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Countdown to Golden Shears at Royal Highland Show is on

The 2023 Golden Shears Sheep Shearing and Woolhandling World Championships will take place at this year's Royal Highland Show. 

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The 2023 competition marks the second time that Scotland has hosted the Golden Shears since its launch in 1977
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The 2023 competition marks the second time that Scotland has hosted the Golden Shears since its launch in 1977

Shearing teams made up of more than 300 competitors collectively from 31 nations around the world will travel to the event this month and go head-to-head in the purpose built MacRobert Theatre. Held...

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