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Dwayne's
latest record was set at the Bendigo Show on Saturday 22nd October 2005.
He shore 519 crossbred lambs in 8 hours to beat the old record of 471
set in Hamilton, Victoria in 2002. Dwayne's run tallies were 131, 131,
128, 129 total 519 - Press
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The record can
be viewed on ABC Landline on Sunday 30th October. Heiniger shearing were
the shearing gear sponsor for Dwayne and all gear ran excellent all day
The Northern Shears Committee were great helping set-up and and pull down the shearing stands before and after the record. Dwayne's World record merino ewe attempt at Kojonup in April 2005 Click Here he beat the 9 hour record 507 held by Dion Morrell. Dion set this record in New Zealand in 1997and is one of Dwayne's heroes who has proven to be one of the best all round shearers on broad and fine wool sheep that the world has seen. Dwayne respects him very much and knew that it would take take a bloody good day to do it, with good sheep and an expert team. He shore 513 on the day to exceed the 8 year old record by 6 sheep His fitness, his recovery rate, and the months of training since January 2004 paid off with this successful attempt. Run Tallies were: 112 103 98 99 101 513 Total Press Release1 Click |
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Dwayne has more World record attempts planned in the next 18 months in Australia and New Zealand over various sheep categories with the dates depending on sheep conditions, which are obviously related to weather conditions. Dwayne first set a world shearing record with good friend Troy Stansbury when they set a World 2 stand, 8 hour merino lamb record in October 5th 2002 at Dick and Aubry Panizza's, Yerramullah Park. Badgingarra Western Australia. Click The first 5 minutes of Dwayne and Troy's first World Shearing Record attempt both shearers were understandably a little nervous and trying for a good run, see the video link below Video Dwayne in Hat The World 2 stand merino lamb record was set at 1079, and Dwayne holds the individual at 570 with Run tallies of, 143, 142, 142, 143 Dwayne's next World record was at the same property on Yerramullah road, on October 3rd 2004 and a solo 9 hour world merino lamb record in which Troy helped out the back penning up. Dwayne shore 664 with an average wool weight of 1.01kgs - The sheep in the afternoon had picked up sand from the yards and cutter changes nearly doubled. The gear changes affected the final tally but that is part of record setting. Run Tallies were, 158 133 131 Statistics 123 119 664 Total Dwayne's woolhandler is Deb Chandler of Dongara, he insists on having Deb at his World Record attempts due to her awesome ability. She was WA Champion and also Australian National Woolhandler champion 3rd place in 2005 Dwayne's second is his friend and hero Edsel Forde who gave him the opportunity to work with him, Dion Morrell and Wayne Ingram, very early in his career when he was first shore in New Zealand. Edsel helps him with the necessary mental strength as well as advice before during and after his attempts. Edsel has been a mentor at over a dozen World records since he held the World ewe record himself in 1992. His experience in being the top shearer in New Zealand before he had a family (Golden Shears Open Winner, NZ Open Champion, NZ National Champion, South Island Champion, North Island Champion, WA Open Champion and many more as well as representing New Zealand in United Kingdom and Australia gives Dwayne so much experience to draw on. Dwayne's shearing pattern is efficient whilst ensuring good rhythm can be maintained, by joining some blows less blows are taken. His shearing pattern is based on Shearing Industry Consultants Pattern Click and is around 31 blows 
Above: Referees Tony Abbey Badgingarra, Hugh McCarroll New Zealand Referees for October third 2004 record in West Australia were Tony Abbey and Gary Gilmore of West Australia, and Hugh Mc Carroll of New Zealand Referees for the records in March and April 2005 were Stu Weir (New Zealand ), Hendrik Botha (South Africa), John Auld (West Australia) and Bernie Walker (Victoria) Up to August 2005 Dwayne has used all Australian made Supershear equipment for his records, 796 combs, Sabre Cutters, Blazer Handpieces, and Ultra Pro Shearing Plant. He sharpened his equipment on a Supershear Grinder with Supershear Emeries. He can choose any equipment, but selected Supershear, as he believes it is the best shearing gear available. He would not use any gear that he was not confident could perform at that high level, as the World record needs to be high enough to ensure the next person who tries to beat it will have a hard job doing so. |
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