March 8, 2026 • 15 mins
Are they the First Couple of New Zealand Shearing? He may be the winner of the World Shearing Champs at the Golden Shears in Masterton, but Rowland wasn’t the only famous Smith over the weekend. His shearer wife, Ingrid, along with her mother and father, Colin and Margaret Baynes, featured on Country Calendar. Ingrid also talks about the “Made Up Farmer” and her large social media following.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let's kick off the show with as I said in
the intro, the first couple of New Zealand sharing surely
they are now Roland and Ingrid Smith. Roland, I want
to start with you, winner of the World Sharing Championships
at Masterton on a magnificent Saturday night at the War
Memorial Stadium there. The world title was the one you
(00:21):
were really after. Congratulations, We're all so proud.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Of you now that it was the one that there
was a goal. Yeah, what a heck of a final.
It was being a parent Oalse for Wall, Romney for
Wall and second chair. So yeah, she certainly took a
bit of mental mental capacity to get through that final.
And yeah, like I said on the night, I was
(00:45):
absolutely buggered after that. I was, I just everything went
into the air. And yeah, unfortunately in the open final,
you know, so half an hour later I wasn't able
to back it up. But you know, and a deserve
winner of Tor Henderson. What an amazing that he is.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Well, he's your good mate. You're both the Northlanders. You
were representing New Zealand and the team's event you won
that one as well. On the tour, was a sheep
ahead of you or got off the board a sheep
ahead of you in that World Sharing Open final. But
did you know in your herder hearts that you'd won
that because of your quality?
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Look, I came off the board and I was very
happy with the way i'd Sean and I had a
very solid share. You know, you can sort of I've
done a fair bit of it now and you can
sort of feel how things are gone. And I was,
you know, I was very pleased that I had it
was controlled and I felt like I had done everything
I could, so certainly came away knowing they hadn't left
(01:45):
anything to chance. So you know, but you can never
count out the likes of Tour or Gavin or you know,
there was the current world champions in the final too,
so you know there's jam pack full of people, so
you need to count chickens. But I was quietly, quietly confident.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
And you mentioned the Golden Shares Open final, which was
the final event of the night, and you did. You
got some shocking sheep, if you don't mind me saying so, Roland,
you got a few kickers there, but you were looked
like you were physically spent.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Yes, I when I pulled out the first sheep and
it was giving me a gyp bit of gyp when
I put it down, and my hand was a pretty
cramping when I was reaching for the hand piece, and
when I turned for the end of mine, my legs
added cramping, and I was like, oh, it's going to
be a long, long, nineteen more sheep after this. But yeah,
just you know, I think, you know, put everything into
(02:36):
that World finaland which was which was a decision that
I'd made before even sure, and it was that there's
going to be nothing after this. So yeah, hey, look
I'm not a sharer at full time anymore at all,
So a few years ago it wouldn't have met it
at all. But you know, sort of the mental side
of it, when you're not sharing, it certainly takes it
(02:57):
out of you as well, just trying to remember what
you meant to be doing. So yeah, unfortunately you couldn't
get the double, but but we got the one we
were there for. Well.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
I think it was a perfectly scripted finish, to be
perfectly honest, for New Zealand and the New Zealand team
and the New Zealand she is you're getting one each
and probably getting the ones you both wanted.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Yeah, yeah, and look at the most successful New Zealan
team in the history of World champs So how how
cool was that, you know, to be a part of
that and you know sort of going out the way.
You know, you couldn't have written it better really, So yeah,
definitely proud.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Did the forty minute delay because we had a bit
of a mix up with the sheep behind the stand there.
These things do happen. Did that forty minute delay affect you, guys,
because it was right before that World Championship Open final.
