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Scottish shearer shatters Sacha Bond's world record

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 8 Aug 2024, 8:00pm
Scottish shearer Una Cameron early in her world record of 517 strong wool ewes in nine hours in Cornwall, England.
Scottish shearer Una Cameron early in her world record of 517 strong wool ewes in nine hours in Cornwall, England.

Scottish shearer shatters Sacha Bond's world record

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 8 Aug 2024, 8:00pm

A veteran Scottish shearer who is the only woman to qualify in the top 30 at the Golden Shears in Masterton has shattered a world record set by New Zealander Sacha Bond just six months ago.

Shearing at Trefranck Farm in Cornwall, 51-year-old Una Cameron was chasing Bond’s solo women’s nine-hour strong wool ewes record of 458 and finished at 4am today (New Zealand time), with a new record of 517.

The Country's Jamie Mackay explains further.

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