In 2017, Invercargill, New Zealand, France’s bid to host the Golden Shear’s World Sheep Shearing and Woolhandling Championship was accepted. In 2019, Le Dorat will host the World Championship for the first time in France. On 23 April the AMTM received a letter from the Ministry of Food and Agriculture confirming that the Minister, Stephane Travert, willingly agreed for the Ministry to grant its high patronage to the World Sheep Shearing Championship.