You probably were revved up and ready to go. Then
you had to sit on your thumbs for forty minutes.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Yeah, you know you're getting prepared to go up and
sort of come back in and tell us how that's
ten minutes sort of four times that. It is something
that you know, you are sort of gearing up and
trying to be hydrated and eating at the right time
and all that sort of thing. I mean, it's a
very very taxing event as a twenty sheep final. It's
(04:13):
you know, sixteen seventeen minutes of you know, as fast
as your body can handle it. So yeah, no, it
definitely probably it was a bit unnerving there, but you
know it's the same for everybody, so you just do
the best you can.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
How tough with those big second share two tooths to
share that you've had a great summer in the Lower
North Island and the Wira Rapi region. They've grown out beautifully,
but gee, there was a lot of body masks to cover.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Yeah, and they were very, very physical, and I think
that's what took the toll in the open final, was
just the sheer amount of straining to keep them under control.
Potentially that's because of the technique isn't quite as good
as it once was when you're full time sharing. Maybe
that's why I was quite as naked as I was.
But you know what a credit to the farmers. You
(05:02):
know how many sheep were there, six or seven thousand
over the weekend, huge huge mission to get that organized,
and you're just very thankful for them to have them
there and be in such good condition. So I think
everybody was pretty happy to get to get to share
such sheep roland.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
You weren't the only famous smith over the weekend. Your
better half Ingrid was featuring or so were you in
a very minor role too. I might add rollin on
country calendar and this was one of the best country
calendars for ages Ingrid, your mum, Colin and Margaret Bains. Gee,
they're hard cases and hard workers. Did you enjoy the
program last night?
Speaker 2 (05:43):
I did.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
It was really interesting because obviously they spend many many
hours filming, and to see what they put in in
the shots that they put in was a really cool
and just showcasing well won the beauty of the land
that they're on, but also mum and Dad's character, like
they just captured them and their work ethic and their
(06:05):
values really well.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Well. I love the quote I think from your father, Colin,
who said there's no place for any shirkers around here.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
It's very true. We always knew to pitch in with
enthusiasm whenever we worked together.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Well, I love the way the family gets together to
do the annual sharing. And the interesting thing from my
point of view out of that was obviously the program
was about your mum and dad and the siblings you
guys as well, but there was another guy sitting in
the background with a very minor role. His name was
Roland Smith that it wasn't even mentioned that he was
a sharer, let alone a world champion. Who was that
(06:44):
by design ingrid.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
I don't actually know because he was ringing the board
as he always does. But yeah, when he comes to share,
he just skips his head down and gets the work
done and carries us all the rest of us all
through the day. So yeah, I'm not sure what they
didn't mention to that. Maybe they knew he was going
to get a bit more publicity. There's this weekend just gone.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
Well, it's rather ironic that it's coincided. What a great
weekend for your family. And I love the story and
we've talked about this one before. You and your mum
marg setting that world record the two stand for eight
hours remind me of the Tellies.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
So I did four seventy and Mom did four thirty
three for a total of nine oh three.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
That is amazing. And your mom's still on the end
of the hand piece.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
She is, although she had a wee bit of an
accident a few weeks ago, so she won't be on
the hand pycnertime soon, but up until that point, she Yeah,
she still loves it. She gets up there, we'll give
each other spell. She's on everybody's stand is having to go,
and she's still a very, very capable sharer.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Now I'm going to be talking to Radar. Are we
bit two to radar shortly on the show. And he's
been featuring in a woman's magazine, Ingrid. I wouldn't be
surprised if you the first couple of New Zealand farming,
Roland and Ingrid Smith, they might want to cover for you, guys,
and a woman's magazine simply because if not for Roland's
acting ability, for your for your profile as the made
(08:15):
up farmer.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
Well maybe I haven't. I haven't had any emails yet,
but I'll patiently wait.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Tell us about the made up farmer.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
Okay, So that started a few years ago. I was
a mum of small children. I've been had a career
as a bank manager and as a serializer rep and
I was at home and I really Rowley was always
out working super super hard, and he was our main breadwinner,
and I felt like I wanted to contribute financially. I
(08:48):
came across this lipstick that doesn't come off and got
the opportunity to sell it. So I started selling that
the under the name Kii Kisses. But as our benches
evolved into farming and I became more involved with the farm,
side of things, but we're still wearing makeup. I kind
of changed my brand to be the made up Farmer,
(09:10):
which is kind of a play on words, because when
I wear makeup while I'm farming, but also on a
day to day basis, I feel like I don't know
what I'm doing. I feel like I'm just making it
up as I go along. And yeah, I had quite
a following. I just I like doing entertaining social media
posts about I don't know anything and everything, just doing
(09:31):
some lip sinking, and then I get the odd troll
that tries to tell me I can't do what I'm
doing while wearing makeup, so I kind of hit back
at them, which has brought me quite a few.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
Like minded women.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
So it's all good fun. It's a little bit of
extra money, and it's Yeah, it just seems to be
growing and growing over the last couple of years.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
Well, you've got a great following. I know all the
girls that work here follow you and they think it's wonderful.
