<P> In October, 2008 the event was hosted in Norway . It was the first time ever that the event was hosted by a non-English speaking country . The newly crowned World Machine Shearing champion is Paul Avery from New Zealand . New Zealand also won the team event, and the traditional blade - shears World Champion is Ziewilelle Hans from South Africa . A record 29 countries competed at the 2008 event . The next World Championship will be held at the Royal Welsh Show, Llanelwedd, Wales in July, 2010 . As of 2010 </P> <P> World Shearing Championships results are World Blade Shearing has been dominated by South African and Lesotho shearers, Fine Wool machine shearing dominated by Australian shearers, and New Zealand dominating the Strong Wool machine shearing . </P>

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