Event Sponsors

ENTRY FORM

32nd NORTHERN SHEARS
& CONLAN BROTHERS
SHEARING & WOOL HANDLING 
COMPETITIONS

17th - 19th July 2026

at the

Australian Sheep & Wool Show

Prince of Wales Showgrounds

Holmes Road, Bendigo

Entry Co-ordinator
Jenny Tuohey 0448 588 417

Please be advised that, with the exception of the Northern Shears Masters and the
Adam Webb Memorial Teams Events, all entries are eligible to receive
Sports Shear Victoria circuit points in accordance with SSV regulations.

If you have any questions in relation to how the circuit points will be calculated
please contact the SSV Committee.

If entering a team - please list competitor names

ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY THE APPROPRIATE PAYMENT

Direct Deposit

Bank:                    Bendigo Bank
BSB:                     633 000
Account No:        103 485 298
Account Name:   North Central Victorian Sports Shears
Reference:           Competitor's Name

SCAA Shearer Woolhandler Training Inc.

will be holding a Sports Shear focused training session
on Friday, 17th July between 2:00 - 5:00 pm in the Shearing Pavilion
at the Australian Sheep & Wool Show

There will be two qualified shearers who have competed on the national and international circuit shearing while a qualifed shearer/judge takes the group through the areas of where points are lost and gained and an explanation as to why the points were given.

Shearing competitors will then have the opportunity to shear a couple of sheep each with coaching on individual stands and then shown out the back where they have lost points and areas for improvement.

A Wool Handling Sports Shear workshop will also run at the same time with a qualified trainer/judge who will take the group through and explain to the competitors of where points are lost and gained.

The training session will include clarification on coaching from the pens, holding sheep in the pens and the rules when there is a wool handling competition running in conjunction with shearing competition.

If you don't know or understand the rules or would like a refesher on what the rules are, the NCVSSA Committee recommend you attend this training sesson especially if you are a competitor or would like to learn more about the judging side of the competition.

COMPETITION RULES AND REGULATIONS

1. Competitors compete at their own risk (Recommended that each entrant be self-insured).
2. Shearers MUST use their own hand piece (WORM DRIVE).
3. All rules and regulations for the Northern Shears Shearing & Wool Handling Competition will be those of Sports Shear Australia Association Inc.
4. All rulings by the Chief Steward and Judges are FINAL.
5. Competitors will not make derogatory remarks about Sports Shear Australia Assoc. Inc. or the North Central Victorian Sport Shears Assoc. Inc. on social media.
6. The North Central Victorian Sport Shears Assoc. Inc Committee reserves the right to;
   1. reject any entry without assigning any reason
   2. cancel any event or class
   3. alter the time at which any event or class is to take place or the conditions of any event or class
7. Entries will close on Wednesday, 8th July 2026. Late entries maybe accepted at the discretion of the committee.
8. First entered, last to compete.
9. No refunds after Wednesday, 8th July 2026.
10. North Central Victorian Sport Shears Association Inc. and Sports Shear Australia Association Inc. accept no liability for personal injury and/or property damage to any person participating in shearing or wool handling competition.
11. Competitors must report to registration area 30 minutes prior to the advertised section start time.

These are compulsory fields and must be completed

Citizenship and Residency Status

32nd NORTHERN SHEARS & CONLAN BROTHERS
SHEARING & WOOL HANDLING COMPETITIONS

17th - 19th July 2026

PARTICIPANT RISK ACKNOWLEDGEMENT & WAIVER

(For physical competitions pertaining to Machine Shearing, Blade Shearing and Wool Handling events)

Sports Shear Victoria Inc. and North Central Victorian Sports Shear Association Inc. (together “the Suppliers”) advise that participation (including passive participation) in a physical competition or event at the Northern Shears & Conlan Brothers Shearing & Wool Handling Competition contains elements of risk, both obvious and inherent. Physical competitions, activities and events of all types are dangerous recreational activities.

1. By signing this waiver I acknowledged that: 
   1. participation in the Northern Shears & Conlan Brothers Shearing & Wool Handling Competitions is a recreational service for the purpose of section 22 of the Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012 and also a recreational activity for the purposes of section 32N of the Fair Trading Act 1999;
   2. participation in the event involves a significant risk of physical harm and may result in injury, loss, damage or death to myself;
   3. participation in the event requires certain skills and experience. I declare that I have sufficient skills and experience to be able to safely and properly participate in the event;
   4. if the event is held outdoors, there are risks to myself as a result of the weather conditions, including either extreme hot or cold weather, rain or wind;
   5. I am responsible for ensuring that I have and will wear equipment suitable for safely and properly participating in the event;
   6. I am responsible for the condition of any tools and equipment and ensuring that they are appropriate for the event; and
   7. I use the facilities supplied for the event entirely at my own risk, as I find them and with the prior acceptance of the risk of possible danger to myself.
2. If I suffer injury, loss, or damage while participating in the event, I will not hold the Suppliers, their employees, agents or volunteers legally responsible for any loss I suffer. I will not sue the Suppliers, their employees, agents or volunteers for any claims, costs, damages or liability. I agree to release the Suppliers, their employees, agents or volunteers from legal responsibility for the services I have been provided and/or activity I have participated in.
3. I acknowledge and agree that my participation in the event and associated activities is a danger and may have inherent risks as a result of which personal injury (and sometimes death) may occur and I accept and assume all such risks of personal injury or death in anyway whatsoever arising from these activities and hereby waive my individual right to sue the Suppliers for all claims I or my representatives may have for such personal injury or death against the Suppliers in regard to their negligence, breach of statutory duty or statutory guarantees arising from or in connection with these activities to the fullest extent permitted by law.
4. At the time of participating in the event, I have not been to any degree under the influence of alcohol or illicit drugs.
5. I will not consume any alcohol or illicit drugs while participating in the event and agree that such use may result in me being excluded from the event or other events with no entitlement to any refund of money paid for entry to the Suppliers.
6. I consent to the use of any images taken of me during the conduct of the event for promotional use only. eg: media coverage of photo, filming or social media.

WARNING UNDER THE FAIR TRADING ACT 1999

Under the Australian Consumer Law (Victoria), several statutory guarantees apply to the supply of certain goods and services. These guarantees mean that the supplier named on this form is required to ensure that the recreational services it supplies to you -

• are rendered with due care and skill; and
• are reasonably fit for any purpose which you, either expressly or by implication, make known to the supplier; and
• might reasonably be expected to achieve any result you have made known to the supplier.

Under section 32N of the Fair Trading Act 1999, the supplier is entitled to ask you to agree that these statutory guarantees do not apply to you. If you sign this form, you will be agreeing that your rights to sue the supplier under the Fair Trading Act 1999 if you are killed or injured because the services provided were not in accordance with these guarantees, are excluded, restricted or modified in the way set out in this form.

NOTE: The change to your rights, as set out in this form, does not apply if your death or injury is due to gross negligence on the supplier's part. Gross Negligence is defined in the Fair Trading (Recreational Services) Regulations 2004.

I agree that I have read and understood the above waiver prior to signing and agree that the waiver will be binding on my heirs, next of kin, executors and administrators. 

I acknowledge that the suppliers have permitted myself to participate in the activity as per the subject of this document in reliance upon the matters ackowledged by myself and the representations I have made herein.

I agree that this waiver shall be governed in all aspects by and inerpreted in accordance with the laws of Victoria.

If you have any questions or require further information please contact either:

Jenny Tuohey
Entry Co-ordinator
0448 588 417

or

Adrian Tuohey
President
0427 488 417