World Sheep Shearing Records
  - 9 Hours -    
"Skill, Guts & Determination"

  
Set according to World Shearing Record Committee Rules and Overseen by their Referees, from Australia and/or New Zealand, and/or South Africa

8 Hour Records  -  24 Hour Record

Records Prior to 1983

     Records Information                     How long it takes                 World Speedshear Committee
"Strongwool Ewes"   
Solo Rod Sutton
Sponsored by Supershear		 721 31-1-2007 Bennydale - New Zealand

Press
2 Stand Darin Forde & Wayne Ingram 
Sponsored by Supershear		 1335 1-2-1996 Wairaki Station
Southland - New Zealand

Press
3 Stand Ricky Pivac, Chris Brooker, Dion Morrell
Sponsored by Supershear		 1857 25-1-1993 Clutha Downs
Southland - New Zealand

 
"Strongwool Lambs"
Solo Dion King
Sponsored by Supershear		 866 10-1-2007 Bennydale - New Zealand

 
2 Stand Rodney Sutton, Nigel Brown 1637 23-12-1999 Rangipo
New Zealand 		 
3 Stand Shane Harvey, Peter Harvey, Jimmy Clarke 2350 30-01-2006 Mt Linton, Southland, 
New Zealand		  
4 Stand James Fagan, Cartwright Terry, Beau Guelfi, Roger Neil  2897 21/12/2007 Waihi Pukawa, Turangi, 
New Zealand		  
6 Stand Darin Forde, Craig Anderson, Jimmy Clark, Alton Devery, Paul Rutherford, Darren Gutsel 4188 11/2/2005 Wairaki Station, Southland, New Zealand Click
  
Solo
"Women"		 Emily Welch 648 27-11-2007 Waikeretu
New Zealand 		Click
 
"Merino Ewes"
Solo Dwayne Black
Sponsored by Supershear & Topgun Shearing Supplies		 513 5-4-2005 The Duck Farm, Kojonup, Western Australia  Press
"Merino Wethers"
Solo Grant Smith 418 4-11-1999 Lake Coleridge
South Island - New Zealand
2 Stand Grant Smith, Barry Taylor 809 12-11-1994 Omahau Station
South Island - New Zealand
"Merino Lambs"

Solo

 Dwayne Black
Sponsored by Supershear & Topgun Shearing Supplies

664

3-10-2004

 Yerramullah Park               Click
Badgingarra - Western Australia

Previous 9 Hour Records 

Previous 9 Hour Records "Strongwool Ewes"

Records Prior to 1983
Solo Darin Forde
Sponsored by Supershear

    720

 28-1-1997 Wairaki Station
Southland - New Zealand

    Pics
  Dion Morrell
Sponsored by Supershear		 716 1-2-1995 Wairaki Station 
Southland - NZ

Pics
   David Fagan 702 23-2-1994 Brunel Peaks Stn
Southland - NZ		  
   Dion Morrell 679 9-2-1994 Te Puna NZ  
   Edsel Forde
Sponsored by Supershear		 664 17-2-1992 Brunel Peaks Stn
Southland - NZ

Pics
   David Fagan 656 14-2-1991 Brunel Peaks Stn
Southland - NZ		  
   Neil St George 605 20-2-1990 Brunel Peaks Stn
Southland - NZ		  
   Stephen Dodds 604 19-1-1989 Edenvale Stn  - NZ

 
   Alan Donaldson 586 11-2-1986 Raurimu - NZ  
Previous 9 Hour Records "Strongwool Ewes"
2 Stand Stephen Dodds & Mark Spain 1194 19-1-1989 Edenvale Stn -NZ
Previous 9 Hour Records "Strongwool Lambs"
Lambs Solo Justin Bell 851 4-12-2004 Onuku Maori Trust Station -  Press Rerewhakaaitu      NZ
  Rodney Sutton 839 23-12-2000 Waihi-Pukawa  New Zealand      Pics
   Alan MacDonald 831 20-12-1993 Waitanguru New Zealand
   David Fagan 810 22-12-1992 Riversdale - NZ
   Alan McDonald 805 20-12-1990 Waitanguru - NZ
   David Fagan 803 20-12-1988 Waitanguru - NZ
   Alan McDonald 762 21-12-1986 Waitanguru - NZ
   David Fagan 748 20-12-1985 Waitanguru - NZ
   Keith Wilson 626 19-11-1984 Waitanguru - NZ
Solo
"Women"		 Jillian Burney 541 6-1-1989 Bennydale
New Zealand
Lambs 3 Stand Bart Hadfield, Steve Stoney, Rodney Sutton 1933 23-12-1997 Kowhainui
New Zealand
         
Lambs 6 Stand Keith Wilson, Aussie Carrington, Ken Pike, Jack Dowd, Hinga Tahana, Bronco Carson 3291 8/12/1991 Hautu, New Zealand
         
Previous 9 Hour Records "Merinos"
Merino Ewes Solo Dion Morrell 507 25-8-1997 Tarras, South Island - New Zealand
Grant Smith 447 1-9-1993 Ben Omar Stn - NZ
Previous 9 Hour Records "Merinos"
Merino Wethers Solo Barry Taylor 405 12-10-1994 Omahau Stn - NZ

8 Hour Records Click                            Records Prior to 1983
Any person wishing to attempt a World Shearing Record, for the latest updates on Official Rules please contact;

The Secretary
World Sheep Shearing Records Committee
Mr H Mc Carroll
19 Ninth Avenue
Tauranga, New Zealand
Ph:  (+64) 07 571 0522,
Fax: (+64) 07 571 0521  or email

Shearing Records Information

24 Hour Record Click

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