World Shearing Champs 2023

All competition sheep for the World Champs will be native Scottish breeds, Scottish Blackface, Cheviots and possibly Scotch Mules Practice sheep will be available on farm prior to the event so shearers and wool handlers from different countries can become ‘acclimatised’ to the various breeds and wool types and of course Blackface horns!

The organising committee have laid on buses for the competitors and their families to travel to and from the show and have also organised sight seeing tours for them to show case Scotland. Each country nominates two shearing / wool handling judges They are encouraged to take part in training days, prior to the event, so they are all on the ‘ same page ’ on the scoring front Chief Referee for the event is Andrew Rankin who farms Edentaggart Farm at Luss, on the slopes above Loch Lomond Colin McGregor, who is now retired from his position of Shearing Manager for the British Wool Marketing Board is Chief Judge