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REUTERS - The World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships kicked off in New Zealand on Wednesday with hundreds of competitors from around the world. Held for the first time on the country's South ...

Ethan Harder competed in the Hamish Wills Memorial Quick Shear in Casuarina at the weekend, shearing a sheep in just 14.85 seconds.

One look around the ring and you know this isn't the cattle crowd. Polished buckles, boots and spurs? Make way for dirty moccasins and oily shears. If it weren't for the pen teaming with fluffy, brown ...