Golden Shears World Shearing Championships Statistics

Conducted 14 times since 1977 Hosted 7 times in United  Kingdom Hosted 2 times in Australia
11 Championships with Strong Wool sheep Hosted 3 times in New Zealand Hosted once in South Africa
3 Championships with Fine Wool Sheep

2012 Championships New Zealand

Hosted once in Norway

Individual Machine Shearing Finals Wins 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Australia 5 3 1 1 1 1      1
Austria 3      1   1        1  
England 9     1 3 4 1 1
Ireland 1             1    
Lesotho 1       1        
New Zealand 14 10 10 2 3 1    1
Norway 2                  1 1
South Africa 2            1               1
Scotland 12 1  1 3 1 7 4
Wales 8            2 4 2 2
Nth Ireland 3            1               2

World Championships Rules                      World Woolhandling Rules

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