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King Country shearer breaks wool lamb shearing world record (www.rnz.co.nz)
submitted 11 months ago by Dave to c/newzealand
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King Country shearer Sacha Bond has taken out a world record by becoming the first woman to shear more than 700 sheep in a nine-hour day.

Bond smashed the current record of 661 with a total of 720 at Centre Hill in Southland on Tuesday.

Shearing a lamb every 45 seconds, she also became the first woman to shear 700 sheep in a day.

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[–] Fizz 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

She's not just a machine she's a dam factory

[–] Dave 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I wonder how your back is after 9 hours of shearing...

[–] eagleeyedtiger 2 points 11 months ago

There's a video of her doing the record on youtube. I can't imagine being bent over at the waist like that and shearing 700 sheep! Must feel insane to finally straigten up after that

[–] ColonialSpore 3 points 11 months ago

Yikes. That's like an average of 45 seconds per sheep. I'm going to add her to my list of people I'm going to arm wrestle when I meet them: Valerie Adams, Lisa Carrington, and now Sacha Bond.

I'm a bit worried.

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

Wow, that's a huge jump! Not just beating it by a handful...

[–] rimu@piefed.ngrok.app 2 points 11 months ago

45 seconds per sheep 😳

[–] Marsupial@quokk.au 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Congrats NZ, you guys seem to really know your way around a sheep.

[–] ColonialSpore 1 points 11 months ago

... and in so many ways!