Sheep shearing pitched as NZ Olympic sport
SHEEP shearing could be the next big Olympic sport, according to a New Zealand farming lobby group.
Federated Farmers thinks shearing has the potential to become a demonstration sport at the Commonwealth Games, or even the Olympics.The group's meat and fibre chairwoman Jeanette Maxwell says shearing requires both skill and physical effort.Newly-crowned world record shearers Ivan Scott and Kerri-Jo Te Huia demonstrate the sport's athletic prowess, she said.
