Reigning Golden Shears open shearing champion Rowland Smith has withdrawn from this year’s event because of injury. The near two-metres-tall 37-year-old Hawke’s Bay shearer and eight-times Golden Shears Open winner, and 2014 World Champion, announced .
The focus of the shearing world will next week turn on the 2023 world championships and particularly the glamour-event hopes of two shearers from Hawke’s B