How do you deal with the old keyboard warriors? I
mean it's part and parcel when you get a profile.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
Yeah, so I like anywhere is allowed to their opinion
that they're allowed to share their opinion, and I will
often use that as content and I will, you know,
make a real coming back at them. But if I
get too nasty, I just block them. It's just not
worth giving them their attention they so desperately crave. But
(10:23):
I do find that when I come back at these
people that it brings more people who are like me
to me. So it does have its downside. It is
it is hard to deal with. Sometimes it affixed me
less now than it did because I make it into
my advantage. But yeah, the plus side is that more
(10:44):
women like me say and they follow me and yeah,
it's really cool.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
Well you're doing a great job. Make sure you keep
up with that. Okay, tell me back to you. Roland Smith,
is this it for you? Did we get the hint
of a retirement speech between you and norm Away? I'm
not quite sure the message got out there. On the ground,
I got the feeling that you were saying to normal,
that's that I'm out of here.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
I'm gone. Yeah. So it's actually a lot to remember. Obviously,
when you you know the announce you know the winner,
and the emotions go through your head. You know, I've
been lucky enough to win it back in twenty fourteen.
Obviously twenty seventeen never got the chance to defend it.
I was next into the team, which was which was
pretty tough. And then in twenty nineteen I was second
(11:27):
by point zero one of a point there. So, you know,
to finally come back and to be able to prove
to myself, you know, after hipsurdery and all those sort
of things along the way that I you know, to me,
it's always important to back up something by doing it again,
it sort of cements the thing. And that's always been
the goal was to win it again. So yeah, to
(11:50):
be able to achieve that, even though I'm not a
sharer as such anymore, it's been a pretty tough sort
of a journey of the last six weeks, but yeah,
that was the goal was this was a no more
for me anymore, so I won't be competing it in
his Zeln Shares or anything like that. Yeah, And to
be able to go out on on top of pretty awesome.
(12:11):
So I just forgot to mention it when I was speaking. Yeah,
but yeah, no, there's yeah, that's me done. Potentially in
the future, if my kids decide they want to get
into it, then I might come back and support them
and share along with them, but yeah, for the moment,
we'll be sitting back and helping the future of sharing
rather than being being in it. So yeah, that's me, Jamie.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
I was really impressed by your Northland mate Tyler Henderson,
winner of the Golden Shares Open final. He's a wee
bit younger than you. He's still a very experienced sharer,
but he'd have to be odds on you would think
in three years time in Australia one hundred.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
He's spent ten years over there sharing. He's a very
very capable marino sharer, so you know, as far as
an all round sharer and he's only he's as good
as it gets. So yeah, look, it'll be interesting to
see whether or not he decides to keep on his journey.
