Despite the strain and last minute pressures, the chair of the inaugural Culcairn Show Shearing and Wool Handling Competition, could not have been happier.

"This is a great community experience, with 20 people on the competition committee," she said.

"And we've had enormous support from all of our many sponsors.

"So far as the competition is concerned we are just about at maximum capacity for entrants."

Twenty-three competitors fought out the open shearing event, which carried a $1000 cash prize and there was a $7000 prize pool for all events.

There was also a 2015 calendar on sale for $20 with pictures of shearing and wool identities.

"We want to make Culcairn the best show in the region and the sale of the calendars will help us set up a permanent shearing stand," Ms Turner said.

"A lot of organising the event this year involved physically getting the shearing trailers in here.

"But we did have great help from Australian Wool Innovations (AWI) -- which has a very big focus on wool handling and shearer training -- and from the Riverina Wagga TAFE primary Industries Centre at Wagga.

"They loaned us the trailers today and so we've got state-of-the-art equipment."

Ms Turner, who is the Culcairn branch manager and wool marketing representative for Fox and Lillee Rural, said the trend in recent years of young people not going into the wool industry seemed to have been reversed.

"We now have young people coming up through the ranks, doing shearing schools, getting right into competition and honing their skills," she said.