As part of this week “Newsmaker” show of Sarah’s Country, Megan Whitehead had a record-breaking day in the woolshed smashing the solo female eight-hour sheep shearing record.

Seven months of training – which meant removing bread, caffeine and sugar from her diet – paid off for 24-year-old Gore shearer Megan Whitehead, when she set a new solo women’s record of 661 lambs this week.

She began the nine-hour day strongly in a hot Southland woolshed, clipping 153 specially-bred Snowline lambs in the first run, then followed that with subsequent runs of 132, 126, 125 and 125.

The previous record of 648 was set by Waikato’s Emily Welch in 2007, and she was on hand to watch Whitehead’s successful attempt.

To read more & see the photos from the event: https://farmersweekly.co.nz/section/sheep-2/view/record-breaking-day-in-the-wool-shed

To watch the interview, visit www.sarahscountry.com 

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