{"id":2846,"date":"2024-11-15T17:16:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T06:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/?p=2846"},"modified":"2024-11-15T17:16:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T06:16:54","slug":"shearing-in-memory-of-a-mate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/2024\/11\/15\/shearing-in-memory-of-a-mate\/","title":{"rendered":"Shearing in memory of a mate"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Ellen Anderson.<\/strong><\/p>\n

LAKE <\/strong>Bolac\u2019s first-ever Speed Shear attracted a crowd of more than 800 over the weekend with 85 entrants testing their skills as they competed across four categories.<\/p>\n

Hosted at the Lake Bolac Hotel, the event was dedicated to the memory of local shearer Muni Ratana, who passed away last year, a loss felt by the Lake Bolac and shearing community.<\/p>\n

Lake Bolac Hotel owner Dianne Toulson said the idea of a Speed Shear event came from Muni\u2019s wife, Judith Ratana.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe said we should do a Speed Shear here to commemorate his life, and I said yes, we\u2019ll do it with you at the pub,\u201d Dianne explained.<\/p>\n

Despite the challenges of co-ordinating the event, Judith said it was a meaningful tribute to her late husband.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s heartfelt. It brings us together. Many of us don\u2019t get to see each other often, but when we have an event like this, it\u2019s a chance to connect.\u201d<\/p>\n

Locals pitched in to make the event a success with everything from the sheep to the stage.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a really big community effort,\u201d Dianne said.<\/p>\n

The event was a deeply community-driven effort with a total prize pool of $10,000.<\/p>\n

Even the kids took part competing in the \u201cShave Shear\u201d allowing youngsters to \u2018shear\u2019 foam off mock sheep using sponges, giving them a feel for the craft.<\/p>\n

The annual event is hoped to become a regular on the local calendar honouring Muni Ratana\u2019s memory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LAKE Bolac\u2019s first-ever Speed Shear attracted a crowd of more than 800 over the weekend with 85 entrants testing their skills as they competed across four categories.
\nHosted at the Lake Bolac Hotel, the event was dedicated to the memory of local shearer Muni Ratana, who passed away last year, a loss felt by the Lake Bolac and shearing community.
\nLake Bolac Hotel owner Dianne Toulson said the idea of a Speed Shear event came from Muni\u2019s wife, Judith Ratana.
\n\u201cShe said we should do a Speed Shear here to commemorate his life, and I said yes, we\u2019ll do it with you at the pub,\u201d Dianne explained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[31],"class_list":["post-2846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SpeedShear_PhotographybyStevenMitchellWright-112-1-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1703&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdqUu4-JU","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2846"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}