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Title: Watch: Welsh hat trick at sheep shearing championship
The Welsh team won the main contests in individual and team machine shearing as well as wool handling at the international day of the All-Ireland and All-Nations Sheep Shearing this Sunday.
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Watch: Welsh hat trick at sheep shearing championship
The Welsh team won the main contests in individual and team machine shearing as well as wool handling at the international day of the All-Ireland and All-Nations Sheep Shearing this Sunday.
The main trophy on this day of international competition at Tullynally Castle, Castlepollard Co Westmeath, was the George Graham perpetual trophy for the winner of the international open machine shearing championship.
Fresh from his win as all-Ireland champion on Saturday, Donegal man Ivan Scott was first to shear his 20 sheep under the cheers of the large crowd basking in the sunshine.
But judging on shearing quality placed Welshman Gareth Daniels ahead of Scott in the overall ranking.
The men in red also won the test match between Wales, Ireland and Scotland – a close affair with Ireland’s Scott and Scotland’s Hamish Mitchell again competing on speed in a breath-taking sprint run, while the Welsh team focused on quality to secure their overall win.
Judges noted the increasing presence of French shearers on the European competitive circuit, awarding France’s team the senior development champion title on the day.
In the wool handling test between Ireland and Wales, the Welsh pair remained calm and consistent throughout their run to bring another trophy across the Irish sea.
Ireland gave its best in the blade competition, with Peter Hearty winning the international test.
The main trophy on this day of international competition at Tullynally Castle, Castlepollard Co Westmeath, was the George Graham perpetual trophy for the winner of the international open machine shearing championship.
Fresh from his win as all-Ireland champion on Saturday, Donegal man Ivan Scott was first to shear his 20 sheep under the cheers of the large crowd basking in the sunshine.
But judging on shearing quality placed Welshman Gareth Daniels ahead of Scott in the overall ranking.
The men in red also won the test match between Wales, Ireland and Scotland – a close affair with Ireland’s Scott and Scotland’s Hamish Mitchell again competing on speed in a breath-taking sprint run, while the Welsh team focused on quality to secure their overall win.
Judges noted the increasing presence of French shearers on the European competitive circuit, awarding France’s team the senior development champion title on the day.
In the wool handling test between Ireland and Wales, the Welsh pair remained calm and consistent throughout their run to bring another trophy across the Irish sea.
Ireland gave its best in the blade competition, with Peter Hearty winning the international test.
With some flocks delaying shearing of housed ewes due to weather and others looking at its cost, there are farmers asking themselves if they should progress with winter shearing or forget it.
On this week’s podcast, we discuss water quality, the new organics scheme, farmer protests in the Netherlands and cashless banks.
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