I'm sure he will. But but again it's a big,
big sacrifice to be at that level, whether it be
(13:11):
on your family or whether it be career. You know,
whether us was farming. Every time that we decide to
go to be competing, you know you're sacrificing whether it
be you know, on farm decisions, because farming is an
everyday decision. Farmers know that, so you know, big sacrifices,
so you know, for him, it's a journey that him
(13:33):
and the family need to make. And again that's the
reason that I'm stepping away now is because you know,
that's enough for us and for me and focus on
the future of our farming and things like that. But yes,
it's in a very good state our sharing industry. Look
at the one hundred and twenty open shares on the
(13:53):
weekend and you know, look, we've got very very very
good future, I believe. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
And it was great to beat my Canderson Tower's father
who drives them all around the country quite literally to
support his sharing. And I'll tell you who else it
was great to meet. I was walking over for a
bear and the fans owe. Unfortunately that closed the bar
on me Roland while the delay was on. Anyhow, we
got back in there, Shane mcmanaway and myself and I
ran into a bloke who introduced himself as Roger Cox,
(14:21):
and I said, well, I know who you are. You've
won three Golden Share Open titles and it was great
to catch up with John Fagan, so David's older brother
as well, who's also won a Golden Shares title and
the golden pliers, and I said to these guys, we
need to start a campaign, Roland, and you'll be all
for this. Before the Open Final, we need to get
all the previous winners up on stage for a photo
(14:43):
while we've still got them.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Look, there's some legends in our industry.
And you know, it's great to see John. I saw
him before the final there and you know, and David,
how amazing you know, David Fagan, he's you know, well,
he's the goat of our industry, still there supporting and
helping you and even Donny Kirkpatrick you up there making
sure everything was being on before the final. You know
(15:08):
that some incredible people in our industry and you're just
very thankful that they pop back, which is what it's
all about, isn't it.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
Okay, Roland Smith, Ingrid Smith, thank you so much for
your time, Ingrid a great country calendar, one of the
best I've seen ever. Are You're from a legendary family.
You keep up the good work as the made up
farmer and Roland Smith. You just enjoy doing what you love.
You've got iron disease, get onto those diggers and the
tractors and away you go. You've earned it.
Speaker 2 (15:34):
Cheers, cheers, Jane, thank you, Ingrid.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
There we go. Roland Smith and Ingrid Smith. They're absolute legends.
And what a great, what a great weekend it was
in Masterton. The Golden Shares. Of course, we've got the
New Zealand Shares coming up in Tiquity and early April.
Let's kick off the show with as I said in
the intro, the first couple of New Zealand sharing surely
they are now Roland and Ingrid Smith. Roland, I want
to start with you, winner of the World Sharing Championships
at Masterton on a magnificent Saturday night at the War
Memorial Stadium there. The world title was the one you
(00:21):
were really after. Congratulations, We're all so proud.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Of you now that it was the one that there
was a goal. Yeah, what a heck of a final.
It was being a parent Oalse for Wall, Romney for
Wall and second chair. So yeah, she certainly took a
bit of mental mental capacity to get through that final.
And yeah, like I said on the night, I was
(00:45):
absolutely buggered after that. I was, I just everything went
into the air. And yeah, unfortunately in the open final,
you know, so half an hour later I wasn't able
to back it up. But you know, and a deserve
winner of Tor Henderson. What an amazing that he is.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Well, he's your good mate. You're both the Northlanders. You
were representing New Zealand and the team's event you won
that one as well. On the tour, was a sheep
ahead of you or got off the board a sheep
ahead of you in that World Sharing Open final. But
did you know in your herder hearts that you'd won
that because of your quality?
