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On behalf of Shearing Sports New Zealand
January 25, 2011
Surprise second record bid for Irish shearer

Irish shearer Ivan Scott will make a surprise bid to regain the World eight-hour lambs shearing record next Tuesday.

The 29-year-old South Island-based shearer's plans were confirmed with the World Sheep Shearing Records Society yesterday and he will attempt to break the record of 742 set on January 10 by World Champion and Hawke's Bay shearer Cam Ferguson, at Moketenui Station, between Te Kuiti and Bennydale. Scott was the previous holder with a tally of 736 shorn in December 2008 at Onuku Trust Farm, near Rerewhakaaitu, Bay of Plenty.

The new attempt, organised by current employer and Rotorua contractor Jeff Dorsett, will take place at Opepe Trust Farm, just east of Taupo on State Highway 5 and where on January 14 Scott failed in a bid for the glamour nine-hour record of 866, abandoning the attempt well off the required pace and just 3hrs 45mins into the day.

The record attempt is expected to be staged from 7am to 5pm, with four two-hour runs separated by two smoko breaks of 30 minutes each and an hour for lunch. It will be the sixth record bid of the season, with new marks having been set in the solo and two-stand eight-hour ewe shearing categories.

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