The Junior, Intermediate and Senior heats took place on Saturday afternoon with the Wool-Handling competition taking place in conjunction with the senior heats, under shearing shed style conditions and rules – the girls then qualifying through to the final on the Sunday afternoon.  Sheree Alabaster, member of the New Zealand team for the forthcoming World Champs, took top honours, furiously looking after eight fleeces, throwing them on a table, wrapping them up and sweeping up the boards – all this at break neck speed.  Audrey Lamb from Lanark secured runner up spot, with Argyll girl Linda McWhirter taking 3^rd and Gwenan Paewai from Wales settling for 4th.  

Sunday evening’s finals commenced with the traditional blade shearing, Scottish team members for the World Champs, David Ferguson and Willie Shaw, battled it out it out with local farmer Willie Taylor from Ardeonaig, Killin and past Scottish team member Donald McColl from Fort William.  David Ferguson from Newton Stewart came out the victor, ahead of Willie Shaw from Saline, with Willie Taylor and Donald McColl taking 3^rd and 4^th places respectively. 

The Junior final where they shore four blackie hoggs in just over 5 minutes saw young Sandy McKellar from Auch Estate, Tyndrum take home the silverwear.  Taking runner-up place was Brendan Graham from Gorey, Co Wexford with Ifan Prys, Conwy, Wales and Euan MacKinnon, Bathgate taking 3^rd and 4^th places respectively.                                                                                        

The International relay was next, teams of three from New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales competed in what was a crowd-thrilling event with support from each of these nations cheering on their team.  The New Zealand Team of Johnny Kirkpatrick, Darin Forde and Kevin Hessell were triumphant, Wales were 1.50 points behind to put them in 2^nd place with Scotland and Northern Ireland having to settle for 3^rd and 4^th place. 

A new invitation test – Scotland against Republic of Ireland, with a Junior and Intermediate shearer from each country, saw young Scottish lads – Sandy McKellar and Alan Brady pulled this off over the visitors Brendan Graham and Robert Kells from the Republic of Ireland. 

Three Welshmen and a Scotsman lined up in the Intermediate final with Clwyd Jones from North Wales received the red ribbon ahead of this fellow countrymen Iwan Morris and Ifan Jones, with David Gibson from Gartocharn taking 4^th place. 

The welcome return visit of the Northern Ireland Senior team test, consisting of Finn Butler and Trevor Clark with manager Gerard Kelly and Scottish representatives, Brian Simpson and Calum Shaw saw the Scottish team on their own kind of sheep prove winners in a very close fought and exciting event.

The Scotland .v. New Zealand Test, saw the 4 shearers who will be competing for their countries at the Royal Welsh shear their 12 sheep in just under 8 minutes – Gavin Mutch and Hamish Mitchell for Scotland showed that they know their way round the blackie hoggs with longtime supporter to Lochearnhead  David Fagan and newcomer to the New Zealand team Cam Ferguson taking reserve place.

 The line up in the senior final, saw three Scotsmen and a Welshman with the pace moving up another gear the finalists shore their 10 sheep in around 9 minutes, Matthew Evans from South Wales took top honours with Stewart Kennedy from Aberfeldy taking runner up position, Calum Shaw from Saline taking 3^rd and Brian Simpson from Blairgowrie taking 4^th.