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Look, I came off the board and I was very
happy with the way i'd Sean and I had a
very solid share. You know, you can sort of I've
done a fair bit of it now and you can
sort of feel how things are gone. And I was,
you know, I was very pleased that I had it
was controlled and I felt like I had done everything
I could, so certainly came away knowing they hadn't left
(01:45):
anything to chance. So you know, but you can never
count out the likes of Tour or Gavin or you know,
there was the current world champions in the final too,
so you know there's jam pack full of people, so
you need to count chickens. But I was quietly, quietly confident.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
And you mentioned the Golden Shares Open final, which was
the final event of the night, and you did. You
got some shocking sheep, if you don't mind me saying so, Roland,
you got a few kickers there, but you were looked
like you were physically spent.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Yes, I when I pulled out the first sheep and
it was giving me a gyp bit of gyp when
I put it down, and my hand was a pretty
cramping when I was reaching for the hand piece, and
when I turned for the end of mine, my legs
added cramping, and I was like, oh, it's going to
be a long, long, nineteen more sheep after this. But yeah,
just you know, I think, you know, put everything into
(02:36):
that World finaland which was which was a decision that
I'd made before even sure, and it was that there's
going to be nothing after this. So yeah, hey, look
I'm not a sharer at full time anymore at all,
So a few years ago it wouldn't have met it
at all. But you know, sort of the mental side
of it, when you're not sharing, it certainly takes it
(02:57):
out of you as well, just trying to remember what
you meant to be doing. So yeah, unfortunately you couldn't
get the double, but but we got the one we
were there for. Well.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
I think it was a perfectly scripted finish, to be
perfectly honest, for New Zealand and the New Zealand team
and the New Zealand she is you're getting one each
and probably getting the ones you both wanted.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Yeah, yeah, and look at the most successful New Zealan
team in the history of World champs So how how
cool was that, you know, to be a part of
that and you know sort of going out the way.
You know, you couldn't have written it better really, So yeah,
definitely proud.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Did the forty minute delay because we had a bit
of a mix up with the sheep behind the stand there.
These things do happen. Did that forty minute delay affect you, guys,
because it was right before that World Championship Open final.
You probably were revved up and ready to go. Then
you had to sit on your thumbs for forty minutes.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Yeah, you know you're getting prepared to go up and
sort of come back in and tell us how that's
ten minutes sort of four times that. It is something
that you know, you are sort of gearing up and
trying to be hydrated and eating at the right time
and all that sort of thing. I mean, it's a
very very taxing event as a twenty sheep final. It's
(04:13):
you know, sixteen seventeen minutes of you know, as fast
as your body can handle it. So yeah, no, it
definitely probably it was a bit unnerving there, but you
know it's the same for everybody, so you just do
the best you can.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
How tough with those big second share two tooths to
share that you've had a great summer in the Lower
North Island and the Wira Rapi region. They've grown out beautifully,
but gee, there was a lot of body masks to cover.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Yeah, and they were very, very physical, and I think
that's what took the toll in the open final, was
just the sheer amount of straining to keep them under control.
Potentially that's because of the technique isn't quite as good
as it once was when you're full time sharing. Maybe
that's why I was quite as naked as I was.
But you know what a credit to the farmers. You
(05:02):
know how many sheep were there, six or seven thousand
over the weekend, huge huge mission to get that organized,
and you're just very thankful for them to have them
there and be in such good condition. So I think
everybody was pretty happy to get to get to share
such sheep roland.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
You weren't the only famous smith over the weekend. Your
better half Ingrid was featuring or so were you in
a very minor role too. I might add rollin on
country calendar and this was one of the best country
calendars for ages Ingrid, your mum, Colin and Margaret Bains. Gee,
they're hard cases and hard workers. Did you enjoy the
program last night?
