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Kiwi World Lady Shearer Champion!
04:24:36 PM - 2007-12-19

WHO SAY'S WOMEN CAN'T DO IT?
A Kiwi Lady shearer has broken the world record for Shearing Lambs!
Emily Wetch 27 year old lady has smashed the world record for shearing lambs beating the existing nine-hour figure for women of 541 lambs by more than one hundred, she shore 648 lambs.
When she went for lunch she had shore 394 lambs, she broke the world record at about 3030 pm shearing at the rate of about 70 lambs each hour. The record attempt began at 5.00am judges monitored quality and recorded the count.
Emily trained for the high endurance record attempt for six months, after shearing professionally for six months.

The rcord was formerly held by another New Zealander, Jill Angus Burney, who set the record in 1989 in Bennydale.
It is harder for a woman to climb the ladder in shearing as it is very hard work, very physical and you have to be determined to stick to shearing, but who said woman can't do it.
Good on you Emily for taking on the challenge, it was not easily, I think it will be some time before your record is broken of having shorn 648 Lambs in nine hours.
Elsie Hagley

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