Sheep shearers battle it out for fleece title
DPA/The Local - [email protected]
Published: 23 Aug, 2009 CET.
Updated: Sun 23 Aug 2009 10:40 CET
Around 1,000 sheep will be feeling significantly cooler after Sunday when the German sheep shearing competition is over.
The 11th annual competition took place in Salem on the generally genteel Lake Constance.
The 62 competitors, including five women, sheared sheep in front of around 5,000 spectators who saw them remove between four and five kilograms of wool from each sheep.
The fastest needed only around three minutes to relieve a sheep of its wool using electric clippers.
Anette Wohlfarth, from the State Sheep Breeding Association of Baden-Württemberg, which organised the meeting, said that competitors were judged on speed, but also technique, cleanliness and quality of the shear.
Comments
See Also
The 11th annual competition took place in Salem on the generally genteel Lake Constance.
The 62 competitors, including five women, sheared sheep in front of around 5,000 spectators who saw them remove between four and five kilograms of wool from each sheep.
The fastest needed only around three minutes to relieve a sheep of its wool using electric clippers.
Anette Wohlfarth, from the State Sheep Breeding Association of Baden-Württemberg, which organised the meeting, said that competitors were judged on speed, but also technique, cleanliness and quality of the shear.
Join the conversation in our comments section below. Share your own views and experience and if you have a question or suggestion for our journalists then email us at [email protected].
Please keep comments civil, constructive and on topic – and make sure to read our terms of use before getting involved.
Please log in here to leave a comment.