Speaker 2 (05:43):
I did.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
It was really interesting because obviously they spend many many
hours filming, and to see what they put in in
the shots that they put in was a really cool
and just showcasing well won the beauty of the land
that they're on, but also mum and Dad's character, like
they just captured them and their work ethic and their
(06:05):
values really well.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Well. I love the quote I think from your father, Colin,
who said there's no place for any shirkers around here.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
It's very true. We always knew to pitch in with
enthusiasm whenever we worked together.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Well, I love the way the family gets together to
do the annual sharing. And the interesting thing from my
point of view out of that was obviously the program
was about your mum and dad and the siblings you
guys as well, but there was another guy sitting in
the background with a very minor role. His name was
Roland Smith that it wasn't even mentioned that he was
a sharer, let alone a world champion. Who was that
(06:44):
by design ingrid.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
I don't actually know because he was ringing the board
as he always does. But yeah, when he comes to share,
he just skips his head down and gets the work
done and carries us all the rest of us all
through the day. So yeah, I'm not sure what they
didn't mention to that. Maybe they knew he was going
to get a bit more publicity. There's this weekend just gone.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
Well, it's rather ironic that it's coincided. What a great
weekend for your family. And I love the story and
we've talked about this one before. You and your mum
marg setting that world record the two stand for eight
hours remind me of the Tellies.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
So I did four seventy and Mom did four thirty
three for a total of nine oh three.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
That is amazing. And your mom's still on the end
of the hand piece.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
She is, although she had a wee bit of an
accident a few weeks ago, so she won't be on
the hand pycnertime soon, but up until that point, she Yeah,
she still loves it. She gets up there, we'll give
each other spell. She's on everybody's stand is having to go,
and she's still a very, very capable sharer.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Now I'm going to be talking to Radar. Are we
bit two to radar shortly on the show. And he's
been featuring in a woman's magazine, Ingrid. I wouldn't be
surprised if you the first couple of New Zealand farming,
Roland and Ingrid Smith, they might want to cover for you, guys,
and a woman's magazine simply because if not for Roland's
acting ability, for your for your profile as the made
(08:15):
up farmer.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
Well maybe I haven't. I haven't had any emails yet,
but I'll patiently wait.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Tell us about the made up farmer.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
Okay, So that started a few years ago. I was
a mum of small children. I've been had a career
as a bank manager and as a serializer rep and
I was at home and I really Rowley was always
out working super super hard, and he was our main breadwinner,
and I felt like I wanted to contribute financially. I
(08:48):
came across this lipstick that doesn't come off and got
the opportunity to sell it. So I started selling that
the under the name Kii Kisses. But as our benches
evolved into farming and I became more involved with the farm,
side of things, but we're still wearing makeup. I kind
of changed my brand to be the made up Farmer,
(09:10):
which is kind of a play on words, because when
I wear makeup while I'm farming, but also on a
day to day basis, I feel like I don't know
what I'm doing. I feel like I'm just making it
up as I go along. And yeah, I had quite
a following. I just I like doing entertaining social media
posts about I don't know anything and everything, just doing
(09:31):
some lip sinking, and then I get the odd troll
that tries to tell me I can't do what I'm
doing while wearing makeup, so I kind of hit back
at them, which has brought me quite a few.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
Like minded women.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
So it's all good fun. It's a little bit of
extra money, and it's Yeah, it just seems to be
growing and growing over the last couple of years.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
Well, you've got a great following. I know all the
girls that work here follow you and they think it's wonderful.
How do you deal with the old keyboard warriors? I
mean it's part and parcel when you get a profile.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
Yeah, so I like anywhere is allowed to their opinion
that they're allowed to share their opinion, and I will
often use that as content and I will, you know,
make a real coming back at them. But if I
get too nasty, I just block them. It's just not
worth giving them their attention they so desperately crave. But
(10:23):
I do find that when I come back at these
people that it brings more people who are like me
to me. So it does have its downside. It is
it is hard to deal with. Sometimes it affixed me
less now than it did because I make it into
my advantage. But yeah, the plus side is that more
(10:44):
women like me say and they follow me and yeah,
it's really cool.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
Well you're doing a great job. Make sure you keep
up with that. Okay, tell me back to you. Roland Smith,
is this it for you? Did we get the hint
of a retirement speech between you and norm Away? I'm
not quite sure the message got out there. On the ground,
I got the feeling that you were saying to normal,
that's that I'm out of here.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
I'm gone. Yeah. So it's actually a lot to remember. Obviously,
when you you know the announce you know the winner,
and the emotions go through your head. You know, I've
been lucky enough to win it back in twenty fourteen.
Obviously twenty seventeen never got the chance to defend it.
