New Zealand Farmers push to have competitive sheep shearing as an olympic sport

[TheMightyFavog]

http://www.universalsports.com/news-blogs/article/newsid=575258.html#kiwis+call+sheep+shearing+olympic+sport

The New Zealand Farmers Federation has called for sheep shearing to become an Olympic sport, hailing top wool-clippers as world-class athletes.

With the World Shearing Championships set to be held in the North Island town of Masterton in March, federation spokeswoman Jeanette Maxwell said shearing was now a bona fide sport that deserved international recognition.

"Surely, time has come to elevate shearing's sporting status to the ultimate world stage?" she said in a statement. "One way would be to make shearing a demonstration sport at a Commonwealth Games, if not, the Olympics itself."

Well at least it's sheep shearing instead of the... other thing... they say people in in New Zealand do to sheep...

[geardaddy]

1. You mean sheep shaggin?