Number of participants: 60 pruners

Registration fee: €60 (VAT included).

All participants will be provided with a pruner kit.

The individual competition is divided into 2 phases: qualifications and finals. At the end of the qualifying phase, a ranking of the first 20 competitors will be drawn up: only the first 10 classified will be admitted to the finals of the Individual Competition.

Qualifying: blocks of 20 (twenty) consecutive vine plants in the same row (spurred cordon) will be assigned. Competitors will have to prune 20 (twenty) plants in 30 (thirty) minutes according to the instructions given in the pre-race brief.

Finals: blocks of 15 (fifteen) consecutive vine plants in the same row (spurred cordon) shall be assigned. Competitors shall prune 15 (fifteen) plants in 15 (fifteen) minutes according to the instructions given in the pre-race brief

Only the use of manual shears according to the deliveries provided in the pretender brief by the jury is permitted. The classification is based on precision and cutting technique according to the Simonit&Sirch method.

Go to regulations

Number of participants: 15 teams (3 pruners for team)
Registration fee: €180 (VAT included)
Rules: The Team Race is a relay race: competitors shall tackle the assigned block one at a time. Each team will be assigned blocks of 30 (thirty) consecutive vine plants in the same row (spurred cordon) to be pruned in a total of 30 (thirty) minutes. In turn, each team member shall prune 10 (ten) plants according to the instructions given in the pre-competition brief, having a maximum time limit of 10 (ten) minutes: only after the 10 plants have been pruned, or after the 10 minutes have expired, may he/she pass the pruning shears to the next team member, who may only then start pruning.

Only the use of manual shears according to the deliveries provided in the pretender brief by the jury is permitted. The classification is based on precision and cutting technique according to the Simonit&Sirch method.