21 Dec 2022

Young shearer's dream comes true with world record

From Checkpoint, 5:22 pm on 21 December 2022

A teenager from Taihape is on top of the shearing world, having beaten the world record for the highest number of strong wool lambs shorn over eight hours. 19-year-old Reuben Alabaster took it right to the wire, shearing 746 lambs at Te Pa Station near Ohakune, breaking the previous record set by Irish shearer Ivan Scott in 2012 by just two lambs. Reuben spoke with Susie Ferguson.