EXPOSITION AND $20 GIFT
02:02:04CERTIFICATE FOR MIDSTATES WOOL
GROWERS, RUSTY BERGETT.
02:02:11[APPLAUSE]
IN OUR FINALS, OUR FASTEST TIME
02:02:24IN THE PRELIMINARY ROUND
RECEIVING AN AWARD SPONSORD BY
02:02:30GENE HOUSHIELD AND SONS, MR. SY
CARL.
02:02:36[APPLAUSE]
FOR OUR BEST FLEECE, MR. BOB
02:02:58TAYLOR WITH A SCORE OF 39.133,
GREG FOGLE.
02:03:04[APPLAUSE]
AND RECEIVING A SPECIAL AWARD ON
02:03:21THE HIGHEST SCORING PEN
SPONSORED BY JUNE AND CLIFFORD
02:03:26SCOTT, WITH 39.5, DON
HOUSENSHIELD.
02:03:34[APPLAUSE]
NOW FOR THE PLACINGS IN THE
02:03:50FINALS.
SIXTH PLACE, DUSTIN HOU
02:03:57SENSHIELD.
[APPLAUSE]
02:03:58FIFTH PLACE WITH 96.367 WAS
JUSTIN TAYLOR.
02:04:12[APPLAUSE]
FOURTH PLACE WITH A SCORE OF
02:04:2797.367, SY CARL.
[APPLAUSE]
02:04:33THIRD PLACE WITH A SCORE OF
97.6, GREG FOGLE.
02:04:44[APPLAUSE]
SECOND PLACE WITH A SCORE OF
02:04:5697.767, RECEIVING A $20 GIFT
CERTIFICATE TO MID STATES WOOL
02:05:05GROWERS, DON HOUSENSHIELD.
[APPLAUSE]
02:05:10AND OUR FIRST PLACE SHEEP
SHEARER, 97.8, RECEIVING A $50
02:05:22GIFT CERTIFICATE AND A SPECIAL
AWARD, STUART MATTHEWS.
02:05:27[APPLAUSE]
AND THIS CONCLUDES THE 2011 --
02:05:42I'M SORRY, I FORGOT THE OLD
TIMERS.
02:05:45I'M SORRY, IN THEO OLD TIMERS
DIVISION, FIRST PLACE WAS LARY
02:06:17RY GREEN.
SECOND PLACE WITH 92.05, GENE
02:06:24HOUSENSHIELD.
WITH THAT, WE CONCLUDE THE 2011
02:06:34OHIO STATE FAIR SHEEP SHEARING
CONTEST.
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