EVEN 11 millimetres of rain didn’t dampen the crowd’s enthusiasm for the grand finale of the Casterton P&A Society Show on Saturday, with hundreds out to witness the $13,000 Casterton Speed Shear.

With a $3000 cash prize up for grabs for the day’s gun shearer, the Open section was hotly contested and in the 10-man final, Caleb Morgan and Hemi Power set a cracking pace, both under 24 seconds and just 0.57 seconds separating the two.