They're sisters in arms — and now handpieces. Alexandra’s Pagan Rimene and Charis Morrell have established Morrell Crutching Services after buying two crutching trailers from Murray and Lizzie Kirk. The sisters, whose father Dion Morrell is a respected figure in the shearing industry with an involvement that spans 50 years, have both made names for themselves in the industry. At just 11, then pint-sized Charis was one of the heartwarming stories of the World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships in Invercargill in 2017 teaming up with her mother Gabriela Schmidt-Morrell to fill the void of woolhandlers in the Swiss team. At the same event, Pagan was also a star, with the rare distinction of competing in both shearing and wool handling in the All Nations Competition. She has a host of other successes to her name. In January, Pagan was one of four female shearers who set a world four-stand women’s eight-hours strongwool lamb record, shearing a total of 1938 lambs, at Melrose Station, near Owaka.…