Shearing delays lead to Fleece Show postponement

HAMILTON and District Legacy Fleece Show convenor, Peter Guthrie, and past president, Joan Evans, inspecting the award-winning Nareeb Nareeb fleece in 2020. This year’s show has been postponed until February 2023 due to the wet spring affecting the shearing schedules of sheep farmers. Photo: SPEC FILE.

By Mark Rabich

December 01, 2022 | 12:00 PM

DESPITE the wet weather seemingly abating after Hamilton’s wettest spring on record, the ripple effects are still being felt as yet another event has been affected – this time the annual Legacy Fleece Show has been postponed.

Originally slated for December 6-8, organisers recently decided to shift the opening day to Valentine’s Day next year.