New Zealand shearer Rowland Smith sets new eight-hour ewe record of 644

THE waiting and the weighing is over and it’s all systems go for Hawke’s Bay shearer Rowland Smith, who will tackle the world solo eight-hour strong wool ewe shearing record in England today. The record will be live-streamed at https://agricamera.co.uk/sheep-shearing-live-stream/, officially starting at 7am in the UK, which is 6pm New Zealand time today or 4pm Australian Eastern Standard time.

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