I was next into the team, which was which was
pretty tough. And then in twenty nineteen I was second
(11:27):
by point zero one of a point there. So, you know,
to finally come back and to be able to prove
to myself, you know, after hipsurdery and all those sort
of things along the way that I you know, to me,
it's always important to back up something by doing it again,
it sort of cements the thing. And that's always been
the goal was to win it again. So yeah, to
(11:50):
be able to achieve that, even though I'm not a
sharer as such anymore, it's been a pretty tough sort
of a journey of the last six weeks, but yeah,
that was the goal was this was a no more
for me anymore, so I won't be competing it in
his Zeln Shares or anything like that. Yeah, And to
be able to go out on on top of pretty awesome.
(12:11):
So I just forgot to mention it when I was speaking. Yeah,
but yeah, no, there's yeah, that's me done. Potentially in
the future, if my kids decide they want to get
into it, then I might come back and support them
and share along with them, but yeah, for the moment,
we'll be sitting back and helping the future of sharing
rather than being being in it. So yeah, that's me, Jamie.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
I was really impressed by your Northland mate Tyler Henderson,
winner of the Golden Shares Open final. He's a wee
bit younger than you. He's still a very experienced sharer,
but he'd have to be odds on you would think
in three years time in Australia one hundred.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
He's spent ten years over there sharing. He's a very
very capable marino sharer, so you know, as far as
an all round sharer and he's only he's as good
as it gets. So yeah, look, it'll be interesting to
see whether or not he decides to keep on his journey.
I'm sure he will. But but again it's a big,
big sacrifice to be at that level, whether it be
(13:11):
on your family or whether it be career. You know,
whether us was farming. Every time that we decide to
go to be competing, you know you're sacrificing whether it
be you know, on farm decisions, because farming is an
everyday decision. Farmers know that, so you know, big sacrifices,
so you know, for him, it's a journey that him
(13:33):
and the family need to make. And again that's the
reason that I'm stepping away now is because you know,
that's enough for us and for me and focus on
the future of our farming and things like that. But yes,
it's in a very good state our sharing industry. Look
at the one hundred and twenty open shares on the
(13:53):
weekend and you know, look, we've got very very very
good future, I believe. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
And it was great to beat my Canderson Tower's father
who drives them all around the country quite literally to
support his sharing. And I'll tell you who else it
was great to meet. I was walking over for a
bear and the fans owe. Unfortunately that closed the bar
on me Roland while the delay was on. Anyhow, we
got back in there, Shane mcmanaway and myself and I
ran into a bloke who introduced himself as Roger Cox,
(14:21):
and I said, well, I know who you are. You've
won three Golden Share Open titles and it was great
to catch up with John Fagan, so David's older brother
as well, who's also won a Golden Shares title and
the golden pliers, and I said to these guys, we
need to start a campaign, Roland, and you'll be all
for this. Before the Open Final, we need to get
all the previous winners up on stage for a photo
(14:43):
while we've still got them.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Look, there's some legends in our industry.
And you know, it's great to see John. I saw
him before the final there and you know, and David,
how amazing you know, David Fagan, he's you know, well,
he's the goat of our industry, still there supporting and
helping you and even Donny Kirkpatrick you up there making
sure everything was being on before the final. You know
(15:08):
that some incredible people in our industry and you're just
very thankful that they pop back, which is what it's
all about, isn't it.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
Okay, Roland Smith, Ingrid Smith, thank you so much for
your time, Ingrid a great country calendar, one of the
best I've seen ever. Are You're from a legendary family.
You keep up the good work as the made up
farmer and Roland Smith. You just enjoy doing what you love.
You've got iron disease, get onto those diggers and the
tractors and away you go. You've earned it.
Speaker 2 (15:34):
Cheers, cheers, Jane, thank you, Ingrid.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
There we go. Roland Smith and Ingrid Smith. They're absolute legends.
And what a great, what a great weekend it was
in Masterton. The Golden Shares. Of course, we've got the
New Zealand Shares coming up in Tiquity and early April.
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