Learning from the master

The 1994 world shearing champion Alan MacDonald (left), of Te Kuiti, helps Paul Phillips, from the Falkland Islands, during a training day at Mount Linton Station last week.

Two international training days were held at the Western Southland property  before this week’s World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships in Invercargill.

It was designed for competitors to broaden their skills and learn from the some of the best shearing and woolhandling trainers in New Zealand. Representatives from 32 countries will compete in the championships, including contestants from Australia, Austria, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Estonia, France, Germany, Iceland, Switzerland, the Isle of Man and the United States.